IOMICA

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

World Council

Preparations for the AGM continue, as yet there have been no submissions for resolutions and the list of Exec nominations remains incomplete.

Measurement

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Technical

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Events

Standard Sailing Instructions for the World Championships have been finalized and forwarded to YCPR. Stage 1 & 2 competitor allocation has been completed and we’re still working on umpiring instructions.

Infocomms

The website has been updated to reflect the progress of Resolutions and Exec nominations for the forthcoming AGM. This page will be updated regularly as nominations & resolutions come in.

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

World Council

All the annual reports are in except one. A campaign of chasing will begin shortly!

The AGM this year will be held at the World Championships in Marseille, the 18th or 19th has been suggested but is subject to confirmation.

Assuming the above, timescales are as follows:

• AGM resolutions / Exec nominations due by 09 August 2007
• A notice of meeting & final agenda will then be released by 23 August 2007
• Each NCA must advise its voting strength by 20 September 2007

An announcement will follow in due course once venue & dates have been finalised, but it would be prudent for those with resolutions to propose or a desire to serve on the Exec to start getting themselves organised.

Measurement

It has been pointed out that there’s a typo in the new Rig measurement form. A revision is available for download from the web site. My apologies for the slip up.

Technical

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Events

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Infocomms

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Andy Stevenson
GBR 1779
IOMICA Secretary

A few mistakes in the Rig Measurement Form have been corrected, and a new version is available for download:

IOM Rig Measurement Form 2007 V3

World Council

I’m still missing 2 annual reports. Reminders to the offending parties will go out soon.

At the moment it is likely that the IOMICA AGM will be held at the World Championships this year, assuming sufficient turn out of World Council members. It’s worth a gentle reminder that it won’t be too long before we’ll need to start thinking about submissions for AGM resolutions.

It’s also re-election time for the Executive Committee; anyone with an interest in serving should start to make themselves heard.

Details of the required timings will follow a firm decision on where & when the AGM will take place.

Measurement

A new electronic version of the certificate has been distributed. So far the response has been positive.

Final versions of the measurement forms are now available from the website.

Technical

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Events

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Infocomms

Please everyone remember that new users registering on the forum should in addition to registering through the forum software send email to vcinfocomms. Otherwise your username request will not be handled!
 
As the national sub-forums on the IOMICA forum have seen very little use I have not created national sub-forums for the new NCAs, and in the long term it is probably best to remove all of the national sub-forums since they do not seem to be needed.

If anyone has a good IOM racing picture for the IOMICA website we could use a change. So email it to vcinfocomms!

Andy Stevenson
GBR 1779
IOMICA Secretary

The Measurement sub-committee has prepared updated versions of the measurement forms. These new forms replace the old ones with immediate effect.

• IOM Boat Measurement Form 2007 V2
• IOM Rig Measurement Form 2007 V2

As usual, the latest Class Rules and Measurement Forms are permanently available for download on the Class Rules page.

The Exec is pleased to announce that having completed the application process MMBA has joined the World Council as the NCA for MLT. The Representative on the World Council is Vinnie Zammit.

Andy Stevenson
GBR 1779
IOMICA Secretary

World Council

I’m still missing 3 annual reports. Come on chaps, you know who you are!

The new versions of the Class Rules, Boat Measurement form and Rig Measurement Form are available for download from the IOMICA website; this is a change from previously as they had been hosted on the ISAF-RSD website.

The Certificate has also been updated; this has been circulated to each World Council representative.

There have been a good number of questions regarding the updated certificate and measurement forms, the Exec are considering several suggestions and will update the World Council shortly.

Measurement

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Technical

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Events

We have finalized the version of HMS 2007 that will be used for the World Championships and have four applicants for the guest spots.

We are now working on the Sailing Instructions and the Umpiring Instructions.

Infocomms

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Andy Stevenson
GBR 1779
IOMICA Secretary

The Techincal Sub-Committee has prepared the 2007 IOM Class Rules, effective 1. April 2007.

(download 100kb PDF document by clicking on image)
We also have new measurement forms:

• 2007 Boat Measurement Form
• 2007 Rig/Sail Measurement Form

You can follow the decision process by reading the IOMICA request for class rule changes and the discussion paper by the joint IOMICA-RSD committee.