We are excited about the enthusiasm and encourage new teams to join College Sailing! Everyone should do everything that they can to help new teams form, grow and develop. With that said there are a few requirements and rules that must be adhered to.
1. A college sailing team MUST be recognized by the University and provide contact information for a Graduate "Advisor" who is familiar with the teams status with the institution. 2. The first step for a team is to provide contact information on the www.collegesailing.org <http://www.collegesailing.org/> website on the Teams Database. If an entry for a school does not exist I should be contacted and I will have one created. The information on the website should be as complete as possible. 3. Team members must also register on the Individual Database on the website. This requires a Team Administrator. (See the website or contact me for more information) 4. There will be dues (Both team and Individual) that will need to be paid. In many cases these can be recovered through ICSA grants for new teams. 5. A new team joins a Conference of the ICSA initially as an Associate Member. Associate Member schools can compete in most of our "open" events. However, they are not eligible for Conference Championships and thus Nationals Championships. Sloop PCC's is a Conference Championship and the North and South Elims are qualifiers for this championship and thus Associate Member Schools are not eligible for Sloops. 6. Only by a vote of the PCCSC Regular Membership and after fulfilling certain criteria can a school become an official Conference Member and/or advance in membership. This takes time and for good reason. At our Scheduling Meeting in September we voted to welcome some new teams as Associate Members. It will be until late January at our Annual Meeting that we will have another opportunity to formally vote in additional new members and/or consider advancing the membership status of existing members. In the mean time we have generally welcomed teams to attend our open events if they have fulfilled some of the other expectations. Please make sure that new teams contact me about their status and eligibility for various events. Michael H. Segerblom Commissioner Pacific Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference United States Sailing Center 5489 East Ocean Blvd Long Beach, CA 90803-4405 562-433-7939 Phone 562-433-3668 Fax www.collegesailing.org/pciyra __________________________________________________ pciyra mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=pciyra
