Class Committee Formula Windsurfing Champions (add 2006) FW 2 Formula Windsurfing Champions FW 3 Constitution FW 5 Minutes of the 2006 Annual General Meeting Minutes of the 2005 Annual General Meeting Minutes of the 2004 Annual General Meeting FW 9-06 FW 9-05 FW 9 Rules FW 15 Amendments to FW Championship Rules 2005 for 2006 FW 21 FW World Ranking System FW 35 2007 - FW 1 -
2007 Class Committee Chairman: Ceri Williams (UK) fw@internationalwindsurfing.com Vice Chairman: Marcus Huhtinen (FIN) Markus.Huhtinen@ncp.fi Members: women racers representative: Sarah Sherwood men racers representative: Willhelm Schurmann (BRA) bra999@gmail.com Jin-Woo Park (KOR) parkwinds@cholian.net Andrea Cucchi (ITA) prosurfer-i1@libero.it Ian Fox (AUS) aus001@ianfox.com Didier Flamme (FRA) didier.flamme@ffv.fr Phil McGain (AUS) windka7@juno.com * * * * * * * Webmaster: Krzysztof Jaszczynski (POL) webmaster@formulawindsurfing.org FW Champions 2006 Youth & Masters Worlds, Westende. Belgium Youth: Master: 1. Robert Baldyga (POL) Brian Rogild (DEN) 2 Leszek Rutkowski (POL) Ron Ruiter (NED) 3. Dorian Van Rijsselberghe (NED) Dale Ansis (LAT) 2006 Worlds, Gengneung City, South Korea Men: Women: 1. Steve Allen (AUS) 1. Allison Shreeve (AUS) 2. Julien Quentel (FRA) 2. Yshie Ishinoda (JPN) 3. Antoine Albeau (FRA) 3. Sarah Hebert (FRA) 2005 Worlds, Melbourne, Australia Men: Women: 1. Antoine Albeau (FRA) 1. Allison Shreeve (AUS) 2. Wojtek Brzozowski (POL) 2. Dorota Staszewska (POL) 3. Gonzalo Costa Horvel (ARG) 3. Lucy Horwood (GBR) 2005 Youth Worlds, Christchurch, England 1. Julien Quentel (FRA) 2. Robert Baldyga (POL) 3. Vincent Langer (GER) 2007 - FW 2 -
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MINUTES. 2006 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the International. Thursday 7th September 2006 @ 20.00hrs. Hotel Hyundai, Gyeungpodae Beach, Gangneung, S.Korea. 1) Welcome & Registration of delegates and votes. Ceri Williams (Chairman) voting Markus Huhtinen (vice Chairman) voting Ian Fox (committee) email vote Jin-Woo Park KOR voting Maris Birzulis LAT voting Willhelm Schurmann BRA voting Mikhael Pozhidaev RUS voting Stephane Krause FRA voting Henri Kaar EST voting Bruno de Wannemaeker BEL voting Pattana Boonsawad THA voting FIN (M. Huhtinen) voting POR (C.Williams proxy) voting IRL (C.Williams proxy) voting AUS email vote DEN email vote ESP email vote GER email vote JPN email vote NED email vote POL email vote Observers Remi Vila, Tom Nagy, Nicolas Warembourg, Antoine Questel, Antoine Albeau, Aurelien Le Metayer -(FRA), Sarah Sherwood, Janis Preiss - (LAT) Johan Peedimaa, Martin Ervin - (EST), Arnon Dagan -(ISR), Gonzalo Costa Hoevel - (ARG), Allison Shreeve, Steve Allen - (AUS), Jesper Vesterstrom, Kiani Kurosh, Kasper Larsen, Kasper Rasmussen - (DEN), Keith Atkinson (GBR) Jimmy Diaz (ISV), Aaron Botzer, Sung-chul Jeong, Mohamed Zanzul - International Jury. Everyone was welcomed to meeting, special greetings to our Korean friends, and President of KWSA Mr Sang-Dae Jung. The Chairman advised those present that the meeting was quorate - a quorum being 15 votes either present in the room or by email. Delegates were reminded that proposals would need to be approved by simple 2007 - FW 21-06
majority of votes ie 11 votes. 2) Minutes of the 2005 AGM Melbourne, Australia. Minutes had been published on the website and circulated after last year s meeting; no comments were received, and therefore approved. There were no matters arising. 3) Chairman s Report As there was a very full agenda of important proposals the Chairman gave no verbal report. (The Annual Report to be submitted to ISAF Windsurfing Committee will be available soon.) Rhodes 2005 - however the Chairman did report that the financial problem with Rhodes Europeans had not yet been resolved. A summary of the problem was given to the delegates; and an assurance that efforts would be stepped up to secure the promised funding from the Ministry of Tourism via its subsidiary company, the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO). The Chairman expressed his trust that the financial problem should be solved by the end of the year. 4) Financial Statement The meeting was circulated with the IWA Management Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2005. The full Annual Report to be submitted to Companies House in the UK would be published by the end of September 2006. Although these accounts showed a deficit, this was met from reserves; and the IWA Executive Committee were confident that a surplus could be achieved in 2007. A budget was in the process of being finalised. 5) Class Rule changes 5.a)- We support the proposal to increase fin size to 75cm yes (3) NO(14) 5.b)- We support the proposal for 2 yr registration period YES (15) no(4) (To clarify: boards registered (with ISAF) by 30th September 2007will be eligible to compete in international competition during 2008/2009. For the next period, 2010/2011, boards must be registered by 30th September 2009. The Chairman had also received letters of support for this proposal from Exocet,F2 and Starboard.) 5.c)- We support the proposal for a minimum mast weight yes (6) NO (11) 5.d)- We support the proposal for a trial period in 2007 YES (12) no (4) or 5.e)- We support the 2008 introduction of the proposed changes: 5.a)- yes (6) no (8) 5.b)- YES (above) 5.c)- yes (5) no (10) 2007 - FW 22-06
6) Championship Rules 6.a)- We support the proposal to lower minimum wind limits yes (0) NO! 6.b)- We support the proposal to include crosswind races YES (12) no 8 6.c)- We support the proposal for a long distance race YES(11) no 7 6.d)- We authorise the Committee to action the above YES (11) 6.e)- We authorise the Committee to revise existing Rules YES (11) 7) Future Championship: venues and titles 7.a)- We support the proposal for the Festival to include FE YES (16) no 0 7.b)- We support the proposed format for the Festival YES (16) 7.c)- We support the proposal re development of FW Women YES (14) no 1 7.d)- We support the proposal re Masters World Title yes (9) NO (the Title Championship remains part of the Festival, as contracted to Tallinn, EST) 8) Elections 8.a)- We approve the re-election of last year s committee YES (16) (except Finian Maynard, Devon Boulon and Lucy Horwood who were not offering themselves for re-election.) 8.b)- We approve the election of the new candidates YES (13) (the delegates approved the co-option by the committee of: Sarah Sherwood, Willhelm Schurmann (BRA) and Jin-Woo Park (KOR) 8.c)- My/Our vote for Chairman goes to: Ceri Williams (18 votes) 9) Any other business 9.a)-World Ranking Scheme We support the proposal to maintain existing scheme YES (11) no 7 We support the proposal to change the scheme.. 9.b)-Olympic Equipment 2012 We support the proposal for a change YES (17) no 1 (It was agreed that any formula proposal must be a one design ; in production and proven to be suitable. It will only emerge from trials in 2007 and competition throughout 2008.) 9.c)-Girls in Formula: a discussion item. It was agreed that the committee actively seeks new measures to support and encourage women s participation in the formula events; and that the future also lies within the development of a strong youth division. The meeting was closed at 23.15. 2007 - FW 23-06