FÉDÉRATION AÉRONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE
FAI BALLOONING COMMISSION (CIA)

ANNUAL CONFERENCE - Bern, Switzerland March 2001

Appendix 10

MINUTES OF THE WORLD AIR GAMES WORKING GROUP MEETING HELD IN BERN, SWITZERLAND,
ON 28TH FEBRUARY 2001

PRESENT

Neil Robertson – WG Chairman
Jean-Claude Weber – CIA President
Mark Sullivan – AA Event Director
Les Purfield – AX Event Director

APOLOGY FOR ABSENCE

Anulfo Gonzalez – Event Manager

2ND WAG SPAIN

  1. COMPETITION NUMBERS

    2. 1.1 AA 7 entries to date, deadline 31 March 01. Anticipating total of 12 entries

    1.2 AX Round 1 – 50 entries received by deadline
                   Round 2 – Entry forms to be mailed on 5 March 01. Anticipating total of 90 –95 entries

    1.3 BX 2 entries received by the 28 March 01 deadline. The WG recommends that, because
            of a lack of competitor support, the WAG BX Championship does not take place.

  2. EVENT PLANNING
    1. Discussion was rather restricted by the absence of Anulfo Gonzalez.
    2. Concern was expressed by the two Event Directors regarding Air Space restrictions. It was agreed that the organisers be urged to pressure Seville ATC at the highest level to try and resolve this problem.
    3. Les Purfield to ask the AX Chief Observer (Anita Noguera) to include the Gas Balloon Event in her arrangements for Observers.
  3. OFFICIALS

AA Deputy Director Markus Haggeney (GER)
Safety Officer Pat Brake (USA)

AX Deputy Director Masashi Kakuda (JPN)
Safety Officer Alex Nagorski (CAN)

JURIES to be nominated by the Jury Board

4. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS

  1. That the BX event does not take place
  2. Approval of Officials

3RD WAG – BID FROM SLOVENIA

Slovenia are the only country bidding for the 3rd WAG. All Sporting Commissions were asked by FAI to make initial assessment visits to the proposed locations for their sports and report back to their respective Plenary Meetings with their recommendations regarding supporting/rejecting the bid.

The WAG WG Chairman visited the proposed locations for the ballooning events – PTUJ in the South East for AX and the capital, LJUBLJANA, for AA and BX – in December 2000 and had various discussions with the representative of the organisers (The Slovenian Aeroclub). As a result of this visit and the discussions the WG Chairman is satisfied that the proposed locations are suitable and the Organisers have the necessary skills and resources to successfully managed AA, AX and BX WAG Championships in 2005. In addition the organisers agreed to the following CIA requirements being included in the bid:

  1. Events offered – AA, AX and BX
  2. Test event(s) in 2004 to be Category 1.
  3. Entry fee to be not more than Euro 600 per team (any number) to include propane, maps, social events and event organisation. This is the same as Spain offered without the accommodation package.

The WG recommends that CIA support the bid by Slovenia for a sanction to hold the 3rd WAG in 2005 in respect of the three ballooning championships.

NOMINATION OF WORKING GROUP MEMBERS FOR 2001

Neil Robertson – WG Chairman
Jean-Claude Weber – CIA President
Mark Sullivan – AA Event Director
Les Purfield – AX Event Director

Anulfo Gonzalez – Event Manager 

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