This aspect of the night was good & frustruating. Good because competent people were elected to run WV. Frustrating because insurance and litigation seems to have killed our sport to some extent.

AWA 3rd party liability doesn't cover members involved in the event - I didn't realise that. General acceptance that taking part in an event comes with some risk that we were all prepared to wear. Member to member insurance is far too costly. Maybe we should get sponsored by CGU and put their sticker on our sails in return for cheaper premium?

Frustration too with trying to get members paid up prior to events. Point was raised that if you sign up on the day of an event it can be very difficult to prove in a court of law - thus meaning that you and the organisers are in a very sketchy position. A general feeling that signing up on the day should be discouraged by either: disallowing it altogether, making it incur a higher fee, making people do it at a pre-determined location where their names can be posted on the net at a particular time and date to avoid confusion in courts.

Membership fee of $50 discussed. I for one am prepared to pay a little more if necessary. Compared to the amount of money I blow on the sport in a year - this is nothing! The difference between $50 and $60 isn't too bad. Maybe we should bump up the event fee instead so that it becomes more of a user pay system?? Pay your cheap $50 membership and then $20 per event? May start to build coffers for running better events / post event functions? Perhaps have normal members and racing members? The topic of incorporation was wrapped into all the insurance / cost debate. Do any other Aussie Associations have some experience with incorporation that they can share??

Think about how much you'd pay for a round of golf at a nice course... How much to see a movie... How much in petrol do you pay to drive to the coast and back each night / weekend...

The most apealing aspect of membership to me is the insurance. Does the third party insurance cover for incidents that may occur in day to day sailing or is it only valid during competitions?

Yep, sounds good as thats exactly what I am looking for. Am getting more and more paranoid sailing at Elwood and having try hard triathletes swimming right in the zone where we are coming into gybe and pull up. Where can I sign up?!