[CUCBC Captains] Start-of-term Captains' Meeting: Sunday 18th October, 7pm

Matthew Temple matthew at cucbc.org
Fri Oct 16 19:47:01 UTC 2020 

Dear all,

The start-of-term Captains' meeting will take place this Sunday at 7pm. 
It will be held remotely, in a similar fashion to the EGM of a few weeks 
ago - the link for the meeting will be circulated on the day.

Agenda

  	* Constitution/Rule changes - University Club (see below)
  	* Approval of appointed officers
  	* Presentation of accounts
  	* Rule change proposed by King's Women - Tubs (see below)
  	* Opportunity for remote novice coxes' briefing
  	* Opportunity to discuss survey results / feedback / any issues 
arising

	* Reminders

  	* Early Morning Marshals
  	* Update information page [1] on CUCBC website with details of new 
captains/committee
  	* Coxswain face coverings & eye protection
  	* Clubs going out in VIIIs should be mindful that many clubs are using 
more small boats
  	* Lights within 15' of lighting up/down

  If anyone has any other business they wish to raise, please email 
committee at cucbc.org.

Proposed Rule and Constitution changes - Wording around University 
Club(s)

As many of you will be aware, CUWBC, CULRC and CUCBC have now merged 
into a single 'Cambridge University Boat Club'.
We need to update some phrases in our constitution and rule-book to 
reflect this merger. The proposed changes detailed below are intended to 
be purely cosmetic (mostly replacing 'CUBC, CUWBC and the CULRC' with 
'the University Boat Club') and so should (I hope) be able to be agreed 
with a single vote (i.e. not clause-by-clause). The proposed changes to 
the Constitution have already been approved by the Senior Committee 
prior to being put to a vote of Captains, as required by Section 19 of 
our Constitution here [2].

CUCBC constitution [3]:

Change 3. from
That the CUCBC shall be composed of the Captains of each of the
constituent College Men's and Women's Boat Clubs together with the
Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the three University Clubs, the
Honorary Secretary, the Coxswains' Representative and the Honorary
Secretaries of each of the CUBC, CUWBC and the CULRC.

To
That the CUCBC shall be composed of the Captains of each of the
constituent College Men's and Women's Boat Clubs together with the four
Presidents and four Vice-Presidents of the University Boat Club, the
Honorary Secretary, the Coxswains' Representative, and the two Student
Secretaries of the University Boat Club.

Change 5.c. (That the officers of CUCBC shall be:) from
One bona fide in statu pupillari member from each of the CUBC, CUWBC and
CULRC. This would currently be the Honorary Secretary of each of these
clubs but this could be changed by a duly convened meeting of the
individual clubs.

To
One bona fide in statu pupillari member from the University Boat Club.
This would currently be the CUBC Adminstrative Secretary, but this could 
be
changed by a duly convened meeting of the University Boat Club.

Change 6.a. from
That there be an Executive Committee comprising of the Chairman, the
Honorary Secretary, the Coxswains' Representative and the Honorary
Secretaries of CUBC, CUWBC and CULRC. This Committee shall have
responsibility for organising College rowing on the Cam and shall be led
by the Honorary Secretary who is responsible for the day-to-day
administration of the committee, College rowing on the River Cam and the
organisation of races by the CUCBC.

To
That there be an Executive Committee comprising of the Chairman, the
CUCBC Honorary Secretary, the Coxswains' Representative and the two
Student Secretaries of the University Boat Club. This Committee shall
have responsibility for organising College rowing on the Cam and shall
be led by the CUCBC Honorary Secretary who is responsible for the
day-to-day administration of the committee, College rowing on the River
Cam and the organisation of races by the CUCBC.

Change 8. From
That there shall be a general meeting of the CUCBC during the first two
weeks of each term to which all members shall be invited. The meeting at
the beginning of the Michaelmas term shall be an Annual General Meeting
at which the accounts for the previous years shall be presented and
approved and the names of the Officers who shall have been elected by
the respective clubs or appointed to the Senior Committee shall be
announced and approved.

To
That there shall be a general meeting of the CUCBC during the first two
weeks of each term to which all members shall be invited. The meeting at
the beginning of the Michaelmas term shall be an Annual General Meeting
at which the accounts for the previous years shall be presented and
approved and the names of the Officers who have been elected or
appointed shall be announced and approved.

CUCBC Rules of the River [4]:

Change 19. From
That all boats (whether going upstream or downstream, and whether rowing
or paddling) give way to CUWBC, CULRC, CUBC crews and Trial Eights,
subject to rule 20 and general navigation law.

To
That all boats (whether going upstream or downstream, and whether rowing
or paddling) give way to University crews and Trial Eights, subject to
rule 20 and general navigation law.

CUCBC Rules of Racing [5]:

Change 21.b. from
That no person who has rowed in, steered or been a reserve for any of
the CUBC, CUWBC or CULRC crews may row or steer respectively below
his/her College third May Boat without the permission of the
Hon. Secretaries, which shall normally be given only in the case of
accident or illness.

To
That no person who has rowed in, steered or been a reserve for any of
the University crews may row or steer respectively below his/her College
third May Boat without the permission of the Executive Committee, which
shall normally be given only in the case of accident or illness.

Change 28. from
That no person who has gained first Lent or May Colours or a Trial Cap,
or who has rowed in, steered or been a reserve for any of the CUBC,
CUWBC or CULRC crews may row or steer in the Getting-on Race UNLESS the
Getting-on Race crew concerned is the Club's second or third crew.

To
That no person who has gained first Lent or May Colours or a Trial Cap,
or who has rowed in, steered or been a reserve for any of the University
crews may row or steer in the Getting-on Race UNLESS the Getting-on Race
crew concerned is the Club's second or third crew.

Proposed rule change - Extending the range of tubs in the first 4 weeks 
of Michaelmas

The King's Women's Captain is proposing a change to Rule 13 of the rules 
of the river [6], to account for the increased use of tubs this year and 
to try and reduce instances of tubs spinning in places where bigger 
boats do not expect them to be doing so.

 From
That no tub pairs be allowed below Chesterton footbridge except for a 
race recognised by the CUCBC.

To
That no tub pairs be allowed below Chesterton footbridge except for a 
race recognised by the CUCBC, _or in the first four weeks of Michaelmas 
term, where pairs may be allowed as far as the P&E spinning zone_.

If anyone has any questions or concerns about either of the proposals 
detailed above, feel free to let me know. If you copy 
committee at cucbc.org into your email you may get a faster or more 
informative response.

Best wishes,
Matthew

-- 
Matthew Temple
CUCBC Exec. Committee

Links:
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[1] https://www.cucbc.org/clubs
[2] https://www.cucbc.org/handbook/constitution#19
[3] https://www.cucbc.org/handbook/constitution
[4] https://www.cucbc.org/handbook/rules/rights_of_way
[5] https://www.cucbc.org/handbook/racing/bumps
[6] https://www.cucbc.org/handbook/rules/restrictions#13
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