8.E 49 EC 06 / 09 Report to the 49th ANOC Executive meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.
MEETINGS
Annual General Assembly
The 2009 ONOC General Assembly and associated meetings were held in Queenstown, New Zealand on the 31st March and the 1st April 2009. Prior to the General Assembly, ONOC held joint workshops with representatives of the Olympic Sports Federations of Oceania (OSFO) covering a number of areas of mutual interest to both organizations.
During the course of the meeting, presentations were made by 2009 Pacific Mini Games, Rarotonga, Cook Islands 2010 Youth Olympic Games, Singapore 2011 Pacific Games, Noumea, New Caledonia 2012 Olympic Games, London, GBR
The 4 cities bidding for the right to host the 2016 Olympic Games from Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid also made presentations to the Assembly as did 5 of the 7 sports shortlisted to be included on the Olympic programme in 2016 (Baseball, Karate, Rugby 7’s, Softball and Squash).
ONOC Executive for the 2009 – 2012 Olympiad.
Kevan Gosper, the President of ONOC since 1989 did not seek reelection and was replaced by Robin Mitchell who has served as Secretary General of ONOC since 1993. The new office bearers of the ONOC include :
President : Robin Mitchell (FIJ, IOC Member) Vice President : Barry Maister (NZL, NOC Secretary General) Secretary General : Ricardo Blas (GUM, NOC President) Executive Members : Joe Carlo (VAN, NOC President) Jim Tobin (FSM, NOC Secretary General) Ken Tupua (ASA, NOC Secretary General) Mrs Baklai Temengil (PLW, NOC Secretary General) 49th ANOC Executive Council Meeting – Lausanne, 14.06.2009 – Report by the Vice-President for Oceania 1 The IOC Members in Oceania are also part of the ONOC Executive : Kevan Gosper, Phil Coles, John Coates (all from AUS) together with ONOC Athletes Commission Chair : Barbara Kendall (NZL).
Kevan Gosper was duly acknowledged for his contribution to the region in an emotional farewell function in the presence of IOC President Jacques Rogge, ONOC and international representatives on the final night of the Assembly.
As a result of the elections, the ONOC Headquarters as required by our constitution is based with the new ONOC Secretary General Ricardo Blas in Guam. The ONOC Secretariat continues to operate from the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in Suva, Fiji and provides the technical support to the region.
Executive Board Meetings
Since the last General Assembly, the ONOC Executive Board has met in Melbourne in December 2008 and in Queenstown on the 30th March 2009 just before the 2009 General Assembly.
Regional Olympic Forum ONOC Secretaries General Meeting, Suva, Fiji.
NOC Secretaries General and a number of NOC Administrators met in late October / early November 2008 in Suva FIJ to review the 2005 – 2008 ONOC Programs in the region, the region’s performances at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and to focus on new initiatives for the 2009 – 2012 Olympiad.
Alongside this meeting, Part One of an Advanced Sport Management Course was also delivered for selected NOC participants. This was a pilot course aimed at testing the delivery of the new IOC “Management of Olympic Sports Organisations” training materials. The second part of the course was delivered immediately prior to the 2009 ONOC Annual General Assembly in Queenstown, New Zealand.
The Olympic Solidarity World Program “Regional Forums” financed a major part of the costs for these meetings.
The 2009 Olympic Forum was held in Queenstown after the ONOC General Assembly and covered two areas :