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The IPC had it's annual Plenary meeting for 1997 in Nairobi, Kenya, where the Formation Skydiving Subcommittee made the following changes and amendments to the rules and competitions in 1997.

There were made minor changes to the Formation Skydiving rules, as the rules made up for the World Cup in 1996 were accepted and found adequate. It is not normal to make bigger changes to the rules in years of World Championships, giving the teams the best opportunity for prolonged training.

Therefore no changes were made to the Formation Skydiving pool of formations and blocks, although a new format for the drawings were adopted. The new drawings reflect no changes to the way the blocks and formations are intended, but have a format that is the same as the one used for the live scoring system being used at the IPC sanctioned competitions. This pool will be available for downloading on the internet from the FAI site in the near future, making it possible for anyone to receive a «fresh» copy to be printed. Together with Ted Wagner, there will also be made available a computer program to draw out the formations on paper, and also to make competition dive draws with subsequent printing. Further information on this subject may be reached at http://www.omniskore.com