International Melges 24 World Council Extraordinary General Meeting - April 2023

IM24CA World Council Extraordinary General Meeting - 12 April 2023

Virtual meeting - Zoom platform

 

Time: 12 pm PT, 3 pm ET, 8 pm BST, 9 pm CET, 10 pm EET, 5 am (April 13) AEDT Sydney, AUS 

Check your timing here

Agenda:

  1. Voting on the bid proposals of the IM24CA future title championships. 
    • Melges 24 Europeans 2024 - the bids received from Split, CRO ; Hyeres, FRA and Balatonfüred, HUN.
    • Melges 24 Worlds 2025 - the bids received from Hyeres, FRA; Scarlino, ITA and Portoroz, SLO.
    • Melges 24 Europeans 2026 - the bid received from Balatonfüred, HUN

The bidding documents under the Tab - Events-Bids

NOTE: Hyeres withdrew its bid to compete for the 2024 Europeans, and is bidding for the 2025 Worlds only.

An Open Session in Zoom will be held for the class to have a chance to ask questions about the bids and venues from the NCA's and / or hosting clubs on April 4. 

 

NOTE: Nations are asked to confirm the name of their representatives or proxies and any observers to the Class Administrator Piret Salmistu at piret@melges24.com as soon as possible, but before the EGM on April 12.

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. 

PROXY FPRM with the fields for voting the submission available under tab "Forms".

Kind regards,
Laura Grondin & Miles Quinton
IM24CA Chair     IM24CA Treasurer

VotingProxyForm-Blank-2023-April-EGM.docx
CRO Split - 2024 M24 Europeans bid update.pdf
FRA Hyeres COYCH - 2024 M24 Europeans and 2025 Worlds bid.pdf
SLO Portoroz - M24 2025 Worlds bid.pdf
ITA Scarlino - 2025 M24 Worlds bid.pdf
HUN Balatonfüred - M24 2024 or 2026 Europeans BID.pdf

Agenda has been sent to: 

                    Honorary Member of the World Council: Mr. Buddy Melges (via Harry Melges III)

Executive Committee
Responsibility

First Name

Surname

Participating

Proxy to/for

Chair

Laura

GRONDIN

yes  

Vice Chairman, Europe

Piero

ANDOLINA

yes  

Vice Chairman, Americas 

Chelsea

SIMMS

yes

 

Vice Chairman, Asia Pacific & Tech Comm Member

Kevin

NIXON

yes

Proxy of AUS

Member Europe

Michael

TARABOCHIA

yes

Proxy of SUI and AUT

Member North America

Scot

ZIMMERMAN

yes

Proxy of USA
Treasurer Miles QUINTON yes

Proxy of EST

Technical Committee Chair

Mike

GOZZARD

yes

 

Technical Committee / Builder & Dealer / IM24CA Staff

       

Chief Measurer & Technical Advisor

Branko

PARUNOV

yes

 Proxy for Slovenia

Tech Comm Member Arto KIISKI

 

 

Tech Comm Member Europe

Jan SCHMIDT    

Championship Coordinator - Europe

David

BARTOL

yes

 

Builder and Tech Comm Member: Melges Performance Sailboats

Harry MELGES    

Dealer: Melges Europe

Luisa BAMBOZZI    

Administrator & Media Coordinator

Piret

SALMISTU

yes

 

 

National Classes - Country

First Name

Surname

Participating

Proxy to/for

Australia

Peter KENDALL apologies Proxy to Kevin Nixon

Austria

Michael

SCHINEIS

apologies

Proxy to Michael Tarabochia

Canada

Dan

BEREZIN

yes

 

Chile

Pablo

GALLYAS

 

 

Czech Republic

Tomas

MUSIL

apologies

Proxy to Marko Misura CRO 

Croatia Luka ŠANGULIN

yes

 

Croatia 

Marko MIŠURA yes Proxy of CZE

Denmark

Soren

BLUME SVENDSEN

yes

 

Estonia

Tõnu

TÕNISTE

Apologies

Proxy to Miles Quinton

Finland

Tomi

HAKOLA

 

 

France

Alain

LEPRAUX

yes

 

Germany

Michael

TARABOCHIA

yes

Proxy of AUT and SUI

Hungary

Ákos

CSOLTÓ

 

 

Italy

Andrea

RACCHELLI

yes

 

Japan

Kentaro

ISHIGURO

 

 

Netherlands

Ronald

VERAAR

 

 

Norway

Gisle 

BO

apologies

Proxy to Jens Wathne

Slovenia

Aleš

ZUPANC

apologies

Proxy to Branko Parunov

Sweden

 

 

 

 

Switzerland

Michael

GOOD

apologies

Proxy to Michael Tarabochia

Ukraine

Andriy

YANO

 

 

United Kingdom

Richard

THOMPSON

yes

 

United States

Megan

RATLIFF

apologies

proxy to Scot Zimmerman

IM24CA EGM 2023 April