Thank you Mark,

You gave the exact same answers I would have given. Thank you for taking care of that.

Indeed, the F16 forum is the official communication form of the F16 class. It even says so in the class rules. I live by the principle that anybody who is interested in the F16 class will at least tune in to this forum once in awhile.

And indeed, how can I contact "members" when they have not identified themselfs to me in the first place ? This is, again, indeed one of the reasons to form the formal membership list.

Also I'm not going to call, fly-over to face-to-face them, snail mail or spend many e-mails finding the lastest current adress of potential members. That is a huge time if not money investment that I'm not willing to make personally and I guess everybody seriously interested in the membership will find their way to the me on their own devices. Also Robi is helping out by face-to-face the sailors attending the events like Gulfport. This seems like the role a local class organisation should play.

I this case I also think we must remember that the members themselfs are requested to invest some efforts themselfs. I'm doing this as a hobby and because I believe in the enjoyment of sailing these boats. That doesn't mean that I enjoy chasing down people and handling all personal affairs for them. Sorry, I rather go out sailing myself.

Wouter