| Central Board CENTRAL BOARD MEETING 23.05.2002 Place: Present: Excused: §
1 Opening of the meeting §
2 Approval of the agenda §
3 Minutes from last meeting §
4 Economy Mr Jonsson further reported the fact that no association will have the right, after June 30, 2002, to participate in IFF competitions if there are debts to IFF that are either not paid or that there is a plan to settle them with a deadline decided by the IFF. Latvia and Hungary are in debt to IFF. IFF have good discussions and negotiations with the both parties and, for sure, a solution will be settled. The CB decided to approve the report. §
5 World Championships The CB decided to approve the report. b)
WFC 2003 & 2004 negotiations and contracts The CB decided to approve the report and give the right to IFF President Tomas Eriksson and vice President John Liljelund to sign the WFC 2003 contract with the Swiss FA. c)
WFC U19 men 2003 – contract Czech Floorball Union The CB decided to approve the report, and approve the contract between the IFF and the CFBU concerning the U19 men WFC 2003. d)
WFC Qualification – confirmation of email decision The CB has, in an email decision, decided that the A-Division and the B-Division of the Men’s World Championships 2004 will consist of 10 teams each, that no team will be relegated from the A-Division of the WFC 2002 and that two teams, the teams in the B-Division final of WFC 2002, will be promoted to the A-Division of the WFC 2004. Further the CB has decided that a C-Division/WFC Qualification, qualifying for the WFC 2006, will be played, preferably regionally organized, during 2004. The CB decided to confirm the email decision, and to forward to RACC to propose playing system for a potential C- Division during the calendar year 2004 until the next CB meeting. Mr. Orlando reported on the
information, the decision above included, given in the technical
meetings. §
6 European
Cups The
CB decided to approve the report,
and approve the contract between the IFF and the CFBU concerning the
European Cup finals in January 2003. b)
EC qualification rounds in August 2003, 2004 – contract CFbU The CB decided to approve the report, and approve the contract between the IFF and the CFBU concerning the Qualifications for the European Cup 2003 and 2004. §
7 Reports ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Decision by the Central Board of the International
Floorball Federation (IFF) concerning Helsingfors IFK May 7th,
2002 Dear
Sirs, The
Central Board of IFF has, represented by its President and vice
President, ruled on the case Helsingfors IFK, a complaint filed by the
IFF RACC chairman in connection with the European Cup 2001 in Sweden. Excerpts
from the minutes of the CB- meeting in Helsinki April 13th,
2002: §
7 reports d) DC The
CB notes that the Disciplinary Committee has not made any decisions in
the two cases Outlaws FFK and Helsingfors IFK from EC January 2002.
The RACC filed a report to the DC in January 14, 2002 concerning
incidents at the European Cup in Sweden. Although that over three
months have passed the DC has not made any decision. A discussion
followed concerning the IFF Juridical regulations. The
CB decided to revoke the cases from the DC and to put forward to Mr.
Eriksson and Mr. Liljelund to, on behalf of the CB of IFF, decide in
these two cases in accordance with the Juridical Regulations of IFF. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The
IFF has not received any answer from Helsingfors IFK, though numerous
attempts via email, on the RACC complaint filed on January 12th,
2002. The RACC´s complaint is enclosed (see enclosure 1), which in
short was due to the fact that HIFK did not attend the EC 2001 second
technical meeting. The
CB of IFF notices that the IFF Juridical regulations from 1998 are
applicable, II Sports Sanctions. The CB notices further that the
sanctions in mind could have been imposed by the RACC Jury itself
during the EC, or afterwards been put forth to IFF DC or IFF CB for
heavier sanctions, see article § 3.2. The
CB of IFF concludes that Helsingfors IFK has failed to comply with the
IFF Competition Regulations for club teams article § 15. The
IFF CB decides as follows. Helsingfors IFK is fined according to IFF
Juridical Regulations, II Sport Sanctions article § 1.3, (version
1998 decided by Congress 1998), with 1.000 CHF for not attending the
European Cup second technical meeting according to article § 15
Competition Regulations for club teams. The fine shall be paid within
30 days, i.e. be IFF at hand latest June 7th, 2002. An
eventual appeal shall be IFF Appeal Committee at hand latest 21 days
after the IFF decision, i.e. May 28th, 2002. Decision
taken by Mr Tomas Eriksson, IFF President, and Mr John Liljelund, IFF
vice President, unanimous decision. The CB decided to confirm the decision. It
was noted that if the fine is not settled within 6 months this will
lead to another disciplinary matter. §
8 Member Associations The
CB noted the information and will inform the Congress under CB reports. b)
Letter from the Netherlands – alternative membership fee The
CB noted the letter and the reply from Mr. Eriksson. c)
Membership applications The
CB noted that if at least one of these applications will be approved
before March 31, 2003, the IFF would be able to apply for ordinary
membership of GAISF. §
9 IFF Congress in Hartwall Areena, Helsinki May 24, 2002 at
10:00 §
10 Next CB meeting §
11 Closing of the meeting |