The Board of Directors meeting dates and times are available the club's website calendar. If you want to be on the distribution list to receive a copy of the Minutes of the Board of Directors meetings, you may send your request by email to ecsc_secretary@yahoo.com. Minutes are not posted on the website.
If you have an interest in serving on the Board of Directors when elections come around in November, you may always contact a current Director to let them know or send me an email identifying your interest. Please be sure to read Article III / Section 2 of the Bylaws.
Rich Fox
Secretary
Safety & Education Committee Update
On March 25th, Safety & Education facilitated the "Prepping Your Boat for the Upcoming Season" seminar. It was well attended and received positive feedback!
The next seminar scheduled based upon the results of the Safety & Ed Survey will be "MOB Training & Other Ways To Stay Safe." The first half of the class will be on land to review boating safety and sailing safety tips. The second half of the class will be conducted on the water with man overboard drills and scenarios. Bring your swimsuit, wetsuit, and PFD!
Date and Time TBD once volunteer instructor is confirmed.
Coast Guard Safety Vessel Checks will be offered at no cost to our members throughout the month of July. Multiple days and times will be offered to accommodate people's schedules. Look for a registration link soon.
DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) Committee Update
A DEI sub committee has been formed under the umbrella of Safety and Education in an effort to diversify our club and share the wonderful sport of sailing with all communities. Current committee members are Abigail Harlan, Al Wilkins, Amy Miller, and Katie DeGrella. We are excited to share that the below DEI Statement was accepted in the May 8th board meeting!
Eagle Creek Sailing Club strives to celebrate the diverse people and families that make up Marion County and our surrounding communities. We are committed to providing equitable, safe, and inclusive access to sailing, social activities, racing programs, and sailing education.
This initiative is in its infancy, and the committee will work hard to establish short and long term goals. Two organizations that were considered and consulted as we developed this statement were US Sailing and Indy Parks.
For more information on what US Sailing is doing in this area, visit https://www.ussailing.org/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/
For more information on what Indy Parks is doing in this area, visit: https://www.indy.gov/activity/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-indy-parks
Thank you to the members who have already shown support and enthusiasm for this initiative! If you would like to become involved, please contact Abigail Harlan at education@ecsail.org
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Abigail Harlan (she/her)
Email: apharlan15@gmail.com
Mobile: 317-695-8877
WhatsApp: Abigail Harlan
The shelter now has new shingles, with a water barrier, to replace the ones nobody has any idea how old they were. A few boards on the underside of the roof that were rotting away were also replaced. We still need the proper color stain for them.
After consultation with the Harbor Master, we installed a simple parking guide for your empty trailer. A yellow rope that delineates the center of the field so you have a mark for the back of your trailer.
A couple of items found: 1) a spare tire on the way to trailer parking and 2) some money lying on the floor of the shelter. If you think they may be yours, email me using the address in the directory.
With help from Erich and Bob we have passed our bacteria and nitrate water tests as required by IDEM. Yeah, clean water.
An extra thanks to Dennis, Jerry, Kenny & Dr Bob for helping the Grounds Committee while they were doing Harbormaster work.
Racers and Non-Racers,
The ECSC racing season is off and running. We have had three successful Wednesday Night racing events with good attendance for this early in the year. Many boats have not yet been launched but hope that the coming warmer weather will encourage more to get their boats out racing. The Sunday races had a very slow start related to the very adverse weather for the two initial races. The volunteer turnout for the race committee was 100% despite the weather and we very much appreciate the spirit of volunteerism for the new Sunday racing format. Remember this year we will be having a race committee for the Sunday races. This past Sunday we had a very good turnout and very good competitive races.
Under the leadership of Tom Lauer an effort to revive interest and participation in the Green Fleet racing program is underway. I hope if you are a Green Fleet boat owner that you will connect with Tom about future upcoming racing opportunities.
We are still looking for both racer and non-racer volunteers for the sailboat races for the coming season. We are experiencing an increase in volunteering this year so far but still have many open spots for any member to hop on board with our experienced PRO racing leaders and have a great time while helping the PROs run our races. Whether you are a regular racer or an uninformed non-racer, we hope that you will sign up on SignUp Genius on the racing page of the ECSC website. You will be doing yourself a great favor as it does not require any real racing or sailing experience to be able to function well helping the knowledgeable PROs run the races. It is beautiful just being on the lake and the PROs will be delighted to help you “learn the ropes”. The PROs know all that is required to run the race and they can instruct you on doing many of the simple tasks they need help with in running the race. I know you will enjoy It and it is a great way to get an introduction to racing if you are thinking about trying it. To volunteer you can sign up on the or call Nancy Goff or myself and we can help you sign up very easily. Remember you get 3 hours of work credits for this worth a total of $45 of your yearly dues. See you on the water!!
Besides the Wednesday night and Sunday scheduled weekly racing events our first major invitational regatta event is coming up this June 3rd and 4th. It is the Mayor’s Cup and hope you will register through the ECSC Racing page on the ECSC website.
See you on the water.
John Kohne
Nancy Goff