Category: Paid Membership

Dear Fellow Icesailors, Though we opened the signup/renewal for the 2020/21 membership in mid October there are very few of you, who renewed the membership and paid the annual fee. You have to know that the membership fee is our major income, which covers the everyday cost of the Organization. Therefore I cordialy ask you to register and pay your duty. 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” Because of technical reason there are change in the payment methods, therefore I ask you to follow …

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Dear Fellow Icesailors, At the 2020 Autumn Secretaries Meeting, we decided to monitor the COVID19 situation in Europe till December 19th and make a consultancy meeting that day to ease the decision of the Commodore. Some countries reported on long-lasting travel restrictions, others about limitation of participants on events. There are countries though, where the restrictions are not severe. It is clear today that holding the regatta in 2021 is not feasible. Definitely, we cannot organize a fair and safe event this year, because not all members of our community can travel freely and come to the possible site of the regatta and return home without struggles. Therefore we decided …

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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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