<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; word-wrap: break-word; box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">What: Secrets of Race Management<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; box-sizing: inherit;" class="">When: <a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in; font-weight: 700;" class="">Thursday January 23rd, 2020</a>. Beer/Wine/Pizza 1830. Start 1900. End 2100<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; box-sizing: inherit;" class="">Cost: $20 per person; Includes a copy of US Sailing’s “Join the Race Committee Team” training manual.</span></p><p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; word-wrap: break-word; box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Join US Sailing National Race Officer Blake Middleton for a discussion and presentation on the secrets of Race Management. Top Secret (or higher) clearance is actually NOT required to attend. In fact, one of the main goals of this seminar is to help demystify what is involved in running sailing races. </span></p><div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; box-sizing: inherit;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">The main hope is to help build a team and even a "culture" of local Race Committee volunteers to help out on the RC team when we run regattas on Lake Minnetonka. Ask anyone who has done a "ride-along" with the race committee, and most will tell you that they learned new skills and tricks that helped their own racing a lot! Most of what we do is actually very straight forward, and it doesn't need to feel complicated or intimidating. </span></div><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">register here or pay on the door. <a href="https://www.wyc.org/winter-series" class="">https://www.wyc.org/winter-series</a> </div></body></html>