2022 International Melges 24 World Council Annual General Meeting

The Technical Committee will meet between the original submission deadline and the revised submission deadline to determine if revisions are needed to technical submissions. There may be a second meeting after the amendment submission deadline and before the AGM for further discussion. The goal of these steps is to have discussion regarding the proposals and to make drafting changes as needed in advance of the AGM.  

The first deadline for the National Classes is October 1st - Motions and nominations to be proposed at the AGM shall be submitted to the Class Administrator Piret Salmistu at piret@melges24.com not less than 8 weeks (56 days) before the date of the said AGM.

Who can submit the motions, amendments and nominations:

Motions, amendments and nominations for the AGM shall be proposed only by the Executive Committee, National Class Associations, the Technical Committee and World Sailing. If you have a proposal you wish to be considered by the AGM, you should urgently make contact with your National Class Association Officers and ask them to review your proposal and submit it on your behalf by the closing date.

Submissions can be made about:

Constitution, Future Events, Class Rules, Technical issues, Regatta Regulations, General policies, Nomination of the officers. 

The posts open for election:

• Chairman – Laura Grondin USA, was elected in 2019, 3 year term - up for the second term or for election
• Vice-Chairman Americas - Duncan Stamper CAN, was elected in 2016, 3 year term and re-elected in 2019, 3 year term - up for election
• Vice-Chairman Asia/Pacific – Kevin Nixon AUS, was elected in 2020 EGM, 3 year term (2020-2022)  - up for the second term or for election
• Member North America - Paul Krak Arntson USA, was elected in 2016, 3 year term and re-elected in 2019, 3 year term - up for election
• Member Europe - Michael Tarabochia GER, was elected in 2019, 3 year term - up for the second term or for election

See the list of Executive Committee.

Download here the Submission Form

Bids open for the future events:

World Championships – from 2025 on (2025 is Europe, 2026 is North America and so on)
European Championships – 2024 and 2026
North American Championships –  2025 and 2027

For these NCA’s interested to bid, the bid package will be sent, but the Event Regulations are available at the IM24CA website.

If a World Council Member is unable to attend a meeting, his NCA may appoint a substitute for that meeting only. Such designations shall be in writing and received by the Treasurer/Administrator of the IM24CA prior to the meeting. Each NCA must inform the IM24CA Treasurer/Administrator of the name of their appointed World Council member or proxy substitute before the start of the AGM.

National Classes are also reminded that, as per Class Constitution, World Council representatives must be Full Members of the Melges 24 Class. 

The PROXY FORM with the fields for voting the submissions is available at the AGM 2022 website under Tab “Forms”.