International Zoom 8 Class Association

Minutes from the 2006 World Council Meeting of the  International Zoom 8 Class Association

The 2006 World Council Meeting of the International Zoom 8 Class Association was held in Hoorn, The Netherlands, on Saturday the 25^th and Sunday the 26^th of November 2006.

Participants: 

Stefan Hess Austria

Anders Börresen Denmark

Kalev Kaal Estonia

Timo Nurmilaukas Finland

Koen Koetsier Holland

Hans Petter Fredriksen Norway, not present on Sunday.

1. Opening of the World Council Meeting Saturday 25^th at 12.30 by the President

President Timo Nurmilaukas welcomed the NCA representatives of Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Holland and Norway. In addition Hans Petter Fredriksen as representative of the Owner of All Rights. Russia (by Finland) and Sweden (by Estonia) were represented with proxies.

2. Stating the legality of the meeting

It was accepted that the meeting was called in legally.

3. Election of the chairman for the meeting.

Timo Nurmilaukas was elected as chairman of the meeting.

4. Election of a secretary and scrutinizers

                       Kalev Kaal was elected secretary of the meeting

Stefan Hess was elected scrutinizer.

Koen Koetsier was elected scrutinizer.

5. Eligibility of World Council Charters and proxies

8 countries were represented; totalling 29 votes (see Appendix 1).

The meeting accepted eligibility.

6. What is fulfilled and what is not from 2005 year World Council Meeting Minutes.

                      Honorary Treasurer Kim Jensen has resigned as treasurer.

                      Budget of 2006 year is not fulfilled, because of delays with opening the 

bank account of the Association.

IZCA is now registered as Association in Finland and a Bank

Account has now been opened in Finland

                      Event Committee has not been working. No Event Committee report have

been made.  

                      Sail Buttons system is not working.

                      The class has for the moment no Class measurer. This will  be solved

quickly.

                      Euro Cup Series is not started

                      WC and EC event fees for 2006 have not been collected, but will be

collected for the year 2006

                      NCA subscription fees for 2006 have not been collected, but will be

collected for the year 2006

7. Class Rules

Meeting accepted and signed the version of changes in the Class Rules.

All submissions concerning the Class Rules were handled under appendix 3 below.

                      Final version of the class rules will be legalised by ISAF.

                      The valid version of Class Rules is always the one published on ISAF Web

site.

8. Builders Manual

Meeting accepted and signed the version of changes of the Builders Manual.

All submissions concerning the Builders manual were handled under appendix 3 below.

                      Final version of the builders manual will be legalised by ISAF.

                      The valid version of Builder Manual is always the one published on ISAF

Web site.

9. Changes of the Constitution of the Zoom8 Class

Meeting discussed about the wording of the “authorized public accountant” and found, that more clear is to use wording auditors.

Meeting accepted and signed the version of changes of the Constitution of the Zoom8 Class.

All submissions concerning the Constitution of the Zoom8 Class were handled under appendix 3 below.

10. Finish Zoom8 Association submissions appendix 4

                      10.1 Maximum sum for third party insurance coverage in EC and WC.

Meeting decide to give this question to “Vice President  Events and Promotion” to decide the optimal amount to be used in Zoom8 international events.

10.2 Is the protest flag required or recommended in Class Rules?

This question is now solved in the new Class Rules.

10.3 Create an international ranking series.

Meeting decided to use a serie of 7 competitions , where 4 best will be counted. For 2007 following competitions will be appointed:

1.      Lake Garda regatta in Italy March/April

2.      Sail extreme regatta in Denmark

3.      Some regatta in Holland

4.      Some regatta in Germany

5.      European Championship in Russia

6.      World Championship in Austria

7.      Olympic regatta in Sweden

Scoring system of the ranking list will be worked out by “Vice President of Events and Promotion”.

10.4    Common national ranking system

Meeting decided that the suggestion is good, but at the moment it is not our priority to start harmonise the national ranking systems.

11. Norwegian Zoom8 Association submissions

                      11.1 Development of new type of sails.

                      Meeting understand that the question is important and needs to be

regulated, how will happen the development of the new sails? This question

was given to be solved by “Vice President Technical Issues” to work this

further out and comeup with suggestions.

11.2 What plans EC has for Zoom8 Class promotion and growth in new countries?

The appointed “Vice President,  Events and Promotion” will be responsible to set up a plan for the promotion and the development off the Zoom8 class in new countries

11.3 Complete agreed Class Rules Changes.

Class Rules and Builders Manual for 2007 will be published on ISAF web page latest 15^th  of February and will be effective latest 1^st March 2007.

The new and updated version of the class rules will be Issue Nr 7.

The new and updated version of the builders manual will be Issue Nr 7.

12. “Owners of All rights”

The WCM has come to the conclusion that there is still an unclear situation regarding the owner off all rights. After reviewing documentation and hearing Mr, Hans Petter Fredrikson the WCM decided that Timo Nurmilaukas will take up this case  for further investigation.

13. Election for WC

Elections were made in the meeting.

Election of President of World Council:

Proposed candidate:

Timo Nurmilaukas – elected

Election of Vice-Presidents of World Council:

Proposed candidates:

Berndt Öjerborn, Sweden

Kalev Kaal, Estonia

Heikki Järvenpää, Finland

Stefan Hess, Austria

The following were elected:

Heikki Järvenpää, Finland – responsible for technical questions and

      nominations

Stefan Hess, Austria – responsible for events (races, promotion of the

class)

Kalev Kaal, Estonia – responsible for administration, information and

finance

The President and the three Vice Presidents will be the Executive Committee aswell.

14. Timo Nurmilaukas made the overview of legal situation of IZCA, that is following:

                      IZCA is now registered in Finland as an assotiation

                      IZCA set up an Bank account in Sampo Bank in Finland

                      Account information is following:

International Zoom8 Class Association RY

Sampo Bank

Unioninkatu 22

FIN-00075 SAMPO

Finland

Account Number: 800015-71252395

IBAN:  FI5780001571252395

BIC/SWIFT: PSPBFIHH

15. WCM agrees that following fees of 2006 should be collect ASAP:

-          NCA subscription fee for 2006

-          WC 2006 and EC 2006 share of participation fees

-          Builders fee from ISAF

-          finances that are standing in Holland. About 700 – 800 EUR. Exact amount with report will be given by Mr. Koen Koetsier

16. WCM agrees, that following payments to WC Members could be legalised when outstanding payments are transferred to the  IZCA bank account

-          ISAF subscription fee to Timo Nurmilaukas, because he paid it privately

-          IZCA registration fees

-          Web site hosting fee to Sweden Zoom8 Association, because they paid it in 2006

-          Some travelling expenses of EC members to travelling to WCM 2006 who are made these expenses privately.

17. Application of World Championship 2008

There were two applications for World Championship 2008. From Sweden and Norway.

After voting it was decided to give the WC 2008 to Norway.

Reason: Norway did not organised an WC or EC for the Zoom8 Class so far

18. Application of European Championship 2008

Based on a proposal by WCM to promote the Zoom8 class more in South European countries, it was decided that the European Championship 2008 will be arranged in Italy.

Stefan Hess as “VP,Events and Promotion” will find a club, which is willing and able to organise that event. If there is no such a clubs, which would be interested a new decision will be made..

19. Additional information regarding Worlds 2007 in Austria.

-          Event will take place 30. July – 4. August 2007

-          Racing days are 01. – 04. of August

-          Maximum 4 races per day, no reserve day

-          Event internet site will be available end of January 2007

-          There is Austrian Zoom8 Class Championship one week before Worlds (21. – 22.07.07)   

-          There are no motorboats allowed to use on the lake. Only 3-4 special permission motorboats are available for rent before the event for training. Need preregistration.

20. Additional information regarding Europeans 2007 in St. Petersburg.

-          Event will take place 07. – 11. July 2007

-          Racing days are 08. – 11. of July 2007

-          Maximum 4 races per day, no reserve day

-          There is Baltic Regatta just before Europeans

21. WCM decide to come together again 27 and 28 of January 2007 in Berlin, to see

how many of the outstanding issues as mentioned in the meeting minutes

are fulfilled and to discuss future planning and development. All NCAs are

welcome to send their representatives to that meeting, if they feel so. 

Chairman of the meeting                       

                                                                                        Timo Nurmilaukas

Secretary of the meeting

                                                                                        Kalev Kaal

The minutes have been approved by the scrutinizers of the meeting

Stefan Hess                                             Koen Koetsier

Appendix 1.

World Council Charter

The Following Countries have supplied the Executive Committee with documentation stated in § 4 of the Constitution fulfilling the eligibility demands

Country                               appointed Council member                      votes             

Austria                                Stefan Hess                                    4

Denmark                            Anders Borresen                            4

Estonia                               Kalev Kaal                                       3

Finland                               Timo Nurmilaukas                           4

The Netherlands                      Koen Koetsier                           4                     

Norway                               Hans Petter Fredriksen                  4

Russia                                                                                           2

Sweden                                                                                          4