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Agenda, Nominations And Submissions For The 2019 IKA General Assembly

The 2019 General Assembly of the International Kiteboarding Association will be held via videoconferencing on Saturday, 8th of February 2020.

The final agenda, including nominations for the position of Vice President Training & Development and a number of urgent submissions to comply with equipment registration requirements by World Sailing is listed below.

Date: Saturday, 8th of February 2020
Location: online via videoconferencing. Either Zoom or BlueJeans will be used.
Starting time: 11:00 UTC

Login details for the videoconferencing system will be sent out shortly before the meeting to all registered delegates and observers.


AGENDA

1. Welcome by the President of the IKA
2. Minutes of the last meeting and matters arising
3. Reports
      a. President
      b. Secretary General
      c. Financials
4. Submissions 

01-19 Executive Committee Formula Kite and KiteFoil Class - Position of Class Insignia Download
02-19 Executive Committee Formula Kite Class - Nationality Identification Download
03-19 Executive Committee Formula Kite Class - Position of Builders Plaque (Mast) Download
04-19 Executive Committee Formula Kite Class - Position of Builders Plaque (Kite) Download
Please note that submissions may include several proposals to be voted on separately

5. Future Events
6. Elections for Vice President Training & Development
    The following nominations have been received and approved by the President:

1 Hamid Shomali Iran CV-Recommendation Letter IRI
2 Marcelo Gervini Brasil CV-Recommendation Letter ABK-Recommendation Letter CBVela
3 Ramiro Martinez Pena Argentina CV-Recommendation Letter AAK
    Nominees are invited to give a short presentation during the General Assembly.
    Voting will be conducted by electronic means following the General Assembly

7. Any Other Business
    Discussion and finalising of the new youth foil class. Please review this paper for the current position
    and summarized input received from the Working Party. ---DOWNLOAD---

NOTES

Delegate Appointment or Proxy Nominations
IKA Full Members in good standing (National Class Associations having paid their annual 2019 subscription fee by 1 March 2019 latest) shall confirm their appointed delegate or nominated proxy for the General Assembly by the President or Secretary of the represented NCA and authorize that person to vote on any submission on their behalf.
Said authorization shall be received by email sent toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before 1200hrs UTC on 1st of February 2020.
Delegates will then be provided with access codes for the videoconferencing system.
Click: This Delegate Registration formor
Click: This Proxy nomination formshall be used.

Observers
Those not appointed as a national delegate may attend as an observer but will not be able to speak unless invited to do so by the president.
Observers registrations shall be received by email to the IKA office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before 1200hrs UTC on 1st of February 2020 using (click) this Observer Registration Form
Observers will then be provided with access codes for the videoconferencing system.

Only registered delegates and observers will be able to access the videoconferencing system.

Be prepared
Delegates are urged to take time to read the agenda and the submissions in advance and come prepared.
Here is the link to the 2018 AGM Minutes: http://internationalkiteboarding.org/about/decision-making-and-governance-structures/annual-general-meetings/minutes/22298-2018-agm-minutes