[WYC Announce] 🍂 Fall Sailing Opportunities + Volunteers Needed at The Washington Yacht Club! ⛵

[WYC Commodore via wyc_info]

Hey there, sailor!

Hopefully you have enjoyed a Summer of sailing, and are also as excited as
I am for Fall, arguably the best season for sailing because of the great
wind and warm water temperatures!

I’m writing to brief you on some exciting involvement opportunities coming
up in the near future. September will be our busiest month of the year,
with major recruitment events and Fall Snooze ‘n Cruise stacking our
programing. To that end, we— the leadership of the club— need your help to
get the year started! Please see below for volunteer and social
opportunities for our upcoming season.

Renew Your WYC Membership

We have opened our Fall Quarter Membership Form
<https://washingtonyachtclub.org/about-us/join/> for those of you who would
like to renew your membership for the new season! Friendly reminder that a
valid Rec Membership is required to participate in WYC activities alongside
a current WYC membership. We are temporarily suspending the yearlong
membership option as we anticipate minimal sailing from the WAC during
construction time in Winter.

We appreciate your involvement in the club as the WYC prepares for a new
era! Leadership are working on future dinghy storage and keelboat moorage
arrangements for a time Post–Dock Renovations. We are hopeful about the
situation and have faith in the resilience of the club.

Dawg Daze Recruitment Events

Please sign up to help us put up our Fall recruitment events! We are
hosting two Dawg Daze events that new and prospective members could look
forward to:

   -

   Our Dawg Daze Open House event will be held Sunday 9/22 from 1–7pm at
   the WAC. This is our biggest event where 200–300 students board club
   keelboats for 30-minute cruises on Union Bay and Lake Washington. We need
   all hands on deck for this event: sign wavers, waiver signing volunteers,
   life jacket enforcers, skippers, qualified crew— you name it!
   -

   Our Dawg Daze Information Session will be Thursday 9/26 6–7pm in Sieg
   420. Help us make a good impression and answer questions for new and
   prospective WYC members!

Additionally, we will be boothing at the RSO Fair (date TBA in Red Square)
and Recreation Fair (concurrent to 9/22 Open House at the IMA) so please
also sign up for tabling to help us promote the WYC to future sailors!

Please put your name down on this Volunteer Sign-ups spreadsheet
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SdSS-__vyBl8bjJdQmqS4Jan01sMv2Wj0scOi2F9NKQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0>
so we know you’re coming! Use the tabs below to navigate through the events.

Ready To Teach?

The Fall 2024 Instructor & Volunteer Form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf98zo2njDXZUmQbN4lpS2OvKWdO92S9HSs4pdR-N1nXOlG0Q/viewform>
is now open! If you would like to help out with educational events or teach
classes this Fall, please fill out this form. Instructors are exempt from
membership dues during the quarter they’re scheduled to teach! Those
without the necessary ratings are still encouraged to apply, as this will
help us assess the demand for individual classes. Feel free to DM Vice
Commodore Yoochan (@yoochanan) on Discord with any questions!

Boat Move Work Parties (BMWPs)

We’re in the midst of Football Season, which means Boat Moves!

What are Boat Moves? The arrival of sailgating boats for Husky Harbor means
a few things for us: for Friday evenings, we will need to tie up, tow, and
anchor all our dinghies in the Bay, and we will also need to move our
keelboats to the canoe/kayak-launching U-dock once WAC rentals close. Then
for Sunday mornings, we will need to move our boats back to their original
locations before kayak rentals start (while rentals are ongoing).

This is a hands-on, social activity that gets to be a lot of fun! Learn to
handle boats like big tetris pieces. Please also note that participation in
work parties is mandatory for club members and helps club leadership
immensely in keeping things running. Hint: We note attendance as service to
the club, which doesn’t hurt in getting you more sailing opportunities!

The dates of this Quarter’s game days, which are usually Saturday, are:

   -

   8/31
   -

   9/7
   -

   9/21
   -

   10/5
   -

   11/2
   -

   11/15 (a Friday game, so our boats must be moved on the Thursday prior.)

There are boat moves for the above dates on the day before and the day
after! You can let us know you’re coming by using the Boat Moves page in
the Volunteer Sign-ups spreadsheet
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SdSS-__vyBl8bjJdQmqS4Jan01sMv2Wj0scOi2F9NKQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0>
!

New Committee Announcement: #Creative_Team

If you’d like to help up make flyers, posters, stickers, social media
posts, merch designs etc. please join the #creative_team
<https://discord.com/channels/644636493062733855/1280609765206261883>
channel on Discord and introduce yourself/your interests! Olivia’s Dawg
Daze Creative document
<https://discord.com/channels/644636493062733855/1280609765206261883/1281017162756001812>
in the pinned messages of the channel include the media we would appreciate
help with.

Pro tip: give yourself the @Designers role on Discord through the Channel &
Roles page to get pinged when we need ya!

Other active committees open to your participation:

   1.

   Commodores Ball Committee hopes to plan a winter formal for the club
   2.

   Database and Website Committee helps us maintain our IT systems
   3.

   Social Media and Media Collection Committee organizes our social media
   and archive
   4.

   Club Communications Committee for PR and internal comms management
   5.

   Recruitment and Publicity Committee for our recruitment events for the
   public
   6.

   IDEA Committee for inclusion, diversity, equity and access initiatives
   7.

   Fundraising Committee works on grants and other ventures to get the club
   funds
   8.

   Merch and Swag Committee ideate on gear for club members

If you’d like to join a committee or chair one (be the point of contact and
organizer for a particular effort), please request this on the
#questions_and_support channel on Discord!

Fall Snooze ‘n Cruise

Join us for our Saturday–Sunday sailing/camping trip to Blake Island on
9/28–29! For this Snooze ‘n Cruise we are prioritizing our members, so our
signups unfortunately will not include a guest option. Please email Olivia
Anderson at rearcommodore at washingtonyachtclub.org to sign up as a skipper
if you have qualifying ratings. Otherwise, please await the signup form
scheduled to go live on Wednesday 9/18 at noon. Signups fill up quickly so make
sure to register at your earliest convenience!

Want to help? Reach out to Olivia if you are interested in helping us plan
our food and drinks options, if you have ideas about events and games for
the group, or if you’re able to do photography/videography for the trip,
etc.! If you have leads on any boats who could support the transport of
members to and from the island, we’d love to hear from you. We are also
looking to borrow a 9.9 hp outboard for the weekend if anyone has one
available to lend.

Snooze ‘n Cruise Work Party will be on Friday 9/27. Please come help us get
our boats in shape and packed for the weekender!

Windsurfing Policies Proposals

Dan Oliver of the Windsurfing Program has brought forth the following
proposals for changes to windsurfing that will be discussed and voted on at
the next general meeting:


   -

   WYC Bylaws with proposed amendments
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tp1jmbNCaKKvWtM-FXJwlU1lZgZmOCGnvcMuKJgsXPU/edit?usp=sharing>
   (proposed changes are highlighted).
   -

   Proposed Windsurf policy document
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NYfwbUFDhq3-PFQTCRsnTHmETRW6XHrT7mzJtVJwuCg/edit?usp=sharing>
   (most of the document is new language, language that is originally from WYC
   policies is highlighted):
   -

   Windsurf badges
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L1XCUgTHyzE5xHnRMMw1Bfh5O2l_XUm33neqgj6i30c/edit>
   descriptions. Badges are mentioned in the new policies, article 1 section
   c, and there is an additional doc with all the requirements for each
   specific badge.

You may review the above documents and provide feedback through your google
account as suggestions/comments on the document. There is an
additional comments
sheet
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-MCfQHGf6mY0YDW6mVqZwxG_R_d8lpO82D3JLqi45o0/edit>
for your broader thoughts.

Join WYC Leadership

We’re always in need of help in administering the club! We are looking for
active club members who have some experience with sailing in the club and
attending club events. Familiarity and comfort with using Discord is a
major plus, as all our Executive Council communications currently take
place on the platform. If you have any interest in leadership, please DM
Co-Commodore Renee Chien on Discord to let me know. We are flexible with
potentially creating positions for your particular strengths.


Updates To Our Discord

New Roles are available
<https://discord.com/channels/644636493062733855/704465117466722433/1279573776044003329>
for selection! There’s a #members_profiles
<https://discord.com/channels/644636493062733855/1252486481377755219>
channel for introductions and bios! A #carpool
<https://discord.com/channels/644636493062733855/1282801095806029855>
channel to get you places! Emojis for channels to make the Server more
readable! Please follow us along on Discord for the most timely updates on
the activity of the club. Of note, most Ithaka lessons get planned and
announced on Discord first. We also gauge interest for supervised sailing
and lessons like catamaran classes in the relevant channels on the platform.


Miscellaneous Items

   -

   Club leadership hope to host General Meetings once a month this upcoming
   Fall Quarter to keep everyone in the loop about the direction of the club.
   -

   Follow our Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/washingtonyachtclub/>
   and share our posts as they go live in the coming month!
   -

   Please continue your letter writing campaign
   <https://www.instagram.com/p/C7SWdTiyHRC/?igsh=MWJtcnE5emdzcDYyOA==> to
   UW Administration to advocate for the WYC.
   -

   As always, reach out with your questions in the #questions_and_support
   channel on our Discord Server. Unless specified otherwise, please defer to
   the channel for help (instead of DMing individual officers) as we can
   respond quicker with more eyes on the questions and our individual inboxes
   can get quite overrun.


Thanks for being a part of our community and see you on the water soon!




*Renee Chien and Bhanu Sharma*
Co-Commodores of the WYC

Washington Yacht Club, the student sailing club at UW

commodore at washigntonyachtclub.org

Join Our Discord Community <https://discord.com/invite/5uGyJvtXM6> | Follow
Our Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/washingtonyachtclub/>
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