Notice of AGM
The Irish Sailing AGM will take place in the Royal Cork Yacht Club on Tuesday 26th March 2024 at 1600hrs and Teams through this LINK
Please see here for the formal notification. The 2023 audited accounts and 2023 AGM Minutes will be published online on the 15th March at www.sailing.ie.
On the appointment of directors, James Lyons stepped down as Director in 2023 and was replaced by Nancy Rooney, who requires formal approval of the members. Richard Colwell will step down from the Board at the AGM. We are grateful to James and Richard for their hard work over their term of office.
We are also proposing a consideration of member subscription and affiliation fees.
As part of the review of our strategy & operations in 2023, which we are communicating through our regional conferences, we have reviewed all current pricing in light of the fact that they have remained untouched for many years whilst costs have risen. We are aware of the need to balance our membership and services income with increased Sport Ireland funding. Many prices in our full range products and services, have, as a result, risen and been communicated out to the membership.
As our Member Subscription and Affiliation fees have not changed for over a decade, we wish to propose corrective action, for members approval. We believe that Club Affiliation fees should rise by 15% overall, somewhat behind general cost rises over the period of c.21%. However, in order to make this change easier for clubs, we propose a 5% Affiliation fee increase, followed by similar increases in the next two years. We also propose an increase of Member Subscription from €46 to €55 to be in line with costs and other offerings. These proposals will be discussed at the AGM and, as set out by our constitution, put to a vote to our members.
The AGM will be followed by our Irish Sailing Southern Conference at 1800. Please do make affiliated Irish Sailing members aware of the event. We look forward to seeing many of you in Crosshaven or online.
Please do get in touch with Irish Sailing should you have any questions.