Q.: What is the new official name now?
A.: The  official name is “IML Walking Association” but the branch name is still “IML”

Q.: Are there any new members in 2009?
A.: Yes, there is 1 new member in Yatsushiro City. This is a second IML march in Japan.

Q.: How can I become a IML Walking Association walker?
A.: By walking one of the more-days IML Walking Association events. And by purchasing your IML Walking Association passport and bronze medal after your first walking weekend .

The reward system is also explained on page "Awards"

Q. New candidates:
A.: Yes there is a new candidate “Kyushu” Japan. Kyushu was accepted as new candidate in 2008 and will be judged in 2009.

Q. What is the present criteria for the Pan Pacific Walker award; now two new members are accepted?
A: The General Meeting in Vancouver decided that to become Panpacific walker one has to complete with success 8 different walks in the Panpacific region and this starting from the 1ste of January 2007;
The different walks are:
Roturua New Zealand
Canberra Australia
Vancouver USA
Dalian China
Yatsushiro (Japan)
Arlington USA
Won-Ju Korea
Higashi-Matsuyama Japan
Taipei Taiwan

Q.: How can I become an International Master Walker?
A.: The walker can earn his “Master Walker” clip by participating at the walks of the 8 founding members”
The 8 founding members are:
Blankenberge, Belgium
Diekirch, Luxemburg
Viborg, Denmark
Castlebar, Ireland
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Seefeld, Austria
Higashimatsuyama, Japan
Bern/Belp Zwitserland

Q. Is it permissible for me to have two stamps from the same event on the same page of my passport?
A. No, two stamps from the same event (regardless if they are from different
years) on the same page of a passport are not permitted under the International Walker Awards Program rules)

Q. Do I have to complete all the events in one year to qualify for a Special Award (e.g. European Walker, Pan Pacific Walker or International Master Walker)?
A. No. You may take as long you want to complete the required walks for a Special Award.

Q. How can I become a “Global Walker” ?
A. 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 16 in the European Region and 9 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 7 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.