Thanks to those who have replied to my inquiry both in the forum and through private messages.
For info of others who visit, as of now from what I understand these are the steps you can do to get recognized and affiliated.
1. Contact your MNA (member national authority) they are the organization that is recognized by ISAF, they are your National Authority.
Ask them if they can recognize your org as IOM fleet in your country and make a memorandum of Agreement or any letter, document stating that the MNA gives your organization the right to act on behalf of them when IOMs or Radio sailing is involved. Basically asked if your MNA will "right of being a Division member to your gruop".
If not the MNA will become Division Member.
2. Whether it be the MNA or your group that will be Division member, that organization will then have to apply or request for affiliation or recognition from ISAF- RSD (Radio Sailind Division) which is a separate organization for Radio control but under ISAF.
This means a different fee to pay. Fees depend on number of boats in yoru country.
3. Once your country has a Division member of RSD, then the IOM hull and sail numbers can be issued as well as measurement, etc. If your MNA is the DM, then you can form a class association (IOM fleet) and request for recognition from IOMICA to be a National Class Association (NCA). If your organization is the DM, you can do the same thing just ask recognition from IOMICA to become an NCA. You will need to formulate a constitution for your organization, as an IOM-NCA. No fees in being an NCA for IOM though.
http://www.iomclass.org/Information/NCAs/NCAs.htm for more information.
4. Basically as I understand it the two organizations ISAF-RSD and IOMICA has two separate reasons and responsibilities.
The ISAF-RSD is responsible for maintaining and updating the Appendix E of the ISAF Rules of Racing. And also they are responsible for recognizing new Radio control classes as an International class. Sort of a "Scale Model ISAF" or "ISAF for Model Yachting".
The IOMICA on the other hand is the same as the full sized International Class Associations of ISAF, such as Lasers, 420s, Optis, etc. etc. It's responsibility is to govern the Class and maintain and update the class rules, of course also in promoting the class itself.
I am not 100% sure, but I think IOMICA is also the ones that will approve International (IOM) events such as Worlds, etc. etc.
(My opinion only)
5. My ownly complaint about this current system is the need for the MNA or the DM to pay an extra fee to RSD.
Do understand that the RSD is just an affiliate of ISAF, and thus I guess the need to generate funds through the fees in order to do it's job. I have no idea why ISAF itself wanted to have RSD as an affiliate to do the job of managing Radio control, when I imagine ISAF itself can do the same without much extra cost and effort (which means the MNA just pays one fee to ISAF not one fee to ISAF and the other to ISAF RSD).
My best guest is the ISAF wanted to leave RC sailors to regulate themselves and thus the RSD was born.
TTFN
Arvin
