Notice of Annual Meeting and Elections

October 5, 2007 - The Annual Corporate Meeting of the American Sail Training Association (ASTA) is scheduled for Thursday, November 8, 2007 beginning at 12:15 pm and including luncheon. The Annual Meeting will take place during ASTA's Annual Conference on Sail Training and Tall Ships at the Hotel Grand Pacific, 463 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC Canada. All members are urged to attend, but if you are unable to do so, please complete and return a proxy before November 2,2007. Your proxy can be submitted by using the online form provided or by mail to: Mr. Daniel Stetson, c/o ASTA, PO Box 1459, Newport, RI 02840 or fax: 401-849-5400.

VOTE REQUESTED:

The following slate is hereby nominated by unanimous vote of the 2007 Nominating Committee.

 
Directors are elected to a three-year term with each class consisting of up to nine members:
   
Class of 2010:

Mr. Michael Brown Packaging 2.0, RI

 

Mr. Robert Frost ECOM Consultants, NY

 

Captain Deborah Hayes St. Georges School, RI

  Ms. Karen Helmerson NY State Council on the Arts, NY
 

Mr. James Kerr, Esq. Davis, Polk & Wardwell, NY

 

Captain Ken Neal Call of the Sea, CA

 

Mr. Daniel Stetson Ocean Institute, CA

 

Ms. Alix Thorne Ocean Classroom Foundation, ME

 

Mr. F.C. “Bunky” Wichmann Spirit of South Carolina, SC

   
Elected to a two-year term to fill vacancy:
   
Class of 2009:

Captain Doug Prothero Halifax, NS

 

Officers of the Board of Directors to complete the remainder of the term (expiring November, 2008)

 
 

Vice-Chair: Captain Bert Rogers, RI

 
NO VOTE REQUIRED:
   

The following members will continue to serve three-year terms expiring during respective Class year (no vote required)

   

Class of 2009:

Dr. Raymond Ashley (CA); Mr. Daveneet Bakhshi (MA); Mr. Terry Davies (NC); Mr. Kevin Dykema (MI); Mr. Richard Hawkins (MA); Mr. James Hiney, Esq. (VA); Mr. John Jamian (MI); Congressman Patrick Kennedy (RI)

   

Class of 2008:

Captain Les Bolton (WA); Ms Susan Geiger (DC); Captain Jim Gladson (CA); Mr. Norman Lemley (DC); ADMIRAL James Lyons, USN (Ret.) (VA); Mr. Paul Madden (RI); Mr. Jed Pearsall (RI); Mr. Caleb Pifer (TX); Mr. Barclay H. “Tim” Warburton IV (RI).

   
Current CC/AB

Henry H. Anderson (RI); Captain Richard Bailey (MA); Beth Bonds (SC); Bartlett S. Dunbar (RI); Chuck Fowler (WA), Chris Freeman (CT); Thomas Gochberg (NY); Nancy Richardson (CA); Nigel Rowe (United Kingdom); Captain Christopher Rowsom (MD); Walter Rybka (PA); Captain Chris Sinnett (CT); Howard Slotnick (FL); Thomas Weschler (RI); David V.V. Wood (RI).

   

Officers of the Board of Directors serve for two-year terms (expiring Nov., 2008)

   
 

Chairman: Captain Michael Rauworth, Esq. (MA)
Vice-chair: Meghan Wren (NJ)
Treasurer: Dexter Donham (MA)
Secretary: Chris Rowsom (MD)

   
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