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ISMA News International 6mJI Association Bulletin 1/2010
Have you got your Sail Labels?
Please remember that all sails measured after 1 March 2005 must carry the official certification mark near the tack.
Sail Certification Marks can be ordered from the Treasurer by mail or e-mail. On receipt of your order I will reply
with an invoice and ask you to make payment direct to the ISMA account. The cost is €100 for each mark. To
reduce bank charges, sailmakers are asked to order several marks at a time, rather than buying them individually.
As soon as receipt of your payment is confirmed I will despatch the marks by post – there is no charge for postage.
Please make sure you order sail marks in good time, since if I am away there will be no-one to process your order.
I would also suggest it is not wise to plan on buying your sail labels when you arrive at Brunnen for the European
Championships. This is a bad idea for a number of reasons:
• If I am not in Brunnen then there may be no-one there to sell you a label.
• Although the sail labels have an adhesive backing and can be stuck to the sail, for security it is better if they are
sewn on as well, particularly on spinnakers.
• The label should be in place when the sail is first measured, and this first measurement should really happen
before you arrive at Brunnen. It is better if your sailmaker buys the labels and sews them on before the sails are
delivered.
Year End Accounts for 2009
These accounts represent the total of both ISMA’s bank accounts, with the sterling account converted into Euro at a
rate of £1 = €1.12, which was the exchange rate at the end of the year. For unavoidable reasons I did not receive
the final accounts and payments from the Worlds before the end of 2009. To present a fair view of last year’s finances
I have included these sums as if they had arrived in time.
Before 2009, very few sail labels had been sold in North America, and many sails had to have a label attached before
they were presented for checking at the Worlds. We therefore sold many more sail labels than usual last year.
I do not expect this unusual situation to be repeated, and therefore I would recommend that this is not a justification
for reducing the price of a label.
Last year, our stronger financial position enabled us, for the first time, to come closer to meeting the full costs of
the ISMA Journal. We were also able to provide financial support to the expenses of the World Championships,
which paid some of the expenses of the measurer and the international jury.
Voting Rights
Voting rights in 2010 will be dependent on the fees for full membership paid in the previous year (ISMA By-laws
D4). In 2009 we collected fees for 86 boats, as follows:
Fleet Boats
Denmark 1
Finland 4
France 4
Germany 7
Great Britain 26
Sweden 4
Switzerland 14
North America 24
Individual members (Belgium and New Zealand) 2
Total 86
A full list is published on the ISMA website; www.6metre.ch/Official ISMA news
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