FÉDÉRATION AÉRONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE BALLOONING COMMISSION  CIA COMMISSION D’AEROSTATION

THE PLENARY MEETING OF THE FAI BALLOONING COMMISSION/CIA

to take place in Luxembourg on 9^th and 10^th March 2007

6.  Announcements

1. Agenda Order (IR 3.6.1)
2. Review of Procedures (IR 3.7 & 3.8)
3. Counting Committee (IR 3.11.4)
4. New Business (IR 3.6.3, BL 5.6.4))
5. Absolute Majority
6. Voting Procedure
7. FAI Code of Ethics     http://www.fai.org/documents/otherdocs/code_ethics
8. Domestic

Reference: CIA Internal Regulations     ftp://www.fai.org/ballooning/documents/pc/irv2000.doc

7.   Approval of 2006 minutes              http://www.fai.org/ballooning/meetings/ciamin06.htm

        Corrections and review of 'Points for Action' from 2006
        Plenary Meeting         Appendix 9

8. Review of Bureau actions
        March 2006 to date

9. Report on the FAI Air Sports Commission Presidents' Meetings
        Report by the CIA President     ftp://www.fai.org/ballooning/newsletter/pc/2006-aut.doc

10. Report on the FAI General Conference, Santiago, Chile, October 2006
        a) Report by FAI Secretary General, Mr. Max Bishop     http://www.fai.org/
        b) CIA President's Report on the FAI General Conference
          c) IGC (FAI Gliding Commission) proposed FAI By-Law change:  Two years term for ASCs Officials
            Proposal introducing optional 2-year terms for Commission officials.

11. Report from CASI Representative
        Report: Jean-Claude Weber
        NOTE : CASI Meeting Minutes are available from FAI http://www.fai.org/casi/meetings/#minutes or CIA Secretary

12. Delegates reports
        Delegates are requested to submit written reports on activities in their country, and to restrict their verbal reports to not more than three (3) minutes.

13. Jury Board (Hans Akerstedt)   Appendix 1
        Jury Reports CIA Events 2006     Appendix 1a
        Report and Proposals

14. Officials Subcommittee (Martine Besnainou)   Appendix 14
         Report and Proposals
           Competition Observer participation in sanctioned events.

15. Public and Media Relations Subcommittee (Pat Brake) Appendix 2
        Report and Proposals 
           a) FAI Report on Public Relations efforts

16. Event Development Service Appendix 3
        Report and Proposals,
        Championship Calendar    Appendix 12

17. Records Subcommittee (Don Cameron) Appendix 4
        Report and Proposals

18. Safety and Education Subcommittee (Bengt Stener)  Appendix 5
        Report and Proposals
        a) Presentation - The increased risk of fatal collisions at Category 1 Events

19. Competitor Subcommittee (Alan Blount) Appendix 6
        Report and Proposals

20. Rules Subcommittee (Uwe Schneider)
        Report and Proposals     Appendix 7
        Sporting Code Section 1 Amendments Working Document   Appendix 7a

21. Penalties for airspace violations in sanctioned AA events

22. Invitation and nomination procedures for World- and Continental Championships (90 days rule)

23. World Air Games Status (JC Weber)
        Report and Proposals
        a) Competitor selection process for World Air Games.

24. On-Line Contest Working Group (Claude Weber)    Appendix 8
        Report and proposals. 
          CIA On-Line-Competition (OLC)
        a) FAI ATMOS Project       (Appendix 13 was sent by email to delegates; delegates who did not receive the document should contact the FAI office to receive it)

25. Report on the 1st FAI Event Organisers Seminar (Mark Sullivan)

26. Reports on and nomination of representatives to FAI Technical Commissions

1. FAI Medico-Physiological Commission. Report: Dr David Bareford
2. FAI Aerospace Education Commission.
3. FAI Environnemental Commission: Uwe Schneider
4. FAI Simulated Flying. Report:
5. Europe Air Sports Liaison Report and motion: Hans Akerstedt           Appendix 15   
6. CIA Representative to CASI: Jean-Claude Weber
7. Is a "General Technical Commission" needed at FAI?

27. Election of Subcommittee Chairpersons
        Jury Board
        Officials Subcommittee
        Public and Media Relations Subcommittee
        Records Subcommittee
        Rules Subcommittee
        Safety and Education Subcommittee
        Event Development Service
        Competitor Subcommittee
        On-Line Contest Working Group

Note: the respective Subcommittees propose Subcommittee Chairmen. However, CIA delegates may nominate other additional candidates.

28. CIA Financial Reports (Alex Nagorski)
        a) CIA Administration Fund for year to 31st December 2006      Appendix 10a
          b) CIA Expenses Budget for year to 31st December 2006         Appendix 10b
        c) CIA Inventory to 31st December 2006                                     Appendix 10c

29. Sanctioned Events – reports and new applications   http://www.fai.org/ballooning/events.asp
    Reminder: The Plenary

1. approve Sanction applications presented by the Event Development Service, and specifically the Event Director, Deputy Director(s), Safety Officer and Sanction Fee; 
2. approve the Rules for Sanctioned Events presented by the Rules Subcommittee; and
3. appoint the Jury for Sanctioned Events nominated by the organisers and presented by the Jury Board.

- Discussion on the proposed creation of a Masashi Kakuda Trophy or Award for sanctioned events

29.1 Reports on sanctioned events:

1. 2007 - 15th European Hot Air Balloon Championship, Germany
2. 2008 – 18th World Hot Air Balloon Championship, Austria

29.2 Sanction Proposals: CATEGORY ONE  

1. 2007 - 51st Coupe Gordon Bennett, Belgium
2. 2007 – Ballooning World & HONDA Cup (and eventually Masashi Kakuda Trophy), Luxembourg
3. 2007 - 15th Coupe d"Europe and 19th Ladies World Cup, France
4. 2007 - Ladies World Cup, 8th Polish Balloon Cup of the Wloclawek's President and Anwil's President, Poland
5. 2007 - 6th MOL Cup, Hungary
6. 2007 - Worlds Test Event, Austria
7. 2007 - Tochigi Hot Air Balloon International Championship - Sub-title: 2007 Hot Air Balloon Japan HONDA Grand Prix Final Round

        Event details can be found on the CIA Events Web site at:           http://www.fai.org/ballooning/events.asp

29.3 Sanction Proposals: CIA SPORTING EVENT

1. 2007 – 7th International Cup of Moscow Region Governors, Russia
   

30. Championships open for proposal    Appendix 12
                                            http://www.fai.org/ballooning/events.asp#open

    Bid Status:

1. 2009 – European Hot Air Balloon Championship – France – bid received (vote 2007)
2. 2009 – European Hot Air Balloon Championship – Russia – bid intentions (vote 2007)
3. 2010 – World Hot Air Balloon Championship – India – interest (vote 2008)
4. 2010 – World Hot Air Balloon Championship – Hungary – formal intention received (vote 2008)

31. Award of Montgolfier Diplomas            http://www.fai.org/ballooning/conferen.asp

    Nominations:

1. Montgolfier Gas – Philippe De Cock and Ronny Van Havere (BEL) Appendix 11a
2. Montgolfier Hot Air – John Ryan Petrehn (USA)                             Appendix 11b
3. Montgolfier Rozier – No nominations received
4. Montgolfier Contribution to the Sport – No nominations received
   

32. Award of Santos Dumont Gold Airship Medal   http://www.fai.org/ballooning/conferen.asp

        No Nominations received

33. FAI Awards
      a.  Nominations for FAI Air Sports Medals http://www.fai.org/ballooning/conferen.asp

• Nominations made by NAC's - No nominations received
• Nominations made by the CIA - No nominations received

b.  Prince Alvaro De Orleans Borbon Fund for Technical Advances
             Nominations: No nominations received

34. CIA Hall of Fame
         Report and Election of CIA members of the Selection Committee.
         2007 Nominations
         2007 Inductions

33. Election of CIA Officers

1. President
2. 1st Vice President
3. 2nd Vice President
4. 3rd Vice-President
5. Secretary

34. Election of Subcommittee and Working Group members on recommendation of Subcommittee Presidents

1. Safety Subcommittee
2. Officials Subcommittee
3. Public and Media Relations Subcommittee
4. Records Subcommittee
5. Rules Subcommittee
       - AX Working Group
       - AA & AM Working Group
       - BX Working Group
       - Statutes & SC Working Group
       - Scoring Working Group
6. Jury Board
7. Event Development Service (EDS)
8. Competitor Subcommittee
      - World Ranking List Working Group
9. On-Line Contest Working Group

35. Any other business

36. Date and Place of next meeting
    (Note - 2/3 vote needed to move outside Lausanne)
    Formal bids to organise future CIA Plenary Meeting must be presented at the latest at the beginning of Plenary
            SC and WG - March 5 – 6, 2008
            Plenary        -  March 7 – 8, 2008

CIA has received intentions to bid from Austria and the USA for the organisation of the 2008 Plenary.

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