Get StartedAboutSpecificationsVideoRegions & ClubsGoverningNewsletterIceboating For KidsRacingScheduleRules & SafetyResultsInternational Ranking ListChampionship HistoryMembershipForumDN EuropeContactSelect PageLATEST POSTSResults of 2019 IDNIYRA Election and By-law Amendmentby Deb Whitehorse  |  Jun 2, 2019    Link to ResultsThe results have been tabulated in the International DN Ice Yacht Racing Association Election of 2019/2020 IDNIYRA Officers/New By-Law.In summary, the proposed slate of officers has been elected and the proposed addition to the by-laws has been approved, with 90% of those voting in support.Commodore: Warren Nethercote: 102 votes, 103 votes tallied and 4 abstentions from 107 ballotsVice Commodore: Jody Kjoller: 104 votes, 105 votes tallied and 2 abstentions from 107 ballotsSecretary: Deb Whitehorse: 105 votes, 106 votes tallied and 1 abstention from 107 ballotsTreasurer: Deb Whitehorse: 103 votes, 106 votes tallied and 1 abstention from 107 ballots,John Stanton 1 vote tallied,“I do not advocate for an officer holding 2 positions” 1 votePast Commodore: Bob Cummins: 98 votes, 101 votes tallied and 6 abstentions from 107 ballots,Kent Baker 2 votes talliedAdd Paragraph M to the RACING RULES section of the IDNIYRA by-laws: 92 yes, 10 no, 102 votes tallied and 5 abstentions from 107 ballotsNotice of Electronic Ballot: Officer Election & By-laws Amendmentby Deb Whitehorse  |  May 19, 2019    PRO John Atkins                                                             Photo: Cathy Firmbach cefirmbach.comOn Monday 20 May, 2019 we will be sending out electronic ballots for the election of officers for IDNIYRA for 2019/2020, and for consideration of an amendment to the IDNIYRA by-laws. The Governing Committee encourages your participation in the ballot, which will close on June 2nd.Ballots are being sent to 242 members. Five members will not be receiving ballots because we do not have their current email address. Only owners of DNs have voting rights in IDNIYRA, so we are using sail numbers as an avatar for boat ownership, and your sail number is your election ‘voting key’. We have another 17 members who do not appear to have sail numbers and who also will not be receiving ballots.If you have not received a ballot by Tuesday May 21st please send an email to Deb Whitehorse secretary.idniyra@gmail.com providing your current email address and sail number. If you need to order a sail number please do so online here.Please vote and be an active member of IDNIYRA.The Amazing Doug Harveyby Deb Whitehorse  |  May 15, 2019    One of our eldest DN sailors and a former Commodore, Michigan’s Doug Harvey US1202, was recently in the news about his role in 84th Infantry Division during WW2.“You gave me my life,” Sophie Tajch Klisman, a survivor of the Holocaust, told Doug Harvey, a World War II veteran, on the street in front of her home Monday, with media cameras recording and clicking. “You gave me a lot, and I can’t