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VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
C
hris started at the Club as a Centreboard
parent with his two daughters who both
race and train in Optimists. He saw the
opportunity to become a member himself
and in his first year with the Club he
joined the Centreboard Committee and was assigned the
task of Volunteer Coordinator to attract and organize
volunteers to run the racing each Sunday afternoon
through summer and at each Ice Breaker event during
winter. To assist in the management of Centreboard
volunteers, Chris introduced an on-line system called
“Dutyman” which is a system that schedules all the
volunteering positions required each Sunday and allows
the registered volunteers to log on, assign themselves a
duty, or swap duties with other volunteers. Centreboard
Racing requires a minimum of 15 volunteers each race
day, which some weeks can be a challenge to organise.
As well as maintain the Dutyman System, Chris
constantly needs to email the volunteers and remind
them to assign themselves for a duty.
Below is a short list of his volunteering duties.
• Member of the Centreboard Committee.
• Organises and maintains the Dutyman
volunteering system.
• Email reminders to volunteers to have them sign
up for duties.
CHRIS ATTWOOD, RPAYC VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
• Volunteers each and every week as a Rib Driver or
on the start boat.
• Completed the Club RO course.
• Volunteers as RO for Centreboard Racing.
• Completed driving courses for Alfreds I and
Alfreds II.
• Briefs the volunteers each race day prior to racing.
• Provided input to Above and Beyond Yachting for
the manuals on Alfreds I and II.
• Assisted in organization of the East Coast
Championships held at RPAYC last winter.
Photo: Rear Commodore of Centreboard David
Taylor presenting the award to Chris Attwood.
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