Dear RS200 Owner,

Membership Year 2016

Please complete and return to the Membership Secretary by post, taking special care to ensure that the e-mail address is legible. Please note that, by taking out this membership, you have reciprocal membership to the RS100, RS300, RS400, RS600, RS700, RS800, RS Vareo International, and the International RS500 Class Associations. If you were a 2015 member and you would prefer to e-mail any changes since your 2015 application to the UK RS Class Association, please send these to [email protected]. The membership categories are as follow:

Full Member £39 Available to anyone a RS200 Family Member £50 Open to full family (2 adults and children under the age of 20 living at the same address). The names of all sailing family members and children’s dates of birth will be required. Youth Member £18 Available to RS200 Sailors who are aged 22 or under on 1st Jan 2016 Associate Member £26 Available to anyone with an interest in the RS200, but who does not want to vote on Association maters or enter official racing events.

Block Member £39 x number of boats. Considered where an organisation owns several RS boats for use by a number of individuals.

Payment Options: For the greater efficiency of the running of your Association, we would like to ask you to complete the attached Standing Order Mandate form. If you would prefer to pay by credit or debit card, please go to http://rs200sailing.org. Please note that we have to pass on the 3.5% charged to the Association for this method of payment. If you would like to pay by cheque, please make it payable to 'RS Classes International Group'

Voting Rights: All membership categories except Associates attract single voting rights on proposed rule changes affecting Class Rules, the Association’s Constitution, or general matters, Associate members have no voting rights. Members active within Classes other than those they own may apply for voting rights for those Classes.

Details: As a Member some of your details will be displayed on the Association website, for which password access is required – should you wish these details not to be published please advise on the form. Details of your password will be sent with your membership card and other documents.

Help! We are always looking for volunteers to help run your Association. There are loads of opportunities. If you would like more details, please contact the RS Office, or your Fleet Chairman, details available at http://rs200sailing.org or in the membership pack you will receive.

Please contact me if you have any queries or comments. We look forward to receiving your completed membership form and appropriate fee.

Please note that in order to be eligible for the RS200 Class Association members discount on RS200 sails you need to have continuous membership of the Class Association from 1st Apr 2015 until the date when sails are ordered and paid for. The discount is for one set of sails per member.

Best regards,

Heather Chipperfield, RS200 International Class Association Secretary RS200 International Class Association RS200 International Class Association c/o Joanne Boutle, Membership Secretary 10 Grange Close Membership Form Buckingham Buckinghamshire Year 2016 MK18 1JJ E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (+44 () 0)1280 817886 Membership Details Owner Name Work Phone:

Address: Home Phone:

Mobile Phone

Occupation: City: County: Email Name: Postal Code: Date of Birth: Country: Club Name:

Sailing Partners - Name and DOB:

Annual Membership fees For Family members only Full £39 Family members name Relation to family head Date of Birth

Family £50

Associate £26

Youth £18

Block Membership £39 x number of boats

Please tick the required membership type (see notes on attached letter) I confirm that a completed Standing Order Mandate is enclosed (tick box)

If a Youth member, please enter e-mail address for parent or guardian here:

Boat Details RS Craft type Sail Number Boat Name Boat Colour Date purchased RS

RS

Voting Rights Under the RS Association constitution, Full, Family, Block, Honorary and Youth members can vote on general issues, and class - specific issues within their own class. If you would like to be considered for class rules voting for any RS Class that you do not own, please state:YES/NO Class: RS...... Details of involvement with this class in the box provided below:

For Associate Members

Please list classes of RS boats sailed, if any: Contact I agree that my e-mail address can be used for all official contact by the RS Association, except paper newsletters (anticipated to be fewer than 2 e-mails/week). YES/NO

I confirm that I agree for my personal information to be stored in the RS200 International Class Association database. I understand that the details provided on this form will only be used for official purposes and may be shared with partners of the RS200 International Class Association.

If you do not want the RS200 International Class Association to share your information wth their partners, please tick this box.

Signed: Date: RS CLASS ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP STANDING ORDER MANDATE

To: Name of Bank*: ……………………………………… Address of Bank*: ……………………………………………………………………...

NEW INSTRUCTION Account to be debited: Sort Code*: ……-……-…… Account Number*: ………………………...... Account Name*: ……………………………………......

Beneficiary Details: Sort Code: 20-97-40 Account Number: 40857882 Account Name: RS Classes International Group Reference: Membership

Payment Details: Amount of First Payment*: £…… Amount of usual payment*^^: £……. Amount of usual payment in words*: …………………………………...... To be paid annually

Date of First Payment*: ……/……/………. Date of usual payment: 7th February (on subsequent years)

Customer Name*: ……………………………… Fleet/Sail Number*:...... I hereby authorise you to set-up this standing order payment on my account: Customer Signature*: …………………………...... Date:...... Name: (Block Capitals):...... Customer Contact Telephone Number*: ………………………………

^^ Usual Payment should be the same as First Payment

ALL BOXED MARKED * MUST BE COMPLETED RETURN TO MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY WITH COMPLETED MEMBERSHIP FORM c/o Joanne Boutle, Membership Secretary 10 Grange Close Buckingham Buckinghamshire MK18 1JJ