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ISSA office to move to Poland |
19th January 2012 |
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The office was originally established in Switzerland, then in France and for the last 15 years has been in the UK. Now we are organising a move to Warsaw in order to build on an enthusiastic sailing school scene in Poland and the neighbouring countries. A new Executive Director has been appointed and we expect to be located in Warsaw in March 2012 in the interim please be aware that there will be disruption to our services.
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New Information in Members Cabin |
19th January 2012 |
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Admin Council Meeting Poznan Nov 2011 Minutes
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Annual General Meeting Poznan Nov 2011 Minutes
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Extraordinary General Meeting Poznan Nov 2011 Minutes
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Admin Council Meeting Warsaw Jan 2012 Minutes
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ISSA Standards© - Methodology
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Member Categories & Benefits Table.
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More Sailing Schools join Issa |
11th December 2011 |
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At the Annual General Meeting of the International Sailing Schools Association, 28 sailing & windsurfing schools had their applications for membership ratified.
Go Sailing Russia & Turkey-RUS, Hobie Cat School-NED, Sail & Dive Canada-CAN, Skyline Yacht Club-RUS, 4 Winds-POL, Akademia Jachtingu-POL, Blue Water Club-POL, Bosfor-POL, Charter.pl-POL, DBP-AL Yachting-POL, Ferajna-POL, Gertis-POL, Globtourist-POL, Kliper-POL, Magola-Miroslaw Lankowski-POL, Maringo-POL, Master Yachting-POL, Morka-POL, Osrodek Szkoleniowo-Wypoczynkowi-Wasil-POL, Pro Skippers-POL, Romster-POL, Roza Wiatrow-POL, Skipper-Witold Gizler-POL, Skolenia Zeglarskie i Motorwodne Wagner-POL, Tortuga-POL, ZSM Kolobrzeg-POL, Zeglowanie.eu-POL
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Does your Sailing School want to join? |
11th December 2011 |
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The procedure is simple - fill in the application form online now. You will then receive an invoice for €170 subscription. This is followed by a Quality & Safety Inspection Form to be completed and returned (Instructions supplied). Accreditation is given immediately this procedure is completed.
JJ 11 Dec |
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Sailing Instructor Conference and ISSA AGM Poland |
23rd November 2011 |
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You have just missed the best sailing instructor conference in recent times. More than 50 instructors from Austria, Finland, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Russia and the UK were there.
Session topics for instructors included, ‘Teaching sailing in Poland’, ‘Choosing and designing boats for teaching sailing’, ‘Teaching Search and Rescue’ (There is lots of demand for end of seasons rough weather courses) and a fully illustrated talk on sailing downwind.
If you have never been there, Poznan has an intriguing and beautiful old town which is well worth a visit.
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Instructors Library |
23rd November 2011 |
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ISSA has just initiated a sailing and windsurfers instructors online library – visit the Members Cabin. This will be developed with contributions from members worldwide.
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ISAF rejects ISSA application |
23rd November 2011 |
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The Executive Committee of the International Sailing Federation ISAF has turned down ISSAs application for affiliate membership on the grounds that recognition (of ISSA) could be confusing in the ‘marketplace’ of sailing schools. ISAFs policy is that recognition of any training/sailing school should be through the Member National Authority MNA in a country. ISAF does believe that ISSA is doing important work for the sport, comments ISAF Secretary General Jerome Pels.
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AGM and AC |
23rd November 2011 |
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The Administrative Council of ISSA is considering significant changes to its organisation with staff changes and relocation of the Head Office – watch this space?
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Revised Programme ISSA AGM & Conference |
4th November 2011 |
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Due to work in the IBIS Hotel, the new venue is the Quality Hotel Poznan and the Poznan Boatshow. All enquiries and bookings to Tomasz Lipski tomek@bluelog.pl
Please remember to send to Ralph Tingle issa@sailingschools.org the name of the person that you wish to nominate for the Administrative Council.
ISSA 2011 AGM & Conference – Venue and Programme
Conference Organiser:
Conference Venue:
Friday, 18th November 2011
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15:00 - 19:00 |
Administrative Council meeting, Quality-Hotel |
Saturday, 19th November 2011
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09:00 – 12:00 |
ISSA Annual General Meeting, Poznan Boat Show |
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12:00 – 13:00 |
Lunch |
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13:00 – 15:00 |
Tour Polish Boat Show – www.boatshow.pl |
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16:00 – 18.00 |
Poznan Boat Show
o ISSA Poland Presentation
Tomasz Lipski
o Designing & Choosing sailboats to teach with
John Jameson & Jon Manners
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19:00 ‘til late |
Party organised by ISSA Poland members! |
Sunday, 20th November 2011
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09:00 – 11:00 |
Conference, Quality- Hotel:
o Teaching & Assessing Sailing and Windsurfing.
John Jameson
o Downwind Only
John Jameson & Nicole Kilchoer
o Conclusions & Farewell
ISSA President Joan Basacoma
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11:30 – 14:00 |
Tour old town and lunch |
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ISSA applies to ISAF |
26th October 2011 |
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ISSA has filed an application to become an Affiliate Member of ISAF. Affiliate membership would promote integration between sailing & windsurfing schools and the International Sailing Federation. It would also show a clear link from school to club for newcomers to sailing. The application will be considered by the ISAF executive at their AGM in Puerto Rico early November.
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President to EA2 Conference |
26th October 2011 |
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President Joan Basacoma has been invited to make a presentation at the EA2 Conference in Brest. EA2 a European funded conference which aims to develop sustainable maritime industries on the Atlantic seaboard of the UK, France, Ireland, Portugal and Spain.
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Development Coordinator in Paris |
12th October 2011 |
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A full report of the meetings with Les Glenans, the Ligue Ile de France and the French Sailing Federation can be found in the Members Cabin.
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Meetings in Paris, 10th until 12th October |
8th October 2011 |
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The ISSA Development Coordinator will be meeting Jean-Pierre Glasser, President of ‘Les Glenans’, the biggest sailng school in the world to discuss the way forward for ISSA. Meetings are also planned with Pierre Mahaut, ‘Ligue Ile de France’ and Sylvie Lasseaux of the French Sailing Federation.
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ISSA AGM November |
28th September 2011 |
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The Annual General Meeting of the International Sailing School Association will be held in Poznan on November 19th/20th coinciding with the Trade Show and hosted by ISSA Poland. A Notice of Meeting will be sent to all members.
ELECTIONS
There are six vacancies on the Administrative Council. Please send your nomination now. The AC conducts its business online. Online voting is available, and any ISSA member of any age, female or male, can be nominated. It is important that the AC represents the schools (dinghy, windsurfing, keelboat, yachting), the instructors, the ISSA Standards and Quality & Safety Inspections system.
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JJ and President meet in Barcelona |
27th September 2011 |
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John Jameson, ISSA Development Coordinator, and President Joan Basacoma had 2 days of meetings in the Contorn Offices to discuss a new Benefits and Fees structure, the upcoming AGM and elections, closer links and improved services to ISSA sailing and windsurfing schools. John made a summary inspection of VelaCat, the Catalunya Sailing Federation Offices, and the Barcelona Municipal Sailing School, in action at the Olympic sailing centre guided by FCV President Gerard Esteva and CMV Director Pep Subirats.
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ISSA Sailing and Windsurfing Instructor Vacancies |
4th September 2011 |
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ICC's - what are they? |
24th August 2011 |
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All you need to know in Members Cabin
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Wind for sailing |
21th August 2011 |
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How to get a free 8 day wind & weather forecast for sailing anywhere in the world click on
When circumnavigating I found that Weatheronline provided the most user friendly, easy access wind & weather forecasts for preparing a voyage. On the ocean I downloaded GRIB files twice daily onto my PC via a small SSB radio receiver. This system requires very little electricity, always at a premium if you want the silence of solar only.
JJ
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ISSA welcomes new Sailing Schools and NA's |
5th August 2011 |
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ISSA welcomes new sailing schools, national and regional associations of sailing schools.
The International Sailing Schools Association, established in 1969, is dedicated to servicing sailing schools worldwide.
ISSA is the international certifying organisation for dinghy sailing & catamaran, windsurfing, keelboat and yacht training courses.
Sailing schools in 32 countries meet the ISSA Standards for quality and safety. Sailing School annual subscription €110 - National Authority subscription €450
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Quality Inspection for ISSA Sailing Schools |
27th July 2011 |
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All ISSA certified sailing schools are inspected annually to ensure that their Equipment, Tuition, Safety and Infrastructure meet ISSA Standards and that their quality improves. A 13 page ISSA Sailing Schools Inspection Manual has been e-mailed to every sailing school. A copy is available in the members cabin.
The ISSA Inspection Report should be completed by the inspector and the principal/chief instructor and returned by e-mail to the ISSA office by 30th August 2011.
A Quality Inspection Helpline for ISSA certified sailing schools is available at development@sailingschools.org
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an online Job Bank for ISSA sailing instructors, ISSA windsurfing instructors and ISSA sailing schools with job vacancies.
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the ISSA online Crew Register for sailors with ISSA Yacht level 1,2 or 3 certificates looking for opportunities to go cruising under sail, and for yachts that are looking for crew
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Circular to Sailing Schools from John Jameson |
11th July 2011 |
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I have been commissioned to progress the previously published Development & Action Plan 2011/2013.
For most of you who do not know me, I have just completed a circumnavigation aboard my 10m50 wooden catamaran - the fulfilment of a dream. I got the sailing virus when I was 14 years old and since then I have always been sailing. My first job was teaching sailing in dinghies and then aboard an old 25m gaff rigged converted sailing trawler. Since then I have raced dinghies, windsurfers and keelboats, coached international sailors, managed sailing schools, trained sailing instructors and coaches in many countries, and in all disciplines - windsurfing, dinghy sailing, keelboats and cruising. For many years I was a national sailing school inspector.
I am very keen to assist ISSA reach its global potential. The first project is to make the ISSA website international, which is not the case at the moment, being screended mostly in one language - English! An international website needs to be accessible to anyone, anywhere, wanting to learn-to-sail, to teach-sailing, to manage-a sailing-school and acquire accreditation, or to develop a national sailing school association.
To achieve this ISSA needs voluntary translators, who can file translations of new website section and updates, in their own language and alphabet.
If you would like to be a volunteer, or have a sailing friend who would like to be an ISSA translator for http://www.sailingschools.org please send to me, John Jameson, an e-mail to development@sailingschools.org.
A volunteer ISSA Website Developer, who would need to be a sailor, and have a good command of English, is also required.
Remember, when it’s the learn-to-sail season in the Southern Hemisphere there’s not much sailing school activity in the Northern Hemisphere. |
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Development Coordinator |
22nd June 2011 |
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John Jameson has been retained by ISSA to implement the new Development & Action Plan 2011/2013, commencing with the re-build of sailingschools.org. Photographs are needed for the website. They must be copyright free, sailing school close-ups of learn-to-sail and teaching/sailing scenes.
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