IOMICA

The 2009 IOMICA AGM will be held at the IOM World Championships in Barbados on Tuesday 23rd of June 2009.

Update: Due to the late announcement of the meeting we are accepting proposals for resolutions, candidates/nominations for the executive committee until May 12th. The agenda for the meeting will be published May 13th 2009.

Important dates:

• April 14th, 2009 (10 weeks prior to meeting). May 12th 2009 (6 weeks prior to meeting), Proposals for resolutions shall be submitted by NCAs to IOMICA by this date (regulation 4.6).
• Proposals for resolutions submitted by ESP (added 15 Apr 2009)
• Draft Proposal for resolution submitted by VCEvents/Bruce Andersen (USA) (added 24 Apr 2009)
• Draft Proposals for resolutions submitted by VCEvents/Bruce Andersen (USA) (added 24 Apr 2009)
• April 28th, 2009 (8 weeks prior to meeting). May 13th 2009 (6 weeks prior to meeting) Agenda will be published (regulation 4.7).
• May 26th, 2009 (4 weeks prior to meeting). Information on voting strength to be sent to IOMICA.

The most important task for this AGM is to select an Executive committee for IOMICA for 2009-2011. The procedure is described here: http://www.iomclass.org/exec/ICAvote51.pdf

“Where fewer than two candidates are nominated for a particular position by ten (10) weeks before the date of election, nominations for that position shall remain open and shall be received no later than 6 (six) weeks before the date of election.”

It seems likely that nominations will stay open until May 12th, 2009 (6 weeks prior to the meeting).

All candidates should submit a candidate form: http://www.iomclass.org/exec/Candidate%20form2.rtf
All candidates should be nominated by two members of the World Council: http://www.iomclass.org/exec/Nominator%20form2.rtf

As of April 16th, candidate forms and nominations has been received as follows: (? indicates a missing nomination)

• Chairman: Alfonso Moreno (ESP), nominated by CRO, CAN, and POR
• Chairman: Bruce Andersen (USA), nominated by CAN and USA
• VC Technical: Robert Grubisa (CRO), nominated by CRO and ESP
• VC Technical: Val Provoost (NED), nominated by AUS and NED
• Secretary: Barry Fox (CAN), nominated by CAN and Bruce Andersen/VCEvents
• VC Events: Olivier Cohen (FRA), nominated by CRO and ESP
• VC Measurement: none
• VC InfoComms: Pedro Egea (ESP), nominated by CRO and POR
• Treasurer: David Turton (AUS), nominated by AUS and Bruce Andersen/VCEvents

Make sure that your resolutions/nominations/candidates reach IOMICA as effectively as possible by sending emails to the Chairman, the Secretary, and InfoComms!

The minutes of the 2008 AGM are now available from the AGM web page:
http://www.iomclass.org/2008-iomica-agm/

My apologies for the delay in getting this task completed.

The Exec is now working on the submission to ISAF-RSD for ratification of the CR changes.

Andy Stevenson
GBR 1779
IOMICA Chairman

The 2008 IOMICA AGM will take place electronically between Monday 24 November 00:00 GMT and Sunday 30 November 00:00 GMT.

Proposals for resolutions should reach the IOMICA Secretary by 15 September, a template for submitting proposals can be downloaded here.

An agenda will then be produced no later than 29 September.

Each NCA then has until 27 October to submit owner lists to confirm voting strength, remember that without this submission you will not be eligible to vote.

It is likely that there will be proposals that will require owner ballot, so it’s worth starting to prepare for it soon.

Andy Stevenson
GBR1779
IOMICA Chairman

2007 IOMICA World Council Annual General Meeting Minutes.

The Agenda for the 2007 IOMICA AGM has been finalized and is available as a PDF download:

IOMICA World Council Meeting Agenda 2007

This message confirms that the AGM will take place on the 19 October 2007 during the World championships in Marseille.

Andy Stevenson
GBR 1779
IOMICA Secretary

The IOMICA 2007 Annual General Meeting of the World council will take place at the World Championships in Marseille. The most likely date is the 18th October, but we’re waiting for confirmation on date and venue from YCPR.

Assuming this date for the moment the timescales are as follows:

Proposals for AGM resolutions and nominations for Executive Committee positions should be lodged with the IOMICA Secretary no later than 09 August, that’s just three weeks away. If an Executive Committee position has no nominations by the closing date it will be extend to 6th September. (see Procedure for election of IOMICA Executive Officers at a meeting of the World Council)
A Notice of Meeting and final agenda will follow by 23rd August.

Each NCA will then have a further 4 weeks to produce their voting strength, number of registered owners and number of certificated owners; this should be lodged with the IOMICA Secretary no later than 20th September.

Please note that AGM resolutions and Executive Committee nominations will require owner ballot, evidence of which is required. Also, as this will be an “in person� vote, any World Council member not attending the meeting will need to arrange a proxy vote.

Downloadable documents (for use by World Council members and Exec Candidates only please):

• Candidate for Exec position (Candidates should fill in this form. Send toIOMICA secretary by 9 August 2007)
• Nomination for Exec position (Candidates require two nominations by World Council members. Send to IOMICA secretary by 9 August 2007)
• Proxy (World council members wishing to vote but not able to attend the meeting can vote by proxy. Send to IOMICA secretary prior to meeting)

There is no form for proposing resolutions. These may be sent by email to the IOMICA secretary by 9. August 2007. We encourage prior discussion of proposals on the IOMICA Forum.

A new meeting page has been set up: 2007 IOMICA AGM. This page will be updated when nominations or proposals are submitted.
Anyone with problems or questions should feel free to contact me or any member of the Executive Committee.

Andy Stevenson
GBR 1779
IOMICA Secretary

9 Oct 2006: 2006 IOMICA World Council AGM Minutes

1 Oct 2006: Voting for the 2006 AGM has now closed and the Executive committee is working on the minutes of the meeting, which will be published shortly.

During the period between 1 Aug 2006 and 18 Sep 2006 we expect all NCAs to carry out owner ballot.

NCAs submit the results of owner ballot to IOMICA between 18 Sep 2006 and 25 Sep 2006.

• Votes received (green if OK):
  (11 out of the 27 World Council members must vote in order to reach the 40% quorum, Regulation 4.15)
  FRA, FIN, POR, VCTechnical, VCInfocomms, VCEvents, GBR, AUS, Secretary, Treasurer, DEN, VCMeasurement, CAN, Chairman, ARG, USA, NZL , RSA, NOR, CRO, GER, IRL
  ESP, BAR, SWE, ITA.

Passed class rule changes are then submitted to ISAF-RSD for approval and will become effective 90 days after the meeting.

All IOM skippers: contact your NCA to learn how _you_ can vote !

• For NCA representatives :
  • Template for submitting owner ballot results (submit results to IOMICA using this template)
  • Owner Ballot Form (may help NCAs carry out owner ballot)
• Agenda (1 Aug 2006)
• World Council Memership and Voting Strength (23 Aug 2006)
  • NCAs may submit updated owner lists before 21 Aug 2006
  • No owner list received: BRA
  • Lists submitted: ARG, GER, IRL, POR, ESP, RSA, USA, GBR, BAR, CRO, AUS, SWE, FRA, NOR, CAN, FIN, DEN, ITA, NZL
• Announcement and reminder to NCAs (1 Aug 2006)
• Advice for NCA representatives (12 May 2006)
• Advice for all IOM owners (12 May 2006)
• Meeting announcement (1 May 2006)