2025 AGM Meeting Minutes (final results)

[Josip Marasovic]

To be uploaded soon...

[Bruce Andersen]

may we see the summary and results of the AGM recently completed please

[Steve Landeau]

I'm curious as to why it would take a month to distribute the minutes of the AGM, or at the very least, the results of the voting.
Please post them. There are important issues involved with regards to boat building, and there are quite a few existing boats and projects that are affected.
Thanks,
Steve

[Olivier Cohen]

Steve,

AGM closure was Friday, it's not "a month " before, and as you know we are all volunteers, so Josip has probably better things to do than updating website during the weekend.

Results have been sent by email to all NCAs, please check your secretary.

Regards

[Steve Landeau]

Thanks, Olivier, and apologies for not knowing the schedule. I just remember voting a long time ago!

[Bruce Andersen]

I was able to see the voting results because one of the National Reps sent it to me - why not make the results available to the general membership also?

Now that the CRO vang proposal has been defeated, what happens to the vangs on their boats that are no longer legal?

Back in the Texalium days, there was a very limited grandfather clause that allowed boats with Texalium construction to sail locally but not in Championship Regattas.

Is something similar being considered or will those owners have to modify their now illegal vangs similar to what had to be done when the original Potter vangs were outlawed?

[Bruce Andersen]

Perhaps the new VC Tech could craft an emergency rule change/clarification that would makes vangs/kicking straps do what they were designed to do eg. control the upward movement of the boom and eliminate vangs/kicking straps from acting as unmeasured sail area.

With the defeat of both the CRO and the FRA vang/kicking strap proposals we must fall back on the original vang definition which probably needs to be re-considered to allow only limited deviation from the traditional wire/turnbuckle arrangement.

[Olivier Cohen]

Results online https://www.iomclass.org/blog/2025/12/1 ... ca-report/

[Olivier Cohen]

Bruce, about going or not to an emergency rule change more restrictive, we'll let this to new Exec after January 1st.

[Josip Marasovic]

Bruce, as a first point: please stop misinforming public - all existing vangs remain fully legal, exactly as they always have been, provided they do not breach any existing Class Rule obviously. To sum up again as it seems that it is needed, proposals were strictly intended to introduce new restrictions, and since neither proposal passed (CRO or FRA), no new restriction exists now! In other words, IOM sailors are free to continue using their current vangs just as they did on all IOM Continentals before, on IOM Worlds as well and many other major IOM events worldwide that already finished successfully. Actually, as before, IOM sailors may even build larger ones if they wish, because the rule framework has not changed at all, but this is something that was already discussed before.

Also, in 2024, the majority of 2/3 supported introducing a restriction, but the IRSA blocked that change procedurally (not by standard IOM democratic vote - and it was first time ever IRSA acted against the will of majority of countries like this and decided to stop vote being implemented no matter that majority of nations wanted and voted on new rule already - very important to remember if you are back on this topic again).

In 2025, the votes were split between the FRA and CRO restriction options. Neither reached the required two-thirds majority to pass. However, the CRO proposal still reached 58%, which clearly indicates that a majority of voters consider the mentioned current kicking strap ( now vang ) acceptable. If the membership truly believed stronger restrictions were needed, it is reasonable to assume the FRA option would have attracted much higher support - and that did not happen. Now, feel free to post more of your opinions on this topic on IOMICA forum, it will be welcomed, just kindly stop misinformation as it is damaging general work of our class and also reputation of IRSA which was already fragile from years of not functioning well before.

[Josip Marasovic]

"Dear all,

This is to report on our 2025 IOM ICA AGM held on December 5th, 2025:

Attached on this page you will find a table of the votes and reports of our 38 country NCAs.

A recap report.

You will also find attached our financial report.

This will also be posted on our website forum.



We have received ALL of your feedback, including RSA which rejoined us with a flurry of activities.

We are also very proud to have seen our Event committee able to orchestrate 5 continental championships!
(Vs 3 in 2023.)
European by CRO
Oceania by NZL
Asian by CHI
South Am by BRA
North Am by USA
This was a major accomplishment.
Our next step will take place in GBR with the 2026 World championship in Datchet.
And candidatures for the next round of continentals are open.
I want to report our renewal of a Memorandum of understanding with IRSA.

Concerning your votes:
The new IOMICA bureau of executives is elected with 100%. Thank you to those volunteers accepting that charge.
The special and/or technical resolutions passed except:
The CRO Kicking strap did not pass (when it had passed last year with 2/3 of votes).
The FRA Vang one did not pass either.
The MOU with IRSA passed.
The proposal for levy failed to pass. The feedback was favorable but it needs some fine tuning to be worked on.
A special committee should be volunteered on if we care to see it through in the future and enabling us to put our class in the world’s eyes.

Finally, our population keeps hovering around 5000 boat owners.

Respectfully submitted

With best regards
And wishing you all
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Michel Roure
IOMICA Secretary"
( please find the attached ballot in PDF here as well:

2025 AGM BALLOT FINAL.pdf

2025 AGM BALLOT FINAL

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[Steve Landeau]

Thanks to all that contributed to the AGM. I know it's a ton of work and dedication, we all appreciate your efforts.

[Michel Roure]

Thx Steve
Apologies accepted.
It IS a ton of work to coordinate the voting and activity reporting of almost 40 countries.
Every NCA are doing a great job and need being encouraged rather.
We sure ALL need to pull in the same direction for the best of our class.
Best
Michel

[Bruce Andersen]

Thanks for your service.

Please do not misinterpret my message: Now that both the resolutions regarding vang/kicking strap ring gauge measurement have failed, the rules concerning kicking strap/vangs are confusing.

F.2.3 The function of items shall be limited to what is normally provided by items of their type: historically, vangs control the angle between the main boom and the mast - do they historically increase projected surface area to effectively add sail area?

F.2.4 (d) ... shall not exceed 20 mm in any cross section perpendicular to the axis of rotation: do the the existing "plate" vangs exceed this dimension when measured perpendicular to the axis of rotation?

I'm sure that the new EC understands this and is preparing an emergency rule change to keep it from getting out of hand.