| The president of Naviga Mr Hofbauer opens the meeting at 9.15 a.m. and he especially greets the mayor of the city of Korneuburg.
The meeting kindly remembers the late members especially Mr Egon Will a modeller.
After a minute of silence Mr Hofbauer thanks the mayor for support of Naviga and gives him a little present.
The mayor thanks those who are present and welcomes the participants in Korneuburg. He hopes that the meeting will proceed well. He promises to meet the participants of the meeting once more at Bauer hotel.
Mr Hofbauer thanks all those who helped him. He explains the program of the day.
He opens his report by introducing the new rules for referees. The central body of the union in each country will be given one issue of the rules free of charge. The remaining issues have to be paid for - 3 euros each.
Tonight a dinner will be held at the Bauer hotel, beginning at 7 p.m. Naviga has invited two delegates from each country. Other participants have to pay 10 euros. Each country will be given two vouchers.
Besides the dinner a tombola will be held, lottery tickets are 8 euros each.
Mr Turk announces that the daily program will be slightly changed so that the meeting could be finished at about 5 p.m.
The president`s report:
Mr Hofbauer wold not like to deliver any kind of election speech. He welcomes new representatives from France as well as a new head of sailing boats section Mr Karl Shmidt and representatives of Norway where the FSR World Championship is going to be held in 2006. During a break the place is briefly introduced.
The FSR World Championship in 2004 is going to be held in Velenje, the M World Championship is going to be held in Warsaw, Poland, France is going to organize the C World Championship.
Argentina is not able to pay and that is why its membership is cancelled. Both Danish and Hongkong FSR sections have not paid as well.
Turkey is a new member (FSR section). Its address is not available though.
In case the reports are addressed to Naviga they should be printed on A 4 format in (font size 14).
The statements are still late. Payments from all sections are delayed as well. Therefore Naviga rules that all payments should be done in time. This applies to membership fees as well (payments should be done by the end of March every year).
Some countries change the section voluntarily. However there are some central bodies in certain countries who have paid in advance, e.g. The Netherlands.
The presidium keeps trying to find an organizer of the World Championship, international competitions and European Championship as well.
There is a considerable saving due to the fact that Naviga information materials (Naviga Info) and the rules are printed free of charge. The annual subscription of Naviga Info is 28 euros.
Mr Hofbauer is pleased to say that Naviga is still able to bear expenditures connected with the general meeting and the dinner held afterwards.
Mr Hofbauer thanks all the friends for their help and yields the floor to Mr Turk.
2. Mr Turk calls the delegates of respective countries by their names in order to find out whether the meeting is quorate.
Austria - 5 votes
Bulgaria - 4 votes
China - 5 votes
Czech Republic - 5 votes
Switzerland - 5 votes
Germany - 5 votes
Denmark - 2 votes
France - 5 votes
Hungary - 4 votes
Italy - 5 votes
Norway - 1 vote
Poland - 5 votes
Romania - 5 votes
Russia - 5 votes + 4 votes from Belarus
Slovakia - 5 votes
Ukraine - 5 votes
Belgium - 4 votes
Presidium 10 votes = 93 votes.
18 countries, 93 votes
The general meeting is quorate.
3. Approval of the program:
The succession of the issues dealt with will be changed.
There are no objections.
There are no urgent proposals.
4. Mr Dahm provided each country with the report concerning the finance. France could have the report earlier. Mr Dahm explains that the report cannot be provided before the completion of the check-up.
6. The comptroller`s report: Mr Stahli provides the comptroller`s report. Bookkeeping was checked-up. Everything is all right. There is a proposal saying that that the treasurer should be released form his position.
7. Release of the presidium and of the treasurer from their positions:
For the treasurer: 1 member abstained, others voted unanimously for.
For the presidium: 4 members abstained, remaining members voted unanimously for
The presidium and the treasurer were released from their positions.
8. Mr Matysik is chosen to become a head of election committee. Unanimous consent. Mrs. Maria Demidenko and Mr Harry Jaatsfeld are appointed to be his aids.
Break until 10.45.
The general meeting thanks Mrs Hofbauer for her work and awards her with flowers.
9. Election
Each country is given the number of voting cards corresponding with the number of its sections.
Here are three election proposals: One team is going to be elected. Current team is ready to cooperate / election proposal 1. The members of the Presidium of Naviga are prepared to cooperate only within the proposal number 1. A discussion follows. France and Italy enter the discussion. Mr Turk and Mr Matysik explain one again why the team should be elected. The persons in question who are to be elected as vice presidents have not discussed the matter with the remaining members of the team and that is why no agreement has been reached yet.
Election was carried out: 93 valid votes.
Election proposal 1 : 67 votes for 26 against
Presidium has accepted the election.
Election of the comptroller: 2 countries are needed
Proposals: should the election be carried out per votum? No one is against.
Czech Republic is approved. The Netherlands is proposed. Any other proposals?
No.
The Netherlands and Czech Republic are elected the comptrollers.
The commission of referees: Proposal: Dieter Matysik, Mr Politov, Mr Mohr
Accepted unanimously.
Mr Hofbauer thanks for the election of he presidium.
10. Report of the heads of respective sections:
FSR: the report is presented. The head of the section is prepared to answer all questions.
S: Mr Schmidt is a new head of the section. Her was unanimously elected in Linz in spring. The reports on the World Championship were published. There will be a little change in the rules so hat they comply with the Isaf rules in E.
NS: the head of the section, Mr Tomasek, presents the report. New rules were created. There were more proposals. The rules were voted for in France during the World Championship. The presidium accepted the rules yesterday. NSS, F6 and F7 are yet to be corrected.
France asks about the creation of TC: which members?
The head of the section will appoint the members.
Miaka, Poland, Gransow - Germany, Drojak, Merk - Austria F6, F7, Bonev - Bulgaria. Arne Chaechet?
- France.
M: Mr Schmidt presented his report. The World Championship will take place in Poland in August 2004. New rules were written and they are valid since
January 1, 2003.
Proposals of member countries should be presented to TC. New accumulators appear on the market every year and that is why the rules have to be changed quite often. He thanks all the organizers of the competitions and referees.
A proposal is presented: Section M should be divided into sections Ma and Mb.
Germany wants to organize World Championship in Thale in 2006. More details follow.
Italy: Thanks Mr Schmidt for his work and complains of frequent changes in rules. The head of the section replies: It is not possible to stop the technological development. Therefore the models as well as the rules have to be changed quite often.
Italy proposes to abolish some sections because there are only few participants in them.
C: The head presents his report. Romania announced yesterday that the country would like to organize the European Championship (Constanza 04/07 - 12/07 2005). The presidium approved their proposal.
Training for referees seems to be necessary. In that respect sections NS and C will cooperate (Prague, April or May 2004). Details will be presented on the Internet and information will be sent to respective unions. The division of NS and C may be carried out for the referees during the check-up of construction. This will be dealt with during training.
Thanks to referees and organizers. Next World Championship will take place in France.
French lecture: Materials have already been sent to the respective unions in July and August. 03/04 2003 is the deadline for applications.
Italy: Though their presentation was not announced in time, Mr Casini is glad that he is allowed to present it. In 1999 the general meeting approved the changes in C. It was announced in 1999 that the new rules concerning the allotment of points was not right. TC commission of C is reading the names of participants . TC has received a letter from Italy. The proposals are to be dealt with in Hannover. The proposals were nto found in the protocol of the Hannover sessions of the sections.
The TC members confirm that the proposals are technically correct and the heads of the section agrees as well. However the proposals will simply not be used.
Italy asks the general meeting whether it is possible to reintroduce the old system of awarding the medals.
The head of the section takes a stand: The change of rules was confirmed in 1999. The section prepared everything. 3 countries voted against the remaining countries voted for. With the old rules the expenditures were too high. And only 6 % of participants did not gent any medals. In Hannover there were no amendatory proposals. The change concerning the allotment of points is being checked up by TC.
Belgium: the reintroduction of the old rules would discriminate the participants of the last two World Championships.
Italy: If this is a democratic meeting it has the right to talk about the rules and make a decision. Italy will accept the decision.
Voting: new rules or old rules
Hungary abstains, Italy votes for the new rules remaining countries vote against. Current rules remain valid.
Break 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
11. Voting about rules of M, NS, FSR, S
S: unanimously approved
FSR: unanimously approved
M: unanimously approved
NS: Denmark abstained, the other countries voted for.
Belgium proposes that the new rules should be sent immediately after they are issued.
12. Membership fees
No proposal, no changes.
13. Appraisal
Only one appraisal is made - Mr Marczak from Poland. He is given a diploma and a little present. He is 80. Mr Marczak thanks for the appraisal. The first general meeting as well as the first European Championship that he was present at took place in 1961.
14. Acceptance of the new members.
Turkey, Estonia, Lithuania, Australia. Unanimously accepted.
15. Proposals presented to the general meeting.
6 countries presented their proposals.
France : Separation of the classes A and B from M and if not then creation of subsections.
The text in the heading of the official Naviga documents is not correctly translated into French. It as already been corrected. A new deputy to the head of the section should be elected.
1. A/B requires a special course. This competition can be organized only in certain countries. Mr Schmidt explains the proposal. During their last session the countries recommended the separation to the TC.
Voting: 14 for, 10 against
New section A/B beginning with January 1, 2004. Mr Schmidt remains the head of the section until the next World Championship.
2. Should the deputies to the heads of the sections be elected?
Accepted unanimously.
Belgium:
1. It is necessary for the referees to work in an official uniform.
2. A union from which a referee is invited to the official Naviga competition has to be informed.
3. What about the accommodation expenditures for the referees in future?
K 1 : A long discussion
Voting: Belgium and France for, the rest against
K 2: Voting : unanimously approved
K 3: Proposal: An organizer will set a fixed price and the rest should be paid by the referee. In France the organizers negotiated the price at a certain hotel. If the referee decided for other hotel he had to pay a flat price. What happens in case that the hotel is from the place where the competition is held? The presidium will make a proposal for such cases.
Russia
1. Introduction of Russian as an official language.
2. Voting: 13 for, 5 abstained
The presidium remarks: Because the introduction of another language brings about the change of the charter the proposal was rejected because there was not a necessary majority of votes. Therefore Russian is not an official language of Naviga.
Meanwhile the representatives of some countries and the member of presidium Peter Schmidt left the meeting before its end. Thus the number of votes has changed.
Czech Republic:
Proposes the increase of participation fees at World and European Championships by 100 % to 30 euros for seniors and 20 euros for juniors.
The Netherlands: Its representative reminds the session of the fact that is a hobby for ordinary people not only for rich participants.
The organizers of the next World Championship have already agreed. They will have enough money.
Mr. Svorcik: There will never be any problem with the financing in FSR. There are problems in other sections - M, C, NS.
Italy is against the increase. There is a different solution: If there are more models in competition they should be graduated.
Disadvantages: If the fee is increased, there will be fewer participants.
Voting: 5 for, 19 against, 5 abstained
16. Germany: prolongation of the terms of World Championships to 3 r 4 years
Dieter Matysik explains: for the purpose of expenditures etc.
The proposal is passed to the presidium for further discussion.
17. Miscellaneous:
Mr. Schmidt, sailing: he has no organizers for the World Championship in sailing for 2005. He asks for nomination.
Mr Hofbauer closes the meeting at 4.40 p.m.
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