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IFF Central Board meeting 6/2014 Place: Hotel Gothia Tower, Gothenburg, Sweden Excused: -
Mr. Eriksson opened the meeting, welcoming the CB members to the 10th Men‘s World Floorball Championships in Gothenburg, especially the new CB member Mr. Milan Rantakari, replacing Mr. Risto Kauppinen.
Mr. Eriksson concluded that there are the following updated appendixes for the meeting. Appendix 6 – Oliver Stoll resignation and FG proposal to replace him The CB decided: To adopt the updated appendixies
a) Financial report by the 30.11.2014 Mr. Eriksson thanked the treasurer for managing the situation quite well. Mr. Kratz in addition reported on the preliminary forecast for the remaining part of the year. (Appendix 3). The forecast has not been changed, but there are some positive situations which might affect the result positively. The CB decided: To approve the reports. b) Information on IFF claims – status November 30th, 2014 Mr. Wolmhed felt that the decision taken by the CB to follow the implementation plan of the IFF License system to receive this good situation. Further Mr. Kratz reported on the claims situation by the 30.11.2014 for all the teams registered for the WFC 2014, especially following up on Germany and Russia, where Germany has cleared their total debt in accordance to the plans and Russia has, according to plan, paid everything except the annual fee for 2014. The third country Slovakia has already earlier cleared all their debts. Korea has also paid everything else than the membership fee for 2014, after that temporary they had fallen behind but now has caught up. So all team have participating in the WFC has cleared all required debts, in accordance to the IFF License System. Mr. Eriksson felt that it important that we give the right signal to the members. Further Mr. Kratz reported on the claims situation for the teams having registered for the Mr Eriksson reported that Singapore has provided a preliminary plan, just in advance of the meeting, which will have to be looked over still. The CB decided: To approve the reports. Mr. Eriksson thanked Mr. Stoll for his valuable contribution to the IFF and the whole Floorball community. Mr. Eriksson further congratulated Mr. Stoll and Floorball Germany for reaching the membership of the German Olympic Committee (DOSB) in December. The CB is to discuss the next steps during the meeting. The CB decided: To approve the report, approve the resignation of Mr. Oliver Stoll by the 31.12.2014 and to replace the vacant seat by Mr. Heiko Jassmann from the 1.1.2015. § 5. World Championships a) WFC 2014 Sweden Mr. Wolmhed further reported on the ticket sales, based on the present situation (Appendix 7b) From the beginning it looked like the WFC2015 would take record from the Czech Republic, but unfortunately the Swedish spectators have mainly visited just the Swedish matches. Mr. Liljelund expressed that this is a really good tournament, with just some minor issues. The problems has been mainly with the teams participating. There is a need to discuss the situation with these federations upon their behaviour. Mr. Liljelund reported on the broadcasting situation of the WFC. The co-operation with TV4 has prior to the event been very good and only a few problems have occurred, mainly related to the planning of upload of material to the IFF YouTube channel. A total of 8 countries are taking the signal and in the best possible case a total of 48 broadcasts from a total of 21 games will be delivered from the WFC. (Appendix 8) Mr. Suman is satisfied and hopes that the final number of TV viewers will increase from the last WFC when the number was about 4 millions, In addition he hopes that the final number of spectators wil go over the Czech record from 2008. Mr. Liljelund reported on the sales situation of the marketing rights and sponsors, conducted by the LOC. The CB decided: To approve the reports.
One thing is also the focus on the ecological aspect of the Event, in order to try to create a paperless event. The goal is to have a very good spectator number and the plans are to reach a financial zero result, which is challenging. The WFC 2015 LOC has decided to apply for the right to change the starting date of the WFC so that the Event would start on Friday the 4th of December and ending Saturday 12th of December 2015, which is one day earlier than earlier decided. (Appendix 10) The CB decided: To approve the report and change the starting dates of the WFC2015 starting from the 4th of December and ending on the 12th of December.. The CB decided: To approve the reports. The CB decided: To approve the reports. Mr. Eriksson stressed that the relationship between Floorball Canada and the IFF has to be enhanced, in order to avoid unnecessary mistakes in the process for the registration. Mr. Mikkola reported that the City is participating in the preparations very strongly, everything is running well and it will be a very good event. The LOC will give a report during the IFF General Assembly. The CB decided: To approve the reports. Mr. Wolmhed reported on the evaluation process conducted using the IFF Event Management Tool and its Evaluation tool. The ExCo , the IFF RACC Chairman and the IFF Competition department has based on the IFF Evaluation Tool evaluated the two applications for the 12th WFC 2018, handed in by the Czech Floorball Union and the Finnish Floorball Federation. (Appendix 11) Based on this evaluation, Mr. Wolmhed elaborated why the recommendation has been made. There was two good applicants, which both have handed in a good application. It is important to take the WFC to a next level, which the Czech federation has a better possibility to achieve this with especially more spectators. In Prague, as the main City there is a big arena, which will give a possibility to organise a compact Championships. Also the Czech Republic will celebrate the states 100 years anniversary, where the WFC could be a major event of that celebration. Based on this Mr. Wolmhed recommended to award the Czech Floorball Union the organisation of the WFC2018. The CB discussed the stages of the evaluation and it was expressed that it is important to have the broad understanding of how it will be done. Mr. Liljelund answered that based on this first use of the Evaluation tool, it has already been discussed with the RACC that we could include more persons in the evaluation, as soon as the small flaws in the tool is corrected. The CB decided: To approve the report and to unanimously appoint the Czech Floorball Union (CFbU) organisation of the WFC 2018.
The CB decided: To approve the report. The CB decided: To approve the report The Champions Cup Steering Group will have its first short meeting on Sunday the 14th of December to define the tasks of the CCSG and decide upon the working time table. The discussion is merely to find a path forward and a meeting of the CCSG will be held in end of January 2015 In addition it can be mentioned that the CC Agreement shall be signed during the WFC in Sweden. The CB decided: To approve the reports
The IFF CB shortly discussed the outcome, as far as it has been revealed of the IOC Extra Ordinary Session held in Monaco from the 8th to the 9th of December, and the decisions made concerning the recommendations for the Olympic Agenda 2020. (Appendix 12a) The IOC approved the Olympic Agenda 2020 unanimously, but according to a number of sources, the implications of the decisions are still a little unclear and will be clarified later in the process by the IOC Executive Board and administration. Mr. Eriksson presented the written analysis made together with Mr. Liljelund a written analysis of the implications to IFF and Floorball, based on the recommendations made by the IOC. (Appendix 12b) Mr. King felt that we need to look upon the presentation of our Sport, the number of the delegation. Ms. Bakke wanted to start the process of looking upon the 3vs.3, 4vs.4 and parafloor versions of the sport. Mr. Suman felt that the process will continue for months, but the IOC EB has received much more power than before and this will bring more changes in a short time, not necessarily all good for us. The fact that the line between Olympic program sports to recognised sports will be much thinner than before. The World Games is very important for us and we need to prepare for this much closer. Mr. Liljelund proposed that the IFF CB would use the next working session to analyse these issues related to the approved IOC recommendations. Mr. King gave an oral report on the present activities of the AOFC and the upcoming tasks for next year. The SEA Floorball Championships are played in Singapore. Mrs. Mikkola gave an oral report on the present activities in the Americas. The Americas member present will meet briefly to discuss the development issues and how to work together to share resources after the IFF General Assembly. Mr. Eriksson reported on the results from the first meeting of the IFF Ethics Commission held on the 11th of December during the WFC in Gothenburg. (Appendix 13) The EC discussed the IFF Code Ethics and the member Ms. Sylvia Schenk and Ms. Carol Roberts will prepare a new version which is harmonised with the other documents in this field. The CB decided: To approve the reports
Mr. Liljelund reported on the 1st Competition Managers meeting held for the Wroclaw World Games 2017 in Wroclaw from the 20th to 22nd of November. (Appendix 15) Mr. Suman felt it was a positive report and that it is important to be in the City Center together with other sports. The issue is not bad that we have a small arena. We need to promote the Event in Poland in all our Events. Mr. King asked for the ticketing of the Event, with Mr. Suman answered that the IWGA and the LOC sells all the tickets. Mr. Eriksson reported that FISU has based on the request of the WUC 2016 organising city Porto, Portugal set the dates of the WUC 2016 to July 19th to 24th. IFF had asked for much earlier dates in a meeting during the U19 WFCQ in Spain, but the WUC LOC wanted July for organizational reasons. (Appendix 16) Mr. Lopez informed that there has been no response from the WUC LOC to his questions. The CB decided: To approve the reports The CB decided: To approve the reports. This will raise the total number of countries with International Referees to 24 member associations. Mr. Eriksson felt that it is a remarkable progress that there are referees from 24 countries. The CB decided: To approve the report and nominate the proposed referees as International Referees for the period 2015-2016. Ms. Bruun further reported on the outcome of the Athletes Outreach organized during the WFC for all the participating teams. This is a way for IFF to enhance the Anti-Doping education and also fulfilling the WADA requirements of more developed education to the athletes. The Outreach has been organized in connection to the teams‘ training sessions. In addition Mr. Eriksson informed that Ms. Bruun has been re-elected to the WADA Education Committee for the period 2015 – 2017, based on the nomination made by IFF. (Appendix 17) The CB decided: To approve the report. Mrs. Kotikova is to shortly report on the outcome of the election of the Male representatives to the ATC. A total of six candidates were nominated for the election, which has been carried out during the group stages of the WFC in Gothenburg. (Appendix 19) The candidates were: The IFF CB is to confirm the election of the three candidates receiving most votes and can for universality reasons choose the fourth member freely. The three top candidates receiving most votes Mr. Tero Tiitu (FIN) 156 votes new, Karl-Johan Iraeus (SWE) 119 votes re-election and Emanuel Antener, (SUI) 111 votes re-election are directly elected to the IFF Athletes Commission. Mr. Eriksson proposed in the interest of the International development to include Mr. Junoh Lee (KOR) 105 votes new in the IFF Athletes Committee. Mr. Eriksson proposed the re-election as the Athletes Commission Chair Ms. Magdalena Kotikova for the period 2015 – 2016. The CB decided: To approve the report and confirm the election of the Male members for the IFF Athlethes Committee 2015 – 2016 Mr. Tero Tiitu (FIN), Mr. Karl-Johan Ireaus (SWE), Mr. Emanuel Antener (SUI) and Mr. Junoh Lee (KOR) and to elect Ms. Magdalena Kotikova as chair of the Athletes Commission for the period 2015 – 2016. The CB decided: To approve the report The CB decided: To approve the report The CB decided: To approve the report
The CB decided: To approve the report and approve the IFF Juridical Regulation – edition 2015, to take full force from the 1st of January, 2015 - IFF will organise a Seminar for Coaching and Refereeing in Teheran, Iran in 2015. In addition Mr. Liljelund shortly reported about the Floorball Team Leadership Research carried out during the WFC in Gothenburg, by the Floorball Competency Centre (IKC) of the University of Umeå. Mr. Stoll asked if the CB if IFF is interested to be updated on the research on Floorball. Mr. King informed about the activities AOFC is planning, in order to organise a tactical coaching seminar for the team coaching staff of the participating teams in the SEA Floorball Championships in Singapore. The CB decided: To approve the reports. The CB decided: To approve the reports The CB decided: To approve the report. The CB decided: To approve the reports The CB decided: To approve the report The CB finalised the Agenda for the IFF General Assembly (Appendix 20) and agreed upon the responsibilities of the CB members during the GA. The CB decided: To approve the report and decided upon the Agenda for the IFF GA.
The CB decided: To approve the report. The CB decided: To approve the report. Mr. Kratz reported on the contact taken with the Croatian Floorball during the WFC, to find another solution to build the membership. The Croatian Federation will now start working to form a federation without the cooperation of the organisation presently hindering the development. Mr. Liljelund also informed that discussions has also been held with the Chinese Floorball Development, who reported that they are to form Chinese Floorball University Federation, which will apply for IFF membership as soon as possible in 2015 Mr. Eriksson and Mr. Lopez informed about the activities in Columbia, at the Floorball Seminar at the University UCC in Bucaramanga, Colombia, in order to form an association. The CB decided: To approve the reports and to approve the Thailand Hockey Association as the replacement for the membership in Thailand.
Mr. Eriksson informed of the preliminary plans on how to organise the CB and ExCo meetings for 2015. The meetings are planned as follows: The CB decided: To approve the report.
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