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International Water Rocket Association
An international effort to create an governing body
to promote the safe sport of water rocketry.
Chairs Appointmented:
David S. Vice-President'08 has been appointed chair of the newly formed "COMPETITION & PEER-REVIEW" board which has the charge to complete the discussions on the procedures the association will use to provide water rocket achievement recognition to all rocketeers worldwide. The board will provide oversight and peer-review for incoming requests for water achievements.
Nick O. Secretary'08 has been appointed chair of the "ELECTION/VOTING" committee which has oversight responsibilities for all voting and elections held by the association.
Congratulations to both chairs.
Revised: 01.21.2008
Election Cycle 2008:
The following members were elected to an one year term of office on January 10, 2008.
President: Gene F. (US)
Vice-President: David S. (US)
Secretary: Nicholas O. (SZ)
Question 1: Adoption of the IWRA Constitution Revisions as presented was adopted.
Question 2: Adoption of the IWRA "Voting By Internet" Revisions as presented was adopted.
The officers were installed on January 11, 2008. The voting Challenge Period ran from January 11 - 18, 2008 with no challenges being made.
In other news, association membership continue final work on both the IWRA competition recognition guidelines and the peer-review procedures with the overall goal of providing a procedure for world wide record achievement recognition by the association. It is hoped that both documents can be ready for their ratification votes early in 2008.
Follow the links marked "Competition Guidelines" and "Peer-Review" (Upper Left) to view the work in progress copy of the IWRA Competition Guidelines documentation.
Revised: 01.12.2008.
Safety is very important with any rocket. Water Rockets in particular are not toys.
A pressurized water rocket can store huge amounts of energy and fly hundreds of miles per hour. They can suddenly burst, or injure bystanders if they don't stand at a safe distance from the rocket.
Because of this, children should never be allowed to launch water rockets without constant adult supervision. Rockets can be safe but only when everyone understands and abides by safe behavior.
Follow the link marked " Safety Code" (Upper Left) to view the official IWRA safety code adapted on March 2007.
Revised: 03.17.2007.
The IWRA Yahoo Forum is a private forum for internal discussions of the association and is being used for voting purposes by using the polling feature of the forum.
Members are asked to join the forum at the time of joining the IWRA so that they can be fully involved in the association.
Along with the IWRA Forum this public site has the draft proposals, voting materials listed plus general information of the workings of the association to keep the general public informed.
Revised: 01.20.2008.
If you are interested in the sport of water rocketry and would like to become a member of the IWRA, please leave a message in the comment box at the bottom of the page. A membership application will be emailed to you.
Membership in the IWRA is FREE.
All IWRA members are asked to add themselves to the IWRA mailing list by filling out the form at the bottom of the page.
A message from the IWRA president
Hi Everyone,
I want to thank all of you that participated in the voting for officers and the two questions
for the 2008 election cycle. A very special thank you goes out to Lonnie E. for his leadership and being the very first president of this great association. Under Lonnie's administration we saw the ratification of the comprehensive water rocket safety code, the use of the IWRA forum for internal discussions and the use of the polling feature of the forum for voting. Also under his administration discussions were started on the competition recognition guidelines and the peer-review process. My hope is that we can complete those discussions and have a ratification vote in early 2008.
It was kind of disappointing to not have more nominees for offices or voting participation in the election by the full membership. Because of the poor participation one of my administrations goals for this year is to energize the membership to get more membership involvement within the association.
One thing I have already started to form is the president's council which will include David S., Nick O. and myself plus at less two other members that will be appointed by my office. This group will provide direction for the association by identifying issues facing the association and provide input to the president. I have asked Nick and David to nominate members to this council and from that list I will be asking nominees personally to become part of the council. As always I am hoping to get as much participation by the total membership as possible in all our discussions. I want to make sure all sides have a voice in what ever direction the association heads.
Near term my goals are to finalize the competition guidelines and peer-review process so we can bring both documents up for a ratification vote to the full membership. I also would like the association to put together a competition/peer-review board that would start making contact with known water rocket competitions and get information out to those competition that we are working on becoming the central depositor for world record achievement recognition for competitors within the water rocket community.
Again, Thank you all for being part of this association and I look forward to working with you this year as we grow the association and take on new challenges.
Thanks again,
Gene F.
President, IWRA
(Posted: 01.19.2008)
© 2008 International Water Rocket Association.
