Welcome to the DN Iceboating Bulletin Board of the IDNIYRA

[kendnsmith]

Welcome to the forum board of the IDNIYRA, North America.  This forum is sponsored by the DN class, and by sponsors (eventually, hopefully).  The purpose of this forum is to promote the sailing and racing of DN iceboats.  This includes communication among members and gests, exchange of building, tuning and racing information, and coordination of sailing so sailable, safe ice can be found and shared.

Most of the board is open for anyone to read.  If you register, you may post.  If you are a paid IDNIYRA member, you have access to the “members only” section.  This board will evolve, but the intent is to publish all the Runner Track articles in the “members” section, limit rules discussions to members, and other features of most interest to members and active racers.  The rest, including the tricks of building and sailing are free to interested folks around the world.

Rules:

1.  Be respectful and on topic.  Disrespect to posters, posting junk not related to iceboats and the clothing and equipment needed to sail them is not on topic.

2.  No profanity, insulting or degrading posts are appropriate.

3.  Items for sale or looking to buy also need to be on topic.

4.  Items posted are open to public view and no privacy can be assured.  This is a semi-public form, and the originators of the board, the IDNIYRA, the administrators and the officers of the class take no responsibility for any post.  A reasonable and diligent effort will be made to keep the posts on this forum within the bounds stated above.  This does not mean inappropriate posts might not pass onto the site from time to time, but means that the volunteer site administrators will make regular efforts to limit inappropriate posting and remove inappropriate posts.  This is supposed to be fun, so lighten up, ok?

5.  Safety in iceboating is and should be an item of concern.  Fundamental rules to enhance safety are encouraged:
   a.  Never sail alone.
   b.  Set a return time and have someone look for you if you do not check in.
   c.  Check the ice.  Avoid hazardous ice conditions.
   d.  Avoid collisions.  Understand iceboat right of way rules.
   e.  Be considerate and cautious around other users of the ice, especially
        pedestrians, skaters, skiers, fisherfolk, and dogs.
   f.  Be cautious around motorized vehicles, especially those moving fast.
   g.  Wear a helmet.  Dress appropriately.

Let the discussions begin!

[kendnsmith]

If you bookmarked the /index, go back to WWW.DNAmerica.org 

The front page now has key features, including access to the DN Archive.

We are working to inport the class database information so all paid members will be automatically registered as paid members with access to all forums.  There are several levels of access to this site:

Anyone finding us is a "guest" who may read most of the forums, but not post.

Anyone can register as a "member" with a valid e-mail address and can read and post at those same forums. 

A paid IDNIYRA member can access all the forums, some of which are not visible to members and guests.  Paid members also will have access to such information as discussions on class rule changes, and other articles such as certain Runner Track articles.

SOON AND IN PROGRESS:

The initial registration of paid-members will be done atuomatically in the next week or so, and a user name and password will be assigned.  This is only possible for members who provided an e-mail address with their registration.  Other paid members can post a response to the Paid Member string, once initial registration is set up, and their membership in this forum will be upgraded.

In the process of doing this initial registration, all currently registered members will have their membership deleted and re-established.  Let me say that again in a different way, ALL CURRENT MEMBER REGISTRATIONS WILL BE DELETED.  PAID MEMBERS WILL HAVE A NEW MEMBERSHIP ESTABLISHED WITH AN ASSIGNED NAME.  FOLLOWING INITIATION, ANYONE CAN REGISTER AS A MEMBER.  OUR INTENTION IS TO NOT PERFORM A COMPLETE DMP-PURGE MEMBER REGISTRATIONS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE FOLLOWING INITIATION.

Following this official commissioning of the site, the membership registratin will be turned on again.  Anyone at that point can register to be a member with access to most of the forums.  This includes paid-members who can register with a different valid e-mail address.   

Enjoy the site.  It is the reslt of the input and efforts of many, and funded by the IDNIYRA treasury.