With the recent discussions and the expected growth of the F16 class, it was decided to make the membership more formal.
In keeping with the explained cel structure of the class I'll start up a small project to gether the important data of the members and implement it in a list that can be used when verifying the voting. To some extend we already did this in the past but it will now be official.
But first a membership list :
In staying with the F16 spirit we will offer each F16 boat owner a free of charge class membership. You are only considered a F16 boat owner if you have a spinnaker kit and it is fitted to your boat. In stead of tranfering money to retain your membership you must participate at least once a year in a F16 event or race as an F16 in a open regatta with online scoring.
Membership provides :
-1- a right to cast one vote in F16 class rules voting.
-2- a right to propose an admendment or change to the rules that will then be processed by the F16 authority
Note that joining a local cel or class organisation is not linked to becoming a member to the F16 class with voting rights. Membership to local organisations only have a bearing on local issues to which the F16 class rules structure is not part.
Membership is reestablished per year, not per sailing season. The first year membership is awarded to the new boat owner on good faith. In that year he or she need to participate at least ones in an event as an F16 in order to retain their membership for the second year and so on.
I ever one fails the participation criterium than membership can only be renewed by entering an event as an F16. The membership will be awarded again at the beginning of the following year.
An event is defined as a declared F16 class event with at least 5 F16 boats racing or as a open regatta with no less than 30 boats racing.
One can earn a waver for this participation requirement by performing F16 class volunteer work.
The membership list shall be maintained by the F16 class chairman and he or she shall update is prior to the new membership year.
It is the responsibility of the membership holders to notify the chairman of any changes in personal info or boat info.
A more formal document will be worked out in the coming weeks. But this post should give you enough info to prepare yourself.
All F16 sailors wanting to become F16 class members can send their request to :
Formula16class(at)hotmail.com
and giving :
Full name (First name , sir name and additional initials)
E-mail adress (of one that you look into and will keep for some time)
Sail club name (when one is a member of a local club)
location sail club = town + nation
Boat type
Boat name (optional; write in "no name" when your boat doesn't have a name)
Sail number
Year of build
Upon receiving this info you will be given a membership number.
All information will be treated as confidential information except for the combination :
"Membership number\Boat type\sail club name\location of sail club"
Note how this information can not be directly linked to an individual or personal data. This combination may also be used later to publically show where F16's are located. The F16 class will keep the other, personal, info secret even from local cels that are setting up a class organisation. Upon request they will only be given the combination "Membership number\boat type\name sail club\location of club". That should be enough to build the local organisations. This combination will also act as your identification code. It will be a unique combination.
There are some more details but you will read about them later when the formal document is ready.
With kind regards and keep those request coming in. Afterall it is FREE !
Wouter