FÉDÉRATION AÉRONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE
FAI BALLOONING COMMISSION (CIA)

ANNUAL CONFERENCE - Thessaloniki, Greece, March 2000

Appendix 8a

MINUTES

1.    Present

WG Members
Neil Robertson (GBR) Chairman
Les Purfield (GBR)
Anulfo Gonzalez (ESP)


In attendance
Ugo Portillo (ESP) 2001ECO
Jean Claude Weber (LUX)
Alex Nagorski (CAN)
Ismail Keremoglu (TUR)

2.    Overall World Air Games planning

Ugo Portillo, on behalf of the WAG Organisers, 2001 ECO, gave a short presentation on the overall preparations for the WAG.

The chairman also reported on the situation concerning approval of budgets for the 4 Category 1 events; and on the situation concerning ‘local’ sponsorship (in particular for propane).

(The budget for the 4 Category 1 events being ~ Euro 966,000)

Anulfo Gonzalez gave his report (to be presented to the Plenary Delegates), and confirmed the following points:

1. The permission has now been obtained for the chosen launch field.
2. That outstanding problems concerning Air Traffic Control have been resolved.
3. That 65 competitors are expected for the Test Event (including the Spanish Nationals, and that 21 International Observers had already been recruited.

It was agreed that the Tablada Airfield was still the preferred location for the launch of the gas balloons, and negotiations should be started with the other disciplines scheduled to use the site.

The chairman explained that he had asked the BX WG, the AA/AM WG, The Safety SC and the Jury Board to nominate Event Directors, Deputy Directors, Safety Officers and Jury Members accordingly. At the time of the meeting only the BX WG had responded, nominating David Rapp (USA) as Event Director and Ted Moore (GBR) as Deputy Director.

The chairman explained that the proposed Competitor Selection Process for the AX Championships was a separate agenda item, but that the WG could express a preference for Alternative 1 or Alternative 2 of paragraph 3. It was agreed to recommend acceptance of Alternative 2.

• Neil Robertson (GBR) Chairman
• Anulfo Gonzalez (ESP)
• Les Purfield (GBR)
• David Rapp (USA)
• The AA Event Director
• Jean-Claude Weber (CIA President)

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