Ratings

Before the renewal of cards in July 15 2010, I would like to establish an updated "Ratings" system which allows people to have "basic" and "advanced" ratings for all our boats. The rating system would be:

- Swim

- Provisional (ie, Tech "Basic") - Helmsman (ie, Tech "Advanced")

- Crew

- Laser Basic/Advanced - Lynx Catboat Basic/Advanced - Windsurfing Basic/Advanced

- Bluewater Crew - Bluewater Skipper

- Sailing Team

There are several things to do:

- Make "check-off" sheets for all the "advanced" ratings, and keep the provisional - Determine what "privileges" each of the ratings gives you - Determine "pre-requisites" for the ratings - Make "study guides" for the tests (should the be online pages so we can link to videos, etc?)

I have started by creating drafts of the check-off sheets: -- ProvisionalTest.doc -- CrewTest.doc -- HelmsmanTest.doc -- LaserTest.doc -- LynxTest.doc -- WindsurfingTest.doc -- BlueWaterCrewTest.doc

The proposal is that: - Provisional / Helmsman remain the same concepts they have been for a while now - "Basic" ratings can be granted simply by coming to an "Intro to X" class or quickly showing a dockstaff member that they can use the boat - "Advanced" ratings are the "hard" ones that demonstrate full mastery of the boat - Everyone with a rating before this change will get the "advanced" rating