ANNOUNCING HOBIE CAT MEMBERSHIP DRIVES FOR 2010…

It’s time to renew your HCA membership for 2010. Our harness raffle drive was extremely successful in 2009, so we’re continuing this program for 2010, and expanding the prizes! [Note, there were some bugs in the system at the beginning of the year (fixed now), so we’ve extended the dates this year.]

2010 Hobie Gear * Raffle Drive : We will be drawing for prizes based on paid memberships at the end of March, April and May. You will have up to three chances to win new Hobie Gear. Here’s how this will work:

* Memberships paid online, or postmarked by 3/31/10, will be eligible for the first Hobie Gear raffle, AND the subsequent raffles on 4/30/10 and 5/31/10. Join early, get THREE chances to win!!!
* Memberships paid online, or postmarked by 4/30/10, will be eligible for the second Hobie Gear raffle, AND the subsequent raffle on 5/31/10. So, you’d have TWO chances to win!!
* Memberships paid online, or postmarked by 5/31/10, will be eligible for the final Hobie Gear raffle.

* Each 2010 Hobie Gear raffle winner will receive his/her choice of a new harness, Hot Stick, or gear bag (value of each, approx $100+)!!!

Our Lucky 2009 Winners:

Bill George of Paradise Valley, AZ

Nicholas Bostic of Jacksonville, FL

Jeff Griffin of Ventura , IA

Once again, we will also be having a Divisional contest. We want to see which Divisions can grow the most, and who can be the biggest overall. Results from 2009 will be announced soon!



To join, go here: www.hcanamembers.com

Paper form is here:

http://www.hcana.hobieclass.com/sit...mbership/2010/2010MembershipApp04Dec.pdf


HCA MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS:

The most obvious benefits of joining are:

* Eligibility to race in Hobie events, from points regattas to international championships
* Eligibility to be scored in the North American ranking system
* Support of the Hobie Hotline, our newsletter

How do we use membership dues?

* Class Promotion
* Guest Expert Programs
* Youth Programs
* Standardized Racing
* North American Championships event support
* Area Championships event support
* Racer support programs
* Regatta materials for fleets and divisions
* Racing Seminars
* Regatta Insurance

Bump... Less than 6 hours to the first deadline...

If you plan on attending a Hobie regatta this year, you need to renew (or join) anyway, do it today and have three cracks at cool prizes too!

Mike