Windsurfing New Zealand

Meeting opened by Paul Vlietstra 7.30 pm

Present Roger Tweddell, Paul Vlietstra, Tony Limburg, Rodger Smith, George Cooper, Steve Cardno, Allan Taylor, Nathan Taylor, Geoff Laverty, Malcolm Porter

Apologies
Geoff Hardy, Jonathon Squires, Brian Smith, James Dinnis, Bruce Spedding

Minutes 2006 AGM Accepted as read. G Cooper/ R Smith

Presidents report – R Tweddell

It has been a tumultuous couple of years since I was elected President of WNZ in February 2005. Firstly, long time secretary, Helen Irvine decided to call it a day and leaving me to run the organization single handed for the 6 months or so before Jane Jefferies came on board as secretary. Despite Jane’s best intentions’ she became pregnant shortly after with her 2nd child and found it very difficult to do the job so I was back in the job again. So it was only in February just gone that Paul Vliestra took over the reigns as secretary. So, finally, we are back on track. I can only say that in the short time Paul has been in the job he has with the help of Bruce Spedding done an amazing amount to get WNZ up to speed.

My own vision of WNZ is an organization that meets the needs of its members and in general the windsurfers of New Zealand. It needs to have an accurate and efficient database for the recording of member details and NZL number register and it needs to be the communication tool by which members and windsurfers at large can deliver and garner information. This has been largely achieved b y the work that has been done on the database and on the website by Paul and Bruce. Another part of my vision is that we need to create a database for media contacts so that WNZ can get its message across to the public at large. Finally there is need for us to register all windsurfers whether or not they are financial members so that WNZ can demonstrate that we are truly representative of the sport in New Zealand.
Rodger Tweddell

Accepted Paul V/ George C

Election of officers
President Roger Tweddell Nominated Tony Limburg Seconded Paul Vlietstra Elected
Vice president Brian Smith Roger T / Steve Cardno
Secretary Paul Vlietstra Roger Tweddell/ Steve Cardno
Treasurer Tony Limburg Paul V/ George Cooper
Women’s rep Rachel Low Paul V / George C

General Business
Website
Bruce Spedding and Paul Vlietstra have seriously updated the website which now has the ability to forward news directly to members
NZL numbers are now posted on the website identifying the ones currently available. It was suggested that members holding numbers who have not paid their subs be given a years grace/quarintine before their number is reallocated.
Back subs would have to be paid to retain the number.
We need to contact all relevant organisations eg YNZ, SPARC etc to establish links from their sites to ours.
Discussion on commercial activity on the site. Roger T suggested transferring the retailer profiles previously in the newsletter to the site on condition they were paid for. Generally felt that gear trading wasn’t appropriate and was well catered for elsewhere.

South Island Instructors Course
Need for one, as there hadn’t been one for some years. Discussion on cost. Will be enough to cover master instructors fees plus some for the use of the school. Likely to be Dunedin and Christchurch.
Paul V to contact Sue Bradley .

Kitesurfing
Bruce Spedding has offered to help kitesurfers set up their own website. Paul to e-mail Craig Knight to see if kitesurfers are interested.

Event Calender
Paul Vlietstra suggested that an area should specialise in the national event(s) that best suits their location i.e. Wellington / Taranaki for waves, Auckland for Formula/ RSX
Suggested National events for the coming season could include Formula, Slalom, Course/Slalom, Wave, Freestyle, RSX, Techno, Speed.
Any one interested in promoting these are events are invited to come forward.

Dunedin has offered to host the slalom nationals 6 – 9 Feb 2008 and possibly the speed nationals in Bluff at Labour Weekend 07.

Rodger Smith felt national events should be spread around NZ.

Annual accounts.
Need to be completed within a month and sent to the Companies office. With the change of secretary some information still has to be located. Paul, Roger and Tony to attend to this.

Meeting closed at 8:50