Not an official Club website. Prepared by the proposer, Ben Webster, who has a declared interest. Made-up people and figures.
A two-minute guided walkthrough of this whole page, with pop-ups and pictures. You can stop at any point.
Today a young sailor's dream depends on what one family can afford. The Development Fund is a proposal for one ring-fenced, openly run fund inside the Club, so that donors, sponsors and members can back every level of Cayman sailing and see where the money goes.
The Cayman Islands Sailing Club is the national authority for sailing, recognised by World Sailing and answering to the Cayman Islands Olympic Committee. The Federation is not a separate legal body, so national sailing money is mixed in with the Club's.
The notice of resolutions went to the Secretary and the Club Administrator on 18 October 2026. Members decide at the AGM. Nothing described on this page exists until they do.
Two resolutions and a declaration of interests go to the Secretary under Article 42(b).
The Club circulates the resolutions to every member with the Final Notice of the AGM.
Resolution 1 needs two-thirds of the votes cast. In-person attendance matters.
Bank account, Fund Committee, published criteria. See how we get there below.
The Article would name it the "Cayman Islands Sailing Federation Development Fund". A restricted fund that donors can trust, written into the Club's rules.
The practical timetable, with a safety net.
Ben Webster proposes the resolutions. His daughter is a national team sailor and may be eligible for support, and he serves on the Committee of Management as Cruiser Representative. He will not seek a place on the Fund Committee and takes no part in appointments to it or in decisions on grants to national team sailors. Any eligible sailor can use the Fund on the same terms.
From a first Optimist to the Olympic Games, a Cayman sailor should find the same fair process, the same published rules and the same safeguards.
Its own bank account, used only for the Fund's purposes.
Published criteria, scored by two reviewers, decided by named votes.
The parent leads for under-18s. A named safeguarding lead on every youth application.
Anyone with an interest steps aside. Accounts and grants reported every AGM.
Simple online tools so a small team of volunteers can run it.
Registering once, applying cost by cost, keeping control of what is shown about a young sailor.
Choosing where a gift goes, seeing the split before paying, and hearing how it was used.
Two reviewers, a quorum, conflicts stepping aside automatically, every vote recorded by name.
Claims against receipts, two approvers, a read-only auditor and a record of every action.
Dates run from the AGM on 18 November 2026. Items marked draft are for the Fund Committee to confirm once it exists.
Resolution 1 (special) and Resolution 2 (ordinary).
The Committee of Management opens the Fund's bank account and appoints the Fund Committee.
Eligibility, grant categories, scoring and the conflicts rules, published to all members.
Any eligible sailor, team or programme can apply on the same terms, whichever club they sail with.
Fund income, grants and costs reported to members, independently reviewed.
Some events will fall before the Fund's bank account is open and the Fund Committee is appointed. The draft criteria propose an interim route that works for any eligible sailor, team or programme and any event: donors can pledge now and pay once the account opens, and approved costs paid from 1 October 2026 can be reimbursed against receipts, on budgets sent in within 90 days of the Fund Committee first being appointed (section 4A(e)). Repayment comes only from gifts directed to that sailor or from an approved General Pool grant (section 4A(d)). The Fund Committee confirms all of this once it is appointed.
Pick a type of gift and an amount. The split is shown before anyone gives. Draft rule, criteria section 5(c).
Select a step to see who does it and what protects it.
Short films with made-up people and figures, a concept website and the papers behind it. Links marked "to be added" are placeholders for the real files.
The applicant, the donor, the Fund Committee and the administration, with the real concept website beside a full-screen tour of the working back end (film version 4.0).
Real clicks through the working prototype and the concept website: applying, reviewing, the Fund Committee vote, giving, and approving a payment.
The earlier overview of the prototype, for the Committee of Management and members.
The shortest version, for a message or a social post.
What a parent switches on and off, what is never published about a young sailor, and who to contact about safeguarding.
Where a gift goes, what you hear back, how the Fund is checked, and how a business can sponsor a cost line.
The review was approved at the 2024 AGM and is still under way. Resolution 2 asks that review to consider the Fund's longer-term structure, so the two work together. Sailors and donors need a clear route now.
No. The Fund sits inside the Club, under its existing role as the national authority for sailing (Memorandum clause 3(i)). Clause 37A(f) only says what happens to the Fund if another body ever takes on that national role.
The Fund looks to a different group: corporate giving budgets, family foundations and supporters of national team sailors. It also supports the youth pathway, which feeds the Club. Fund money never pays for Club running costs.
It sits in a separate account, is paid only against receipts within approved budgets, needs two authorisers, and is independently reviewed and reported at every AGM.
Yes. As the national authority, the Club serves every sailor in the Cayman Islands. Any eligible sailor or recognised programme can apply on the same terms.
A small Fund Committee of volunteers, supported by simple online tools for applications, approvals and reporting. The Fund Committee decides what is built, by whom and at what cost.
He will not sit on the Fund Committee and takes no part in appointments to it or in decisions on grants to national team sailors. Anyone connected to an application, including family and in-laws, steps aside automatically. Every vote is recorded by name.
The Fund adds to support from the Cayman Islands Olympic Committee and World Sailing and does not replace it. It can also support events, classes and young sailors that other funding does not reach.