| Communication No. 1188: Decisions of the ISU Council |
The ISU Council held meetings on October 11-13, 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland. The following decisions were taken during this meeting (this Communication does not include items that have been dealt with in previous, separate Communications):
1. Allotment of ISU Championships In accordance with Rule 127 of the ISU Regulations the Council provisionally allotted the following Championship for 2005: World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, March 5-6, 2005 Korea Skating Union: Chuncheon/Korea 2. ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2003/4 The Council decided that the 2003/4 Junior Grand Prix events will be held as follows: Event 1 September 11 - 14, 2003 Sofia BUL Event 2 September 18 - 21, 2003 Bratislava SVK Event 3 September 25 - 28, 2003 Mexico City MEX Event 4 October 02 - 05, 2003 Ostrava CZE Event 5 October 09 - 12, 2003 Bled SLO Event 6 October 16 - 19, 2003 Nagano JPN Event 7 October 22 - 26, 2003 Zagreb CRO Event 8 October 30-November 02, 2003 Gdansk POL Final December 11 - 14, 2003 Malmö SWE 3. Coaches Commission The Council decided to appoint Mr. Oleg Vasiliev and Mr. Ki-Hoon Kim to the Coaches Commission. The composition of the ISU Coaches Commission is therefore as follows: Günter Schumacher (GER) Speed Skating Chairperson Donald Laws (USA) Figure Skating / Singles Co-Chairperson Cathy Dalton (CAN) Synchronized Skating Ki-Hoon Kim (KOR) Short Track Speed Skating Krisztina Regöczy (HUN) Ice Dance Oleg Vasiliev (RUS) Figure Skating / Pairs 4. Composition of Development Commission and administrative follow-up The Council confirmed the continuation of the ISU Development Program basically in line with previous ISU Communications Nos. 1017, 1085 and 1126. The Coordinator of the Commission will be György Sallak. The day-to-day activity of the Development Program will be overseen by the two ISU Vice Presidents while the ISU President will supervise compliance with the overall policy decided by the Council. The administrative procedures and controls are under the supervision of the ISU General Secretary. 5. ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating Management Commission The Council decided to appoint Ms. So-Hee Kim to the Management Commission in place of Jun-Ho Lee. The composition of the Management Commission is therefore as follows: Jean R. Dupré (CAN) Chairperson Brad Goskowicz (USA) Wilfred O'Reilly (GBR) So-Hee Kim (KOR) 6. Composition of Skaters' Representatives The Council decided to appoint Magnus Enfeldt and Mathieu Turcotte as Skaters' Representatives. The composition of the Skaters' Representatives is therefore as follows: Amber Corwin (USA) Figure Skating / Singles Magnus Enfeldt (SWE) Speed Skating Anthony Liu (AUS) Figure Skating / Singles Sylvia Nowak (POL) Ice Dance Mathieu Turcotte (CAN) Short Track Speed Skating Yang Yang (A) (CHN) Short Track Speed Skating 7. Applications for reinstatement as an eligible person The Council decided to accept the applications of the following to be reinstated as eligible persons: Christoff Beck (AUT) Trixi Schuba (AUT) Albert Zaydman (ISR) 8. Recognition of new World Records Speed Skating Upon the recommendation of the Speed Skating Technical Committee, based on the decisions of the 2002 Congress, the Council has recognized the following World records: Men 2 x 500 m Hiroyasu Shimizu JPN Salt Lake City 10.03.01 68,96 (34,64 + 34.32) Ladies 2 x 500 m Catriona LeMay Doan CAN Salt Lake City 09.03.01 74,72 (37,43 + 37,29) 9. Restructuring Commission The Council, following the decision of the ISU Congress, discussed in detail the role and formation of the Restructuring Commission. More details, including information about the individuals involved, will be published in a separate communication as soon as the composition of the Commission has been finalized. The mission of the Commission is to review the fundamental structure and administration of the ISU, legal aspects, including ethical violations and ISU regulations, relations between decision-making and advisory bodies and other areas as appropriate, and report back with proposals for restructuring to the Congress in 2004. 10. Venue and date of June 2003 Council meeting and Office Holders Conference and date and place of Autumn 2003 Council meeting The Council agreed that the June 2003 Council meeting and Office Holders Conference will take place on June 1-4, 2003 (arrival May 31, departure June 5). The venue is to be confirmed. The Autumn 2003 Council meeting will take place in Geneva on November 7-9, 2003. Milan, Ottavio Cinquanta, President October 25, 2002 Lausanne, Fredi Schmid, General Secretary