SEISA had its annual meeting last weekend, here are the results of those discussions.
Sincerely, Blake Billman SEISA Graduate Director Officer reports: Paul Kleinschrodt, Undergraduate President (USA): News from the ICSA Winter meeting: Pinnies are now required for all competition. Sloops will remain as a National Championship, but a committee was created to improve it. There will be an increasing emphasis on Team Racing in the spring. A committee was assigned to create a design space for a new collegiate dinghy, Blake is the district rep to this group, but all opinions are welcome, encouraged, and should be submitted. Paul was re-elected as SEISA President Jaci Wolf, Undergraduate VP (OU): report forthcoming. Jaci has graduated from OU and could not attend. Chris Burd (Tulane) was elected to replace her. Blake Billman, Graduate Director/Scheduling (Texas): Reviewed the new national semifinal format. Emphasized sailor and team registration with the ICSA. Failed to fully enact the All-SEISA team directive from last years meeting. Continued progress on the SEISA and Development handbook, with a probably completion date sometime this semester. Minor scheduling changes due to the new semifinals. Blake was re-elected as the Graduate Director and Scheduling Chair. Robin Reger, Treasurer (TAMUG/LSU): report forthcoming. SESIA is solidly in the black (a vast improvement), but the membership still wants better communication from the treasury and a plan to drastically improve its financial situation. Alli Jones (Kansas) has volunteered to work with the Treasurer to improve SEISA's financial leadership and develop a growth plan. Nataleigh Vann, Women's (Texas): Nataleigh did not run for re-election. Rachel Ellis (SMU) was elected in a race against 3 other candidates. Derek Whallen, Communications (A&M): The most successful officer from last year, SEISA has an entirely new website. Derek was re-elected as Communications Chair. Karl Kleinschrodt, Membership (USA): Paul mentioned that this year he had more difficulty because fewer programs contacted him for help. Membership is a serious problem in SEISA, last year we seemed to be expanding, this year we contracted. Karl was re-elected as Membership Coordinator. Jake Scott, Competition (A&M): report forthcoming, Jake was not able to attend. Emphasis continues to be on increased coaching and team racing skills. Jake was re-elected was competition chair. Hugh Haggerdy, Development (A&M Galveston): no report, Hugh did not attend. Blake was elected to fill this position. Team attendance: - 15 teams attended, 4 were absent: Auburn, Kansas State, LSU, and Central Oklahoma. A&M Corpus was promoted to Provisional membership. Old Business: - The Sloop Nationals hosted by SEISA and the Fort Worth Boat Club was a huge success. The lack of action on the All -SEISA team was addressed and the awards will be presented soon. New Business: - Review of the new national semifinal format - Preliminary planning must begin to host the national semi in 2010, probably at Texas - Preliminary report for CCYC and A&M Corpus to host Singles in 2009 is due at the ICSA Annual Meeting Review of Spring 2008 Schedule: - an SMU regatta was added to weekend 4 (2/23-24) - a UWF regatta was added to weekend 7 (3/15-16) Championships: - Texas will host Dinghy's and Women's - A&M Galveston will host Team Racing Board appointments: There were many vacancies that needed to be filled for the ICSA standing committees: - All-American: Blake Billman - All-Academic: none - Championships: Barry Curtin - Communications: Derek Whallen - Eligibility: Gerard Coleman - Hall of Fame: Karl Kleinschrodt - Intersectionals: Blake Billman - Membership and Development: Blake Billman - Rules: Gerard Coleman _________________________________________________ seisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=seisa
