PROPOSAL BY THE IODA EXECUTIVE TO AMEND IODA ARTICLES OF
ASSOCIATION, 3 MEMBERSHIP
DELETE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF 3(a) MEMBERSHIP:
a) Full Members (hereinafter called members)
The National Authority or Class Organisation in any country using the International Optimist
Dinghy in their work for junior sailors can be a member of IODA. In a country where
Optimists are sailed in only one sailing club, that club may be a member until such time
as other clubs in that country sail Optimists.
REPLACE WITH NEW FIRST PARAGRAPH:
“a) Full Members (hereinafter called members)
The IODA accepts as full members one organisation using the International Optimist
Dinghy per country as follows:
i) National Optimist Associations (NCAs) controlled by Optimist owners or their
legal guardians. Such NCAs shall where possible be affiliated to the relevant
ISAF Member National Authority (MNA)
ii) ISAF Member National Authorities (MNAs) where there is no National
Optimist Association
iii) A sailing club in a country where there is only one club where Optimists are
sailed, until such time as other clubs in that country sail Optimists.
Acceptance of an organisation as a member and renewal of that membership are at the
discretion of the Executive. Such decisions may be appealed to the next AGM.”