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Beijing News
The Fourth Beijing International 2 Days March will be hosted in Mentougou District of Beijing On September 14th and 15th 2013.

Indonesia News
The 5th JOGJA INTERNATIONAL HERITAGE WALK 2013, will be held on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November 2013. Website: www.jogjaheritagewalk.com

New IML Walking events
IML Board and IML organisations met in Chantonnay, France for a General meeting. We are pleased to announce that Beijing, China and Jogjakarta, Indonesia are welcomed as new members of IML together with The Baltic Walking Association, Lithuania who are now candidates for assessment and consideration for membership in the future. Details of these new events will appear on this website in the next few days.

General Meeting Chantonnay:
Besides the normal items in Chantonnay a decision will be taken about the membership of the IML Walking Association of the 2 days March near Beijing, China and the 2 days march in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. Also a decision will be taken about the candidacy of the 2 days march in Lituania. For further information please contact our secretary general, Mr. Peter Boulden. During the meeting we will dicuss the position of the IML stamp during the IVV Olympiad. For the moment the following rule is in place:

IML Walkers taking part in the IVV Olympiad in South Tirol in 2013 can obtain an IML stamp when completing two consecutive days of minimum 20 km per day. (10 km for aged over 70) Stamps will be available from Day 2 for those participants with evidence of completing two consecutive days with up to date passport complete with photograph. The stamps for this event DO NOT count for IML awards.

IML Walkers are also reminded that when claiming awards the IML passport, complete with Photograph must be personally presented to the IML Awards desk in order that the details can be verified. Passports presented by persons other than the owner will be rejected. It would also be helpful before the event to inform the event organiser which award will be required. This is particularly appropriate when taking part in a new IML event.

Diekirch experience and a new Secretary General
2nd 3rd June 2012 Diekirch – 25th Anniversary of IML Walking Association A remarkable experience for all involved in celebrating 25 years of IML, 45 Years of Marche de l’Armée and end of an era for Secretary General, Dirk de Boever. Dirk has completed 3 terms of Office as Sec Gen of IML the maximum allowed under IML rules. He has carried out the duties with quiet efficiency and is a respected member of IML. At the General Meeting last October in Barcelona delegates and board members from 25 different countries unanimously agreed to award Honorary membership of IML to Dirk in recognition of his loyal and consistent service.

All correspondence relating to IML Walking Association should be addressed to:
Peter Boulden,
Secretary General,
IML Walking Association,


Hospitality at Diekirch for the celebrations was excellent as expected. On Friday evening delegates and walkers from around the world gathered in Diekirch to meet each other and prepare for the two day walks.Saturday started off quite wet in the morning but the weather improved as the day went on. Delegates and dignitaries gathered for a reception on Saturday and a large cake was produced to celebrate 25 Years of IML.

Sunday was a good day too. At the Closing Ceremony President Ron Hendriks thanked Dirk for his service and introduced Peter Boulden to the walkers. He also congratulated the organisers of Marche de l’Armée for a well organised event celebrating 45 years of walking in Luxembourg.

Amongst the various IML awards made at the ceremony was apresentation of New awards for walkers with more than 75 series (225 walks) to Bert & Ehlse.

Change in date Bern 2013, Switzerland
The 54th two-day march in Bern will be held on 8-9 June 2013 and not as previously advertised. Go to our Calendar for all up to date IML information.

Welcome to Linnémarschen Walking Event 2012 the largest walking event in Sweden!
New IML member The Walks in Borås, Sweden are particularly recommended to IML walkers as a new walking experience in beautiful countryside with traditional Swedish hospitality. The weekend of 28-29 April 2012 was the date for the very successful IML Walking Association’s first time in Sweden. Many good reports have been received and the event was enjoyed by many worldwide walkers.

Europiade
The IVV will organize his first "Europiade" from 7 till 9 september 2012. The starting places are Irrel in Germany and Echternach in Luxembourg. (Germany- Luxembourg border) The distances are from 5 km on until 42 km. The IML will give an IML stamp and the IML walker will be able to purchase the IML bar " IVV Europiad ". The IML rules are the same as in the IVV Olympiad in Turkye. For more info please visit www.europa-wandert.eu

Asianpiad
"The IVV Asia will organize his first "Asianpiad" from 25 till 27 May 2012. The starting place is Suncheon in Taiwan. The distances are from 5km on till 42km. The IML will give an IML stamp and the IML Walker will be able to purchase the IML bar "IVV Asianpiad". The IML rule is that the walker has to walk 20km at least two days to have an IML stamp.

Decision of Vancouver (USA)
No longer member of IML regretfully a decision has been made by the organisers in Vancouver USA and confirmed in writing on 3rd October for that organisation to withdraw from IML membership. It is always a sad time when a recognised International event ceases to exist and the good wishes of all IML delegates are extended to the committee involved in the Discovery Walks which were enjoyed by many visitors over the years.

New awards for walkers with more than 75 series (225 walks)
A participant entitled to these awards must inform the organizer in advance of taking part and is responsible for the purchase of the award from the organizer.

On completion of the 225th walk (75 series of Three) the walker is entitled to a new medal with 1 star
For the 300th walk, same medal with 2 stars
For the 375th walk, same medal with 3 star and the third star surrounded by a laurel
For the 450th walk, same medal with 1 crown
For the 525th walk, same medal with 2 crowns
For the 600th walk, same medal with 3 crowns and the third crown surrounded by a laurel
The numbering of the series will be continued in the normal manner ( eg 228th Walk 76 Series – Numeral No 1 can be purchased.

Criteria to become a Global Master Walker
A participant completing 75% or 10 IML walks (whichever is the lesser) in each IML region is entitled to the Global Walker clip and certificate. These can only be presented at any IML WALKING ASSOCIATION event (note that no walk shall be used twice to qualify). Procedure: The walker has to present his IML passports "in person" and ALL passports have to be complete. (Name, address and picture of the walker in all passports) No exceptions will be tolerated. Example in the current situation: We have now 25 IML members divided between 17 in the European Region and 8 in the Pan Pacific Region. A "Global Walker" is someone who has done: 75 % of the European IML walks is 12: 10 different walks have to be done in the European Region. 75 % of the Pan Pacific IML walks: is 6 different Pan Pacific walks. If the Pan Pacific region becomes 10 members in the future than the walker has to do 8 different Pan Pacific walks, etc.. till 10 is also reached.