1.  Reviewed and discussed sanctioned events in 2001,

Successful events:

• 45^th Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett - Warstein, Germany
• 2001 Saga International Balloon Fiesta – Saga, Japan
• 2001 Motegi Hot Air Balloon International Championship – Motegi, Japan
• 9th Coupe dÉurope and 12^th Ladies Cup – Mainfonds, France
• 2^nd World Air Games - Seville, Spain

Unsuccessful events:

• Mobilux Trophy – Foot and Mouth Disease scare
• Baltic Cup – Lost sponsorship
• 1^st South Americans – Organizing and invitation problems

Comment from Jerzy that Akwawit Cup no longer interested in CIA Sanction because of extra expenses (officials, etc.)

2. Discussion of 2002 Sanction applications

• Event details reviewed and discussed in Event Development and Advisory Working Group on Wednesday.
• Major concerns about events resolved during the last few days

3. 2002 Sanction Applications

• 23^rd Hungarian National Championship & 2^nd MOL Cup - Decrecen, Hungary
• CLA Mobilux Trophy 2002 - Bourscheid/Michelaau, Luxembourg
• 10e Coupe D’Europe de Montgolfiere/ 13^th Ladies World Cup - Mainfonds, France
• 15^th World Hot Air Balloon Championship (Sanctioned 1999) - Châtellerault, France
• 46^th Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett – Châtellerault, France
• 7^th America’s Challenge Gas Balloon Race – Albuquerque, U.S.A
• 2002 Motegi Hot Air Balloon International Championship - Motegi, Japan
• 13^th European Hot Air Balloon Championship (Sanctioned 2001) - Vilnius, Lithuania
• 3^rd European Hot Air Airship Championship – Ptju, Slovenia

4. Event Advisor Assignments

• 2003 Europeans, Lithuania – Neil Robertson
• 2004 Worlds, Australia – Masashi Kakuda
• 2003 European Airships, Slovenia – Neil Robertson

5. Event Standards and Evaluations (ESE) Working Group

WG was not active this year in fulfilling its role even though some new people were added to the group. Alex Nagorski (CDN), Vladimir Karnaukhov (UKR), and Dianne Ireland (AUS) will work in 2002 to get the WG active and on track. Further members to the WG will be accepted in 2003. It was agreed with CSC that they will continue doing event questionnaires while ESE restructures.

Discussion of event reporting procedures and what information should be collected by ESE. These include:

• Jury Report - including No shows list
• Event Debriefings
• Safety Reports
• Directors Report
• CSC survey
• Organizers report – need to identify information to be collected and design forms. Where possible include information from sponsors, hotel, local media, etc.

The information should then be analyzed and distributed to the appropriate CIA Subcommittees by the end of each year so they can review and action recommendations.

6. Printing and Distribution of AX Section 3 Rules

Shipping problems and some organizers language needs were discussed and it was felt that an electronic version of the rules would be the best solution. They could be downloaded from the CIA Web site or a request sent to Alex to send a CD. Alex will check into and resolve any download problems encountered.

7. Event Calendar

Vladimir suggested making available on the Web a schedule of sanctioned events in a calendar format. Alex will work on it.

8. Nominations for EPAS and Working Group membership for 2002/2003

EPAS Motion:

To approve the CIA Sporting Event Sanction Procedures (Category 1 lite) as published on the Web in 2001.

Motion by: Alex Nagorski

Second by: