Water Safety Board Meeting

Following the weekly Outing Club meeting, we will hold a meeting of the Water Safety Board. We will be in the Mendota Lodge (same location as the general meeting. 

All Hoofer Outing Club members are allowed to attend this meeting. Only Outing Club members who hold boating leader ratings of at least WW2-OC, WW2, or SKL1 can vote at the meetings. At the next meeting, the main points we would like to move ahead with are some promotions of ratings.

We will also discuss potential revisions to the Water Safety Code. 

No need to sign up; you can just show up

5.1 Water Safety Board Membership and General Functioning The Water Safety Board is established on a year-by-year basis (calendar year) and will consist of all current Hoofer Outing Club members who hold boating leader ratings of at least WW2-OC, WW2, or SKL1. At the first meeting of each calendar year, the Board for the coming year will be established. Members of the Board during the preceding year who have maintained their leader ratings as outlined previously will be included at their previous rating. Members who have dropped to a lower rating as a result of insufficient boating activities will be included at their new, lower rating. The Board is responsible for drafting the safety regulations in this Code and revising them when necessary. A meeting at which rule changes may be made must be announced at a Water Safety Board meeting or a general Hoofer Outing Club meeting and the proposed rule changes posted at least one week in advance. A 2/3 majority of the Water Safety Board Members present plus designated proxies at a Water Safety board meeting is required for revisions. Rule changes do not become effective until they have been posted on the Hoofer Outing Club website or published in the Hoofer Outing Club Water Safety Code. On matters concerning general boating policy, the Water Safety Board makes recommendations to the Executive Board of the Hoofer Outing Club, which then determines policy. A meeting may be called by any Water Safety Board Member at any suitable time as long as a reasonable effort has been made to contact all other Water Safety Board Members. Those Water Safety Board Members present at a meeting constitute a quorum. Absent Water Safety Board Members may submit proxy votes on specific agenda items. A majority shall consist of majority of Water Safety Board Members present at a Water Safety Board meeting, plus proxies.