I met with the Recreation Officer of the mandurah City Council today and the following is a brief summary of the outcomes.
Firstly the Mandurah WS Fest. He was all for this, will help promote. Got me to focus and committ on dates and length of Fest, so I chose sat 4th of Jan 09 and sun 5th of Jan 09. He wanted a "promotion of exercise" element to it, with an emphasis on bringing new people to the sport. I suggested that the mornings of sat and sun we could provide free lessons tryouts, for kiddies/juniors, and over 30's and over 60's. He was all for this and felt this was very important to Mandurah CC. I also suggested seminars on tuning gear, how to go fast etc, and he also approved.
Re events etc. He wanted details of events, and how they tied into WWA. I said we could use the sat as a gps NM event, and also slalom races towards WWA state title points, pending what WWA need/want etc. The Sun could be the warm up for the WWA L2L with a race across and back of the Peel Estauary about 20kms, with possibly over 100 competitors. He said he also wanted racing as close as possible to spectators. Overall, He seemed happy with these ideas.
Club Incorporation. He was particularly keen for the Mandurah Mob to become a Windsurfing Club, with the promise of funding towards events, and the possibility of funding of facilities/premises in future if it became popular. So I said I would see if people were keen.
We canned the idea of a gear/shop expo for a variety of reasons.
We canned the idea of a swap meet because people spend too much time off the water trying to sell gear.
So whaddyareckon.
I know the MCC would like to see a lot but IMOPO is KISS
The more time buggerizing around with a lot of this other stuff equates to less time on the water. Sorry if that sounds selfish.
Lesson and tryout's...how do we stand for personal liability insurance? who is going to do it? who is going to provide the gear?
The Idea of a MM club does have a bit of appeal as then we have a formal voice if there is anything which affects our local spots.
Keep it fun keep it simple
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Had a thunk about the dates as well.
Any time in Jan particularly the first couple of weeks is prime Terrorist season down here, MCC may think it's a great show case but the thousands of crabbers both walking and floating the 1/2 a million crab nets and all the weekend warriors who think they own the water cause they have a boat may prove to be a bit hazradous for a an event.
I would think that early December would be a bit better as we avoid the crab hungry hoards of tourists
Well thunked elmo, good points.
The crabbers have always seemed a bit of a worry to me.
Be positive. It will be 20-25kn at 1300 and the crabbers will have all bvggered off 
oh yeah do we satill have the "have a go at GPS" pencilled in for winter sometime 
This is a great idea - well done hardie !
(It goes against the grain for me a bit suggesting this) BUT
Hi All,
Just a note to clarify a couple of points -
1/ The Lancelin Chamber of Commerce run the Lancelin Ocean Classic (including the Ledge Pt. to Lancelin Marathon), and WWA have historically worked with the organisers to facilitate the running of the wave and slalom components of the event (the bits we are good at).
2/ The insurance WWA has is provided through the AWA to whom WWA pay annual fees. This insurance covers public liability for WWA as an event organising body, and provides members with public liability cover (although this has a member to member exclusion). For example - if your equipment injured a member of the general public, say it blew down the beach and struck and onlooker, the insurance should apply. The cover will not help you if you hit another sailor whilst competing. (Insurance companies don't like the risk of competitive events and insurance to cover every outcome/senario including participation in competition - like belting over very shallow water at significant speeds for example - is extremely expensive)
3/ The suggestion of a Mandurah Club may have some merit. Were the hypothetical MWC affiliated with WWA, it would come under the AWA insurance cover and your membership fees could largely be used to further the Mandurah cause. WWA Affiliation fees (of which the insurance component makes up the vast majority) I believe are about $20 per Club member. Direct WWA membership is currently $50 per annum.
The out clause - the above is just a bit of input from me personally - not an official response from WWA - hopefully it just sets a few things out a bit more clearly.
Regards
Dan
Trouble is closing the beach for a wave comp involves about 200m.
A nautical mile run would need 2km, not sure that would go down as well.
