ORIENTEERING CANADA Published by the Canadian Orienteering Federation #408 - 1600 Jarno4 Naismith Drive Gloucester, Ontario 1C111 SN4 Tel: (613) 748-5649 FAX: (613) 742 -5402 OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE CANADIAN ORIENTEERING FEDERATION Vol. 23 No. 3 FALL 1995 ISSN 0227-6658 CONTENTS 1995 SILENT AUCTION National Offices News Silent Auction.. 1 1-feld at the CANADA '95 Closing Banquet, July 25, a COF Annual Meeting Report 2 joint effort by COF and the Foothills Wanderers OC, Bjorn Kjellstrom ... 3 generated $1,857.60. COF and FWOC each receiving C 0 F Drops 4 $928.80. international News .. ..... 5 Simpler Meets _ . . 6 On behalf of the COF, I extend sincere thanks to: Canadian Championships Report/Re-suits . 7-15 World Championship Report 16-18 • M DinberE of FWOC for their efforts in soliciting items items Available from COF 19 and assisting at the, Auction. COF Addresses .20 * The Calgary and Bragg Creek business community 'for donations of Auction items. * COF members who donated items. A list of donors NATIONAL OFFICE NEWS will be published in the next issue 0-Canada. The National Office is now a 'One person operation' with the * Members and visitors who bid on items. Whether o 'one person' juggling several hats and trying to dispel the adage not successful, yoUr participation was important. "you can't teach an old dog new tricks". * For the second time in three years the 'Big Spender" Staff reduction has not meant a reduction in mail, telephone award goes to Bill Jarvis (Toronto OC), with his purchase calls, orders, etc. Word processing helps offset limited typing of a "Heart Rate Monitor". skills and 'Voice Mail' assists with telephone calls. A set of three *Handpainted Ukrainian eggs' donated Internet service has been installed and offers excellent com- by Vera Malanczyj, (Ukrainian OC) was the most "Hotly munication possibilities with members, public, other federations, contested' item, necessitating a."Special Auction 7 Within etc. A COP 'Home Page', will be developed to provide; provin- the Auction to determine the successful bidder - Dave cial association and club addresses, telephone numbers; meet Talient (rwicadus OC). schedules; results; etc. Many federations have 'Home Pages'. * A list of donors will be published in the next issue. The COF now has an e-mail address: ckirktrtm,cdnsport.ca. Tax donation receipts will be issued to donors for the NOTE: ORIENTEERING CANADA With reports on the amount their item sold for. Annual Meeting, Canadian Championships/Results, World Championships, etc. it was necessary to increase to 20 pages. Special THANK YOU's to: Nancy Craig (Co-ordinator), These events occurred since the July issue and could not be held SUS211 Ridley (Cashier), Bonnie Cartmell (Auctioneer). back to the Winter issue. The magazine is compiled in 4 page modules and when the essential content reached 17 pages it was necessary to expand to 20. 1995 COF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING REPORT The 1995 AGM was held Tuesday, July 18, at Big Valley, 6. 1997 COC Update Report, Mapping has been completed Alberta. Delegates from every association except British and Course Planner and Controller appointed. The COC will Columbia attended. be part of a 5-Day event.( 2 Day COC + 1 Day Short + 2 Day Western Canadian Championships). Competition will be 1, COF President. Jack Forsyth, outlined the severity and in August, (exact dates not yet known). impact of the government funding cuts. After many years of having a funded national office and staff we will revert to a 7, 1998 COC and NAOC Awarded to British Columbia, volunteer based operation in early 1996. OABC plan to organize a week of 0 events including a 5-Day competition: COC,(a Days), a midweek event, NAOC, (2 The COF will still exist but operate in a different manner. Days). The competitions will be held in mid August. Services and programmes will be developed/offered based on available funds with 'user fee' principles applied. 1.11trigsliameage4152 R liAL Directors, Nancy Craig, Jim Lee and Tech. Dir. Lyman Jones, spent consider- 2, Vice President - Finance. Jim Lee. presented: A. The able time over the last 18 months analyzing results, data, 1995 1994-95 Audited Statement; B. Revised 1995-96 Operating revised IOF Rules, etc. to ensure revisions reflected current Budget (approved at April Board meeting); C, Projected 1996- standards in Canada and adhered to the IOF Rules. 97 Operating Budget. Budgets were approved. 9. Reporting of Number of Members. Motion "Associations shall report the total number of members in the previous ). Election of Officers, The Vice President - Finance and 2 calendar year prior to the AGM, with the number verified two year term Director positions were open. Jim Lee, VP - correct by each association president". CARRIED Finance, and Nancy Craig, Director, stood for re-election. Director, Stig Skarborn, did not seek re-election. 10, Future Voting Procedures and Affiliation Fees, A. Vice President - Finance. Mr. Jim Lee re-elected. A. Voting and Affiliation Fees Motion "Shall be based on the reported Full Members by association's as submitted on B. Directors. Nancy Craig, (Alberta), Gabrielle Savard the COF AGM association report form". CARRIED (Ontario) and Mr. Ray St. Laurent (New Brunswick) were nominated. Nancy Craig withdrew her nomination. B. Annual Affiliation Fees. Motion "That the total fee to be Directors Elected: Gabrielle Savard and Ray St. Laurent. recovered through the associations be established on the basis of the approved budget". CARRIED NOTE: The day after the AGM, Gabrielle Savard C Motion "Fees will be based on the ratio of the total declined. She recently moved to Calgary to attend medical number of members in an association to the total number of school and is unable to accept the position of Director. members. CARRIED 4. 1996 COC Update Report. Meet Director, Pat de St. 11 Maximum COCINAOC Entry Fee Discontinued. Croix, advised the following schedule of events. Motion "The COC/NAOC entry fees be at the discretion of August 9, Training Day; August 10, COC Day 1; August 11, the organizers. COP meet levies will remain at $5.00/all COC Day 2; August 12, Festival Relay; August 13, 'A' participants/day". CARRIED Meet; August 14, Short Distance Championship. 12, 1996 Annual Meeting Date and Location. Motion "The August 17-25, U.S.A. 6-Day (on 1993 WOC areas/maps) 1996 AGM be held in Toronto in November" CARRIED COF Event in conjunction with 1996 COC The president 13, National Team Fundraising Meet. Motion "Associations reminded delegates there will be no COF Office with paid will designate an 'O' meet in June every year as a National staff in 1996. Events organised by COF mean involvement of Team Fund Raising Meet and the Meet proceeds contributed volunteers from all associations. "COF means everyone". to the National Team Fund'. CARRIED COF will not organize a SILENT AUCTION in 1996 14. AGM Travel Equalization Fee, Motion "All associations COF will organize a 'B' Meet in conjunction with the COC. pay the Travel Equalization Fee whether they attend the AGM Date preference: 1. Mon. August 12. 2. Thurs. August 15. 3. or not, including the 1995 AGM". CARRIED Thurs. August 8. To be determined with COC organizer. 2 BJORN KJELLSTROM 1910 - 1995 One of North America's orienteering pioneers, Bjorn In 1984 Bjorn made another 'paid trip' award. This time 'A Kjellstrom, passed away on August 26, while on a visit trip for two to the 1985 World Championship in Australia". to his native Sweden. He would have been 85, Sept.9. To be eligible it was necesary to obtain 5 new members to the COF during the 1984 membership year. The draw was made Most Canadian orienteers never met Mr. Kjellstrom but by Mr. Kjellstrom with the winner being Gary Feeney, Grand all will know of him through the Silva company he Falls, New Brunswick. founded and the Silva compass he helped develop. In 1975 he sold Silva USA to Johnson Wax and in 1980 his Bjorn was a top orienteer in Sweden in the 1930's and shares in Silva Sweden to present owner, Hans Gunnar with his brothers, Arvid and Alvar, formed a Relay team Tillander (son of the inventor of the Silva compass). that won many titles including two Swedish champion- ships. The sale of Silva Canada to Johnson Worldwide Associates (JWA) in 1985, was his last connection with the company he While in his teens he experimented with compasses in founded, although he remained in regular contact with Silva an effort to improve his technical skills and at the age of Sweden and JWA until the time of his death. 19 founded the Silva company. Combining resources with those of another young orienteer/inventor, Gunnar Those priviliged to have met Bjorn Kjellstrom will remember Tillander, led to the development of the Silva protractor a tall, blonde, healthy and distinguished looking gentleman baseplate compass. He had a presence often associated with ambassadors or diplomats and could probably have handled either career with As part of the company's expansion plans Bjorn moved distinction. to the United States in the late 1940's. In 1946 he formed Silva USA and in 1948, Silva Canada. In recent years his health deteriorated and he did not venture too often from his home in Pound Ridge, New York. He Although Bjorn was not personally active in the develop- attended some of the 1993 WOC events in the West Point, mental years of Canadian orienteering his company New York area. Although his once robust frame was much played a major role. less imposing and the blonde hair now silver he remained the same dignified gentleman we knew and will remember. Prior to the COF establishing an office in the Canadian Sport Administration Centre, Silva Canada was the Mr.