Category: Membership

First Results of Autumn Ballot The Autumn 2020 IDNIYRA and IDNIYRA EU combined ballot closed at 23:45 (AST) November 22, 2020.  Two-thirds of ‘yes’ votes are required for a Question to pass.  The results are as follows: Fifty-six percent of eligible members participated in the ballot.  Abstentions were allowed on individual questions. Question 1: EPIC Agreement Amendment.  132 yes / 84 against (61.1% yes, Question 1 fails) Question 2: RMA Amendment.  184 yes / 46 against (80.0% yes, Question 2 passes) Question 3: Technical Specification A16, Hull Cross Section.  169 yes / 52 against (76.5% yes, Question 3 passes and comes into effect May 31, 2021) A report with the …

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Update on IDNIYRA and IDNIYRA EU Autumn Ballot  We have an electronic ballot underway to consider three questions: an amendment to the EPIC Agreement; an amendment to the Regatta Management Agreement; and a change to the OFFICIAL SPECIFICATIONS.  The ballot closes on November 22nd.  As of 0900 AST Wednesday, 11 November 177 of 422 eligible voters had voted (79 from Europe and 98 from North America).  Another 49 members have opened their ballots but not yet voted.  How people voted is not available to us until after ballots close on November 22nd. The voting software indicates that all ballots sent to IDNIYRA EU members were received.  One ballot for a …

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This is the announcement of a combined ballot for members of IDNIYRA and IDNIYRA EU, although North American and European results will be available separately. At their Spring 2020 meeting the IDNIYRA EU National Secretaries supported sending six measures to a ballot of the members.  Three of the six will be on this combined ballot. Changing Article II of the EPIC Agreement to add considerations of environmental friendliness to reasons for changing the Official Specification.  The IDNIYRA EU National Secretaries supported this proposal.  The IDNIYRA Governing Committee believes that environmental friendliness should be located in the Regatta Management Agreement. The current proposal may restrict construction materials currently in use.  The IDNIYRA …

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Dear Fellow Icesailors, Signup for the 2020/21 membership is open. For registering to the upcoming season please click on this link and follow the instructions. Alternatively, the signup can be accessed through the sidebar and also under the menu “OFFICE >> IDNIYRA-EU Membership” Please make your payment of 25 EUR through PAYPAL or Credit Card as requested on the registration page. Do not send money via bank transfer!! (Except for the National Organisations membership fee) Think Ice,   Attila Pataky  

Dear Fellow Iceboaters, As many of you know, we held an online secretaries’ meeting last weekend where we discussed and voted on many of the issues we were unable during the spring meeting. We are happy to announce that out of the 3 nominees Mihkel Kosk C-45 has won the election for vice-commodore with an overwhelming majority vote and support of the national secretaries. Mihkel is an active DN and softwater sailor in Dragon Class. He has proved himself as the national secretary for Estonia for about 10 years and lately as a trainer for the estonian Junior DN and IceOptimist team. Welcome onboard Mihkel! The minutes of the meeting will be …

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