Mr Henderson thanked the secretary and the webmaster Prof. Peter Ryder for getting all the material out in time, 45 days before the meeting as required by the FAI by-laws.
The president referred to his written report, and mentioned that he had been invited to the EGU Congress in Vienna in February. The Congress had been a very interesting meeting. He stressed the importance of the work done by EGU. EASA can be a threat to gliding, also outside Europe, if we do not get things sorted out correctly. Mr. Henderson strongly urged all European gliding federations to join EGU.
The Sailplane Grand Prix is a good way to market our sport to the public. We must continue to develop this concept to reach a wider public.
IGC is aware of the budget issue mentioned by the FAI Secretary General. We have plans to change a number of things. This will cost money, and we will need our reserves here.
The President’s report was accepted by the meeting.
EGU president Roland Stuck had provided a written report, and added that 16 national gliding federations now are members of EGU.
He mentioned that one of the things we are missing is good statistics of accidents in order to guide their work, and convince the authorities about our priorities. It is urgent to develop a statistical record of our sport.
EGU has a new website now: http://www.egu-info.org
The EGU report was accepted by the meeting.
Prof. Loek Boermans, president of OSTIV, referred to his written report, and added that the very successful JAR-22 study group was replaced by the CS-22 Study group. Unfortunately this new group would work in a different way. A new group would be installed for every issue, meaning that a lot of good expertise could be lost.
It is the intention of OSTIV to invite the EASA director to discuss this problem and hopefully find a solution.
The OSTIV report was accepted by the meeting