Update from RYA HQ Improving the Race Officials directory. Protecting your Rights, Promoting your Interests

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1 Update from RYA HQ Improving the Race Officials directory

2 Update from RYA HQ 4 year Regional Development plans Structured approach tailored to each region Draft plans in place and at initial discussion stage Overall we need to work on increasing diversity alongside raising quantity and quality Will require more volunteers to help deliver

3 support staff Update from RYA HQ Two full time staff members Jacqui Roberts Development Coordinator Advertising for an Race Officials administrator Recruiting additional members to regional teams

4 Update from RYA HQ Changes to the way we communicate

5 Update from RYA HQ What is the best event in the UK you have ever been to? 45 comments 1. Olympics Optimist Europeans Wilson Trophy 1972

6 Saying Thank You is important

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8 RYA Volunteer Awards 2017 Rewarding and recognising the volunteers who contribute so much to boating in the UK. Any affiliated club, class association, organisation can nominate. More info and nomination forms available on website (from 21 st Nov) Deadline for nominations 3rd April 2017 Queries to:

9 RYA Racing Committee Carla Stanley Chair of Racing

10 RYA Committee Chairs 2017 Andy Wibroe Chair of JUC Chris Hadden Chair of RMC Peter Johnson Chair of RRC Dick Batt Chair of TOG

11 Where have we come from? Where are we going? Fresh Thinking!

12 Historically - Applications Handled in Meetings - Appointments Handled in Meetings - Judge and Umpire Seminars managed in differing ways - Education for Umpires on the back burner - Education for Judges on the back burner - Additional hurdles for International Endorsement

13 Immediate Change! - Applications handled between meetings over - International Endorsement made simpler and in harmony with World Sailing timeframes

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16 Committee Sub Groups Working Groups

17 JUC Judges Education Umpires Education Performance and Appointments

18 Performance and Appointments - Handling of Applications in Real Time - Developing formal feedback system - Managing event appointments with development in mind

19 Judges Education - Reviewing the existing Judges Exam - Reviewing the entry requirements for RYA Judge (Formally RJ) - Developing potential on line entry test

20 Umpires Education - Developing an entry course for umpires - Exploring courses for fleet umpiring

21 Welcome your feedback Come and chat to me over the weekend!

22 RYA Committee Chairs 2017 Andy Wibroe Chair of JUC Chris Hadden Chair of RMC Peter Johnson Chair of RRC Dick Batt Chair of TOG

23 Our role Leading the development and dissemination of Race Management best practice Developing and running training for Race Officers and Marklayers Managing the qualifications process for Race Officers and Marklayers

24 Membership Chris Hadden Richard Kingsnorth Peter Baldwin Stephen Parry David Kent Tom Rusbridge plus one vacancy, seeking volunteers shortly

25 Current issues Updating training, especially NRO Getting a better process for applications and renewals Getting a better alignment between our work and the needs of clubs and classes Addressing the demographics of race officials

26 Race Management Guide Recently reissued, available on website Updated to reflect 2017 RRS but more substantial rewrite might be considered later in year Feedback welcome on recent update and views on any future update

27 NRO Training - developments Current course 3 days Revises lots of RRO material Heavily slide based, limited practical work Aim of redevelopment Reduce to 2 days Separate revision material from course Make course more hands on

28 New NRO structure will be Online revision modules, taken at own pace over weeks before course 2 day (weekend) course Target of 12 delegates per course Most of content will be group work, based around a fictional class national championship

29 New NRO - timing Complete development by middle of year Online revision module nearly finished Course material 80% complete Will run a pilot as final quality check before running live course

30 RYA Committee Chairs 2017 Andy Wibroe Chair of JUC Chris Hadden Chair of RMC Peter Johnson Chair of RRC Dick Batt Chair of TOG

31 The Appeals Committee was the original committee of the RYA, founded in Its functions have expanded considerably, and is now called Racing Rules Committee.

32 Regular business in 2016: 15 appeal cases decided 3 new cases added to the RYA Case Book 31 enquiries received and answered (usually within a day or so) by the Racing Rules Advisory Service, as well as informal responses to telephone enquiries at the rate of 1-2 per week 4 submissions to the November World Sailing Conference 2 new RYA Racing Rules Guidances published at the end of the year o Changes to the Racing Rules from January 2017 o Support Persons

33 Additional business in 2016: Preparation of material and proofing for the new RYA Racing Rules of Sailing book (YR1) and Handy Guide to the Racing Rules (YR7) starting on July 1, with the printed books to be available at the Southampton Boat Show in September. This included also updating, revising: o The RYA prescriptions to the rules. o The RYA Racing Charter. o The recommended Risk Statement. Updating all cases in the RYA Case Book by the end of the year. Updating all 34 RYA Racing Rules Guidances by the end of the year. Updating the popular RYA Rules and Cases ebook, previously available from the RYA Books app and which has now been subsumed in an agreement with World Sailing. This also now includes the RYA Racing Rules Guidances as well as the RYA Case Book. Production of an RYA Racing Rules Guidance booklet in both pdf and ebook format, the latter available as a free download to the RYA Books and World Sailing rules apps.

34 Particular thanks must go to: Martin Smethers Richard Thompson Mike Short Gordon Stredwick Chris Simon The team at RYA Publications Gus Lewis at RYA Legal

35 Plans for 2017: Have a rest!!!

36 RYA Committee Chairs 2017 Andy Wibroe Chair of JUC Chris Hadden Chair of RMC Peter Johnson Chair of RRC Dick Batt Chair of TOG