International Techno293 Class Association AGM – Minutes
Date and time: 2nd of November, 18:00
Venue: Sailing Centre of Cyprus Sports Organization, Amathountos 21, 4532 Ayios Tychonas, Limassol, Cyprus
Registration of voting delegates and email votes
Committee members present: Marc Cardon, Benoit Treguilly, Janis Jekabsons, Sara Cholnoky, Ali Masters and Ezio Ferin (6 votes)
The following national class associations appointed delegates were present: BEL, CYP, CZE, EST, FIN, FRA, GBR, GRE, HKG, HUN, ITA, LAT, POL, SVK, (14 votes)
The meeting was quorate with a total of 20 possible votes in the room.
Previous Minutes
There were no matters arising or questions to the Previous Minutes
Chairman’s Report
Marc Cardon opened the report by referring to the Events conducted by the Class and thanking the organisers for their efforts in the challenging time. Marc specifically mentioned the:
- Tplus World Championships in Turkey
- European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia (230+ competitors)
- World Championships in Torbole, Italy (300 competitors)
- World Sailing Worlds for Techno293 Plus
He also referred to the introduction of the U13 division and finished his speech informing the floor of his desire to step down as the Class Chairman.
The Floor thanked Marc with a round of applause.
Financial Statements
Piotr Oleksiak presented and commented on the 2021 financial statements we presented.
There were no matters arising.
Class Committee election
| Marc Cardon | (FRA) |
| Janis Jekabsons | (LAT) |
| Sara Cholnoky | (HUN) |
| Yair Suari | (ISR) |
| Ezio Ferin | (ITA) |
| Bruno Marques | (BRA) |
| Benoit Treguilly | (FRA) |
| Ali Masters | (GBR) |
The Committee members marked in green stood for re-election and were voted in unanimously.
Class Committee recommendations
There were no Committee recommendations
Class Rule change submissions to World Sailing
There were no submissions
Other matters
The 5.0 sail was discussed, and a presentation was made on the following day. It was noted that Tahe opted for a 4.8 design/naming, but the class preferred to stay with the 5.0 as discussed previously.
Future events were presented with introduction of the 2024 events
2024 World Championships – Balatonföldvár, HUN (last week of July)
2024 European Championships – Athens, GRE (OCT/NOV)