First Yachting Australia Roadshow in Queensland this week

12:01 PM Tue 24 Nov 2009 GMT

The first Yachting Australia Roadshow for Clubs, Class Associations and Training Centres will be held at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron this Wednesday, 25 November to inform and educate the various groups of a range of new initiatives being implemented.

This will be followed by an event in Sydney at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia on Tuesday December 1.

Interested individuals are asked to register online via the Yachting Australia website to go into the draw to win a signed and framed Australian Sailing Team image from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Yachting Australia is working to continuously enhance the products and services that are provided to affiliated and recognised organisations. Many of these products and services are designed to be delivered through State and Territory Yachting Associations (MYAs), whilst some are now offered directly.

Recently Yachting Australia has been developing a number of new programs which will be of benefit to Yacht Clubs, Class Associations and Yachting Australia Training Centres. The programs are designed to support and enhance existing operations, improve services for members and customers, and provide new revenue streams.

The Yachting Australia Roadshow is a presentation night aimed at introducing these new initiatives, answering questions and providing attendees with an insight into how their organisation can benefit.

CEO Phil Jones said that the Roadshow will give Yachting Australia a chance to provide information to the yachting community on the services it offers.

'Yachting Australia has been working hard behind the scenes over the last year to put together a series of initiatives which will benefit organisations across the country. The Yachting Australia Roadshow will enable us to communicate all of these initiatives at the one time,' he said.

'While initially we'll be rolling the roadshow out in Queensland and New South Wales, it's our intention to look at the interest from other states and head there further down the track,' said Jones.

Topics to be covered will include the new Yachting Australia merchandise program in association with SLAM, IT platforms including MyClub and the On-Line Entry System, along with additional services for members.

The future direction of the sport will be discussed with a look at the Yachting Australia Strategic Plan, Training and Participation initiatives and a Sports Services snapshot.

The Queensland event will be held at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron on Wednesday November 25 at 7.30pm, immediately after the Yachting Queensland AGM, while the New South Wales event will be at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia on Tuesday December 1 at 7.30pm.

by Craig Heydon

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