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FEDERATION AÉRONQAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE

THE PLENARY MEETING
OF THE FAI BALLOONING COMMISSION/CIA
to take place in Bern, Switzerland on 2nd and 3rd March 2001

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Appendix 8

CIA Home Page

CIA RULES SUBCOMMITTEE

From: Les Purfield RSC Chairman
To RSC Members: Mark Sullivan AA/A M WG Chairman
Uwe Schneider AX WG Chairman
Rick Wallace BX WG Chairman
Mathijis De Bruijn Scoring WG Chairman
Don Cameron Statutes, By-Laws and Sporting Code-WG Chairman
For information: Jean Claude Weber CIA President
Hans Akerstedt CIA Jury Board Chairman
Bengt Stener CIA Safety Subcommittee Chairman
Rutger Coucke CIA Observer Subcommittee Chairman
Alex Nagorski EPAS Chairman

2001 MEETING AGENDA
Meeting to be held in Bern, Switzerland, at the Hotel Allegro
on Thursday March 1st 2001 from 14:00 to 18:00

1.    Roll call , apologies for absence and proxies

2.    2000 RSC Minutes

3. RSC-Working Groups’ summaries of recommendations: (see page 3 for the detailed agendas)

a) - AA/AM-WG summary of recommendations
b) - AX-WG summary of recommendations
c) - BX-WG summary of recommendations
d) - Scoring-WG summary of recommendations
e) - Statutes, By-Laws and Sporting Code-WG summary of recommendations

4. 2001 Category One Event Rules for approval:

  • Mobilux Trophy 2001                  Luxembourg
  • World Air Games 2001 AA         Spain
                                        AX
                                        BX
  • 45th Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett          Germany
  • 2001 Motegi International Championship             Japan
  • 9° Coupe d'Europe/12th Ladies World Cup       France
  • SAGA International Balloon Fiesta/ Pacific Cup Japan
  • Baltic Cup                                            Latvia
  • Other

5.    CASI Report and GS Proposals

6.    Actions from Plenary Meeting March 2000. Thesseloniki, Greece

  • Minute 19 - Review of Observer Sub-committee proposal. "Observers at CIA Cat1 Events".

7.     World Ranking List 2001

8.     Any other business (to be proposed at the beginning of the meeting)

9.     2000/2001 RSC and WG Members, RSC Chairperson (see page 4)

10.    Summary of recommendations/motions to the CIA

11.    Adjournment

CIA Rules Subcommittee Working Groups’ Agendas

a) AA/AM-WG Agenda

  • Approve agenda
  • Model Event Rules Gordon Bennett
  • Review and possibly recommend to the Plenary that the CIA purchase 25 tracking units, and make them available to organizers who are running the GB.
  • Review and recommend changes to the 45th Gordon Bennett rules.
  • Review and recommend changes to the World Air Games Gas Balloon Championship rules
  • Update on the use of "live tracking" at this year’s American’s Challenge Gas Balloon Championship.
  • Recommend Event Director and other key officials for the 2001 World Air Games
  • RSC Agenda items for discussion and recommendations
  • Any other business
  • 2000/2001 WG member and Chairperson
  • Summary of recommendation to the RSC

b) AX-WG Agenda 

  • Roll call, apologies for absence
  • 2000 Minutes
  • 2001 Cat 1 Rules for approval
  • MER Review (see document prep01AX version 2 or higher)
  • Review of Observer Sub-committee proposal. Observers at CIA Cat1 Events. (Plenary Minutes 19 motion 2)
  • Input from S&SC, Scoring, Safety and other WG
  • Any Other Business
  • 2001/2002 WG Members and Chairperson
  • Summary of Recommendations to the RSC

c) BX-WG Agenda

  • Roll call, apologies for absence
  • 2000 Minutes
  • 7th. World Championship Hot Air Airship Report by Neil Robertson
  • BX model Rules changes resulting from 7th World Championship suggested and prepared by the event director Neil Robertson.
  • World Air Games 2001, BX Rules for approval.
  • Nomination of Event Director for World Air Games Airship Championship
  • Rule change defining airship competitor, solo flights, and duel flights.-Rick Wallace
  • New task "The Flying Mile" –Rick Wallace
  • New task "The California Drag Race- Rick Wallace
  • Right of way on short approach to target- Oscar Lindstrom
  • Mandatory power on during flight or within target zone- Oscar Lindstrom
  • Discussion and Report on Thermal Airships manufactured and roster of pilots certified-Guy
  • Right of Way, barging- Tom Donnelly
  • New task "Hollywood Circle race- Rick Wallace
  • Any other business (this can be discussion only not to be submitted to Plenary for adoption,).
  • Nomination of WG Members for 2000/2001
  • Summary of Recommendations to the RSC

d) Scoring-WG Agenda 

  • Roll call , apologies for absence.
  • 2000 SWG Minutes.
  • Actions from Plenary Meeting March 2000. Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • Updating and amending of the Competition Operation Handbook.
  • AXWG Discussion Items.
  • Rules for the use of GPS during competition as measuring equipment.
  • Further discussion about SDV, CPP, AVG or TSS standards.
  • Establishing a list of Event Officials for CIA (and other?) Events.
  • Discussion about WAGs qualification process.
  • Any other business (to be proposed at the beginning of the meeting)..
  • 2001/2002 SWG Chairperson and Members..
  • Summary of recommendations/motions to the CIA.
  • Adjournment.

e) Statutes, By-Laws and Sporting Code-WG Agenda 

  • Roll call, apologies for absence
  • Review of Section 1 Amendment Working Document: Review of existing approved amendments. Decision on proposals for new amendments to plenary.
  • Report on CASI and the General Section.
  • Review of Internal Regulations
  • Instrumentation: Use of GPS and barographs.
  • The Great Race
  • AX working group proposals
  • Notable flights. Proposal from H Akerstedt
  • Any other business (for discussion or for the 2002 agenda only)
  • Proposal for 2000/2001 WG members and president.

NOTE: Working group agenda’s contain discussion documents which have been circulated to the members for review. These documents run to many pages and are too bulky to be added to this agenda. Should any delegate require copies of an agenda item document, please contact the Working Group Chairperson directly.

2000/2001 RSC Working Groups Members and Status

NAC 2000/2001 CIA Status
AA/AM AG:
1 Mark Sullivan, chairman USA delegate ok
2 Tom Donnelley UK expert ok
3 Markus Haggeney Germany delegate ok
4 David Levin USA expert ok
5 Philippe De Cock Belgium alternate ok
6 Joseph Starkbaum Austria alternate ok
AX WG
1 Uwe Schneider, chairman Germany alternate ok
2 Mathijs De Bruijn Netherlands delegate ok
3 Joe Heartsill USA expert ? confirm or replace
4 Les Purfield UK alternate ok
5 Masashi Kakuda Japan alternate ok
BX WG:
1 Rick Wallace, chairman USA expert ok
2 Tom Donelley UK expert ok
3 Neil Robertson UK CIA Secretary ok
4 Guy Moyano Luxembourg expert ok
5 Oscar Lindstrom Sweden expert ok
Scoring WG:
1 Mathijs De Bruijn chairman Netherlands delegate ok
2 Masashi Kakuda Japan alternate ok
3 David Bareford UK expert ok
4 Bengt Stener Sweden alternate ok
5 Darryl Stuart Australia alternate ok
Statutes, By-Laws and Sporting Code WG:
1 Don Cameron, chairman UK delegate ok
2 Hans Akerstedt Sweden delegate ok
3 J.C. Weber Luxembourg delegate ok
4 Jakob Burkard Switzerland delegate ok
5 Fredric Moizard France expert ok

IMPORTANT: RSC Members (the Working Group Chairmen) should by all means try to have composition proposal for a full and efficient Working Group ready at the time of the RSC meeting.

Please remember that WG members are EXPERTS not representing their NACs. To be approved, the delegate of the home NAC of any candidate who is not a CIA delegate must not object to their nomination to the CIA. WG are approved "in toto" by the CIA, therefore (but only for candidates who are not CIA delegates) you must seek the delegates’ approval before the CIA Plenary.

Not more than 2 persons from the same NAC are allowed on any of the WG.

Proxies are allowed only from voting members to voting members (maximum 3 proxies/WG).