IOMICA, RSD, and the future of radio sailing
Posted: 06 Apr 2009, 21:18
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As some of you may know, I'm helping the RSD Permanent Committee initiate discussion on the future of the RSD. For many of us, this is an important topic, not just in terms of the impact upon the IOM class, but also upon radio sailing on the planet in general.
The RSD Web site now has the discussion document, and the draft IRSCA constitution, available for download:
http://www.radiosailing.org/
I've tried to have a quick browse of the various national discussion and Web sites (that's a quick browse; I might easily have missed something, particularly for national sites not written in english!) to see how the debate is going, with the following results (if it is blank, I could not easily find any site):
ARG
AUS Active discussion
AUT
BEL
BRA
CAN Nothing
CRO Nothing
DEN Nothing
ESP
FIN Nothing
FRA
GBR A mention
GER
GRE
IRL
ITA Nothing
JPN
MLT Nothing
NED Nothing
NOR Nothing
NZL Nothing
POL
POR Nothing
RSA Nothing
SAM
SLO
SUI
SWE Nothing
USA A mention
So, only AUS seems to be currently debating the issue at national, Division Member level.
My post here is to ask those of you who have a connection with your national authority for radio sailing (Division Member, Member National Authority, or whatever) to please do what you can to encourage debate in your country.
To help, I list here the last known national contact e-mails of the DMs (this is an update of the list of Division Members held on the RSD Web site, which itself will be updated in due course):
ARG Federico Breuer [caymcaym at hotmail dot com]
AUS Ken Dobbie [kendobbie at netspace dot net dot au]
AUT Helmut Tuerk [tuerk dot helmut at a1 dot net]
BEL SABLON Willy [Willy dot SABLON at KONE dot com]
BRA Antonio Augusto [aaslima1511 at uol dot com dot br]
CAN Gary L dot Bugden [gbugden at accesscable dot net]
CRO Zoran Grubisa [zoran at scor dot hr]
DEN Lasse Rand [rand1 at profibermail dot dk]
ESP Alfonso Moreno [secretario at velarc dot es]
FIN Eero Laurila [e dot laurila at kolumbus dot fi]
FRA AULNETTE Corinne [corinne dot aulnette at ffv dot fr]
GBR Mark Dennis [markc dot dennis at ntlworld dot com]
GER Dieter Lagemann [rc-segeln at d-lagemann dot de]
GRE Mark Albanis [markosa at hol dot gr]
IRL Ed Alcock [Ed at sailing dot ie]
ITA Federico Ciardi [prciardi at pulsante dot it]
JPN YOSHIHIRO MIZUTANI [hav52191 at tree dot odn dot ne dot jp]
MLT Vinnie Zammit [vinnie dot zammit at gmail dot com]
NED Chris Vaes [chris dot vaes at zonnet dot nl]
NOR Torvald Klem [torvald dot klem at spor dot no]
NZL Roy Granich [roy at anzamsystems dot com]
POL Andrzej Mielicki [andrzejm at hot dot pl]
POR Paulo Gomes [info at apmv dot net]
RSA Des Fairbank [Des dot Fairbank at carpet dot co dot za]
SAM
SLO Jure Zule [jure dot zule at gmail dot com]
SUI Benjamin Wittlin [benjamin at wittlin dot net]
SWE Jan Dejmo [jan at dejmo dot com]
USA Pete Maxson [pmaxson at rochester dot rr dot com]
These good folks will vote on the future of the RSD at the Extraordinary General Assembly on or before 1 July 2009. I expect they would appreciate your help in getting the view of your national owners and sailors across.
As some of you may know, I'm helping the RSD Permanent Committee initiate discussion on the future of the RSD. For many of us, this is an important topic, not just in terms of the impact upon the IOM class, but also upon radio sailing on the planet in general.
The RSD Web site now has the discussion document, and the draft IRSCA constitution, available for download:
http://www.radiosailing.org/
I've tried to have a quick browse of the various national discussion and Web sites (that's a quick browse; I might easily have missed something, particularly for national sites not written in english!) to see how the debate is going, with the following results (if it is blank, I could not easily find any site):
ARG
AUS Active discussion
AUT
BEL
BRA
CAN Nothing
CRO Nothing
DEN Nothing
ESP
FIN Nothing
FRA
GBR A mention
GER
GRE
IRL
ITA Nothing
JPN
MLT Nothing
NED Nothing
NOR Nothing
NZL Nothing
POL
POR Nothing
RSA Nothing
SAM
SLO
SUI
SWE Nothing
USA A mention
So, only AUS seems to be currently debating the issue at national, Division Member level.
My post here is to ask those of you who have a connection with your national authority for radio sailing (Division Member, Member National Authority, or whatever) to please do what you can to encourage debate in your country.
To help, I list here the last known national contact e-mails of the DMs (this is an update of the list of Division Members held on the RSD Web site, which itself will be updated in due course):
ARG Federico Breuer [caymcaym at hotmail dot com]
AUS Ken Dobbie [kendobbie at netspace dot net dot au]
AUT Helmut Tuerk [tuerk dot helmut at a1 dot net]
BEL SABLON Willy [Willy dot SABLON at KONE dot com]
BRA Antonio Augusto [aaslima1511 at uol dot com dot br]
CAN Gary L dot Bugden [gbugden at accesscable dot net]
CRO Zoran Grubisa [zoran at scor dot hr]
DEN Lasse Rand [rand1 at profibermail dot dk]
ESP Alfonso Moreno [secretario at velarc dot es]
FIN Eero Laurila [e dot laurila at kolumbus dot fi]
FRA AULNETTE Corinne [corinne dot aulnette at ffv dot fr]
GBR Mark Dennis [markc dot dennis at ntlworld dot com]
GER Dieter Lagemann [rc-segeln at d-lagemann dot de]
GRE Mark Albanis [markosa at hol dot gr]
IRL Ed Alcock [Ed at sailing dot ie]
ITA Federico Ciardi [prciardi at pulsante dot it]
JPN YOSHIHIRO MIZUTANI [hav52191 at tree dot odn dot ne dot jp]
MLT Vinnie Zammit [vinnie dot zammit at gmail dot com]
NED Chris Vaes [chris dot vaes at zonnet dot nl]
NOR Torvald Klem [torvald dot klem at spor dot no]
NZL Roy Granich [roy at anzamsystems dot com]
POL Andrzej Mielicki [andrzejm at hot dot pl]
POR Paulo Gomes [info at apmv dot net]
RSA Des Fairbank [Des dot Fairbank at carpet dot co dot za]
SAM
SLO Jure Zule [jure dot zule at gmail dot com]
SUI Benjamin Wittlin [benjamin at wittlin dot net]
SWE Jan Dejmo [jan at dejmo dot com]
USA Pete Maxson [pmaxson at rochester dot rr dot com]
These good folks will vote on the future of the RSD at the Extraordinary General Assembly on or before 1 July 2009. I expect they would appreciate your help in getting the view of your national owners and sailors across.