Wow. Just wow!

What a great meeting; HUGE THANKS to all of you for making such a strong showing, especially on such short notice. I will never forget the look on Gary Jobson's face, when he walked into a packed meeting room, and then when I told him we had an additional 15 people on the phone!

There were many US SAILING staff members that made appearances throughout the meeting, including three from the Championships office alone. In addition to staff, the Board Secretary, and at least one past president came into our meeting, and went out of their way to find me later to congratulate ALL OF US for setting a positive tone and moving forward with revitalized enthusiasm.

Attending these meetings is absolutely essential, in ways that cannot always be anticipated nor directly measured. For example, had we not been there, we would not have had the opportunity for the impromptu meeting with a USSA representative regarding ISAF Equipment selection for the Olympics. There will be more information forcoming about this, and we spun into some additional ideas on how to potentially package some of this with our future Multihull Championships.

We have a lot of work to do, and a lot of support being offered our way.

Minutes and other follow-up items are absolutely being worked on. It's been a long past few days, and I am getting ready to enjoy Halloween festivities with the family, so I probably won't be posting again until Tuesday.

Thanks again, have a great Halloween everyone!

Mike