A Bureau meeting was held on Thursday, 14th March, 1995, from 09.00 to 13.00 hrs. All Bureau members, the President of Honour and the Secretary of Honour were present. Temporarily Professor Piero Morelli, chairman of the World Class sub-committee, attended. The program of the plenary meeting on 15th and 16th March was discussed and potential procedures for the future were considered.

The afternoon of 14th March and the morning as well as the late evening of 15th March were used by the three working groups "Championship Philosophies", "Fixed Rotation Schedule for World Championships", and "Rules", and also by the World Class Sub Committee for discussions. The results are shown in the corresponding topics of these minutes.

On 15th March at 14.05 hrs the chairman, IGC President Professor Peter Ryder, Germany, opened the plenary meeting. A roll call showed 55 delegates, alternates and observers from 27 countries to be present. Apologies for absence had been received from the delegates of Brazil, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, and Korea.

The President asked for one minute silence in the memory of the glider pilots who passed away during the last year. He named the famous Polish glider pilot Edward Makula who had rendered world-wide gliding great service both as a successful competition pilot and also as a long-standing member and Vice President of the IGC.

The agenda, - distributed on 26. January - was accepted unanimously. The President pointed out that the decision on class policy of IGC should be made at this meeting.

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1 MINUTES OF LAST MEETING

The minutes of the meeting held in Paris , France, on 17. and 18. March 1995 were approved with the following corrections:

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2 EUROPEAN MEETINGS

The minutes of the European IGC meeting held in Helsinki, Finland, on 30. September, 1995, were sent to all delegates. There were no comments.

It was decided that the next European IGC meeting will be held in Marly-Le-Roi on October 26, 1996, with a Bureau meeting on October 25.

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3 WORKING GROUPS

The results of the Working Groups will be dealt with under the respective topics.

4 FAI MATTERS

4.1 FAI General Conference, Sun City, South Africa, 9 - 13 October, 1995

The President reported that the original decision by the FAI Council to reduce the size of this body failed to obtain the required 2/3 majority of the votes at the General Conference. A proposal from the Statutes Committee to replace the present "First Vice President" by three "Senior Vice Presidents" suffered a similar fate.

It was considered a great success for gliding and for air sports in general that the IGC Vice President Alvaro de Orleans Borbon was elected First Vice President of FAI, even though this unfortunately necessitated his resigning as IGC Vice President.

The influence of the Sports Commissions within the FAI has steadily increased over the past few years. They now have seats and voting rights in the CASI, and their Presidents are Vice Presidents of FAI, with a vote in Council.

It was decided to create an Environment Commission of the FAI which was realised in January, 1996. A radical change of the Sporting Code, General Section, was passed by the CASI and published with effect of 1. January, 1996.

Alvaro de Orleans Borbon welcomed the new developments in the FAI as a kind of "Renaissance". He stressed the fact that the new President, Eiliff Ness from Norway, is a former President of a Sport Commission (parachuting), and pointed out that he places his confidence in the co-operation with the President and General Secretary.

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4.2 FAI and the Internet

The President gave a brief report on the present status and future plans for the FAI internet server (see Annex C to the agenda). He also made some suggestions for IGC documents to be made available publicly on the World Wide Web (see Annex D to the agenda). The latter suggestions were accepted by the IGC with two modifications:
  1. The minutes may be published as soon as they have been drafted, but should be marked "provisional" until they have been approved by the IGC.
  2. Personal data (addresses, telephone numbers, etc.) of IGC members will not be published, since this is not allowed under French law without specific approval from the persons concerned and involvement of the relevant authorities. A list of all delegates is already on the web page.
The person responsible for the internet work at FAI headquarters is the Executive Officer Thierry Montigneaux. During the meeting he offered a demonstration of internet services in an adjoining room to the conference hall. Each Commission has a "contact person" for internet and e-mail matters. The meeting agreed unanimously that for the IGC the President should continue in this function. The Spanish delegate, Angel Casado, offered his assistance.

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5 IGC BUDGET

5.1 IGC Budget for 1997

The following budget, which had been approved provisionally at the last meeting, was confirmed unanimously without further discussion: 
          Income                        29 000 SFr
          Expenditures:
              - Equipment Refunds        1 500 SFr
              - Evaluation Costs         3 000 SFr
              - Travel Costs            20 000 SFr
              - Special Projects         4 500 SFr
          Total	                        29 000 SFr

5.2 Planning of the Budget for 1998

A proposal from the Bureau will be distributed with the invitation to the next meeting.

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6 IGC REPRESENTATIVES ON TECHNICAL COMMITTEES OF FAI

6.1 FAI Medico-Physiological Commission

Mr Walt Cannon, USA, was unanimously elected IGC representative on the FAI Medico- Physiological Commission.

6.2 FAI Environment Commission

A lively debate arose on this subject. It was generally seen that wrong development of environment policy could easily turn against gliding. For this reason it is necessary to elect the right man as representative of IGC on this commission. Bernald Smith will look after represent the IGC for the time being.

Fransois van Haaff - the President of EGU - announced that his organisation does not deal as yet with this matter. But he stressed his readiness to do so. The problem will be discussed on the EGU meeting two days later.

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7 FAI/IGC LOGO

Three drafts from Janet Janowitsch, Austria, Miguel Angel Alcober, Spain, and David Gardener, USA, had been arrived and were reached round among the attendants, seeking their judgement.

Following a suggestion from Bernald Smith a selection committee was formed consisting of John Roake, Niels Visser and Alvaro de Orleans Borbon. All suggestions must be sent to John Roake who will report on the next meeting.

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