Important Decisions for Future of Air Sports
At the invitation of the National Aeronautic Association and the Soaring Society of America, which held its annual convention during the same period, the FAI Executive Board met on 24 and 25 January in Dayton (Ohio), the home-town of the Wright Brothers. During their first meeting outside Europe, and at the beginning of a symbolic year celebrating 100 Years of Powered Flight, the FAI Executive Directors made several decisions which will affect the future of FAI well beyond its own Centenary in 2005.
A New Image for Air Sports and FAI
To reflect the latest developments in the Air Sports environment, the FAI Executive Board adopted a new, evolving, Strategic Plan. As the basic management document for the next few years, the new Strategic Plan will play an important role in the further development of Air Sports and international competition. Top priority was given to the 3rd FAI World Air Games (see our Press Release 02/03 or http://www.worldairgames.org ) and to the modernization of the overall image of Air Sports and FAI. The new FAI Corporate Identity currently under development will be progressively introduced from the beginning of 2004 and should be fully implemented in 2005, the year of FAI’s Centenary. FAI Members and Air Sport Commissions will receive detailed information and be consulted both on the Strategic Plan and on the new Corporate Identity within the next few weeks.
FAI Subscription and Voting System
In accordance with the decision taken last year by the General Conference, the Executive Board continued its work on the future subscription and voting system. The basic definition of Air Sport Persons discussed in 2002 has been complemented by more detailed guidelines on how to determine the exact numbers used for the calculation of the annual fees. FAI Members will receive this information very soon and will be asked to supply FAI with the up-dated number of Air Sport Persons in each country. These will form the basis for the final proposal to be put to Conference in September 2003.
Streamlined FAI General Conference
Since the 2000 Conference in Linköping, the Executive Directors have continued their efforts to simplify and improve the attractiveness of the annual FAI General Conference. The Secretary General has been tasked with the development of new solutions to shorten the Opening Ceremony, liven up the Awards Ceremony and to shorten the statutory part of the Conference, leaving more time for discussion of strategic issues.
More Support for Competition Organizers
During the last few years, many Competition Organizers have experienced serious problems in checking the credentials of athletes who register for international competitions. Starting a long-term process aimed at further improving FAI’s administrative support to Competition Organizers, the creation of a centralized database of all valid FAI Sporting Licences is to be studied, to be made available ultimately to all FAI Competition Organizers.
A Book for the FAI 100th Anniversary
Finally, the FAI Executive Directors mandated Mr Pierre Morath, a well-known sport historian with works on the IOC (International Olympic Committee) and UCI (International Cycling Union) to his credit, to start researching and writing a 224-page book covering the history of FAI and Air Sports. Mr Morath will be assisted in his work by Mr Eilif Ness, FAI President from 1994 to 2000, whose wide knowledge of FAI and air sports will add value to the content of the book, to be published early in 2005. In the near future, the FAI Secretary General will appeal to FAI Members to participate in this historical research process by searching their own archives for interesting and relevant material.
The next meeting of FAI Executive Board will be held in Lausanne on 9 and 10 May 2003.
For more details contact:
Jean-Marc BADAN / +41.21.345.10.70 / jmb@fai.org
A New Image for Air Sports and FAI
To reflect the latest developments in the Air Sports environment, the FAI Executive Board adopted a new, evolving, Strategic Plan. As the basic management document for the next few years, the new Strategic Plan will play an important role in the further development of Air Sports and international competition. Top priority was given to the 3rd FAI World Air Games (see our Press Release 02/03 or http://www.worldairgames.org ) and to the modernization of the overall image of Air Sports and FAI. The new FAI Corporate Identity currently under development will be progressively introduced from the beginning of 2004 and should be fully implemented in 2005, the year of FAI’s Centenary. FAI Members and Air Sport Commissions will receive detailed information and be consulted both on the Strategic Plan and on the new Corporate Identity within the next few weeks.
FAI Subscription and Voting System
In accordance with the decision taken last year by the General Conference, the Executive Board continued its work on the future subscription and voting system. The basic definition of Air Sport Persons discussed in 2002 has been complemented by more detailed guidelines on how to determine the exact numbers used for the calculation of the annual fees. FAI Members will receive this information very soon and will be asked to supply FAI with the up-dated number of Air Sport Persons in each country. These will form the basis for the final proposal to be put to Conference in September 2003.
Streamlined FAI General Conference
Since the 2000 Conference in Linköping, the Executive Directors have continued their efforts to simplify and improve the attractiveness of the annual FAI General Conference. The Secretary General has been tasked with the development of new solutions to shorten the Opening Ceremony, liven up the Awards Ceremony and to shorten the statutory part of the Conference, leaving more time for discussion of strategic issues.
More Support for Competition Organizers
During the last few years, many Competition Organizers have experienced serious problems in checking the credentials of athletes who register for international competitions. Starting a long-term process aimed at further improving FAI’s administrative support to Competition Organizers, the creation of a centralized database of all valid FAI Sporting Licences is to be studied, to be made available ultimately to all FAI Competition Organizers.
A Book for the FAI 100th Anniversary
Finally, the FAI Executive Directors mandated Mr Pierre Morath, a well-known sport historian with works on the IOC (International Olympic Committee) and UCI (International Cycling Union) to his credit, to start researching and writing a 224-page book covering the history of FAI and Air Sports. Mr Morath will be assisted in his work by Mr Eilif Ness, FAI President from 1994 to 2000, whose wide knowledge of FAI and air sports will add value to the content of the book, to be published early in 2005. In the near future, the FAI Secretary General will appeal to FAI Members to participate in this historical research process by searching their own archives for interesting and relevant material.
The next meeting of FAI Executive Board will be held in Lausanne on 9 and 10 May 2003.
For more details contact:
Jean-Marc BADAN / +41.21.345.10.70 / jmb@fai.org