Committee Information
Paphos International Sailing Club

The PISC committee comprises primarily of the elected officers who are voted in by the clubs members annually at the AGM, near the start of the sailing season usually near the end of April. These elected officers may appoint further committee members to handle specific jobs and roles as appropriate. The rules associated with how the committee members are voted in, who can vote and how long each term lasts for is all contained within the PISC constitution. As the need arises, the committee may in turn set up specific sub committees to handle more specialised functions.

PISC elected committee members

Commodore

Anita Lund

(+357) 99527160

The Commodore is in overall charge, chairs the meetings and would normally be the first point of contact. Anita, a keen sailor and diver has owned many boats over a thirty year period and sails her Laser 2000 dinghy most weekends. Anita and her husband Paul own Eldorado, an Oyster yacht based in Limassol which they are slowly refitting with the intention of sailing her to New Zealand for her third time. Anita's background in administration, management and sales coupled with her power boating, dinghy and large yacht sailing make her ideally suited as Commodore.

Vice Commodore

Rod

(+357) 26623529

The PISC Vice Commodore deputises for the Commodore in his/her absence, assists the Commodore with the workload and project manages certain functions, events or specific operations within the club. Rod, an ex Commodore of PISC has been very much involved with the recent developments of the club with regards to eventually moving the clubhouse. His background in owning Hotels, Pubs and Restaurants and organising some of the largest outside catering functions in the UK comes in very useful at PISC

 

Rear Commodore (Sailing)

   
The Rear Commodore brings all the dinghy activities together and is overall charge of the administration and management aspects of the sailing side of the club. He supervises the safety boat cover and duty rosters, manages the sailing budget and dinghy equipment stock. Currently, as at Nov 2011, this post is vacant.

Honorary Secretary

Liz Warner

 

The Honorary Secretary is responsible for the legal framework of the club and to advise/assist the Commodore in these matters. The committee agendas are produced in co-operation with the Commodore and the Honorary Secretary records and posts the minutes of the meetings. Additionally, the Honorary Secretary keeps the constitution up to date, handles the clubs correspondence and ensures the club is always correctly licensed and registered with the Cypriot authorities.

Honorary Treasurer

Jaqui Biggs

 
The Honorary Treasurer is the clubs accountant and is responsible for the clubs financial declarations, which includes maintaining the cash book and preparing a brief statement of financial affairs for each committee meeting. Once a year, a balance sheet and a P/L statement is presented by the PISC Honorary Treasurer to the AGM. The PISC Membership Secretary, PISC Social Secretary and PISC Fund Raising Secretary all receive funds and produce regular accounts for the PISC Honorary Treasure.

Rear Commodore (House)

Chas Kimber

(+357) 26343865 / 99039413

The PISC House Commodore is responsible for the clubhouse and all the equipment associated with the clubhouse. The House Commodore manages all aspects of club maintenance, repairs, extensions, improvements and refurbishments. This includes administration of the site lease, utilities, cleaning, associated contracts, bar and kitchen maintenance, pest control etc and ensures that the clubhouse conforms to all the relevant Health and Safety, fire and building codes, is correctly insured and can be secured.

Social Secretary

Christina

(+357) 99011168

The PISC Social Secretary, organises and manages all the PISC social events. Sometimes other members assist or even organise specific functions in conjunction with the Social Secretary. At the start of each year, the Social Secretary designs and plans an entire year's worth of events that are published on the PISC website in the 'what's on section'. After each event, the Social Secretary produces accounts and a P/L statement for the PISC Honorary Treasurer. Christina's background in owning and operating Hotels all over the world makes her ideally suited for this role.

Membership Secretary

Paul McRae

MembershipSecretary@PISC.org.cy

The Membership Secretary administers the membership forms, produces the ID cards, manages and chases renewals, provides details about the club to prospective members, maintains the membership database, protects the security and integrity of members personal details and oversees / produces the Data Protection Act statement. Paul's background in computer programming and systems analysis is essential to this role.

Other PISC posts

Club Principal

Paul McRae

(+357) 99512298

The Principal is responsible for training and is our RYA contact. Besides sailing thousands of miles every year, Paul is an advanced dinghy, Yachtmaster and an RYA instructor/examiner.

Press officer

Nikki Dake

(+357) 99170406

The Press Officer produces press releases for the local TV, newspapers and magazines. Nikki's background as a journalist is well suited for this role.

Newsletter

Chas

 

The PISC newsletter is a record of all our fun and past events, is published periodically, circulated to all members and is available on the website.

Fund Raising / Raffle

Dave Smith

(+357) 97647457

The raffle is an essential contribution to improving our clubhouse and accumulating the moving fund. Dave's outward and jovial personality are well suited to this role.

Auditor

Martyn Newlands

(+357) 99921770

The clubs auditor inspects the clubs accounts and accounting procedures. Martyn's background as a Financial Director for a UK corporate makes him superbly qualified for this role.

Webmaster

Paul McRae

Paul@PISC.org.cy

The webmaster maintains the PISC website, manages the PISC 'corporate identity' and handles all the technical aspects of the clubs IT.

 

Boson

 

 

The PISC boson is in charge of the maintenance and upkeep of the clubs own dinghies and power boats. Besides controlling the budget, he manages all the clubs spares and tools.
 

Power boat events organiser

 

 

The power boat events organiser manages events such as the popular treasure hunt, cove BBQ's and power boat competitions. Currently the post is vacant.

 

Rally organiser

 

 

The Rally organiser manages the annual PISC rally to either the Greek Islands or Turkey for all the cruising yachts.

Club Merchandise

Jan Graham

 
Arranges the manufacture and sale of all the PISC T-shirts, hats, flags, burgees and all the specific club items that can be proudly worn or displayed by all our members.

 

First Aid Officer

 

 

The First Aid Officer ensures the First Aid Kits are correct, documentation is maintained and all the safety officers are current and certificated.

Honorary Secretary assistant

Jan Smith

(+357) 26652335

The Hon Sec assistant helps the Hon Sec in whatever capacity is required and is the acting Hon Sec in the Hon Sec's absence.

 

Social Secretary assistant

Janet Newlands

 
Helps the social secretary in whatever capacity is required and acts in her absence. Will usually take on specific events.

We are all volunteers, we do this for FUN and the club provides the framework for us to have fun and pursue our hobby and mutual love of the sea. Without hard working volunteers, we have no club, without a club our hobby would forever remain a dream!

Official PISC documents
 
Click on this image to download the PISC constitution

Constitution

PISC is operated under the constitution. It can only be changed by a resolution voted at an AGM or EGM.
 
Click on this image to download the current PISC Registration Certificate

Registration certificate

PISC is registered by the Cyprus authorities as a non profit club or society.
 
Click on this image to download the PISC 'Data Protection Act statement'

DPA statement

PISC has a high regard for members privacy, disclosure and confidentiality
 
Contact e-mails and telephone numbers for PISC Map and directions of how to get to the clubhouse in Geroskipou PISC home page