MINUTES
IFF
CONGRESS
21.05
2004 (1/5)
Participants: According to enclosure 1
§ 1 Opening of the Congress by IFF President
Mr. Tomas Eriksson
Tomas Eriksson opened the Congress and introduced the mayor
of Kloten, Bruno Heinzelmann.
Mr.
Heinzelmann greeted the participants welcome to Kloten hoping that all enjoyed
the ongoing
WFC.
Continuing the Congress Mr. Eriksson informed of the decision of the
GAISF General Assembly on May 20, 2004, in Lausanne parallel to the WFC, to grant the IFF ordinary membership of
GAISF,
a decision that the Congress noted with pleasure and with an applaud.
Mr. Eriksson further informed of the positive implications
with the ordinary membership such as
the
possibility to apply for membership of
the International World Games Association (IWGA)
inevitable leading to the possibility of participation in future
World Games, next World Games played in Duisburg in Germany in July, 2005, and
in 2009 most probably in Chinese Taipeh,
Taiwan. Mr. Eriksson informed that IFF has applied for observer status
to IWGA to take part in the Duisburg 2005 World Games.
Mr. Eriksson informed on the status concerning Floorball´s
application for IOC recognition to IOC that was handed in according to the
procedure in November in 2003. Mr.
Eriksson stressed the importance to gain more members, and in particular
ordinary members to IFF.
§ 2 Approval of present Associations and the
voting roll (enclosure 1)
The Congress noted that 7 ordinary and 12
provisional member Associations where present and that 5 votes are needed for a
2/3 majority.
Mr. Eriksson stressed the
fact that he was not at all pleased that ordinary members, Russia and Poland,
were not present at the IFF Congress.
The Congress decided, that the voting roll
was 7 ordinary members and that 5 votes are needed for a 2/3 majority.
§ 3 Approval of the agenda
The motion from Swiss FA concerning voting status of
new ordinary members: “All members having been a provisional member for four or
more years shall be automatically considered an ordinary member with all the
rights and duties according to the statutes” was discussed.
The CB was in favour to the Swiss motion.
The Congress decided, unanimously, to handle the admission and expulsion of member
Associations as point 4 in the agenda.
§ 4 Admission or expulsion of official member
Associations
Germany, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Singapore have
applied for ordinary membership, and these four applications have been approved
by the CB, to be decided in IFF Congress.
The IFF CB has further proposed, as
a follow-up on the Congress decision 2002, that Hungary,
Japan, Latvia, USA, Belgium, Australia, Austria, Great Britain and Slovakia shall automatically be granted ordinary membership,
unless having objected to the proposal.
Belgium, Japan, and the USA have objected to the
proposal in advance in writing. Belgium and
USA mainly due to economical reasons. Japan has informed IFF about the
merging of all Floorball in Japan, and for that reason wanting to wait until
the next IFF Congress. Great Britain had stressed some concern about the implications
of ordinary membership, but was not against in principal.
§
4 Continuation
Australia and Austria were
asked in Congress by IFF President Mr. Eriksson and they objected to the proposal
to be granted ordinary membership of IFF. Mr. Eriksson stressed the fact that
this is not only an economical issue, on the contrary, an issue about
membership rights and duties, and that all associations anyway will be
considered, starting January 1st, 2006, as ordinary members in the
sense paying the membership fee.
Great Britain was asked in Congress by IFF President
Mr Eriksson and was in favour and accepted ordinary membership of IFF. Hungary
and Latvia were also asked and were in favour and accepted ordinary membership
of IFF.
The Congress decided to grant ordinary membership to Germany, Malaysia,
the Netherlands, Singapore, Great Britain, Hungary and Latvia.
The
Congress decided to update the voting roll now to be
14 ordinary and 5 provisional member Associations and that a 2/3 majority is 10
votes.
§ 5 Approval of the protocol of the last Congress in the case of
article 33 paragraph 3
The Congress noted that the protocol from the last Congress has not been opposed to and is
therefore automatically approved according to the statutes.
§ 6 Approval of the CB reports (enclosure 2)
Mr. Eriksson made a short resume from the plan of action decided upon in
Helsinki for the period 2002-2004.
The Congress decided to
approve the Annual report 2002-2004.
§ 7 Approval of the financial report and the auditors report
a) Calendar
year 2002 (enclosure 3, 4,
5)
The
treasurer Mr. Tomas Jonsson presented the Balance sheet and Statement of income
for 2002.
The Auditor
Mr. Mikael Brandstam presented the Auditors report for 2002.
The
Congress decided to approve the financial report for 2002.
The
Congress decided to approve the auditors report for 2002.
b) Calendar
year 2003 (enclosure 6, 7,
8)
The
treasurer Mr. Tomas Jonsson presented the Balance sheet and Statement of income
for 2003.
The Auditor
Mr. Mikael Brandstam presented the Auditors report for 2003.
The
Congress decided to approve the financial report for 2003.
The
Congress decided to approve the auditors report for 2003.
§ 8 Decision on freedom of responsibility for the CB
The
Auditor Mr. Mikael Brandstam proposed the Central Board to be discharged from
liability for
the
fiscal years 2002 and 2003.
The
Congress decided to grant the Central Board freedom of
responsibility for 2002 and 2003.
It was noted that that
none were against.
§ 9 Decision on membership fee
IFF vice President Mr. John Liljelund presented the
IFF CB proposal on changing the annual fee (enclosure 9).
The Congress decided, unanimously,
to change the annual fee according to alternative 1 -
Basic
fee both for ordinary as well as provisional member Associations and a player
based fee.
§ 10 Approval of the budget and working plan for the next two years
a) Plan of
action for the period 2004-2006 (enclosure 10)
Mr. Eriksson
presented the plan of action for the period between the Congresses 2004 and
2006.
The Congress
decided to approve the plan of action for the period
2004-2006.
b) Budget
for the calendar years 2005 and 2006 (enclosure 11)
Mr.
Tomas Jonsson presented the budget for 2005 and 2006.
The
Congress decided to approve the budget for 2005 and 2006.
§ 11 Elections
Mr Ahde, President of the Finish FF presented the
Finnish motion stressing the facts that SSBL´s standpoint was that the CB
should consist of fewer members, due to the reasons, amongst others, to raise
the efficiency. Since the CB would consist of six members, it would inevitably
lead to only one member from one country, according to Mr. Ahde.
The
Finnish Floorball Federation withdrew their proposal on that the CB should
consist of 6
members and maximum
one member per country.
a) IFF President for two years
Vice
President Mr. Liljelund informed that the only nomination for President is Mr.
Tomas Eriksson, the present President.
The
Congress decided, unanimously, to elect
Mr. Tomas Eriksson as IFF President for two years.
b) Six to nine CB members for two
years
The
Congress noted that 8 persons have been nominated as CB members for two years
and
that
the Russian Floorball Union has stated that they will submit a person for
election, but not
done
that.
The
Congress decided, unanimously, to elect eight CB members
according to the statutes,
and
to elect for two years the following members:
Mr.
Thomas Gilardi, Switzerland (re-election)
Mr.
Per Jansson, Sweden (re-election)
Mr.
Tomas Jonsson, Norway (re-election)
Mr.
Risto Kauppinen, Finland (re-election)
Mr.
John Liljelund, Finland (re-election)
Mr.
Peter Lindström, Norway (re-election)
Mr.
Renato Orlando, Switzerland (re-election)
Mr.
Martin Vaculik, Czech Republic (re-election)
c) Chairman and two members of the
Disciplinary Committee
The
Congress decided to elect Mr. Olav Hermansson, Finland as
Chairman and Mr. Rudolf
Buri,
Switzerland and Mr. Krister Kalte, Sweden as members of the Disciplinary
Committee.
Furthermore
the Congress decided to put forward to the Central Board to ask for
further
nominations
and to appoint two substitutes of the Committee.
d) Chairman and two members of the
Appeal Committee
The
Congress decided to elect Mr. Lars Granqvist, Sweden as
Chairman, Mr. Tom Hedkrok, Finland and Mr. Kjell Hovland-Olsen, Norway, as
members of the Appeal Committee, and Mr. Peter Barkalov, Russia as substitute.
Furthermore
the Congress decided to put forward to the Central Board to ask for
further
nominations
and to appoint one substitute of the Committee.
§ 12 Appointment of a
chartered auditor
The
IFF CB has proposed re-election of the present auditor Mr. Mikael Brandstam.
The
Congress decided to elect Mr. Mikael Brandstam as auditor of
IFF for two years.
§ 13 Examinations and decisions on proposals and motions of the members
(enclosure 12)
a)
SUHV: Voting status of new ordinary members
The IFF President noted that
the Swiss motion on voting status of new ordinary members already had been
treated in § 3. Mr. Orlando, President of SUHV, was asked about the motion and
withdrew the Swiss motion.
b) SSBL: Office location to Helsinki as
a new home base.
Matti
Ahde explained the background of the Finnish proposal, which is to increase the
resources
of IFF. Since the Finnish government
financially supports when the office of an international
federation of size is located in
Finland this could be a good way for SSBL to support the IFF.
Mr. Eriksson informed the
Congress that the CB was in favour to the Finnish proposal and
thanked Mr. Ahde for the
proposal. Mr. Eriksson furthermore informed the Congress that the
legal seat still is in
Switzerland under Swiss laws. Mr. Eriksson also informed the Congress that
it would be for the Central
Board to divide tasks between employees and were to have them
stationed.
The
Congress was positive to the SSBL motion and put the proposal forward to
the
CB for implementation.
Mr.
Hans Botman, President of NeFUB (the Netherlands), thanked the Swedish
Floorball
Federation for their support during the
years and the Finnish Floorball Federation for this
support. Mr. Graham Lewis, President of
Great Britain FF, thanked the Swedish FF for their
support in the field of office
contribution since 1996.
§ 14 Approval of Regulations within the meaning of article 15 paragraph
2 littera c)
The Congress noted that there are no objections against any regulations.
§ 15 Decision on all affairs being reserved for the Congress by the
statutes or by law
The Congress noted that
there are no affairs being reserved for the Congress by the statutes
or by law not
already treated in other paragraphs.
§ 16 Appointment to be honorary member
The Congress noted that there is no proposal on honorary membership.
§ 17 Modification of the statutes (changes in statutes a 2/3 majority
is needed)
Mr.
Eriksson noted that the three motions, two from SUHV, and one from SSBL, were
already dealt with by the CB in the CB proposal for changing the IFF statutes.
Mr.
Eriksson furthermore apologized for the fact that there had been an
administrative error in the proposed statutes concerning that it, still, should
be six to nine members in the CB.
Mr.
Eriksson also stressed the fact and informed the Congress that there was not
any longer a proposal from the CB to have four year-elections for IFF President
and IFF CB members. This question is to be dealt with for the coming IFF
Congress in 2006.
a) IFF CB proposal (enclosure
13)
The Congress decided,
unanimously, to change the IFF Statutes according to the IFF CB
proposal.
b) SUHV: Provisional members to automatically become
ordinary members after 4 years
The Swiss Floorball
Association, represented by Mr. Orlando SUHV President, withdrew their
motion
since it is covered in the IFF CB proposal.
c) SUHV: Provisional membership may only be granted
for four years
The Swiss Floorball
Association, represented by Mr. Orlando SUHV President, withdrew their
motion
since it is covered in the IFF CB proposal.
d) SSBL: CB should consist of 6 members, maximum one
per country
The Finnish Floorball Federation, represented by Mr.
Ahde SSBL President, withdrew their
motion.
§ 18 Dissolution of the IFF
The Congress noted that there is no proposal on dissolution of the IFF.
§ 19 Decision on the meeting place for the next Congress
The IFF CB has proposed that the next Congress shall
preliminary be held 26.05.2006 10:00 at the Stockholm Quality Globe Hotel,
during the WFC 2006 in Sweden, Stockholm.
The Congress
decided accordingly.
§ 20 Presentations on coming World Floorball Championships
Mr. Eriksson thanked the Spanish FA by
presenting the IFF pendant to the Spanish FA for excellent organization of the
first historic WFC C-division, with seven participating countries, in Madrid/
Leganes in April 2004.
The Congress continued with presentations on
the upcoming WFC´s in 2004-2006.
·
WFC 2004 women U19 in Finland
by SSBL
Mr.
Miikka Seppälä presented the Women’s U19 World Championships, to be played in
Finland in November 10-14, 2004.
·
WFC 2005 women in Singapore
by SFA
Mr.
Felix Hector Gomez and Ms. Lee Xueqiu presented the Women’s World Championships
2005, to be played in Singapore May 28 - June 5, 2005.
·
WFC 2005 men U19 in Latvia by
LFU
Mr.
Alfreds Kundzins presented the Men’s U19 World Championships 2005, to be played
in Latvia October 25-30, 2005.
·
WFC 2006 men in Sweden by
SIBF
Mr.
Per Jansson presented the Men’s World Championships 2006, to be played in
Sweden May 20-28, 2006.
§ 21 Closing of the Congress
Mr.
Eriksson thanked the participants for their efficient work during the Congress.
Mr.
Eriksson thanked Mr. Heinzelmann, the mayor of Kloten, for offering to all
participants the
Apero.
Mr.
Eriksson declared the Congress as closed at 13:15
Stefan Kratz Tomas
Eriksson
IFF
Secretary General IFF President