Post-Spring NWISA Meeting Wednesday July 9 at 7PM

[Haley Lhamon]

Hi NWISA Coaches!

On behalf of the NWISA board, I'd like to apologize that we didn't have our end-of-spring season district meeting yet. We've had some transitions and life gets in the way sometimes...or a lot!

Please save the date for our district-wide meeting for coaches and program leads on Wednesday, June 9, at 7PM. We'll take minutes and share them by email afterward. Please send any agenda items you feel are critical besides the fall schedule and financials. 

Tonight the board will be discussing a proposal by Kathy Ozimek that involves a few fundamental changes to our working draft schedule for 2025-2026--please see below and attached. Please feel free to email me your thoughts directly, and I'll compile anonymously.

We'll send the agenda by Monday the 7th. 

Here's the Google Meet invitation: 

NWISA Post-Spring Meeting

Wednesday, July 9 · 7:00 – 9:00pm
Time zone: America/Los_Angeles
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/wcu-ivci-wuv

Thank you for your patience and involvement! Best wishes for summer and adventures!

Take care,

Haley

NWISA Vice President

cell: 206-799-9275

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ozimeks <pktco...@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, May 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: NWISA Proposal

I would like to propose NWISA consider the following ideas for the 2025-2026 season:

For Cascadia Cup: 

- make gold fleet open (still one team per registered NWISA team, but allow coaches to mix in sailors from incomplete schools if it makes the strongest team)

- use Cascadia Cup results to "seed"  programs to invitational regattas

- maybe limit to 10-12th graders to reduce sailors to reasonable #s in gold & silver fleets and not have a third fleet

Instead of RR#1 silver & gold, hold 2 invitational regattas (top programs at one, lower finishing programs at another). Programs would attend just one event (therefore needing only one coach).  Regattas could be combined division format and/or allow multiple teams per program with all their best sailors in A & all other sailors in B division.

Qualifications for Fleet Districts could be done at regional qualifiers in the spring instead of RR#3.  These regattas could allow mixed teams & eligible "active" teams to race for better competition, but only "active" teams would be able to qualify. 

Another pair of skill level invitationals could be held in March.  These regattas could take the place of RR#2 & Combined Division Regatta, freeing up a weekend for individual team scrimmages or smaller events in March.

If open team race championships will continue to include a gallium/bronze fleet when numbers warrant, perhaps the open team race seeding events are unnecessary.  Coaches can place appropriate teams in gallium for team racing like they currently do for open fleet race champs.

Hope this is helpful as you and the other board members work on the schedule for next year!   Kathy

[Haley Lhamon]

Happy Summer, NWISA Coaches!

Here's the Google Meet invitation again so it's easy to find:

https://meet.google.com/wcu-ivci-wuv

Hope to see you tonight!

Haley

VP, NWISA

cell: 206-799-9275

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Program AWA <pro...@anacorteswaterfront.org>
Date: Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [NWISA] Post-Spring NWISA Meeting Wednesday July 9 at 7PM
To: Haley Lhamon <haley....@gmail.com>
Cc: NWISA <nw...@googlegroups.com>, Anna Morrow <amorr...@gmail.com>

Hello NWISA!

Tonight is our post-Spring meeting! Can't wait to see everyone virtually at 7pm. Please review the following documents before the start of the meeting.

Agenda

NWISA Spring Scheduling Proposal

Proposed Amended NWISA Supplemental Rules

Thank you!

Shawn P. O'Connor

Waterfront Program Manager

Cell: (360)929-5111

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