29th of June 2017

2017 AGM of the International FW Class - MINUTES

1) Welcome and registration of delegates and votes
Francesco Zarbo opened the meeting at 19.15 by welcoming everyone to this years AGM and recording the votes present.
Nations represented by delegates: GBR, POL, SWE, BRA, EST, LAT, ITA, POR, GRE
Nations Email Votes: DEN, GER
Committee votes:
Francesco Zarbo – present
Vasco Chaveca – email
Guido Verlaeckt – email
Alex Morales – email
It was established that the meeting was quorate.

2) Chairman’s Report
Francesco gave a brief summary of past activity and an optimistic future.

3) Financial Statement
FW maintained its level of activity and covered its costs; but 2016 shows a big deficit on IWA Accounts due to currency exchange costs mainly from exchange rate differences and the Brexit. 2016 Management Accounts

4) Class Rules & Championship Rules
There were no proposals submitted to change Class Rules, or Championship Rules.

5) Future Championships
a) Formula Windfoil
A proposal from the Danish Boardsailing Organisation (DBO) and the German Windsurfing Association (GWA).
It was agreed that a new windfoil class could be the best option, as it was generally believed that fin and foil racing together, in the same race, was impractical and unpopular.
At events Formula (fin) and Windfoil should have separate starts.
b) Options/Confirmed
Worlds – Germany or Portugal
YM Worlds – Lagos, Portugal
Europeans - tbc

6) Election to Committee
The following were elected to the committee: Francesco Zarbo (ITA) Sean O’Brien (AUS) Marc Cardon (FRA) Alex Morales (USA) Vasco Chaveca (POR) James Briggs (GBR) Guido Verlaeckt (BEL) Vincent Langer (GER)

7) Election of Chairman
Francesco Zarbo (ITA) elected as class Chairman.

8) Any other business
Request for more events
Extra Prizes for Grand Masters or Veterans
Collaboration with IFCA Grand Prix Series

Committee to follow up.

Meeting closed at 20:30
IFWCA Constitution Committee AGM 2000 AGM 2001 AGM 2002 AGM 2003 AGM 2004 AGM 2005 AGM 2006 AGM 2008 AGM 2009 AGM 2011 AGM 2012 AGM 2013 AGM 2017 AGM 2018 AGM 2019

Class Rules Championships Rules Guidelines FW Boardlist Racing Rules Prize Money Split System Group Racing Info for competitors from jurys Sail Measurement Guide Sail Identification

Archive Documents Class Rules 2002 Class Rules 2005 Championships Rules 2005 Championships Rules 2006 Championships Rules 2009 Championships Rules 2010 2005 Ranking system 2006 Ranking system 2008 Ranking system 2009 Ranking system 2009-2010 Ranking system 2009 Group Racing

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9th of October 2018Committee changes ...

Following this years AGM Vasco Chaveca has decided to step down from the class committee.

29th of June 20172017 AGM of the International FW Class - MINUTES

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There have been no proposals submitted to change Class Rules or Championship Rules.
AGM_agenda_proposals_2014.pdf
Delegate_appointment_AGM.pdf
PROXY_VOTE_FORM.pdf

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It may be the first visit to Croatia for an IFWC Worlds, but if you are not booked in now you may be asking yourself - Why Not !?
The Agenda is long, even without many submissions to vote on, because there are some important "discussion" items that will help drive future class policy .

Agenda & proposals
Voting Paper

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Andrus Poksi, ISAF IJ from Estonia, has very kindly put together this short summary of changes to WCR in the RRS 2013>2016 edition.

26th of November 2012Class Rules updates

The updated version of class rules is now available.

22nd of October 2012FW AGM 2012

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See also the Voting Results paper for details of voting - how many voted yes or no!
A detailed commentary o the meeting will be published later .
AGM minutes
AGM voting results