World Tasar Class Association
Constitution
NAME
1. The name of the Association shall be THE WORLD TASAR CLASS
ASSOCIATION.
INSIGNIA
2. The emblem of the Class shall be the following symbol:
OBJECTS
3. The objectives of the Association are:
(a) To provide a medium of exchange of information among TASAR
sailors throughout the world to enhance the enjoyment of these
sail-boats. (b) To promote and develop TASAR class racing in all
countries, under uniform rules; and (c) To encourage and foster the
enjoyment of the sporting and recreational aspects of
sailing.
POLICY
4. It shall be the policy of the Association to maintain the TASAR
as the epitome of a strict one-design class of sail-boat.
JURISDICTION
5. The Association has authority over all activities of the TASAR
class throughout the world, and its powers shall be vested in and
carried out by the World Council, Regional Executive Committees,
District Associations and Fleets as provided in this Constitution
and any By-Laws passed pursuant to the provisions hereof; all
subject to and in accordance with the General Rules and By-Laws of
the International Yacht Racing Union.
ORGANIZATION
WORLD COUNCIL
6.
(1) The Association shall be governed by the World Council
comprised of the Chairman of each Regional Executive committee from
time to time holding office, the Immediate Past President of the
World Council, the Executive Secretary, the two appointed members
of the Advisory Council and such additional officers to be
appointed by the Council for such term as it may from time to time
determine.
(2) The time and location of meetings shall, if possible, coincide
with the holding of a World or Regional Championship regatta. The
World Council shall meet annually if possible.
(3) The World Council shall elect from amongst themselves, the
President and Vice President of the Association, who shall hold
office until their successors are elected to office; and the World
Council may appoint Honorary Commodores from time to time as they
shall see fit.
(4) The Executive Secretary shall be appointed by the elected
members of the World Council and shall hold office for such term
and upon such conditions as the World Council shall decide. He
shall nominate an address which will become the mailing address of
the Council for the term of his tenure and shall be responsible for
the management of all business off the Association subject to and
in accordance with the Constitution, By-Laws, and the direction of
the World Council, including,
(a) The organization of Districts except where a region has been
established, (b) Liaison between the Association, the I.Y.R.U. and
all other yachting authorities, and (c) Liaison between the
membership and the Chief Measurer.
(5) The World
Council shall appoint, for such term as it shall decide, a Chief
Measurer for the Association who shall rule on all questions and
challenges relating to the Rules, and shall issue Interpretations
thereof deemed necessary by him. All such Interpretations shall be
binding until approved, rejected, or modified by decision off the
World Council, duly published to the members of the
Association.
(6) In the event that the World Council shall fail to appoint a
Chief Measurer or in the absence of a Chief Measurer for any
reason, the Executive Secretary shall be the Chief Measurer of the
Class.
(7) The vote of members of the World Council holding a financial
interest in the manufacture of TASARS shall not exceed 25% of the
total Council vote.
REGIONS
7.
(1) The World Council may, as and when it deems it convenient for
the administration of the affairs of the Association within a
substantial area where several Districts are or may be established,
constitute such area as a Region.
(2) The World Council, upon establishing a Region, shall appoint a
Regional Executive Committee comprising a Regional Chairmen, Vice
Chairman, and Executive Secretary to hold office until their
successors are elected.
(3) The Regional Executive Committee shall have those powers,
vested in the World Council by this Constitution (other than the
power to amend the Rules or this Constitution) as are specifically
delegated to the Regional Executive by the Regional By-Law,
including the power to appoint additional officers for such term as
it may from time to time determine,
(4) The Regional Executive officers, other than the Executive
Secretary, shall be elected annually by vote of the duly appointed
delegate(s) of each District at the annual Regional meeting to be
held at the head office of the Region or such other place as the
Regional Executive Committee shall determine, and shall hold office
until their successors are elected, and nothing shall preclude one
of the District Chairmen as also acting as the Regional
Chairman.
(5) The Regional Executive Secretary shall be appointed by the
elected members of the Regional Executive Commitee and shall hold
office for such term and upon such conditions as the Regional
Executive Committee shall decide. He shall be responsible for the
management of the business of the Region, subject to and in
accordance with the Regional Executive By-Law and the direction of
the Regional Executive Committee including:
(a) Organization of Districts within the Region. (b) Liaison with
the Executive Secretary of the World Council. (c) Issuance of Fleet
Charters. (d) Maintenance of all records of the Region, and (e)
Maintenance of all membership records and information, unless such
duties are delegated to the District Secretary.
(6) The World Council may subdivide a Region into one or more
Regions, may amalgamate two or more Regions, or may add Districts
to or delete districts from any Region from time to time as may be
required for the effective administration or the Association.
(7) In the event that a Regional Chairman shall be unable to
attend any meeting of the World Council, the Executive Secretary of
the Region or any such other member of the Region nominated for
that purpose may attend and represent the Chairman and vote at such
meeting of the World Council.
(8) Nothing shall preclude the Executive Secretary of a Region
also serving as Executive Secretary of the World Council.
(9) The Regional Executive Committee may make By-Laws subject to
the provisions of this Constitution and the Regional Executive
By-Laws of the World Constitution, for any purpose necessary to
carry out the functions and responsibilities of such Region and
copies of all such By-Laws as are from time to time passed by any
Regional Executive shall be filed with the Executive Secretary of
the World Council.
DISTRICTS
8.
(1) The World Council, on the recommendation of a Regional
Executive Committee where applicable, shall by By-Law establish
Districts in distinctive areas deemed appropriate and relevant,
having regard to all consideration, including geography, language,
distance, and population, for the development of the TASAR class
and the fulfillment of the objectives of the Association.
(2) The World Council, upon establishing Districts, shall appoint
District Associations comprised of a District Chairman, a Vice
Chairman, a Secretary and a Treasurer, to hold office until their
successors are elected.
(3) The District Association shall consist of the foregoing
officers to hold office for such term as it may determine.
(4) Each District shall be administered in accordance with and
subject to the provisions of a Constitution of the District,
approved by the World Council, or if the District has no
Constitution the District Association By-Law of the World Council;
and the officers of each District Association shall be elected
annually by the members of the Association within the District
Constitution or, in the absence thereof, the District Association
By-Law.
(5) The boundaries of Districts may be varied by the World Council
on the application of any District concerned, and one or more
Districts may be amalgamated or any District may be subdivided into
one or more Districts with the approval of the District
Associations concerned.
(6) A District Association with the approval of the Chief Measurer
may appoint a District Measurer for a District to assist the Chief
Measurer in the conduct of his responsibilities and the enforcement
of the Rules; and nothing precludes a District Measurer from acting
as Measurer for more than one District. A District Measurer shall
have the authority to rule on all questions and challenges relating
to the Rules and Interpretations of the Chief Measurer, but he may
not issue interpretations except with the prior approval of the
Chief Measurer.
(7) A District Association may make By-Laws, subject to the
provisions of this Constitution, the Regional Executive By-Laws,
and the District Association By-Law or District Association
Constitution (as the case may be) for any purpose necessary to
carry out its functions and responsibilities in the management of
such District.
(8) If any District is within the jurisdiction of a National
authority, such District Association shall, in addition to any
other requirements of this Constitution, be subject to such rules,
regulations and directions of such National authority.
FLEETS
9.
(1) A fleet may be granted a charter upon application to the
Regional Executive Committee (or the World Council where the
locality is outside a Region) by 6 or more members of the
Association who are individual owners of TASARS within any area or
club deemed appropriate, having regard to the locality where
regular racing activity is easily accessible to members of that
Fleet.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) a special Fleet may be chartered
in any locality for the purposes of accommodating specific members
of the armed forces, an educational institution, a junior programme
or any other non-profit organization.
(3) A Fleet Captain, and such other officers as any Fleet may deem
necessary, shall be elected annually from among the members of the
Fleet in such a manner as is prescribed by the Fleet, unless
otherwise provided by the By-Laws, and shall be responsible to the
District Association for the organization of the Fleet and the due
compliance by the members of the Fleet with the provisions of the
Constitution and By-Laws of the Association.
MEMBERSHIP AND DUES
10.
(1) Any person may become a member of the Association by making
application to the Executive Secretary, or the appropriate Regional
Executive Secretary or District Secretary, as the case may be, and
payment of the prescribed Association dues, provided that he has
not been disqualified from membership for cause by decision of the
World Council, Region, or District Association or is not under
suspension from membership.
(2) An application of membership implies that the applicant
undertakes and agrees to be bound by the Constitution and By-Laws
of the Association upon being accepted to membership.
(3) A member of the Association ipsofacto belongs to the District
in which he normally sails, even though such place may not be his
permanent residence; but such member, for valid reason and with the
approval of both District Chairmen, may select instead the District
in which he has his permanent residence.
(4) A member of the association may become a member only of the
Fleet in his District where he normally sails for the purpose of
qualification, where required, for sanctioned events; and any
dispute shall be settled by decision of the District Association,
which decision shall be final.
(5) The World Council may grant honorary membership in the
Association, for such period as it determines to any person, who
through special contribution to the Class or through special
relationship to the Association, is considered meritorious.
(6) The World Council may grant honorary life membership to any
member who has achieved, in the opinion of the World Council,
international stature as a result of his yachting
achievements.
(7) An honorary and an honorary life member are entitled to full
privileges of membership, but are not required to pay the annual
dues of the Association.
(8) Membership in the Association shall not be open to any
company, partnership, group or other association unless
specifically authorised in any case or class of cases by the World
Council and the World Council may impose such terms, conditions or
qualifications to any such membership as it shall deem
appropriate.
11.
(1) Association dues shall be in the amount determined by and
shall be payable within the time prescribed by By-Law of each
Region or District. and shall include all amounts required for
World Council, Region and District purposes as determined by each
Authority.
(2) The Association may ask for special contribution in addition
to dues, provided any such contribution shall be for a specific
purpose and shall not be mandatory.
(3) The World Council may prescribe World Class Association
dues.
SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
12. A member may be suspended by the World Council, on the
recommendation of a District Association, for gross violation of
the Rules or By-Laws, for committing an unlawful act in relation to
the Association or one of its members, or for any unsportsmanlike
conduct contrary to the interest of the members of the Association.
The duration of the suspension shall be fixed by the World Council
but may not exceed two years, and a suspended member shall during
such period be precluded from racing or enjoying any other rights
of membership.
13. A Regional or District officer may be removed from office by
the World Council for a willful and unjustifiable act of commission
or omission detrimental to the Association or to its members.
14. Any dispute arising in relation to Fleets. districts. regions,
eligibility to race, the interpretation of the rules. or any
protest within the jurisdiction of the applicable racing rules, may
be made to the World Council, whose decision shall be final and
binding.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
15. The President of the World Council; and two persons named by
the designer, Frank Bethwaite, shall constitute the Advisory
Council and shall assist and co-operate with the World Council in
the carrying out of the responsibilities as set forth in Paragraph
17 hereof and Paragraph B.4.2 of the Rules. Upon the death or
retirement of Frank Bethwaite. the two persons shall be named by
the Copyright holder.
BY-LAWS
16. The World Council may make By-Laws for the purpose of carrying
out the objects of this Constitution and of the Association and,
without restricting the generality of the foregoing, may make
By-Laws -
(a) Amending the Rules of the TASAR class. hereby established as
By-Law 1 of the Association, as provided in Paragraph B.4.2
thereof; (b) Respecting the establishment of Regions, and the
powers of the Regional Executive Committees; (c) Delegating
specific powers of the World Council to Regional Executive
Committees; (d) Respecting the establishment of Districts and the
powers of District Associations; (e) Respecting the Constitutions
and By-Laws of District Associations; (f) Respecting registration
of members and collection of dues; (g) Respecting the measurement
of boats and measurement fees; (h) Respecting the conduct of
championship and other regattas, including the classification of
regattas and the eligibility of members for major racing events;
(i) Respecting the acceptance of deeds of gift of trophies; (j)
Changing the Headquarters of the Association; and (k) Respecting
the procedures for meetings of the World Council and Regional
Executive Committees including the conduct of business by mail or
other means of communication.
AMENDMENTS
17.
(1) This Constitution may be amended by the World Council, with
the approval of the Advisory Council, provided that at least
two-thirds of the District Associations have approved such proposed
amendment at Special General Meetings of the District Associations,
provided not less than sixty days notice of such proposed amendment
has in each case been given.
(2) Amendments to the Constitution shall be submitted for vote of
each District -
(a) By direction of the World Council; or (b) By direction of the
Executive Secretary where notice of motion signed by at least
twenty members has been submitted to and approved by at least two
District Associations.
Richard Spencer Executive Secretary. World Council.