It is time to punch in your votes on the last two remaining proposals. This will conclude the proposals for this year.

I would like to stress again that the proposal about non-permanently fixed beams etc still allows all materials to be used in construction while the other proposal only limits the material of the beams to aluminium. For this reason the two proposals are independent and distinct. Voting approvingly for one proposal DOES NOT implicetly approve of the other.

Please familiarize yourself again with the discussion around this vote.

Summary :

Proposal 1 : "The hulls, beams and trampoline shall not be permanently fixed to one-another."

Proposal 2 : "The beams shall be made of an alumimium alloy."


Reasons proposal 1 = avoiding problems with international shipping/ shipping to customers and preventing inequality between boats that are shipped in dismantled and boats that are local to a great venue and can have their beams permanently fixed and win some stiffness that way.

Reasons proposal 2 = Prevent the "must have carbon beam" positive feedback loop that has occured in the A-cat class and has driven up the costs of the boat beyond proportion and can drive the F16's out of reach of the target group for the F16's.

The proposals were entered by AHPC and achieved support by other builders as well.

The vote will run till 1 september 2004.


The vote :



Wouter

Formula 16 class chairman