13.3 Other proposals

Two proposals were received after the 45 days deadline requiring 2/3rds majority to be included in the agenda.

• The first proposal was from Finland regarding the number of participants in the FAI EGC 2005 in Finland.
  
  The IGC president explained that the plenum at the meeting in Lausanne in 2004 had empowered the Bureau to review and accept a bid from Finland. This had taken place, and the bid had been accepted exactly as proposed by Finland.
  
  The president then asked the plenum to vote if the subject should be discussed in the meeting.
  
  16 delegates voted in favour of bringing the proposal up, 12 were opposed. The proposal did not achieve 2/3rds majority, and was therefore not discussed further.

• The second proposal was from Spain, Ireland and the ANDS committee.
  
  23 voted in favour of bringing the proposal forward for discussion, so the proposal was added to the agenda.
  
  Mr Bernald Smith reported that one hacking of a Flight Recorder has taken place. It is time to review the security for world records. On behalf of Spain, Ireland and the ANDS committee he tabled the following proposal:
  
  IGC-approved FRs that do not have public/private key systems have their approval changed from "all flights" to "all flights except World Records."
  
  This effects Cambridge 10, 20, 25, Print Technic, Zander 940.
  
  If the proposal was approved, the manufacturers will have 12 months to respond to this and introduce the required changes in their flight recorders.
  
  It was also noted that this applies to world records only, not other activities such as national records, competitions and badges.
  
  The delegates voted in favour with 23 for and 8 abstentions. The ANDS committee will now contact the affected manufacturers.