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Proposals of the S&PTC for Changes in The INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION Communication No. 2156 AGENDA OF THE 57th ORDINARY CONGRESS SEVILLE - 2018 1 Time Schedule Sunday, June 3 09.00 to 12.00 Council Meeting Technical Committee Meetings 12.00 to 14.00 Lunch 14.00 to 17.00 Council Meeting Technical Committee Meetings 18.00 Welcome reception hosted by the Federacion Española de Deportes de Hielo Monday, June 4 09.00 – 12.30 (approx) Congress – agenda items A.1 – A.16 12.30 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 15.30 (approx) Workshops (held simultaneously divided by Branch) Technical Rule amendments Figure Skating Branch (as per Art. 33, para 9.d) Technical Rule amendments Speed Skating Branch (as per Art. 32, para 9.d) 16.00 - 17.00 Congress – agenda items A.17-A.19 17.15 - 18.00 Election voting procedure rehearsal Tuesday, June 5 09.00 - 12.30 Congress – agenda items A.18-A.19 12.30 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 17.00 Congress – agenda items A18-A.19 Wednesday, June 6 09.00 - 12.30 Congress – agenda items A.18-A.19 (if not completed before) Alternatively to be held simultaneously Speed Skating Branch Session – agenda items B.1-B.11 Figure Skating Branch Session – agenda items C.1-C.11 12.30 - 14.00 Lunch 14.30 Excursion 20:00 Dinner hosted by the Federacion Española de Deportes de Hielo Thursday, June 7 09.00 - 12.30 Speed Skating Branch Session – agenda items B.1-B.11 Figure Skating Branch Session – agenda items C.1-C.11 12.30 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00 – 17.00 Speed Skating Branch Session – agenda items B.1-B.11 Figure Skating Branch Session – agenda items C.1-C.11 Friday, June 8 09.00 – 11.00 (approx.) Congress – agenda items D.20-D.31 11.00 – 11.30 (approx.) Speed Skating Branch Session – agenda items B.12-B.17 11.30 – 12.15 (approx.) Figure Skating Branch Session – agenda items C.12-C.18 12.15 – 13.00 (approx.) Congress – agenda items D.32-D.37 13.00 – 14.00 (approx.) Opening Doors – Tributes - Cocktails 20.00 – 24.00 Closing Banquet hosted by the ISU 2 I. AGENDA OF THE 57th ORDINARY CONGRESS SEVILLE 2018 A. Congress 1. Opening of Congress by the President. 2. Verification that Congress has been duly convened according to the Constitution. 3. Election of a secretary to record the minutes of Congress Meetings. 4. i) Verification of the qualifications of representatives and of their right to vote through circulation of a list of representatives among Congress Delegates and subsequent confirmation by the Congress. ii) electronic roll call of ISU Members to establish the presence of ISU Members and corresponding majorities. 5. Election of two scrutineers of the minutes of Congress Meetings. 6. Election of a drafting committee, consisting of at least three members, to draft the final text of the proposals adopted concerning the Constitution, its Procedural Provisions and the General Regulations. 7. Approval of the Agenda. 8. Approval of the Minutes of the previous Congress. 9. Biennial report by the President. 10. Biennial report by the Coordinator of the Development Commission. 11. Report by the Treasurer/Director General. 12. Report by the Legal Advisors. 13. Questions and objections and Appeals, if any against decisions of the Council, the Director General, the Sports Directors and Technical Committees during the period since the last Congress, not otherwise acted upon by the Disciplinary Commission including approval of ISU Communications requiring continued validity in line with Article 28, paragraph 3. Communications requiring continued validity: The relevant Communications are listed below. Communications informing about Decisions of the ISU Disciplinary Commission and/or the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), are not listed but remain valid. The Communications “Decisions of the Council” including routine decisions such as allotments of ISU Events, Membership issues, Appointments, World Record homologations and other information/statistics are not listed but remain valid. If any decision taken at the 2018 Congress would result in any of the below mentioned Communications to become obsolete or incomplete, such Communication would have to be updated as soon as possible after the 2018 Congress. Communications requiring continued validity: No. 1265 Cut Resistant Clothing in Short Track Speed Skating No. 1540 Figure Skating - Use of papers/documents by Figure Skating Judges during competitions No. 1776 Guidelines for Short Track Speed Skating Regional Courses and Seminars for Officials No. 1898 Evaluation of Officials Performance in Short Track Speed Skating No. 1922 ISU Anti-Doping Rules No. 1954 Initiatives and measures for the promotion of Short Track Speed Skating No. 2001 ISU Disciplinary Commission – Rules of Procedure No. 2024 Single & Pair Skating, Ice Dance & Synchronized Skating – Guidelines for International Novice Competitions No. 2026 ISU Samples Long-Term Storage and Reanalyze Policy 3 No. 2028 Personalized helmets and dedicated numbers for Short Track Speed Skating No. 2030 Rule 109, Citizenship/Residence Requirements and Clearance Procedure No. 2034 Figure Skating Music Rules 343 and 823 (valid until amendment of Rules after 2018 ISU Congress) No. 2035 Rules of Procedure for Officials Assessment Commission – Evaluation of Judging – Assessments for the Figure Skating Branch No. 2038 Mass start races at ISU Speed Skating Events: Safety Measures and Racing Rules No. 2043 ISU Athletes Commission Elections No. 2049 On Ice Medical Emergencies in Figure Skating Protocol No. 2052 ISU Development Program No. 2055 Uniform/Racing Suits/Clothing No. 2071 Obligations of Members No. 2096 Officials’ remuneration for ISU Figure Skating Events No. 2098 Rules of Procedure for Officials Assessment Commission, Evaluation of Judging, Assessments for the Figure Skating Branch No. 2099 List of Officials Speed Skating and Short Track Speed Skating (valid until issuing of new Communication in August 2018) No. 2104 ISU Code of Ethics No. 2105 Status of Skaters subject to a period of ineligibility following an Anti-Doping Rule violation No. 2111/ 2120/2137 List of Officials Figure Skating - (valid until issuing of new Communication in August 2018) No. 2117 ISU Anti-Doping Procedures No. 2128 Short Track Rinkboard Padding No. 2148 Ice Dance – Requirements for Technical Rules season 2018/19 No. 2151 ISU Challenger Series in Figure Skating Season 2018/19 Other Communications published after the issuing of the Congress Agenda and as indicated by the Chair. 14. Report of the decisions of the Disciplinary Commission during the period since the last Congress. 15. Report by the auditors with respect to the financial administration of the ISU since the last Congress, the approval thereof and the discharge of the Council, Director General, Treasurer and Sports Directors with respect thereto. 16. Objections to nominations for elected positions. 17 Approval of Motions concerning amendments to the Constitution and its Procedural Provisions and General Regulations specifically designated and summarized in the Agenda as “Drafting Matters” and approval of these “Drafting Matter” Motions and/or referral of certain of those Motions identified as such for debate and vote. The following Motions labeled as DRAFTING MATTERS have been identified: No. 27. 18. Motions concerning amendments to the Constitution and its Procedural Provisions. 19. Motions concerning amendments to the General Regulations. B. Branch of Special Representatives for Speed Skating 1. Opening of the meeting by the Vice President. 2. Election of a secretary to record the minutes of the meetings of the Branch. 3. Verification of the qualifications of the Speed Skating representatives and of their right to vote. 4. Election of two scrutineers of the minutes. 5. Election of a drafting committee, consisting of at least three members, to draft the final text of proposals adopted concerning the Speed Skating Regulations and election of a similar drafting committee for the Short Track Speed Skating Regulations. 6. Approval of the Agenda. 4 7. Report by the Vice President on the Speed Skating activities of the past two years. 8. Approval of Motions concerning amendments to the Special Regulations Speed Skating and Short Track Speed Skating specifically designated and summarized in the Agenda as “Drafting Matters” and approval of these “Drafting Matter” Motions and/or referral of certain of those Motions identified as such for debate and vote. The following Motions labeled as DRAFTING MATTERS have been identified: none. 9. Motions concerning amendments to the Special Regulations Speed Skating and Short Track Speed Skating. 10. Reports by the Chair of the Speed Skating and Short Track Speed Skating Technical Committees concerning proposed amendments to the Technical Rules for Speed Skating and for Short Track Speed Skating. The Reports shall include: a) A summary of proposals and comments received from ISU Members, the Council and the Sports Directors that were submitted to the respective Technical Committee in line with the Procedural Provisions to the Constitution (A. Congress) and during Workshops at the beginning of the Congress; b) A summary of input received from Coaches, Skaters and Officials; c) A summary of the most significant conclusions reached by the respective Technical Committees and the most significant changes proposed; d) A detailed summary of amendments to the proposed Technical Rule changes included in the agenda, as worked out by the respective Technical Committee and Sports Directors and approved by the respective Vice President further to discussions during the workshops at the beginning of the Congress. 11. Presentation by ISU Members of objections to proposed Technical Rule changes and subsequent vote upon such objections. Any objection requires a second ISU Member to support the objection and subsequently a simple majority to become effective. Such objection may only propose not to accept the change, it cannot propose any amendment. A Rule in the Technical Rules may not change or amend a rule included in the Constitution or in the General Regulations or in the Special Regulations (Article 11, paragraph 2.b) of the 2016 ISU Constitution).
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