NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
THE AGM of the Yachting Journalists' Association is to be held on
Friday, May 23, 2008
Venue: HMS Warrior, Portsmouth
The meeting will commence at 17:45hrs on the Gun Deck
Agenda
1. Apologies for absence
2. Minutes of last meeting and matters arising
3. Chairman’s Report
4. Treasurer’s Report - 2005-2006 accounts and 2006-2007 forecast
5. Subscriptions
6. Election of Officers and Committee
7.
Members handbook update
8. AOB
The Business Meeting will be followed by the Association's
SPRING DINNER
This will be at 19:00hrs on the Officers Half Deck or the Gun Deck.
More information will follow next week, i.e. parking and application forms for the dinner etc. when it has been finalised.
For more details about the Spring Dinner, Menu and downloadable Reservation form >>> CLICK HERE
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the Raymarine/YJA Yachtsman of the Year is hosting a weekly sailing programme on local radio.
Sir Robin, who won the YJA's coveted trophy for the third time during the Collins Stewart London Boat Show is presenting the weekly series, H20 on Friday evenings on BBC Radio Solent
YOUNG SAILOR OF THE YEAR
The Raymarine Young Sailor of the Year is 12-year-old schoolboy, Laurence Greenough from Plymouth, who won the award at the Collins Stewart London Boat Show for his outstanding courage and fortitude in recovering from a serious sailing accident in which he lost a leg. Within two months of the accident he was out racing his Topper again, and went straight back to the top of his class in an unadapted boat.
Dave Selby
columnist
Practical Boat Owner/Classic Boat
Gary Blake
photographer
Gary Blake Photo Marine
Wendy Johnson
photographer
Gary Blake Photo Marine
EDITOR REQUIRED
for
Boat News
Chris Beeson
Technical Editor
Yachting Monthly
Richard Sibley
photographer
Ian Roman
photographer
Phil Pickin
photographer
Photo-Grafix
ROB GETS OLYMPIC JOB
YJA member Rob Andrews has been appointed Sport Competition Manager for Sailing for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
He will be responsible for all planning, organisation and management for the Sailing events at the Games which will take place at Weymouth and Portland.
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