Club captain Conor O’Beirne hosted the 2020 AGM on the 23rd of March, but not in it’s usual format. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the AGM was held online.
Conor began the meeting with his own report on the year, in which he reflected on the many events, training sessions, and other successes that D.U.S.C. enjoyed throughout the season.
He then addressed the club on behalf of Sorcha Donnelly, secretary of the club, with her reflections, and ranthrough the club’s financial standpoint, at present and heading into the new season, on behalf of Ciaran Finnegan, club treasurer. Finally, Conor thanked the committee of 2019/2020 for all of the work, and accredited many of the successes of the club to their efforts.
The next order of business was the election of a new committee to serve for the 2020/2021 season. This began with the appointment of the three executive positions, captain, secretary and treasurer, who were each given 3 minutes to speak and 1 minute to answer questions from club members. Next, prospective sailing captains were also given 3 minutes to speak, and all other candidates 2 minutes. Voting took place through google docs, to ensure a quick and fair count could be executed remotely.
With a new committee elected, all that was left was a look to the future. While the situation with the coronavirus is ever-changing, it can be difficult to plan ahead. The annual colours match has been postponed, and we cannot get out on the water as we would like to. However, we know that as soon as we can be back afloat we will be, and are looking forward to another great year.
Committee 2020/2021:
Captain: Caoilainn O’Regan
Secretary: Hannah Collins
Treasurer: Colin O’Sullivan
Sailing Captain: Séan Donnelly
Sailing Officer: Toby Hudson-Fowler
Sailing Officer: Helen O’Beirne
Keelboat Officer: Tom Shanahan
Sponsorship/Junior Treasurer: Andrew Tobin
Communications and Freshers Officer: Issy Larkin
International Officer: Kate Lyttle
IUSA Easterns Officer: Greg Arrowsmith
Alumni Officer: Emily Cullen
Ents Officer: Edie Thorup