APPENDIX VI
DUTIES OF A NATIONAL FD DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Notes
The post of National FD
development Manager was created in anticipation that the FD would retain
Olympic status and was designed to provide support to National FD classes
to promote the FD worldwide.
Although, due to loss
of Olympic status, IFDCO has not appointed any FD Development
managers, many of the tasks continue to need to be carried out.
National FD
Secretaries are encouraged to use the
RESPONSIBILITIES
listed below as a checklist of matters that would benefit from their
attention.
IFDCO launched a website www.sailfd.org
in 1996 and any National FD Class is entitled to have an area designated
on the website free of charge as follows
www.sailfd.org/NAT where NAT are
the national letters.
FD sailors are
encouraged to their national FD websites and any major news should be
forwarded to the IFDCO webmaster. In additiom, results of any significant
event should be forwarded to the ISAF webmaster for publication on
www.sailing.org
The IYRU is now called the ISAF.
The Byelaws and
structure of IFDCO are currently under review. An updated version of these
Byelaws will be released when approved by the IFDCO General Committee (See
IFDCO Byelaw 1.2.2)
1.0
ROLE
The role of the National FD Development
Manager is to endeavour to work in
conjunction with the National FD Class Association
and National Yachting Authority to promote
FD sailing and IFDCO activities and to
ensure that IFDCO receives such information as may be necessary to run and
develop FD sailing on a world wide basis.
2.0
APPOINTMENT
National FD Development Managers shall be
appointed in accordance with IFDCO Byelaw 6.8.
3.0
TERM OF OFFICE
National FD Development Managers shall be
appointed for a term of office of four years and
shall be eligible for re-appointment without
limitation.
4.0
REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES
National FD Development Managers will receive no
remuneration. No expenses will be reimbursed by
IFDCO unless the expenditure was approved in writing by the
IFDCO Treasurer.
5.0
BENEFITS
National FD Development Managers who are not
owners of an FD shall be honorary members of
IFDCO during their term of office and shall be
entitled to attend
a)
Social events for National Development
Managers at World or Continental
Championships.
b) IFDCO AGCM.
In addition IFDCO will pay for National FD
Development Manager to be a member of the IYRU
and their National Yachting Authority during
their term of office.
6.0
RESPONSIBILITIES
The National FD Development Manager shall be
responsible for:
PROMOTING FD SAILING
This can be achieved by:
a) Encouraging The National Yachting
Authority to provide support to the FD
class.
b) Ensuring that a fixture list for the
forthcoming year is prepared and
submitted to the
editor of the FD
Class Book by 30 November.
c) Encouraging FD sailors to participate
in FD activities, attend international
regattas
and contribute views/ideas
to IFDCO.
d) Encouraging FD sailors to become
members of IFDCO.
e) Finding people to help promote FD
sailing.
f) Communicating with Yachting Press.
COMMUNICATING WITH IFDCO
This should be achieved by ensuring that members
of the National FD Class Association are aware of the benefits provided by
IFDCO and the need for IFDCO to have up
to date information for IFDCO members generally. Any matters of
international importance should be sent to the
IFDCO General Secretary and procedures should
be in place to provide the following information to the appropriate
IFDCO person as indicated below:
a) Names, addresses and telephone
numbers of IFDCO members residing in their
country and the IFDCO
numbers allocated (IFDCO Membership Secretary).
b) Details of all FDs in the country
indicating the name and address of the
owner
(FD Boat registrar).
c) Completed measurement forms
(Boat Registrar).
d) Personal sail numbers (Boat
Registrar).
e) Names and addresses of useful
contacts:
f) Yachting press and yachting
correspondents, Members of National Yachting
Authority with
responsibility for Olympic sailing
Clubs at which FDs race or are
sailed,
Fleet captains (Editor of FD Class
Book)
f) Regatta results (FD World
Ranking List Registrar)
g) Suggestions (IFDCO sub-committee
chairmen)
h) IFDCO annual contributions on a
regular basis and at least once a year
(IFDCO Treasurer)
i) An annual report in the form
requested by the IFDCO General Secretary.
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