MINUTES OF THE FISTC GENERAL ASSEMBLY
june 2 & 4 2006 - Ružiná - Slovakia
1) Welcome.
The president welcomes all participants to the
21th GA of FISTC and thanks the Slovak friends, particularly Braňo
Slaný, for the organisation of the meeting.
2) Definition of the participants and list of votes.
The number of votes is 20 at the beginning of the
meeting.
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Karl
Rehner |
SSVO |
2 |
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Gerald
Schinzel |
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Bomon
Siegfried |
FBMF |
2 |
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Czech |
Kučera
Pavel |
ČMSKPS |
2 |
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Henychová
Jana |
ČMSKPS |
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Kronholm
Gert |
DSHK |
1 |
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Mannato
Franco |
FFPTC |
4 |
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Stadolka
Franz |
SSD |
2 |
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-- |
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Nardelli
Giovanni |
CIS |
1 |
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Massimo
Bassan |
FIMSS |
1 |
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Apolloni
Eros |
CMSD |
2 |
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Apolloni
Loris |
CMSD |
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Roos Arno |
MHSC |
2 |
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Zagers
Guust |
MHSC |
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-- |
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Martin
Závatský |
SAJPS |
1 |
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Pavol
Toma |
SK Donly |
1 |
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Slovania |
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-- |
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Ammonn
Richard |
CSAN |
1 |
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Totall number of votes |
20 |
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3) Adoption of the agenda.
The agenda was unanimously adopted.
4) Adoption of the minutes of the last GA in Loevain.
The secretariat didn't receive any remarks
during the year concerning the minutes of the last G.A.
The minutes were unanimously adopted by all
voting members.
5) Reports of Board members
All the reports were read by the following board members, as well as the report of the financial controllers who stated that the accounting was correct.
The reports are attached as annex to these minutes.
_ Vice -president and Veterinarian
_ Animal welfare supervisor
_ Technical Director MD / LT
_ Treasurer
_ Report of the financial controllers.
6) Discharging the members of the board.
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 20
7) Admission of new members.
- Slovenia - Matjas Ovsenek, Statutes are without problems , in english, register pedigree must be used for some dogs
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 20
8) Request and proposals from the board and Member countries.
Proposals of the board
1. To organise a FISTC sprint racing week
from 6-14 Januar on the following races:
6-7 january: Weng
10-11 january: St. Ullrich
13-14 january: Werfenweng
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 20
2.
Creation of the FISTC euro cup -sprint ranking list. We, the board, will
appoint the races which will be taken
in account for the ranking. More than one race can be apointed in one weekend
as long as they are separated enough from each other.
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 20
3. Change of the distances for middistance
to C= 25km (+/- 5km)
B+P= 35km (+/- 5km)
A+O= 45km (+/- 5km)
Vote results: against: 2 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 18
4. Creation of the FISTC euro cup-distance ranking list
(same as sprint)
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 20
5. In
2007 the LT championship will also be open for german mushers racing with
pure-bred teams, even if they are not member of the FISTC. The dogs will have
to be judged by at least 2 race judges.
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 3 ; in favour: 17
6. Creation
of the FISTC euro-longtrail ranking. The Iron Sled Dog Races will also
count for the ranking.
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 20
7.
To
organize an european championship cartracing.
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 20
with 1 boardmember responsible. (suggestion
of the board) and accepting races rules and classes (see addendum)
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 20
The Board then recomended that Mr. Gert Kronholm
from
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 20
Mr.
Gert Kronholm was then elected.
8.
On
FISTC Championships races, the starting number must also be put in evidence on
the car and on the trailers on the stake-out.
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 20
9. Maximum
of 2 dogs in a box.
Vote results: against: 1 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 19
10)
The Board recomends that if in a car there are more than one dog, then dog
boxes must have their own lockable door (e.g. backdoor of car is not
sufficient)
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 20
11. Snowanchors
must be handable with one hand (so not be in the dogbag because then
it takes to much time to grab it in emergency situations).
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 20
12. Young
mushers of 12-17 years must wear helmets, except skiers
in categories skijoing and pulka.
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 20
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 20
points for
the board to be done before the GA
1.
Translation
of MD rules in English
2.
Translation
of LT rules in English
These two translations were made available
before the GA. A few modifications were also added at the GA concerning the
following points:
A)
LT
Racing rules:
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Article
8: the list of doping drugs is removed from the rules as it exists as another
document that is updated every year.
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Article
11.d: the weight indicated must be corrected. It is 7 kg per dog for sleds as
well as polkas. The maximum weight must not exceed 70kg.
B)
MD
Racing rules:
_
In
Article A : Racing categories : As a consequence of the decision just taken to
include D1 and D2 classes, this article should then read :
"In FISTC Middle Distance Championships there
is no ski-jöring class."
Belgian FBMF proposals
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Joel REYNIERS
Exclude for life by its Federation
FBMF who asks the FISTC to support it and take the same decision
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 5 ; in favour: 15
Joël Reyners is excluded for life from any FISTC race.
1.
To make the FISTC- dogsdatabase public on the web:
This proposal is a good thing for our dearest best friends, the dogs. If we
could follow a little bit better the running dogs and their performances in the
championships, we and other country's (also new people who wanted to start in
our sport) could be interested in breeding with topdogs from good lines that
participated on the championships. Breeding between good dogs brings good dogs
on the championships and make these more attractive. We are sure this is not
only available for my country. We don't see why this should not be possible, we are not speaking here over violence with the
human rights._
GA: Dod dbase exists to allow
judges and organisers to see what dogs ran in previous races not for others reasons. FISTC is not a
breading club.
Vote results: against: 16 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 4
2- We would like to ask if
there's no possibility to make the championships more attractive for spectators
with the time's running, and a temporary classification on a screen: To make
our point clear, to have every moment the running time by a running
participator and a temporary classification for example after every checkpoint
or a few km's. We are sure this will sell also our sport more in the future for
television and even by the Olympic games if the sport
will be a demonstration. They use this already in every sport from bicycle till
biathlon, and further more. Attention on this item will make our sport more
attractive for everybody from spectators till participators and handlers, and
could bring new members in every country. On this way everybody could follow
better what's happening in the race.
GA: Idea is excellent but it
costs a lot of money. It depends on local organisers. Fistc will recommend to organisers of future championships
to try to make these equipments available.
Bomon Siegfried
President FBMF
1: The DSHK
urges the GA to instruct the FISTC board to see to, that at - EU- and World
Champs.-there must be training facilities for arriving participants.
The FISTC
must at negociations with organising cities take the aspect -animal elfare -
into consideration, that dogs can have their muscles loosened up after several
days of transportation in boxes.
GA: It is
not always possible, but it will be requested during negotiations with
organisers.
2: The DSHK
asks the board to reconsider earlier proposals to cancel the special
GA: The
board will look at any possibilities to add non vet stamps on these Eurodogpasses and will then come back with a proposal.
Regards
Gert Kronholm
FRANCE
F.F.P.T.C. proposals
1)
We would like to propose the inclusion
of categories D1 and D2 in the FISTC Mid-distance Championships, to be ran on
the same trail as the C class.
The reason is primarily that in
Vote results: against: 1 ;
abstentions: 2 ; in favour: 17
D1 and D2 classes will be included in MD/LT
FISTC Championships as from 2007
2)
We would also propose that any team that has been warned by the Animal Welfare
controller for his boxes, should be disqualified
before the start of the Championships if he did not change or improve the
travelling conditions of his dogs the following year.
Vote results: against: 0 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 20
Nathalie
MARGUINAUD
On
behalf of the FFPTC Board.
1) We
would like to proppse the inclusion of annual European and World Championship
of no snow (dryland) racings.
The
reason is that in all nations are organized many dryland racings.
GA:
It was already adopted as a Board Proposal.
2) We would
like to propose that all clubs member FISTC are obliget to organize two snow racing every year for to remain active member. The
reason is that FISTC is a federation of sleddog sport that to promote the
sports activity. The clubs that not demonstrate the sports activity become
affiliated members without vote straight.
GA: There
are many members that have no possibility to organise races on snow.
Vote results: against: 19 ;
abstentions: 0 ; in favour: 1
Bordiga
Andrea, CIS President
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Last year the FCI has introduced the working
class in CACIB: for stimulate the competitive practice of the dogs owners that
have overcome the proofs, we propose to create a special trophy for these
participants and a special prize/mention for the dogs with the International
Judge verification's stamp in the Dogpass or official document of their
national kennel club;
_
after was happened while the WSA WCh's in
Germany, we propose to increase the penalty for the musher that will run in the
WSA Championships. Before to ask to reduce or erase the sanctioning, the rules
must be respected: when we will see the respect of the rules we could erase
this provision. We repeat, was happened in Germany but overall the system used
in Germany it's absolutely to condemn and certify the good intentions of the
limitation;
_
according to the FCI standard, we ask to
verify the sex of the dogs while the FISTC's Championship. There are too female
tall as the males: we think that this is a bad behavior.
GA: Controls made by judges must
be more precise on future championships.
Regarding proposals already in hands of secretary sent from the other
Italian organization:
_
Italy-CIS proposal n. 1: fully support about
this instance;
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Italy-CIS proposal n. 2: partial support.
According to the FISTC's statutes art. S3 point 1 - AIMS " 1. The aim of the
Federation consists in practising and promoting the sledging sport with sled
dog breeds agree upon by F.C.I. such as Alaskan Malamutes, Greenland- Dogs,
Samoyedes, Siberian Huskies ", we cannot consider only the races as promoting
and/or practising of sleddog sport because " sport " isn't synonymous of " competitive ".
However, in line of principle the proposal could be right but it's not
clear for these reasons:
o
there
are some federation that doesn't organize the races but do it through the
federated clubs: in this situation there are France, Italy-FIMSS and Czeck
Federation as we know, maybe others;
o
some
members have objective difficulties to organize the races due to conformation
of their territory ( such as Monaco for example ) and they organize some races
together other FISTC's members .
Therefore we can support this motion with these modifications:
" The FISTC's members must organize at least two on-snow events every
year alone or together other FISTC's members, races and/or very important
promotion events, otherwise they will lose the qualification as active members.
In case of the federation with more than 5 federated clubs, it must sanctioning
at least 2 events every year ". In
suborder " The FISTC's members must organize at least two on-snow races alone
or together other FISTC's members every year, otherwise they will lose the
qualification as active members. In case of the federation with more than 5 federated clubs, it must sanctioning at
least 2 races every year "".
Massimo Bassan
FIMSS President
1. To bestow European Cup MID, LONG - Oravská Lesná
2. To nullify forbiddance for FISTC competitors to
participate in European Championship and World Championship WSA.
Adopted
last year, this decision cannot be cancelled one year after. It cannot be rewieved before next year.
3. To improve
track marks on European Championship and World Championship.
Critical
places (intersection, crossroads) to be provided with a qualified control-
referee.
Organizer
is obliged to make and release a track plan ( map ) on an accessible place
of race on European Championship and World Championship.
GA: The day before the race orgasators will distribute
the maps of the trails together with starting lists.
Martin ZÁVATZKY
president of the association
Mushing Holland proposals
Vote results: against: 12 ;
abstentions: 2 ; in favour: 6
END OF MEMBER COUNTRIES PROPOSALS
9) Race-calendars for the season 2006/2007 and FISTC Championships 2007 & future.