Aug 8th, Adelaide
To register for SID 2008 or for the SA Spatial Excellence Awards 2008, visit the SID website www.spatialinformationday.org.au.
Early bird registration is available until Friday 11 July so get in early to take advantage of the reduced rate.
The preliminary SID program is also now available:
http://www.spatialinformationday.org.au/pdf/program_v01.05.pdf
A draft calendar is now available on line. See
AWA Draft Calendar 2008-09 (Adobe PDF) or
@AWA website www.windsurfing.org/calendar.htm
There seems to be some confusion of what the AWA does…
Check out this discussion
The AWA Annual General Meeting is coming up in late June, 2008.
AWA delegates to vote on their State/s preferred option of Olympic Board choice for London 2012 : RS-X vs FWOD (Formula Windsurfing One Design)
Background : AWA has the option to submit an opinion to Yachting Australia (YA) voting delegates on the Australian windsurfing community’s (ie : AWA membership) opinion on their preferred option of London 2012 Olympic equipment to be voted on at ISAF meetings November, 2008
Please add your comments to this article so that we can make an informed decision.
AWA may then submit the AWA consensus to the YA members who carry votes at the Olympic equipment selection ballot/s for their consideration.
Why is this important ? Because the IWA fully support and endorse the FWOD concept. Because YA delegates have a significant number of the votes in this process, yet operate fundamentally with yacht background experience, with little or no first hand or current understanding of the real sport of windsurfing. (exception here is YA’s Phil Jones, who has a previous history in BiC Techno in UK - and is Vice President of the ISAF Windsurfing Community).
Without the clear input from the Australian Windsurfing community (ie : AWA membership), the YA delegates will vote with their best intentions, but they may NOT reflect the Australian Windsurfing community. Even WITH our submission, they may still choose their own vote, but cannot do so ignorant of the concensus of the AWA.
In Australia it is even more important, as most other member nations have a more direct input and representation to their ISAF office/rep than we do in AUS (being somewhat isolated from YA affairs.)
Please note, although a lot of debate over finer equipment details can ensue (and with some merit !), the vote (and thus AWA discussion and decision making) is very simple : the RS-X solution or the FWOD solution.
For more information on the FWOD concept and proposal, please see the full background info at
http://www.star-board.com/2008/pages/news/news.php?readmore=351
PowerPoint file
www.star-board.com/2008/pages/downloads/star-board-presentation.pps
Formula One Design video clip
http://2008p.star-board.com/2008/video/p_olympic.php
Formula One Design (Allison’video clip)
http://2008p.star-board.com/2008/video/p_new_olympic_v2.php
Chris Dimond has announced dates for the
KASail WinterSeries 2008.
- June 21/22
- July 12/13
- August 16/17
and he’ll be using Windsurfing SA’s shiny new buoys as much as possible. For more event information see the flyer & entry form
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