Place: Novotel Zürich City-West, Zurich
Participants:
Excused:
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1 Opening of the meeting
Mr.
Eriksson greeted welcome and opened the meeting at 10:00.
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2 Approval of the agenda
The
agenda was scrutinized and approved.
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3 Minutes from last meeting
The minutes from the last meeting were scrutinized,
approved and put ad acta.
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4 Economy
a) Preliminary financial reports
31.12.2004 (enclosure 1 – enclosure 2)
Mr.
Jonsson presented the preliminary financial report per 31.12.2004. The preliminary
result is a surplus of +154 659 CHF. The surplus is basically due to, on
the cost side, less office costs (differs with +102 000 CHF to the
budget), and a general cutting of all costs. The material approval system shows
a surplus of +28 732 CHF to be handled by the Development Board. In
principal the costs are the same, looked upon during the last three years, but
the income is less, circa -18 000 CHF from helmets. The facemasks are no
longer in the approval system, on a mandatory basis, since they are regarded as
personal protection equipment. The material approval costs have also been
higher since there are, in 2004, both labels directly on the shafts, and the
possibility to buy the stickers.
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
b) Information on IFF
claims – status December 31st,
2004 (enclosure 3)
Mr.
Jonsson presented the IFF claims per 31.12.2004. The claims are on December 31,
93 889 CHF, out of which 36 000 CHF are claims for the WFC 2006 that
should have been paid on December 31, 2004.
Mr.
Kratz reported on the activities and the mutual flow of information from
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
The Central Board decided to give Mr. Eriksson and Mr.
Kratz the task to communicate with
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5 World Championships
a) WFC 2005 – Report (enclosure 4, fixture lists)
Mr.
Orlando reported on the progress with the organization of the WFC 2005. Mr.
Orlando together with Mr. Liljelund had meetings with the
All
participants have been informed in due time about the WFC being organized
during the period of May 28 (Saturday) until June 6, 2005 (Monday), but with
the finals on Sunday June 5. The mandatory technical meeting is, as always,
organized the day before the tournament starts, i.e. on Friday May 27.
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Mr. Orlando
informed on the match schedule, the venues and the fixture lists. Mr. Kratz
reported that the final fixture list was sent to all participants on December
10, 2004.
Furthermore
Mr. Orlando informed about the eventual need of a co-ordinated press officer, and
that strict transports and team guides are required.
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
b) WFC U19 Men 2005
Mr.
Orlando reported on the progress with the organization of the U19 WFC 2005. The
WFC is played in the cities of Cesis and Valmiera, in two venues on October
25-30, 2005. The cities are located app.
A
pre-tournament will be organized in April. Mr. Orlando will attend with the Swiss
team and have a thorough look on the organization. Mr. Orlando also reported
that Mr.
Mr.
Kratz reported on registered teams:
A-Division:
B-Division:
Mr.
Kratz remarked that
The Central Board decided
to
approve the report.
c) WFC
Mr.
Jansson reported on the progress with the organization of the WFC 2006. The
Swedish FA has already today signed an agreement with SVT (Swedish Television)
as a host broadcaster. SVT will at least broadcast 4 matches; these are
Sweden-Denmark, Sweden-Switzerland in the group matches, and one semi-final and
the WFC 2006 Final. Mr. Jansson stressed that the Finnish group will play in
Stockholm, and the Swedish group in Malmö and Helsingborg. One groups each in
the B division in each Stockholm and Malmö/Helsingborg respectively. All
matches concerning placing matches will be played in Stockholm. The Swedish FA
is responsible for the transportation of teams within Sweden, meaning that the
Swedish FA will provide a train or airfares within Sweden from
Malmö/Helsingborg to Stockholm for the playoffs. The semi-finals and the Final
will be played in the Globe Arena, the same arena that hosted the first WFC in
1996.
Mr.
Kratz reported, in the absence of Mr. Liljelund, that the contract is signed
and the drawing of order in groups was set at the last CB meeting.
Mr.
Kratz reported that the registered team are:
A-Division:
B-Division:
C-Division:
Mr.
Kratz remarked that
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
The Central Board decided to give the task to Mr.
Orlando to negotiate and set the contract with the Spanish FA concerning the
WFC C Division 2006.
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5 d) WFC 2008, bids from DUB and
CFbU
Mr. Kratz reported that
IFF is in receipt of the information from the German FA concerning their withdrawal
from organizing the WFC 2008. DUB has withdrawn their candidature, due to
organizational as well as financial reasons. IFF fully understands DUB´s
concern, and respect the decision. Since Germany is an important country in
sports in general, and in Floorball in particular, the CB is pleased to read
that the German FA is willing to undertake other IFF events in the near future.
Furthermore since the 1st U19 Women WC
The CB also noted with
pleasure the good concept from the
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
The Central Board decided to confirm the decision to grant
CFbU the rights to organize the WFC 2008.
The Central Board decided to give Mr. Liljelund the
task to finalize the contract.
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6 European Cup
a) EC 2004/2005
Mr.
Orlando reported on the ongoing EC final round. It has already been a huge
success, with a lot of spectators, media and in particular TV coverage every
evening in the so-called “Sport Aktuell”. The big Swiss papers have reported
from the European Cup. Mr. Eriksson confirmed and stressed the facts that the
Swiss FA has done a very good job, and he was now looking forward to the finals
on Sunday in the Saalsportshalle in
Mr.
Orlando reported that three teams did not attend the technical meeting, which
is mandatory. Balrog, Tatran and Örnsköldsvik did not attend the technical
meeting on Tuesday January the 4th.
Mr.
Kratz also reported that two teams, Balrog and Örnsköldsvik, had not sent in
their team list in accordance with the IFF competition regulations.
These
teams will face an automatic sports sanction of 1 000 CHF for not
complying with the IFF competition regulations attending the technical meeting.
The teams not having sent in their team list in accordance with the regulations
will face an automatic sports sanction of 500 CHF.
Furthermore
Mr. Orlando reported that IFF will ask the Latvian FA concerning the team
Rubene for having players on the final team list, signed and confirmed by the Latvian
FA, not properly being registered for Rubene latest on September 30, 2004.
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
b) ECQ 2005/2006
Mr.
Kratz reported that the contract is signed with DAFU on ECQ to be played
preliminary in Aalborg 2005 and Copenhagen 2006.
The
CB noted with pleasure that the base of good organizers now is broadened with
also
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
c) EC 2005/2006
Mr.
Vaculik reported that the final round would be played in Ostrava, in the Czech
Republic on the 04-08.01.2006. The CB has earlier granted the rights to the
CFbU.
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
§ 6 d) Future IFF events
The
CB had a general discussion on IFF events. As earlier decided there is an
objective to ask all IFF member associations six years in advance and to decide
upon and appoint the organizer four years in advance. At the last round,
deadline to respond was on October 30, 2004, not so many answers from the
members came to the IFF. The CB discussed about these facts and the
implications of why?
Mr.
Kauppinen reported that the Finnish FA would probably in the near future ask
IFF for the rights to organize events in the coming years. Mr. Orlando reported
the same from the Swiss FA, as did Mr. Jonsson from the Norwegian association.
The
CB was pleased with the fact that more and more associations have a long-term
perspective when applying for IFF events.
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
§ 7 Constitution
a) Constitution of Committees
Mr.
Eriksson concluded that at the CB meeting in August in
The
CB had a thorough discussion on the tasks and constitution of the RACC and the
RC, being two important operational committees.
The Central Board decided to constitute the RACC and
the RC for the period from now until 2006.
Committees
RACC:
Chairman,
Vice Chairman,
Members,
Co-opted members,
RC:
Chairman,
Vice Chairman,
Members,
Co-opted members Andrew G. Clough,
b) Other constitution and how to meet with
the IFF Vision and missions
Mr.
Eriksson reported from the report from the ExCo on December 1, 2004. Mr.
Eriksson had together with the ExCo discussed intensively how to meet with the
IFF Vision, amongst other things to meet with the IOC recognition in 2006.
In
short the conclusion was to divide the main tasks into three different fields:
The political work (lobbying) in order to
meet with the IOC charter’s requirements and to gain IOC recognition, and to
become a member of the IWGA and playing in the World Games, participate on the
Universiade program by fully joining the FISU. The marketing work is in order to spread the sport and make it even
more popular, and to gain financial funds and raise the percentage of marketing
income. In order to meet with this, the marketing objectives are most probably meet
by stressing sales. The development work
must be more efficient in order to meet with the members’ expectations, but
also not the least to meet with the IOC charter requirements, i.e. having 50
IFF members latest 2006.
These
three main fields should not be put in contrast with the “regular work” such as
our five IFF yearly main events, or with operational committees such as the
RACC and the RC. On the contrary, those operational committees shall be more
involved with for instance the development programs.
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
§ 7 b) continuation
The
Central Board discussed how to redefine our strategy and how to work. A
thorough discussion followed, and the CB concluded that IFF should in the
future work with steering groups and not ordinary committees in the three
mentioned fields.
The Central Board decided to work on a functional
basis in the fields of development, marketing and political work.
The Central Board decided to appoint the following
steering groups.
Steering
groups
Development:
Marketing:
Political:
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8 Committees – Reports
a) ExCo
Mr.
Eriksson reported from the ExCo report of December 1st, 2004.
Mr. Eriksson
reported on the response from the IWGA and its President Mr. Ron Froehlich, on Floorball’s
application on membership of the IWGA (enclosure 5).
Mr.
Orlando reported on the Asian Summit held in
Mr.
Eriksson and Mr. Orlando reported from the respective meetings they had had
with the IOC members Gerhard Heiberg from
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
b) RACC
Mr.
Orlando reported on the RACC work.
There
was a joint proposal from Mr. Orlando and Mr. Gilardi concerning the pass to
the goalkeeper to be installed already from 2005/2006.
Mr.
Kratz informed that the evaluations from the test nations should be IFF office
at hand on February 15, 2005. With this taken into account the CB was of the
opinion to see the evaluation, and based on these evaluations postpone the
decision until the next CB meeting.
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
The Central Board decided
to
handle the proposal in the next CB meeting after having collected the
experiences of the testing associations to be handed in latest on the 15.02.2005.
c) RC
Mr.
Gilardi reported on the RC work.
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
d) EDC
Mr.
Vaculik reported on the EDC work.
The
Central Board decided to approve the report.
§ 8 e) Material
questions
Mr.
Eriksson reported, in the absence of Mr. Liljelund, that the ITC is recognized
as a testing institute and approved and operational from 01.01.2005.
The
Central Board decided to approve the report.
Mr.
Orlando reported on the German FA and the status on the German development plan,
the latest available report from November 15, 2004. The next report as of
December 31, 2004, arrived IFF on January 3 and is enclosed (enclosure
6).
Mr. Orlando
said that the increase of the number of members of the DUB is much appreciated.
However what is missing is a detailed report concerning the action taken by the
German FA. In order to make an analysis of the work, facts and figures are
needed, i.e. plans of the work accomplished by whom, how and when.
The Central Board decided
to approve the report and give the task to Mr. Orlando to ask the DUB to
inform the IFF in a more detailed way about the processes and progresses the
DUB have made.
The
proposal of the Development Programme was discussed (enclosure 7). The CB
was satisfied with the objectives set, and that the work must be more
thoroughly steered. The CB also emphasised that the work must be carried out on
a project management basis.
The
CB discussed the presented timetable, and said that it might has to be revised
due to present lack of professional recourses, that is that the IFF office is
not yet fully staffed.
The CB decided to approve the Development
programme and timetable according to the proposal.
f) MIC
Mr. Kauppinen reported on
the Marketing seminar held 07.01.2005. Five member associations took part, on
invitation, and these were the
The objectives of the seminar were to clarify
and report on the:
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The present marketing status of IFF
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Tasks for the future
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Building a marketing portfolio
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Clarify the position of Floorball on the media map in the different countries
On the agenda for the
seminar was also:
How
to organize the sales of IFF sponsorship?
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The sales procedure – what is the way into the sponsors?
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The networking between the 5 federations
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The material
What
is the timetable for the work and strategy for the future?
-Agree
of responsibilities for the different parties
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Set up timetable and targets for the sales
A follow-up meeting will be
held on the 24.02.2005 in
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
g) DC
Mr. Kratz informed on the decision by the DC on the ECQ
case;
Raul Kivi – suspended from IFF matches until
30.04.2005
The Central Board noted the report.
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9 IFF Office
Mr. Eriksson reported on the progress with the IFF
head office. The Finnish FA has, co-ordinated via Mr. Eriksson, had an
employment advertisement in the Helsinki paper on December 19, and now the work
has started to evaluate all applicants.
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
§ 10 Member Associations
a) Reports on status of suspended
members of IFF
1.
The
CB took note of the positive signs in
However,
the CB is of the opinion that it is IFF´s obligation that all IFF member
associations much be handled in the same way, and of course under the same
regulations. The case is that Poland
is under suspension due to having debts over a substantial period of time
now. The actual debts are, together; having deducted all payments on
older debts, up till today, a total sum of 4 682:16 CHF. The debts are,
an old debt of 682:16 CHF, and the registration fee of WFC U19 in
Latvia 2005 (should have been paid 30.6.2004) of 2000 CHF, and the
registration fee for the WFC 2006 of 2000 CHF (should have been paid
31.12.2004).
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
The Central Board decided that the Polish FA is still under suspension, due to debts
of 4 682:16 CHF, and the debts have to be paid latest January 31, no more time
is given. The reason for setting January 31, 2005, is that at this date the
Latvian WFC U19, as well as the WFC 2006, are closed for Poland.
2.
The
CB took note of the positive signs in
Mr.
Eriksson furthermore reported that he and Mr. Orlando and Mr. Kratz IFF would
meet again with the Russian representatives on Sunday January 9, 2005.
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
The Central Board decided that the Russian FA is still under suspension, due to debts
of 26 700 CHF, and the debts have to be paid latest January 31, no more time is
given. The reason for setting January 31, 2005, is that at this date the participation
for Russia at upcoming WFC are closed.
b) Membership
applications
1. Korea – application for
membership, as member number 33
2. Ukraine – application for
membership as member number 34
Mr.
Kratz reported on the membership applications. Mr. Eriksson said that he on
behalf of the IFF was very pleased with the good and solid applications for
membership in Floorball from
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
The Central Board decided to grant
The Central Board decided to grant
§ 10 continuation
3. Ongoing processes for membership
applications in IFF
Mr.
Jonsson reported on the progress in Iceland and a membership application is
expected during 2005.
Mr
The Central Board decided to approve the report.
§ 11 Next CB meeting
The
next CB meeting will be held on the 08-09.04,
The
The
WFC is in
The
second Asian Summit (founding meeting of the Asian FF) is organized in
The
Presidential meeting, as well as the Secretary Generals meeting, is held in
CB
Meeting on Saturday June 4,
§ 12 Closing of the meeting
Mr.
Eriksson thanked the CB for an efficient meeting and closed it at 16:15.
Secretary
General President