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Club Conferences

The conferences bring together clubs from across the state and are a great way to engage with other clubs and AS. Hear from industry experts and learn from your peer clubs as they share success stories and best practice ideas that can help develop skills, capacity and further improve your club.

Please find our 2022 Club Conference dates and registration links below

State Date Venue Registration Link
Northern Territory Saturday 19 February 2022  Darwin Sailing Club EVENT PASSED
NSW/ACT  Saturday 7th May 2022
 10:30am - 6:00pm
  Cruising Yacht Club of Australia EVENT PASSED
Tasmania  Saturday 28th May 2022
 10:00am - 5:00pm
  The Boat House, Function Centre EVENT PASSED
Queensland  Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th June 2022
 9:00am - 4:00pm
  Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron EVENT PASSED
Western Australia  Saturday 18th June 2022
 9:00am - 4:00pm
  Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club EVENT PASSED
South Australia  Sunday 26th June 2022
 9:30am - 4:30pm
  Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia EVENT PASSED
Victoria  Sunday 3rd July 2022
 9:00am - 7:00pm
 Albert Park Yacht Club EVENT PASSED
ACT  Wednesday 27th July 2022
 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  YMCA Canberra Yacht Club EVENT PASSED

 

 

Use the links below to view previous presentations

 

Racing Rules of Sailing

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Clubs and Performance Pathways

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Club Insurance with Network Steadfast

  Watch now

2020 Presentations

Topic

Presenter

Link

Innovation in Inclusion

Dr Bridie O'Donnell
Director
Office for Women in Sport and Recreation

View Webinar Video Here

Rule 46 and SailPass

Glen Stanaway
Head of Safety, Rules and Representation
Australian Sailing

View Webinar Video Here

Successful Club Marketing During COVID-19

Susette Evans

Princess Royal Sailing Club

View Webinar Video Here

Club Insurance

Joel Steendam
Network Steadfast

View Webinar Video Here

How Australian Sailing programs and resources can help with your club retention

Brett Yardley
Brighton & Seacliff Yacht Club

View Webinar Video Here

Growing your volunteers and training programs: how to attract, develop and retain Instructors, Coaches and Officials

Adam Gristwood & Olivia Newman
The Boatshed

View Webinar Video Here

Risks - Prepare and Respond to an On-Water Crisis

Glen Stanaway
Head of Safety, Rules and Representation
Australian Sailing

View Webinar Video Here

Regional Updates

Regional Managers

ACT/NSW Update coming soon

View Queensland Update here

View South Australia Update here

View Tasmania Update here

View Victoria Update here

View Western Australia Update here

Australian Sailing Update

Ben Houston
CEO
Australian Sailing

View Webinar Video Here

For further information please don’t hesitate to contact your Regional Manager.

 

Club Governance Webinar Series

 

Topic What Makes a Successful Committee Download the presentation
Presenter Ben Callard View Webinar video here
 

A successful committee is one that understands its roles and responsibilities and how they sit within a good governance structure. This understanding is crucial for a committee to be able to work together and deliver on the shared objectives of the club and its members. This webinar will delve into the key points that make a successful committee:

  • The Purpose of a Committee
  • Understanding the legal responsibilities of a committee
  • The make up of a successful committee
  • Policies and procedures to support a successful committee

 

Topic Successful Meeting Management Download the presentation
Presenter Glen Stanaway View Webinar video here
 

Management of Committee meetings is vital to the effective functioning of the committee and its ability to carry out its role.  In reality running purposeful and participative meetings can be challenging.  This webinar will delve into the key points for managing a successful meeting:

  • Why manage club committee meetings
  • Guidance for the club committee organiser
  • Guidance for the club committee member attending the meeting
  • Guidance for video/teleconference meetings

 

Topic Managing Conflict and Difficult People View webinar video here
Presenter Ian Crawford  
 

With our best intentions to deliver sport in a fun, safe and fair manner, it’s not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’ we are met with difficult people and conflict. Presented by Ian Crawford, this webinar will investigate strategies to:

  • Identify conflict in its early stages before it erupts into crisis;
  • Prevent conflict arising in the first place;
  • Use verbal strategies and body language to diffuse conflict;
  • Ask the one question that could stop conflict immediately.