1.    Event Advisor Workshop by Neil Robertson

Thank you Neil for an excellent session. Neil discussed the responsibilities and techniques an Event Advisor could use to gather information and work closely with the organisers to evaluate the event location and help them plan the event.

One positive result of the workshop EPAS was that some volunteers were interested in becoming Event Advisors. We will try to include more workshops during future EPAS meetings.

2.    Review of sanctioned events in 2000 - Event Development & Assistance WG

Wrote letters to CIA Delegates and Event Organisers to encourage more sanctioned events

Nine events were reviewed for year 2000.

• 44^e Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett, Belgium
• Mobilux Trophy 2000 & Honda Grand Prix, Luxembourg
• (Pre-WAG Cup, Spain)
• North American Championship, USA
• 9th Akwawit Cup & 11th Ladies World Cup, Poland
• 9th Baltic Cup, Latvia
• Tisza Cup 2000, Hungary
• Tessaloniki 2000 – Olympus Trophy Cup, Greece

Difficulties

• North American Championship was cancelled for financial reasons
• 9th Baltic Cup withdrew because of not understanding the FAI Organisers Agreement
• Tessaloniki 200 – Olympus Trophy : EPAS/EDA tried hard to help the organisers and found volunteers to help them. Unfortunately during the spring and summer the organisers did not answer any faxes or e-mails. Stella ROUX DEVILLAS, Chair

3.    Event sanction applications in 2001

2001 events
South American Championship – Brazilia, Brazil
45^th Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett, Warstein, Germany
2001 Saga International Balloon Fiesta – Saga, Japan
2001 Motegi Hot Air Balloon International Championship – Motegi, Japan
Mobilux TROPHY 2001– Bourscheid, Luxembourg
Festival of Ballooning "Riga-800" Baltic Cup – Tervete, Latvia
Coupe dÉurope and 12^th Ladies Cup -
2002 – 15^th World Hot Air Balloon Championship – Châtellerault, France
     (Sanction previously approved)

2003 - 13^th European Championships - Vilinus, Lithuania and  Feodosia, Ukraine

2004 – 16^th World Hot Air Championship, Mildura, Australia

5.    Event Standards and Evaluations WG

• Suggest that we put information that WG has gathered on the Web under an EPAS HELP area.
• Necessary to set up a good procedure to get forms to events and collect the information from the events. Could include Jury President or Safety Officer in the process.
• Make the event debriefing information available on the Web or through some publication.
• Main objective for 2001 will be to develop a comprehensive job description for the Event Advisors
• Thank you Les Purfield for helping with much of the WG work during the year

6.    FAI Organisers Agreement

We are using the standard FAI Organisers Agreement and do not change any of the conditions and wording except in Schedule 1 (Financial) which involves Deposit Fee, Sanction Fee and percentage of revenue from rights surplus’s. Some organisers still have difficulties understanding portions of the rights so more detail explanations are needed, especially regarding broadcast rights. Generally it has become easier to work with the Agreement.

7.    Event Planning and Sanctioning Manuals

1. First Category Event Sanction Procedures

• Mainly a combination of several documents
• Revisions published in meeting agenda

MOTION: The First Category Event Sanction procedures as published on the Web be approved.

    b.    Sporting Events

• Replaces Premier Fiesta Event
• Easier sanction application process
• Basic Organisers Agreement
• Approval for event can be granted by Bureau
• Sporting Code Section 1 Changes required

MOTION: The Sporting Event Sanction Procedures as published on the Web be approved.
                  (Tabled until 2002 Agenda since Rules SC needs to approve Sporting Code Section One Chapter 7 revisions)

    c.    Proposed Sporting Code Changes for Sporting Events
            Will be presented by the Rules Subcommittee.

7.    Event Advisors

1. Thank you to Neil Robertson for the Event Advisors Workshop he presented at the EPAS meeting
2. Event Advisors Job Description being reviewed and further developed by the EPAS Standards and Evaluations Working Group during 2001
3. Event Advisor Assignments

• Masashi Kakuda – Australia for 2004 Worlds Bid
• Mathijs de Bruijn – 2001 South Americans
• New volunteers as Event Advisor – Jan Balkedal, SWE and Alan Poulet (FRA)
• Have agreements for using Advisor for 2003 Europeans

1. Ideally the Event Advisors should do a site visit early in the bid process so that the information could be part of the sanction application. Issues include:

• Sufficient time prior to the CIA meeting for application to be processed with and Event advisor visit being possible
• A larger EPAS budget to pay the expenses of an Event Advisor prior to formal bid application and signing of Organisers Agreement

8.    Event Bidding Process

To provide sufficient time and to find resources EPAS needs more notice of organisers intentions to bid on world and continental championships. Then we can insure that an appropriate Event Advisor can be found and assigned as well as site visits performed.

MOTION: Intentions to bid for a world or continental championship will only be accepted up to the end of the Plenary meeting one year prior to when the sanction applications can be approved.
        (Motion Defeated)

e.g. World Championships	- intentions to bid	4 years prior
	- sanction approval	3 years prior
Continentals	- intention to bid	3 years prior
	- sanction approval	2 years prior

9.    Event Sanction Fee Proposal

Separate handout provided explaining reasons.

MOTION: The recommended fee for CIA sanctioned events be:

	Proposed	Accepted
	CHF	CHF
World Air Games	20,000	10-20,000
Worlds
Hot Air	10,000	5-10,000
Airship	1,500	1-1,500
Gas	1,500	1-1,500
Rozier	1,500	1-1,500
Continental
Hot Air	5,000	2-3000
Airship	1,000	500-1000
Gas	1,000	500-1000
Rozier	1,000	500-1000
Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett	1,500	1-1,500
All Other Category 1	3,000	1-2,000
Sporting Event	750	500
Fiesta	750	500

10.    Tracking Tests, evaluations and recommendations

1. Draft summary document prepared for discussion

MOTION: To establish a Special Working Group reporting to the Plenary to further study technology, reporting and procedures for using tracking devices in balloons. The Working Group would have members with technical, communications and computer skills as well as representatives from, competitor, officials, public relations and event organisers areas. The Working Group would complete its task by the 2002 CIA Conference.

11.    Providing Sanction Application on the Web Prior to Sanction Approval

At the 2000 Conference EPAS raised the question of putting sanction information on the Web but was instructed not to do so until the event sanction was approved by the Plenary. This year the Competitors Subcommittee requested information about European Championship bids to be made available on the web. After approval from the Bureau most information was put on the Web but some confidential financial information was not.

MOTION: EPAS work with the Competitors Subcommittee to identify what information would be useful for competitors to know prior to sanction approval and make that information available when EPAS and the organiser finalize it.

Concerns:

• Although much of the information from organisers comes with the sanction application some of it will change as EPAS works them.
• Event organisers may want to review each others bid information and either raise or lower some of the conditions. (Currently EPAS handles the information in confidence while working with the organisers to improve the benefits to competitors. It is similar to a tender process with the information finally available to the Delegates at the Plenary. )

12.    Other EPAS matters discussed and procedures will be developed

1. How to insure that CIA material reaches a CIA sanctioned event in time and other key people know where to find it?
2. How to get and collect event evaluations forms for Safety Officer reports, and other documents to the proper individuals at a sanctioned event?
3. Investigate the possibility of running Junior Championships before or with other major events. (Suggestion from PR SC)
4. Encourage organisers to have a children’s day to promote ballooning. (Suggestion from PR SC)

13.    Budget Request for 2001 – 3,000 CHF

14.    Nominations for EPAS and Working Group membership for 2001/2002

EPAS

• Alex Nagorski (CDN) – Chair,
• Stella Roux Devillas (FRA),
• to be named

Event Development and Assistance WG

Event Standards and Evaluations WG

• chair to be named later
• Members - Alan Poulet (FRA)
• Sal Haim (BRA)
• Vladimir Karnaukhov (UKR)
• Lindsey Muir (GBR)
• Ismail Keremoglu (TUR) – need to confirm