{"id":1232,"date":"2015-09-25T05:32:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T05:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dragonboat.sport\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2021-02-20T05:36:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T05:36:58","slug":"end-of-an-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dragonboat.sport\/news\/end-of-an-era\/","title":{"rendered":"End of an era"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-7a52j\">The IDBF Members Congress held in Welland, Niagara, Canada on 24 August 15, saw the end of an era when Mike MacKeddie-Haslam, the current IDBF President retired after over 20 years at the Helm of the IDBF Dragon. The Statute amendment which would have enabled him to stand for a further term of office, required a two thirds majority vote of the IDBF Full Members present at the Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"viewer-cfnq\">The vote was split 10 to 10, with 2 abstentions, so was not passed. 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