Cal Sailing Club officers
Cal Sailing Club officers run the cooperative, each taking responsibility for one aspect of the club's operations. Each is a voting member of the executive committee, or Ex-Com. They are elected by the membership every six months.
Excom
- Commodore: Allan Champion
- The commodore is responsible for the smooth overall operation of the club, and acts as the club's spokesperson and representative.
- Vice Commodore: Heidi Kearsley
- The vice commodore is responsible for memberships, publicity, and publication of the club's newsletter, "The Floating Bottle."
- First Vice Commodore: Auric Hornemann & Carl Caven
- The first vice commodore is responsible for maintaining the club's fleet of dinghies.
- Second Vice Commodore: Rob Miller & Clayton Seward
- The second vice commodore is responsible for maintaining the club's fleet of windsurfing equipment.
- Third Vice Commodore: Brian Buchanan and Edward Anelli
- The third vice commodore is responsible for maintaining the club's fleet of keelboats.
- Rear Commodore: David Fraser & Mai Luo
- The rear commodore is responsible for the smooth functioning of the club's training of members.
- Port Captain: Michael Scalet
- The port captain is responsible for the club's on-shore facilities -- the clubhouse and boatyard -- and for hiring, training and supervising dayleaders for the club's day-to-day operations.
- Secretary: Jennifer Kroon
- The secretary keeps the club's records, including minutes of meetings; and keeps the club's various licenses, registrations and certificates up to date.
- Treasurer: Peter Kuhn
- The treasurer is responsible for the all the fiscal activities of the club, such as paying bills and recording and depositing income.
Committee Chairs
The Cal Sailing Club has a number of committees (usually of one) that take care of activities that require more involvement or expertise than the ExCom members. The committee chairs are designated by the Commodore.
- Alumni Chair: Louis Benainous
- Knows where you are
- Baking Chair: Jerry Huff
- A reason to never miss a General Membership Meeting.
- Banquet chair: Jennifer Kirkland
- A gourmet chef who prepares a feast for every General Membership Meeting.
- Cruising Chair: Allan Champion
- Really gets around
- Decorator Chair: Pauline Kuykendall
- Things need decorating sometimes.
- First-Aid Chair: Bob Hood
- The First Aid Chair is in charge of assisting the port-captain with first-aid training for dayleaders, keeping the clubhouse first-aid supplies stocked, and assisting with sailing-related first-aid questions that may arrise at the club.
- Laser and Byte Chair: Gunther Weber
- Person responsible for anything that has to do with the laser and byte fleet.
- Membership chair: Tyler Elliott
- Overseer of the club's membership database.
- Motor maintenance chair: Riley Kuhn
- Fixes outboards and just about anything else around the place.
- Sail maintenance chair: Peter Bazcek
- Lower that jib at the dock, or else...
- Sail Rating Chair: Mark Yampanis
- The person to know when you want to obtain one of the club's advanced sailing ratings.
- Social chair: Michael Nielsen
- Runs the barbecues on Open Houses, and organizes the club's social activities.
- Sunday Dinghy Racing Chairs: Gary Farber and Alistair Boettiger
- Alistair Boettiger and Gary Farber Organize Sunday Bahia and JY dinghy racing. Responsible for administering the race rules test, passage of which is required to be a racing skipper. The email link will reach both race chairs.
- Swag Chair: Jane Morson
- Wrangles amazing discounts on sailing and windsurfing gear for club members.
- Windsurfing Board Repair Chair: Sofien Sehiri
- Resin Master
- Windsurfing donation and equipment chair: Dave Macfarlane
- Brings life back into old equipment, and coordinates donations from our friends in the Windsurfing business.
- Windsurfing Events Chair!!!!: Lori Taguma
- Keeps the CSC windsurfing events calendar packed with fun and adventure.
- Windsurfing locker chair: Isabella La Rocca
- Windsurfing Sail Repair chair: Mitsu
- Keeps the Club's windsurfing sails in top condition.
- Windsurfing Teaching Chair: Rob Weinberg
- Directs the windsurfing teaching program at CSC. Schedules instructors and gets them out on the water.
- Windsuring Rating Chair: Ardaan Locht
- Who to contact for your Senior Windsurfing rating.
- Women's chair: Caryl Woulfe
- Coordinates teaching programs for women sailors of all levels, who would like to learn from other female sailors.
- YRA liaison: Jamuel Starkey
- Coordinates and serves as CSC's delegate to the Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay, the primary organizer of yacht racing on the Bay and Northern California/Pacific coast. Please contact him if you'd like more information on how to campaign your yacht under the CSC burgee in the upcoming racing season.
Other Friendly Faces
- Floating Bottle Editor: Jennifer Kroon
- Keeps that bottle flowing.
- List Manager: Bill Moseley
- Wishes he was sailing. Really!
- Webmaster: Bill Moseley
- Websurfing != Windurfing
The CSC Listserver
Members of CSC can also communicate with each other by e-mail through the CSC Listserver, which is a lively and informative forum for discussing topics relevant to sailing and Cal Sailing Club.
Address and Phone Number
The club's mailing address is:
Cal Sailing Club
124 University Avenue
Berkeley, California 94710
The Cal Sailing Club does not have a phone. You can contact any of the above officers and chairpersons through e-mail, or you can find them down at the club (usually on windy weekends!).
