PROPOSALS FROM THE IFF CENTRAL BOARD
1) Proposed Vision of
IFF The
CB proposes the Congress to decide that the IFF vision shall be: “To become the true efficient governing body of a internationally recognised sport, played on five continents with over 50 members before year 2012 and have participated in one or more international multi-sport events (IWGA - World Games, FISU - Universiade). To be recognised by the IOC before the year 2006 and to be an Olympic sport before year 2020.”
2) Proposed changes
of statutes for IFF The CB proposes to the Congress to decide about
the following changes in the Statutes: a) Article 34.2 The Bodies of the Central Board are:
The system for approval of floorball equipment
has been in full force since 01.05.1999. The CB has come to the conclusion that the
handling of material issues is more of a function than a work of a
Committee. Due to this the CB is of the opinion that there is no need
of a separate committee to handle the material issues.
The
CB therefore proposes the Congress to decide to delete point f)
Material Committee (MC) and to put forward to the IFF CB to make the
editorial changes that follows on the decision. b) Article 13.4: Change provisional membership from two
year cycles to four year cycles
The IFF has two kinds of memberships
for Associations – provisional membership and ordinary membership. The last years has showed that the
development required to change status from provisional to ordinary
member is a process that requires a longer time than assumed in the
statutes. Due to this the CB is of the opinion that there is a need to
change the statutes in that respect. The CB proposes the Congress to decide to change the provisional
membership from two year cycles to four year cycles by changing
article 13.4 to be “The provisional membership has to be recalled
by the CB every four years. Otherwise it gets lost.” c)
Article 23.2: Change provisional membership fee
The IFF has, this far, in many aspects treated a
provisional member equal to an ordinary member i.e. by inviting also
provisional members to participate in the IFF competitions. This might
have led to a situation where striving for an ordinary membership of
IFF has had a low priority. To implement a certain amount of pressure for
the provisional members to fasten the process to become ordinary
members the CB opinion is that the size of the membership fee could be
one way to go. The CB proposes the Congress to change the membership fee for provisional members concerning the Associations having been provisional members for four years by adding the following text to article 23.2: “After four years as a provisional member an ordinary members full fee shall be paid regardless of having applied for ordinary membership or not. “ d)
Article 35.1: Change the composition of the Central Board The
CB proposes the Congress to decide to change the composition of the
Central Board from the Congress 2006 by changing article 35.1 to be: “The
CB, elected by the Congress, shall consist of a President and six
members. Not more than one person per Nation may be elected as
member of the Central Board. In case of a draw in a CB voting the
President’s vote is decisive.” 3) Material
Regulations The valid version of the Material Regulations
was decided by the Congress 1998. Since then a lot of experiences has
been made and the requirements from both players and manufacturers has
developed. In co-operation with the Swedish Testing and
Research Institute – SP and the manufacturers of floorball equipment
a new version of the Material Regulations has been worked out. The
CB proposes the Congress to approve the Material Regulations Edition
2002 to be in force from 01.07.2002. Major changes
of the Material Regulations Edition 2002
- 1.3.2
Completion concerning the marking of the face mask according to
appendix 26. - 1.6
Completion and clarification. - 2.1.1
Clarification concerning the blade. - 2.1.3
Changes of the text.
a) stick length maximum 1120 mm (earlier 1100 mm).
b) completion
e) blade radius maximum 270 mm (earlier 260 mm). - 2.1.4
Stiffness of the shaft 23 mm (earlier 25 mm).
No individual value less than 20 mm (earlier 22 mm). - 2.1.6
Blade radius maximum 270 mm (earlier 260 mm). - 2.2.3
Completion concerning the surface of the ball. - 2.3.2
The demand concerning drop net attachment bar is stricken. - 2.5.3
Completion concerning other marking of the face mask. - 3
Completion concerning contents of in-house testing journals. - 4
Completely rewritten, mainly due to the new sanction system. - 5.3
Completion and clarification. - 5.7
Completion and clarification, division SP - IFF
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