Minutes of CAFA Executive Meeting

December 6, 2001

Attendance

Kirk Krack, Mandy Cruickshank, Ken McCallum, Tom Lightfoot

Call to Order

This meeting was held at CAFA Headquarters, 106 - 3533 West 4th Avenue in Vancouver. The meeting was called to order at 7:08 pm.

Meeting Minutes

Kirk reviewed the minutes from the November executive meeting.

Executive Positions

Ken McCallum was invited to join the CAFA executive in early November and accepted the position. Kirk and the other executives welcomed Ken to the board.

Peter Scott and Marie Girard were also invited to join the executive but neither have replied. The invitations are considered declined.

Rules Documents

Much of this meeting was spent discussing documents which Mandy and Kirk had prepared.

Regulation for Canadian Freediving - Team Competitions

Mandy had prepared the regulations for team competitions and presented the document to the executive. The executive agreed to accept the document once the following changes were made:

Regulation for Canadian Freediving - Individual Competitions

Mandy had prepared the regulations for team competitions and presented the document to the executive. The executive agreed to accept the document once the following changes were made:

Regulation for the Recognition of Canadian Records

Mandy had prepared the regulations for records and presented the document to the executive. The executive agreed to accept the document once the following changes were made:

Safety Protocols

Kirk had prepared and the safety protocols and presented the document to the executive. The executive agreed to accept the document once the following changes were made:

Judges and Officals Standards & Procedures

Kirk had prepared and the regulations of judging and presented the document to the executive. The executive agreed to accept the document once the following changes were made:

Hats

Mandy reported that she had been receiving a number of requests for CAFA hats, of which we have none in stock. She asked if we should put some hats on order. The executive decided that since much of the current bank account may be required for the purchase of insurance, we'll hold of on ordering hats.

Web Site

Tom has been updating and re-organizing the freedivecanada web site. The work so far was presented and the executive agreed that the re-organization was an improvement. The following action items remain.

Competition Organization Manual

Ken is starting work on the manual for organizing competitions.

Education

A couple of weeks ago Mandy & Tom taught a prototype CAFA Basic Freediver course. Mandy is now in the process of writing the course manual.

Kirk raised the issue that CAFA needs to include in its education program, the courses required by the safety protocols and officials & judging documents. These would be:

Tom also mentioned that it would be helpful to have a competition course that prepares future competitors for competitions.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 10:50pm.


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