1	An Introduction to your Committee and A Personal Vision for the Future from the Commodore Steve Gibbon
2	But before I begin…..
3	Your Committee
4	Vision (1) Build, improve, innovate, support - sailing at its best, sail Kielder. To continue the current club welcoming ethos and family friendly atmosphere; To continue to grow the membership as per the previous business plan with a target of 200 membership units by approx 2010/11 To continue to review our sailing programme to keep it fresh and to meet member's needs To continue to use the business plan as a means to develop the club To establish some key measures which we can track to help measure and manage the club's performance To expand training (sailing, patrol boats and RO) at least in line with our growth and to reduce the burden on individuals in the training team by spreading responsibility To progress Junior sailing to regional squad level for as many juniors as possible To offer more for Juniors than just training To establish a junior forum/committee to elicit the views of our junior membership and to feed this to the full committee - this will potentially replace Tom's role as Junior Rep as he reaches 18!
5	Vision (2) Build, improve, innovate, support - sailing at its best, sail Kielder. To develop a strategy to attract more experienced sailors to the club - to be the regional club of choice - as well as to continue to be attractive to novices. (This is NOT poaching please note!) To prepare for overcoming the bottlenecks we will encounter at a membership of 200+ e.g. boat park space, car parking and club house facilities - especially if Tower Knowe develops and we lose access to the bottom car park. To take advantage of any growth opportunities which may present themselves e.g. should part of the Tower Knowe site become available due to redevelopment. To continue to improve the club's operations - specifically as we grow. To annually seek membership feedback in a consistent way via surveys so we can measure membership feeling To expand our publicity so we have a higher profile in the region To seek funding assistance to assist our growth and specific projects To build on the previous base provided by the outstanding leadership of Alec and Viola to whom I/we are indebted
6	BDP Progress Last Issue Distributed in October 2006 21 key priorities 7 achieved…. 7 in progress…. Others planned for next year, subject to priorities and finances….
7	BDP Progress
8	Other Developments Redesign of the Web Site Choice of Presentation Styles, fonts and sizes Commodore’s Blog Continuation of the Forum and all other useful information Member’s only area ‘News’ style front page leader to site Liaison with other NE Clubs – away days
9	Over to you