PROPOSALS FROM THE IFF CENTRAL BOARD

 

1) Proposed Vision of IFF

The CB proposes the Congress to decide that the IFF vision shall be:

“To become the true efficient governing body of a internationally recognised sport, played on five continents with over 50 members before year 2012 and have participated in one or more international multi-sport events (IWGA - World Games, FISU - Universiade). To be recognised by the IOC before the year 2006 and to be an Olympic sport before year 2020.”

 

 

2) Proposed changes of statutes for IFF

The CB proposes to the Congress to decide about the following changes in the Statutes:

a) Article 34.2 The Bodies of the Central Board are:

The system for approval of floorball equipment has been in full force since 01.05.1999.

The CB has come to the conclusion that the handling of material issues is more of a function than a work of a Committee. Due to this the CB is of the opinion that there is no need of a separate committee to handle the material issues. 
 

The CB therefore proposes the Congress to decide to delete point f) Material Committee (MC) and to put forward to the IFF CB to make the editorial changes that follows on the decision.

 

b) Article 13.4: Change provisional membership from two year cycles to four year cycles

The IFF has two kinds of memberships for Associations – provisional membership and ordinary membership.

The last years has showed that the development required to change status from provisional to ordinary member is a process that requires a longer time than assumed in the statutes. Due to this the CB is of the opinion that there is a need to change the statutes in that respect.
 

The CB proposes the Congress to decide to change the provisional membership from two year cycles to four year cycles by changing article 13.4 to be “The provisional membership has to be recalled by the CB every four years. Otherwise it gets lost.”  

 

c) Article 23.2: Change provisional membership fee

The IFF has, this far, in many aspects treated a provisional member equal to an ordinary member i.e. by inviting also provisional members to participate in the IFF competitions. This might have led to a situation where striving for an ordinary membership of IFF has had a low priority.

To implement a certain amount of pressure for the provisional members to fasten the process to become ordinary members the CB opinion is that the size of the membership fee could be one way to go.
 

The CB proposes the Congress to change the membership fee for provisional members concerning the Associations having been provisional members for four years by adding the following text to article 23.2: “After four years as a provisional member an ordinary members full fee shall be paid regardless of having applied for ordinary membership or not.

 

d) Article 35.1: Change the composition of the Central Board

The CB proposes the Congress to decide to change the composition of the Central Board from the Congress 2006 by changing article 35.1 to be:

“The CB, elected by the Congress, shall consist of a President and six members. Not more than one person per Nation may be elected as member of the Central Board. In case of a draw in a CB voting the President’s vote is decisive.”

3) Material Regulations

The valid version of the Material Regulations was decided by the Congress 1998. Since then a lot of experiences has been made and the requirements from both players and manufacturers has developed.

In co-operation with the Swedish Testing and Research Institute – SP and the manufacturers of floorball equipment a new version of the Material Regulations has been worked out.
 

The CB proposes the Congress to approve the Material Regulations Edition 2002 to be in force from 01.07.2002.

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Major changes of the Material Regulations Edition 2002

- 1.3.2 Completion concerning the marking of the face mask according to appendix 26.

- 1.6     Completion and clarification.

- 2.1.1 Clarification concerning the blade.

- 2.1.3  Changes of the text.

            a) stick length maximum 1120 mm (earlier 1100 mm).

            b) completion

            e) blade radius maximum 270 mm (earlier 260 mm).

- 2.1.4   Stiffness of the shaft 23 mm (earlier 25 mm).

             No individual value less than 20 mm (earlier 22 mm).

- 2.1.6    Blade radius maximum 270 mm (earlier 260 mm).

- 2.2.3    Completion concerning the surface of the ball.

- 2.3.2    The demand concerning drop net attachment bar is stricken.

- 2.5.3    Completion concerning other marking of the face mask.

- 3          Completion concerning contents of in-house testing journals.

- 4          Completely rewritten, mainly due to the new sanction system.

- 5.3       Completion and clarification.

- 5.7       Completion and clarification, division SP - IFF


Appendix 1

- 4          References updated.

- 5.2.5.2  Addition shaft length at testing..

- 5.2.7.1  Changed to 270 mm (earlier 260 mm).

- 5.2.7.3  Changed to 270 mm (earlier 260 mm).

- 5.2.7.4  Changed to 270 mm (earlier 260 mm).

- 5.4.2.3  The demand concerning drop net attachment is stricken.

- 5.4.5.3  The demand concerning that the drop net shall be attached to the crossbar is stricken.

 
Appendix 5  Ordering of certification marks

- The price for stick marks is updated.


Appendix 6  Report

- Design and information is updated.

 
Appendix 9 - 25            

- Drawings are updated accordingly.

 
Appendix 26  Marking of face mask

- New appendix.