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Event Development Service

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Work in Progress
Event Planning
Event Evaluations
Draft Documents and Testing 
Updated:
20 March 2008

Mission

The Event Development Service (EDS) was the result of the 2006 CIA restructuring.  

The objectives of EDS are:

  • To provide a service to organisers which will assist them in the planning, operation and evaluation of their event
  • To ensure the integrity of every sanction event in respect to:
    • safety
    • fairness
    • financial honesty
    • the good name of the FAI and the CIA

Responsibilities

Detail information on EDS can be found in the CIA Internal Regulations document which can be found through the DOCUMENTS web page.  In brief the purposes and responsibilities of EDS are:

  • With the CIA Secretary, collect all sanction fees and control all related expenses.
  • Seek sanctioning opportunities
  • Maintain and publish CIA Sanctioning Guideline documents
  • Provide event planning assistance, as required, to any NAC (or balloon federation, club or other organization authorized by an NAC) wishing to hold a CIA sanctioned event by assigning Event Advisors.
  • Review all sanctioning applications and report to the CIA on their suitability for acceptance
  • Insure the technical quality and integrity of each sanctioned event
  • To negotiate the FAI Organisers Agreement with event organisers
  • Insure that organizers are continually aware of the public relations requirements, event reporting  commitments.

Members

Event Planning and Advisory Service

Work in Progress (2007)

  • Solicit new sanctioning opportunities

Event Planning Information 

Event Directors List

List of International Jurors

Event Planning Documents

The following documents have been published by the CIA Event Planning and Advisory Service and can be viewed or downloaded.

For sanction applications and planning guides  are available for viewing or downloading from the CIA Documents Web page.

 

Sample Application and Invitation Documents  Document
Catagory
Effective Date File
Type/Size
Sample Sanction Application & bid document 
(43rd Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett)
information Mar 1999 Word/5.4 meg
Sample Pilot Application (Gordon Bennett)  information Sep 1999 Word/25K
Sample Invitation Package,
(45th Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett Warstein, Germany)
information Aug 2001 ZIP/997k
Sample Letters and Forms for CIA Sanctioned Events information May 1996 Word/72K
 - Sample forms from 2002 Worlds, Chatellerault, France   information Mar 2002 Word/82K

 

Post Event Reporting Forms Document Catagory Effective Date File
Type/Size
Event Evaluation Survey - hot air balloons information Mar 2000 Word/22K
Event Evaluation Survey - gas balloons information Mar 2000 Word/22K
Event Debriefing information Mar 2000 Word/23K
CIA Question and Answer Meeting information Mar 2000 Word/22K


Event Evaluations, Debriefings and Informal Meeting Notes

Year/Event Information Document - File Type/Size
2003
Mildura International Championship
Mildura, Australia
Event Debriefing (Word/36k)
CIA Meeting (Word/30K)
13th European Hot Air Balloon Championship,
Vilnius, Lithuania
Event Debriefing (Word/36k)
47th Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett,
Arc et Senans, France
2002 .
15th World Hot Air Championship,
Chatellerault, France
Event Debriefing (Word/31k)
CSC Survey Results (Word/23k) and (Excel/24k)
46th Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett,
Chatellerault, France
Event Debriefing (Word/29k)
2001 .
2nd World Air Games - Gas, Seville, Spain Event Debriefing - Word/29k
2nd World Air Games - Hot Air, Seville, Spain Event Debriefing - Word/28k
Saga International Balloon Fiesta - Saga, Japan Event Debriefing - Word/26k
2000 .
WAG Cup 2000 Event Debriefing - Word/29k
44rd Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett,
St. Hubert, Belgium
Event Debriefing - Word/26k
1999 .
14th World Hot Air Championship,
Bad Waltersdorf, Austria
Event Debriefing - Word/28k
    Survey Results - PowerPoint/241K
Survey Results - MS Access/659K
43rd Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett,
Albuquerque, USA
Event Debriefing - Word/45k
Survey Results - Powerpoint/119K
Survey Re3sults - MS Access/387K
    Question & Answer notes - Word/31K
Mobilux Cup, Luxembourg Event Questionnaire -Word/123k


EDS DRAFT Documents, Proposals & Discussion Papers

Document Catagory

Effective Date

File
Type/Size

Balloon Tracking Tests 2000 - Draft Summary draft

.

Word/734K

Balloon Tracking Procedures - Draft 2 draft

Mar 2002

World/192K

       
Pre 46th Coupe Gordon Bennett Tracking Tests       Large Pictures
Entire flight     235K
First minutes of the flight     123K
Last couple of meters
(The system kept recording for some time before it was unplugged)
    108K
Accurate landing position     54K

 


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