To the INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION - Members of the Alpine Committee Blochstrasse 2 - Members of the Alpine Conference 3653 Oberhofen/Thunersee

For information to: Switzerland - see next page Tel +41 33 244 61 61 Fax +41 33 244 61 71

Oberhofen, 06.06.2018

Minutes Alpine Committee Westin Resort Costa Navarino (GRE), Wednesday, 16.05.2018 Dear Ski Friends, We have pleasure in sending you today the Minutes of the Meeting of the Alpine Committee meeting held in Costa Navarino (GRE), 16th May 2018. You are kindly asked to send any remarks to the FIS Office in Oberhofen no later than 30th June 2018. We would also like to take the opportunity of informing you that the minutes are available on the Member Services section of the FIS Website: www.fis-ski.com. Thank you very much for your valuable contribution. Kindest regards,

Bernhard Russi Janez Fleré Chairman Alpine Committee Alpine Technical Coordinator

FIS Staff - Atle Skaardal, FIS - Markus Waldner, FIS - Jean Phillippe Vulliet, FIS - Hannes Trinkl, FIS - Markus Mayr, FIS - Emmanuel Couder, FIS - Andreas Krönner, FIS - Mike Kertesz, FIS - Peter Gerdol, FIS - Daniel Defago, FIS - Jenny Wiedecke, FIS - Juerg Capol, FIS

Other Committees, Working Groups - Horst Hüttel, GER, Nordic Combined Committee - Vegard Ulvang, NOR, Cross-Country Committee - Mika Kojonkoski, FIN, Jumping Committee - Aki Murasato, JPN, Equipment Committee - Rudi Huber, SRS - Hubert Hörterer, GER, Medical Committee - Chris Moore, CAN, Legal and Safety Committee - , SWE, Alpine Equipment WG - Daniela Merighetti, ITA, Athletes Commission - Hannes Reichelt, AUT, Athletes Commission

Organisers OWG/WSC - OC OWG 2018 Pyeong Chang, KOR - OC WSC 2019 Are, SWE - OC YOWG 2020 Lausanne, SUI - OC WSC 2021 Cortina, ITA - OC OWG 2022 Beijing, CHN - OC WSC 2023 Meribel Courchevel, FRA

Honorary Members - Stig Ove Gustafsson, SWE - Oskar Fischer, GER - Christian Poley, AUT - Svein Mundal, NOR - Toni Vogrinec, SLO

Minutes FIS Committee for , Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 2 -

INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION Alpine Committee

Invitation Meeting Alpine Committee Wednesday, 16.05.2018, 14:00 hrs, Conference Room “Cosmos 1A/B”

AGENDA 1. Welcome Bernhard Russi

2. Roll Call Janez Fleré

3. Approval of the Agenda Bernhard Russi

4. Approval of the Minutes of the 85th meeting held on October 2017 in Zurich (SUI) Janez Fleré

5. Reports 5.1 Chairman Bernhard Russi

6. Executive Board Bernhard Russi

Sub-Committees / Working Groups: 7. Evaluation 7.1 Data and Timing Working Group Daniel Defago 7.2 Classification of Alpine Competitors Jeff Weinman

8. Ladies' Alpine Skiing Karen Korfanta

9. Alpine Courses Elena Gaja

10. Rules Michael Huber

11. Alpine Technical Delegates Walter Vogel

12. Alpine World Cup Niklas Carlsson 12.1 Working Group Ladies´ Coaches Atle Skaardal 12.2 Working Group Men´s Coaches Markus Waldner

13. Intercontinental Cup Stefano Pirola 13.1 European Cup Herbert Mandl 13.2 Nor-Am Dusan Grasic 13.3 Far East Michihiko Nakamura 13.4 South American Cup Ernesto Cingolani 13.5 Australia New Zealand Cup David Howden

14. Youth Questions Ken Read 14.1 Junior World Ski Championships Peter Gerdol

15. Material and Equipment 15.1 WG for Alpine Equipment Pernilla Wiberg

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 3 -

16. Athletes Commission Daniela Merighetti / Hannes Reichelt

17. Reports from Organisers of the previous and next major championships: 17.1 2018 Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang (KOR) 17.2 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Are (SWE) 17.3 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games, Lausanne (SUI) 17.4 2021 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Cortina (ITA) 17.5 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Beijing (CHN)

18. 2023 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Candidates 18.1 Saalbach Hinterglemm (AUT) 18.2 Meribel - Courchevel (FRA)

20. Questions, Various

21. Next Meetings FIS Autumn Meeting, Zurich (SUI), 25th to 29th September 2018

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 4 -

All proposals and decisions of the FIS Alpine Committee were send for approval of the FIS Council at its Meeting to be held in Costa Navarino (GRE), May 2018

1. Welcome and Opening of the Meeting The Chairman, Bernhard Russi (SUI), welcomed all present to the 86th meeting of the FIS Alpine Committee in Costa Navarino (GRE).

2. Roll Call Janez Fleré (FIS) conducted the roll call (see enclosure). Apologies were received from Claus Ryste (NOR), Janne Leskinen (FIN) members of the Executive Board, David Howden (NZL), Chairman of the Australian New Zealand Cup and Pernilla Wiberg, Chair of the Alpine Working Group.

3. Approval of the Agenda The Agenda, without additions, was unanimously approved.

4. Approval of the Minutes The Minutes of the 85th Meeting held in October 2017 in Zürich (SUI) were unanimously approved without comment.

5. Reports 5.1 Chairman (Bernhard Russi, SUI) The Chairman gave a report. The following are his words verbatim:. “Sunshine and shadows”. The focus of last the winter season was without any doubt the Olympic Winter Games 2018 in PyeongChang (KOR), although we cannot forget our daily business. Our draught horses clearly are: - the World Cup, - the different Continental Cups, as well as - all the other 2’700 FIS competitions which take place all over the world. This is where alpine racing breathes, where it has its tradition, where the fans/followers and the enthusiasm/passion for our sport can be found. During the Olympic Winter Games we faced different challenges. In South-Korea our sports was at the highest level, with exciting, refreshing and partly also surprising performances of our athletes. Apart from that, we were challenged/struggling with unusually strong winds. Nature could only be influenced by competent and clever decisions of our jury members and all competitions were carried out under fair conditions, partly also under excellent weather and snow conditions. The support of the spectators left something to be desired. The partly disappointing spectator stands, the lack of fan clubs as well as the lack of understanding of most of the attendees could not produce the fire of a festive atmosphere. Therefore it‘s not surprising that only at the very last competition, the Team Event, were the stands crowded with enthusiastic spectators The Team Event as a parallel format has taken place for the first time ever in the Olympic Programme and was a huge success. The development of this basic idea shows us that new formats, new revolutionary ideas require a certain time until they are accepted within our sport. In 2005 the Team Event was part of the World Championships Programme and since 2010 it has been included in the World Cup Calendar. Finally after 13 years it has become an Olympic

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 5 -

event. In the meantime we use various formats in parallel events, which will now have to be refined and adapted to various competition levels. The fascinating part of our sport, the artistic movements on snow and ice, the control and handling of speed, the course setting and natural barriers are unfortunately also accompanied by tragic and sad accidents. David Poisson and Max Burkhart did not have the luck that fortunately accompanies most of the alpine racers. The luck to be back on the race slopes only some weeks or month after an injury. They had to pay their love of our sport with their young lives. Time is running fast and will heal deep wounds, but David and Max will always remain in our hearts and will never be forgotten! Similarly, we have to keep in mind that a certain risk always remains in our sport. And that despite ongoing security measures, we have to daily improve and develop our beloved sport.”

6. Executive Board (Bernhard Russi, SUI) There have been three meetings here in Costa Navarino and several matters have been discussed. The following proposal is forwarded to the FIS Council.

Special quotas for Alpine Team Event at World Cup Finals The Executive Board supported the proposal of the National Ski Association of Andorra to invite the host nation to the Alpine Team Event to be held during the World Cup Finals in (AND).

Honorary member The Alpine Committee unanimously proposes that Toni Vogrinec, SLO be named an “honorary member” of the Alpine Committee.

The Alpine Committee supported all proposals

7. Evaluation

7.1 Timing Working Group (Daniel Defago, FIS) The Timing Working Group had its meeting in Zürich and Daniel Defago reported on behalf of the Working Group. The timing device SUMMIT SYSTEMS SRT1000 has expired and it has only been used in Panorama BC (CAN) for 22 races this year. The company is currently investigating if a re- homologation is possible. We propose also to make a small rule change about the synchronization, this rule change should make the work easier for the timekeeper. It will be included in the Rules Sub- Committee proposals. We made also some adjustments for the electronic timing report to be more adapted with the Parallel format and to cover more FIS disciplines too. Electronic time reports will be mandatory for CC, SB and FS. The Timing Working Group has a new member: Tommy Jauhojärvi (CEO EMIT) Norwegian Timing Company, he has a good experience about timing in the lower level CC races.

7.2 Classification of Alpine Competitors (Jeff Weinman, USA) Special Quotas for the Southern. Hemisphere were announced. The following proposal were presented to Alpine Committee for approval:

Special Quotas

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 6 -

7.1.7 Country Groups - For CAN-USA / DEN-FIN-ISL-NOR-SWE / ARG-BOL-BRA-CHI / AUS-FIJ-NZL / CHN- JPN-KOR-MGL-IND-PAK / LBN-ROU-RSA-CYP-LUX-POR-AND-SRB-MON-SMR- IRL): maximum 30 (FRA (Pyrenees) – ESP-AND: 40) for each nation for races organised in a country of that country group. - For the following countries: ARM-BIH-BUL-CRO-CZE-GRE-HUN-KAZ-MNE-SRB- MKD-POL-RUS-SLO-SVK-TUR-IRI-UZB-UKR the quota is 30 in events races organised in one of the bordering countries. - For the following countries: BIH-BUL-SLO-SRB double quota for each nation for races organised in a country of the country group in case race is not filled up to a maximum of 140 racers on the draw board. - For BEL-DEN-LUX-NED / BIH-BUL-CYP-GRE-MKD: the quota of 30 for each nation for races organised in a country of the country group. - For competitions races in LIE the neighboring countries SUI and AUT receive a quota of 30. The organising nation always has a quota according art. 7.1.6.

Validity of the FIS List 5.3. Printing Deadlines and validity of the Individual Lists The printing deadlines and validity dates are published on the FIS website. FIS points lists will be issued every two (2) three (3) weeks during the Northern Hemisphere season.

New F Factor Period 2018/20 DH 1250 SL 730 GS 1010 SG 1190 AC 1360

The Alpine Committee supported all proposals

Minimum FIS penalty alpine events (Downhill, Slalom, , Super G or Alpine Combined), during the past season period, a 50% (>) will be added to his previous BL points. Competitors who are ranked between 1 and 30 on the previous BL will be ranked 31st and they will get the FIS points equivalent to the 31st rank. These competitors must remain registered as active with the FIS.

4.2.1.5 If a competitor drops out of the top 30 of the WCSL at the time of the BL calculation, he will receive his real FIS Points (min. 6 FIS Points). 4.2.1.6 Correction Value (Z) Before the allocation of points for the top 30 WCSL takes place (only at the beginning of the season), a correction value (Z) will be calculated.

4.2.2.2 If a competitor drops out of the top 30 of the WCSL during the current period he will receive his real FIS points if the calculated points are better than the BL (min. 6 FIS Points).

4.3 Integration of the World Cup Starting List (WCSL) The top 30 competitors on the WCSL will be allocated FIS points between 0 (zero) and 5.99.

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 7 -

4.3.1 Formula for the Conversion of the top 30 WCSL WCSL1- WCSLx Ax = WCSL1- WCSL30 * 5.99 WCSL1 = WCSL points of the 1st WCSL WCSL30 = WCSL points of the 30th WCSL WCSLx = WCSL points of the competitor in position x Ax = According to WCSL differences converted FIS points

4.5 Category Adder and Minimum/Maximum-Value The category adder and minimum/maximum values will be published on each current valid FIS points list (1st page).

Category Minimum penalty OWG, WC, WSC: 0.00 COC, ECOM,UVS,WJC: 615.00 NC: 820.00 AWG, CISM, CIT,CITWC, CORP, EQUA, EYOF, FIS, FQUA, JUN, NJC, NJR, UNI, YOG: 923.00 ENL. 46 0.00

4.6.1.2 WCSL Top 30 Athletes who are ranked in the top 30 of the WCSL at the time of their injury and who will be ranked outside top 30 of the WCSL after applying the single penalty according to art. 21.4 of the World Cup rules, will get the better of their normally calculated FIS points for the BL or the points of the rank in the BL FIS point list which equates to their rank in the WCSL.

5.2 Identification * Base List  Injury status protection according art. 4.2.1.4 + Competitors who have only one result in that event during the past season art. 4.2.1.2 (20%) > Competitors who have not obtained results in the event during the past season art. 4.2.1.3 (50%) C Points confirmation - Injured but real points ! Outside top 30 of the WCSL after applying single penalty, art 4.6.2.1

The Alpine Committee supported the proposal after votating (11 favor -3 against)

The Council approved the above changes to the FIS point calculation and minimum penalties from the start of the 2018-2019 season, but not applying the new calculation system retroactively.

Note from Sub-Committee Classification minutes:

During the 2018 FIS Congress in Costa Navarino (GRE), the Council agreed to the proposal to change the minimum penalties for alpine competitions and eliminate the artificial FIS points of the World Cup Start List top 30 athletes (starting 1st July 2018). However, they did not agree to the retroactive application of that change based on the simulation list prepared during the past two seasons.

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 8 -

Based upon that decision, the following procedures will be utilized in FIS alpine competition for season 2018-19: the Base List, seeding of competitions, penalty and race point calculations, and subsequent Normal FIS point lists (NL) will use the same system as in season 2017-18. A parallel system will run using the new minimum penalties of 0/15/20/23/60. That parallel system will score every race using the new minimum. The data developed under that parallel system will be the basis for the 2019-20 Base List (BL). No Normal FIS list (NL) will be produce with the result of the parallel system before 1st July 2019. See below the example how a FIS results will be loaded on the Website:

8. Ladies´Alpine Skiing (Karen Korfanta, USA) World Cup Ladies Race Directors were present at the meeting and several question such as how to increase the number of participants in speed events or how important are the COC level competitions, were answered. The Ladies Seminar was held during the FIS Congress with great success. Two proposals were presented to the Alpine Committee: - to support gender balance FIS Congress proposals; no less than 30% of each gender on every committee. Voting delegates, both genders must be represented one male, one female athlete on Executive Committee, - to proposes Ingrid Christophersen (GBR) named an “honorary member” of the Ladies´ Alpine Skiing Sub-Committee.

9. Alpine Courses (Elena Gaja, ITA) The Sub-Committee Alpine Courses met on Tuesday with 28 members and inspectors present or represented. Since Zurich, 351 homologation certificates were issued, but still 220 open requests are pending in the Data Base, expecting to have some more requests in the next weeks. An update of the operational document called “Inspection Report” that will be adopted from this summer on. As a result of the very good cooperation with the Technical Delegates group, Alpine Courses Sub-Committee has received some TD’s Additional Reports reporting race courses’ shape. During past winter season nine (9) Certificates were suspended, some after Homologation Inspectors’ report and some from TD’s report. The aim is that this good cooperation will last into the future, helping the Alpine Courses Sub-Committee to keep an eye on the race courses’ shape. The main topic has been the discussion and approval of the complete revision of the ICR arts. 650, section related to Homologation Rules and Procedures. Two main goals behind this review: first to clean and update sections that were far out of date and were no reflecting current procedure, and secondly to better define the role of the Homologation Inspector and especially describe his path of nomination, education and training. The members deeply discussed this topic, going through each single article, and the proposed

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 9 -

version has been approved also in the Rules Sub-Committee and forward to the FIS Council after the approval of the Alpine Committee. Finally we have received a request from USA to nominate Ted Sutton as Honorary member of the Sub-Committee.

10. Alpine Rules (Michael Huber, AUT) Some issues left from the last meeting were commented on the meeting. Course length, calculated number of direction changes and revision of the parallel rules will be considered as important items in the next meeting of the sub-committee. The proposal from France to reduce the minimum Vertical Drop in Downhill FIS level competitions was rejected by 12 to 10 by the Sub-Committee. Minor wording proposals were approved unanimously. As urgent matters the following proposals were supported by majority to forward to the Alpine Committee:

Drones over race and training areas 614.1.4 Closing and Modification of the Course A course is closed from the time the course setting begins. Nobody except for the Jury is permitted to change gates, gate panels, markings, etc. or modify the course structure (jumps, bumps, etc.) on a closed course. Competitors are not permitted to enter a closed competition course. Trainers, servicemen etc., who are allowed on a closed competition course are to be decided by the Jury. Photographers and camera teams are allowed into the closed course area for the necessary documentation of the competition. Their total number can be limited by the Jury. They will be located by the Jury where possible and must remain only in this area. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) such as drones or Quadrocopters etc. are not permitted to fly over the closed course area, either during training or the race. The Jury or the Organising Committee may close a course or sections of a course to competitors, trainers, media and service personnel outside of the actual competition or training times for preparation and maintenance purposes.

Note: The Alpine Committee rejected and suggested to review this proposal by Alpine Rules and asked for an updated wording until Fall Meeting in Zuerich (SUI).

Hand Timing (Timing Working Group) Synchronization of Timing System 611.2.1 Electric Timing For all international competitions, FIS World Cup, FIS Continental Cups and FIS competitions, two synchronised electronically isolated timing systems operating in time-of-day must be used. …………………………… Synchronisation of the timing systems must occur as close as possible to the scheduled start for the first run of the daywithin 60 minutes of the start of each run. Synchronisation of all systems must be maintained throughout each run. Timers must not be re-synchronised during any run.

Homologation process (Sub-Committee Alpine Courses) 650 Rules regarding the Homologation of the Courses 650.2 Request The request for the homologation of a course is to be directed to the Sub-Committee for Alpine Courses through the appropriate National Ski Association and accompanied by the documents as per art. 650.3.. 650.3 Recipients

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 10 -

The request must be accompanied by the following documents in multi-page pdf format, sent or given to: 650.3.1 The chairman of the Sub-Committee for Alpine Courses 650.3.2 The appropriate National Ski Association 650.3.3 The applicant 650.3.4 The inspector in charge of the examination 650.34 Documents The request for the homologation of a course must be accompanied by the following six elementsdocuments: 650.34.1 A description of the course, containing: - contact address with telephone number and e-mail. - the name of the course - the geographical location of the course - the type of alpine event(s) for which the homologation is requested (see art.201.6.2) - in case of re-homologation, the old homologation number and the name of the inspector that approved it - the start point expressed in meters above sea level - the finish point expressed in meters above sea level - the vertical drop expressed in meters - the surface length of the course expressed in meters (real developed length) - the average gradient, the maximum gradient, the minimum gradient (in percentages) - emergency evacuation arrangements for injured competitors - possible helicopter landing sites - evacuation distance to the nearest hospital in kilometres and in time, in winter conditions, and medical facilities available on site - possible water supply for the course - artificial snow-making installations - a description of the access facilities to the start and finish areas, and of the uphill transport with hourly capacity, (persons) the turnaround time (time necessary from Finish to Start) - a description of the start and finish areas including details of the terrain, aspect and facilities for journalists, radio and television commentators, and spectators, and description of the shelters for the competitors at the start and finish - a description of the places requiring safety nets - indications of the locations of the loudspeakers - a description of the possibilities for auxiliary courses for the technical services, technical personnel, etc. - a description of the communication system and the available number of lines (pairs) preferably with a circuit diagram showing: type and number of underground/permanent or temporary cables including number of outlets along the course - underground cables - permanent air cable - temporary air cable - cross-section of lines - number of outlets along the course - connections between the finish area and the race office - connections between the finish area and the press centre - details about available radio apparatus - connections between start and finish area

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 11 -

650.34.2 A map, minimum scale 1: 25,000, with contour lines andmap with the course drawn shown on it: this document should show the course’s location within the rest of the ski resort, lifts, other courses, parking lots, etc.. 650.34.3 A 1: 5,000 profile indicating the vertical drop and the length (horizontal and actual (slope), measured on site) of the course (contours at the same scale), including gradients. 650.45 The Homologation Inspector 650.4.1 Description To be proposed to FIS for consideration as International Homologation Inspector, an individual must first be recognized within his NSA as having completed the NSA education and training process (if any) and as having been active and competent as a NSA inspector, for both Speed (DH, SG) and Technical (GS, SL) events. To hold a valid FIS Homologation Inspector license he must have a solid experience of several years in Alpine Skiing competitions like, as an example, NSA Homologation Inspector or FIS TD/Referee or Chief of Race/Course or high level Team Coach/Athlete, and he should have skills about engineering, GIS, architecture, forestry, relevant computer skills and to be physically capable. This experience allows him to assess correctly the suitability of the courses with FIS technical requirements of the requested event (Vertical Drop, Gradient, Width, etc) and especially assess correctly the risks of a given race course; he must inform the Applicant about technical issues and mainly about safety issues for which he must be able to propose solutions. 650.4.2 Nomination Education and Development The candidate must participate in at least 3 inspections with favourable recommendation of experienced Inspectors (in agreement with the SC Chairman) and submit to the Chairman his/her own documentation and Inspection Report. He/she should also participate at the bi-annual Update and attend the annual SC meeting session. After successful completion of previous necessary steps, he/she obtains a valid Homologation Inspector license and can be assigned to individual missions. The Sub-Committee may decide not to issue an Inspector license if the candidate has not fulfilled all necessary requirements or is deemed to be unsuitable and if he/she needs to continue to train. 650.4.3 Appointment of an Inspector The Chairman of the Sub-Committee for Alpine Courses will study the homologation request and appoint an inspector to examine the course. The inspector for Downhill and Super G courses (including Downhill courses to be used for Entry League races) mustshould not belong to the country requesting a first homologation. The inspector for Downhill courses to be used for Entry League races should not belong to the country requesting a first homologation. The courses proposed for homologation must comply with the technical requirements of the art. 701, 801, 901, 1001, 1102 and 1103. Sufficient space must be provided on Downhill, Giant Slalom and Super-G courses, or on an emergency track or road or on the competition course itself, for the evacuation of competitors injured during the competition or training. 650.56 Homologation Procedure 650.65.1 The Applicant As soon as the required documents are ready in pdf format, tThe Aapplicant club(ski resort, owner, organiser, club) will send the request for homologation through its National Ski Association to the Chairman of the Sub-Committee for Alpine Courses or in agreement with the National Ski Association they and will deliver itcopy of the required documents submitted with the request, before the on-site inspection, to the assigned iinspector, who will pass the copies to the right place. In the request the Applicant and the NSA must clearly recognize that the directed improvements of the

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 12 -

course and the instructions for safety are mandatory for the Applicant. In case of non- compliance the appointed TD has full right to cancel the race (see art. 601.4.9.1).At the same time tThe Aapplicant must remit the equivalent of CHF 150. -- per homologation to the National Ski Association. reimburse directly to the Inspector his travel and accommodation (full board) expenses. This sum covers the administrative costs. The inspector's travel and accommodation (full board) expenses must be paid to him directly by the applicant. The travel from his home to the course site and back may be calculated as follows: - Per travel day, CHF 100.-- - Train fare: first-class - Travel in his own car: CHF 0.70 per kilometre - Air travel: economy 650.5.1.2 The Applicant must accompany the Inspector during his inspection and for DH and SG the usual course setter of the race should be present as well. If the Inspector orders only minor improvements, the condition of the courses after completion of these improvements must be reported to the Inspector as soon as possible. For more extensive work, the Inspector will decide whether an additional inspection is necessary. 650.5.1.3 If necessary, the Applicant has the responsibility to translate the Homologation Report so that the requirements are clearly understood by those reading and using the report. 650.56.2 The National Ski Association The request for homologation prepared by the Aapplicant must be submitted by its National Ski Association and then forwarded to the Chairman of the Sub-Committee for Alpine Courses. The NSA will check if the Applicant has reimbursed the Inspector’s expenses and if not will require the Applicant to meet his obligations. If the inspector orders only minor improvements on the courses, the condition of the courses after completion of these improvements must be reported to the inspector by 31st October* of the current year. For more extensive work, the inspector will decide whether an additional inspection is necessary. Courses which have not been found to comply with the FIS specifications, and have not been homologated by 31st October* of the current year, may not be used in the following winter for competition. These competitions will be removed from the FIS Calendar. *) = For the Southern Hemisphere by 30th April 650.56.3 The Inspector After the request for homologation has been received by the chairman Chairman of the Sub-Committee for Alpine Courses, from the aApplicant via the National Ski Association, the Chairman will appoint an inspector. The Iinspector immediately contacts the aApplicant about the time for his inspection and sends a copy to the appropriate National Ski Association. The inspector will receives a pdf copy of the homologation papers beforedocuments before his inspection. After his inspection, if no further work is needed, he writes his Iinspection Rreport and marks the required improvements in red on the course plan. In case improvements are required on the course, the Inspector directs these to the Applicant and makes sure that those works have been carried out before filling the final on-line Inspection Report. After checking all other documents, the Inspector uploadssends the complete set of documents to the chairman of the Sub-Committee for Alpine Courses in multi-page pdf format. on the FIS Website through the ‘Homologation On LineThe latter will examine and ratify them. The homologation documents will be loaded on the FIS Website. It is left to the discretion of the iInspector to decide whether, in addition to the summer inspection, a second inspection in winter will be necessary in consideration of different conditions in winter. This applies especially to safety regulations and the placing of nets. In case the course is not suitable for international races or for the given event, he

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 13 -

writes his Inspection Report and sends it to the Chairman of the Sub Committee for Alpine Courses. The request will then be deleted and the NSA will be informed. 650.56.4 Issue and Publication of the FIS Homologation Certificate If the inspection report is affirmative and no further work is needed, tThe Chairmanchairman of the Sub-Committee for Alpine Courses will send the original of the homologation certificate to the applicant and a pdf copy to the appropriate National Ski Association, to FIS and the inspector. will examine and ratify the documents received via the “Homologation On Line System”; if the inspection report is affirmative then the Homologation Certificate will be issued and immediately published on the FIS website, together with the complete set of documents (Homologation Booklet) that will be visible to the authorized FIS Members (TDs, Inspectors, etc) having a valid FIS Member access. The FIS System will automatically send a digital copy of the Homologation Certificate and Booklet to the Applicant, to its National Ski Association and to the Inspector, while the original ‘paper’ copy of the Homologation Certificate will be sent by standard mail only to the Applicant. The Chairman may ask the Inspector for further clarifications or amendments as he has the right to refuse the Certificate’s issue if he considers that the race course or the documentation are not compliant to FIS rules or FIS standards. 650.5.4.2 The Applicant’s National Ski Association will be invoiced for the relative Homologation Fee (depending on how many courses and how many alpine events on the same course), to cover the administrative costs. 650.56.7 Compulsory Report The National Ski Association which has proposedobtained the homologation of a course mustis responsible to report to the Sub-Committee for Alpine Courses when any natural or artificial changes have occurred (see art. 650.5.6.3). The Chairman is then allowed to investigate and if necessary order a new inspection.required improvements have been carried out. 650.56.8 PublicationAdditional TD Report Technical Delegates may submit Additional Reports to the Chairman of the Sub Committee for Alpine Courses whenever experiencing problems related to the race courses or non-compliance with current FIS Rules and Regulations: it is duty of the Chairman to investigate and in appropriate cases suspend the homologation.The FIS publishes all homologated courses.

The Alpine Committee supported both proposals

11. Alpine Technical Delegates (Walter Vogel, GER) During a very productive meeting the SC for Alpine Technical Delegates looked back to a successful season having covered more than 3.000 competitions that have been carried out. The fact that due to the good winter with an early season start in many regions the number of replaced races declined from over 20% during the last seasons to 17% helped us to manage all assignments in a proper way. The chairman thanked all his colleagues, TDs and the FIS office for their great job every year.

The following Jury members are proposed for the 2019 FIS Alpine Junior World Championships, Val di Fassa: Technical Delegate Ladies Stefano Pirola (CHI) Technical Delegate Men Peter Bizjak (SLO)

12. Alpine World Cup (Niklas Carlsson, SWE)

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 14 -

After productive meeting the following proposals are presented to the Alpine Committee for approval:

City Event

Eligibility 2. Eligibility and Quota: A maximum of 16 competitors are qualified for the City Event.The NSA may enter competitors according to their quota which is given by the number of competitors: - The best 4 present competitors from the WCSL Overall .(if any of these competitors are not able to attend, then the start position will go to the next competitor from the event concerned WCSL (Slalom) - The best Ranked from 1 to 12 present competitors from in the WCSL of the event concerned (Slalom)-SL plus, If any of these competitors are not able to attend, then the start position will go to the next competitor from the event concerned WCSL (Slalom)

Competitors ranked from 1 to 4 in the WCSL-Overall. If athletes of this group are already creating a quota for their NSA in the top 12 of the WCSL-SL, the 5th and following of the WCSL-Overall are creating a Quota for their NSA. Only those competitors are admitted who are classified within the top 30 of the WCSL-SL, competitors whose current total number of WCSL Points (sum of DH, SL, GS, SG, Combined of OWG/WSC and World Cup) is at least 500, or those competitors who are classified within the top 30 of the WCSL-overall. If a NSA is not able to replace an athlete under these regulations the Quota spot goes automatically to the NSA of the 13th or following ranked athlete in the WCSL-SL. In case of a tie in the 11th or 12th rank of the the WSCL-Overall or WSCL-event, SL or in case of a tie in the 4th or following ranks in the WCSL-Overall, the competitor with the better total World Cup points in SL of the current season (in case of a tie in WC-Points-SL, according to FIS- Points-SL), creates the quota for his NSAtie breaking is done with the following priorities:

- Event WCSL - Event World Cup points, - Event FIS points - Overall ranking

The host nation may apply for one wild card for Ladies and one for Men if the NSA has no quota created through the WCSL-SL or WCSL-Overall. In case a wild card for the host nation is granted, competitors ranked from 1 to 3 in the WCSL-Overall create a quota for their NSA.

Quotas reduction 3.3 National quota For each event a national quota is calculated periodically according to the World Cup Starting List (WCSL). The periods are adapted to the respective calendar planning and fixed before the start of the competition season. The quota is established on the basis of the number of competitors per nation, classified within rank 1 to max. 60 of the WCSL in the event concerned. There is no moving up. A National Ski Association may enter a maximum of eight (8) (seven (7) for Men’s´ competitions) additional competitors (under consideration of art. 3.2).

3.5 Number of participants at the race /Downhill training A team may enter a maximum of nine (9) Ladies and eight (8) Men’s active competitors for each event (not included are competitors from art. 3.8). For teams of 8 and more qualified competitors, 3 additional competitors are allowed to

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 15 -

participate in the official training for one Downhill, 4 in case of two Downhill competitions. These additional competitors for training must fulfill the minimum requirement of a maximum of 80 FIS points in Downhill.

Personal qualification for Continental Cup winners 9.1.2.3. Competitors without injury status Who was aThe winner of the Overall Title of a COC Tour (EC, NAC, SAC, FEC, ANC) and was subsequently injured for a minimum of 8 months and was unable to start in any FIS race the year the qualification was granted achieved (COC 5.4. Personal Qualification for World Cup) will be granted a personal World Cup qualification limited to the first returning season subsequent to the injury, excluding World Cup Finals.

Cancellation and new allocation of competitions / events 18.1 Cancellation during an event and new allocation

Races, which have to be cancelled during an event due to a "force majeure", or non- fulfilment of requirements will, in exceptional cases, be rescheduled at events which already figure in the calendar. World Cup Opening: Races, which have to be cancelled during the Opening, will not be rescheduled. World Cup Finals: the schedule of events during the World Cup Finals cannot be changed. Races, which have to be cancelled during the World Cup Finals, will not be rescheduled.

The Alpine Committee supported all proposals

The Sub-Committee supported the idea to enforce in the next future the use of helmets for all officials and professional there are working on the race slope in all kind of Alpine FIS events.

12.1 Working Group Coaches Ladies (Atle Skaardal, FIS) Several meeting had been held during the winter and the last one was in Innsbruck end of April. Jürgen Kriechbaum (AUT) was confirmed as Chairman of the Working Group for one more period. As Vice Chairman was elected Paul Kristofic (USA).

12.2 Working Group Coaches Men (Markus Waldner, FIS) The last meeting of the WG was held in Are (SWE) at the World Cup Finals. The election of the new Chairman will be done in Autumn during the next meeting. Discussion in regard to course setting, safety on warm up slopes were raised during the meeting. The payment process is also an issue to be resolved due to different methods used by the organisers. The organisers (Club 5) will work closely together to find correct solutions.

13. Intercontinental Cup (Stefano Pirola, CHI) In general all the Continental Cups faced excellent snow conditions last season and this allowed probably the best seasons ever. In the 2017/2018 season a total of 232 races were held again with minor cancellations: EUROPA CUP 71 NOR AM CUP 56 FAR EAST CUP 59

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 16 -

SOUTH AMERICAN CUP 30 AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND CUP 16

Last season unfortunately all the SG events at Mt. Hutt (NZL) had to be cancelled and it is also are important to remark on the improvement regarding number of races in the FEC due to the addition of more ski resorts to hold races in China. Again during last winter more World Cup Classical Sites organised races at the Continental Cup level, this shows the importance of our circuit. Every year in most of the Continental Cups events, we saw the presence of more World Cup Athletes, particularly Northern Hemisphere athletes in the Australia New Zealand Cup and South American Cups, taking an advantage of the excellent conditions for their training camps, and also in the Far East Cup. One of the goals in the future is to improve the relation between all the cups and help some of them in order to increase the importance of the Continental Cups as the second league and to have events at a very high level in organisation and participation. Finally he thanked the Continental Cup Coordinators Peter Gerdol and specially Janez Flere who finish his work as EC Coordinator Ladies and to Tatjana Lussy at the FIS office for the constant support.

13.1 European Cup (Herbert Mandl, AUT) Good season with only two cancellations on the calendar. The course preparation was improved in most of the sites and also it is important to mention the speed clinics done for Downhill. General situation is pretty good; we faced a problem only to find organisers in DH early in the season (December). The calendar for next season is very well balanced and he remarked on the great collaborations between all the stakeholders as organisers, coaches, athletes and FIS Coordinators. Special thanks to Janez Flere for the outstanding work done in the past as EC coordinator for Ladies. The following proposal was unanimously approved by the Sub-Committee:

Validity of the ECSL points EC 3.1.3 Validity of Cup points

The final ECSL (European Cup Starting List) is used with a validity defined in art. 3.1.4. in the next season. This will be the ranking valid for the first race. The Cup points achieved from the first race onwards in each event will be added to remaining ECSL points from the past season. If due to injury a competitor has not started in any race during the period from October 15th to April 15th due to injury, the National Ski Association may apply for the approval of a status as injured in the ECSL for the upcoming season;, in any caselatest until April 30th to submit the application. If the status as injured is approved, the competitor will be added in the ECSL of the respective event(s) for the coming season (in the final position achieved in the previous season). The Alpine Committee supported the proposal

13.2 Nor-Am Cup (Dusan Grasic, CAN) Challenging season in the NAC with a lot of races. He explained about the good work of the Coordinators and Organisers in order to allow the best course conditions possible and this is improved every year. He also mentioned the difficult time with the accidents that happened in Lake Louise with

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 17 -

the young German racer and expressed his sadness and condolences to the family as well the measures taken after this tragic accident. He mentioned some concerns about the small starting field in ladies Downhills. The calendar for next season was also presented. Proposal to be send to the FIS Council:

Special group for NAC 3.2.1 Special Group: 450 (EC and NAC) 400 (NAC, FEC) 200 (SAC, ANC) Cup points Competitors who have accumulated at least 450 (EC and NAC) 400 (NAC, FEC), 200 (ANC, SAC) Cup points in the overall classification in the past or current season of that Continental Cup may start as number 16 in all events in that Cup only, unless they have a right to start in the first 15. If there is more than one competitor with 450 (EC and NAC) 400 (NAC, FEC) 200 (SAC, ANC) Cup points then they start in the order of their Cup points in that event, or FIS points if they have no Cup points. If due to injury a competitor cannot make use of this facilitation, he may use it at the first 3 races of the following season. This is valid for a maximum of 3 starts irrespective of the events The Alpine Committee supported the proposal

13.3 Far East Cup (Michihiko Nakamura, JPN) Season 2018 was a tough season for us to schedule with Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang (KOR) in February. Even so we managed to plan total of 60 starts during the season. Series began from early December at Wanlong ski resort in China and final series were held at Yuzhno-Sakahlinsk in Russia. The qualities, concerning slope condition, the safety facilities installations and operation of races, of competition had been improved very much. Generally, all races were held in good manner and very less injuries. However, there are some problems with mother nature. We had to change or cancelled some races. As the chairman of FEC Sub-Committee, I would like to express sincere appreciation to all organisers and their NSA for their understandings and efforts to support our competitions. In Addition, on behalf of FEC Sub-Committee I had sent a proposal regarding “FEC.2.3.5 Entry Fees and Lift charges”. It has been our mutual understandings among FEC organisers that these lift tickets and entry fees can be parts of income budgets to finance the races. It was not written in COC rules before, so we asked last year and appreciated that this rule was implemented to our rules. However, there were quite a few numbers of teams from out of country group that came and the organisers had to suffer with extra expenses, cancelling the entries from local athletes. Because of geographical situation of our region, our organisers need to spend more expenses. And all organisers are supporting regional snow sport markets to grow, and these continental cups are for region, then why not we share instead of insisting the rights. Set a deadline of entry at least 2 weeks before the day of first team captains meeting with payment. The organiser would need time to make other arrangements, such as accommodation and travel arrangements. -Relation with Russia FEC nations, mostly competition hosting nations, agree to have relation with RUS in our circuit as now. -Provide the same quota, but the cup points are not counted. -Allow to plan the races within the regions. Example: Yuzhno-Sakahlinsk area -Simple and durable travel arrangements, Visa issue is always a huge problem. Teams are asking for RUS’s assistance to simpler and quicker Visa issue process. The organisers are working hard to support long lasting alpine ski racing environments in Asia.

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 18 -

Ending my report, I would like to appeal that our next goal is to find the organisers who would host the speed events to make a balanced calendar of our cups. This is the mutual goal of NSA of FEC family members. The following proposal is presented for approval:

Entry Fees at the FEC FEC.2.3.5 Entry Fees and Lift charges For all competitors and team officials, except for those who are qualified according to art. 2.2.2 of the Continental Cups Rules, Section A (ranked in the top 75350 on the valid FIS Points List in the event concerned) and according to the respective Continental Cup quotas, entry fees and lift tickets might be charged. The Alpine Committee supported the proposal

13.4 South American Cup (Ernesto Cingolani, ARG) As already informed in Zurich the last season of the SAC was excellent with a lot of snow and also a record number of races and participation in most of the races with only two cancellations due to bad weather. A big improvement was done regarding the live timing for the races and for the first time every race can be followed by live timing. Also last season the introduction of entry fees and lift tickets for some athletes ran without problems and helped the organiser in order to cover some cost of the race. Also he asked that in case that the proposal from the FEC regarding the Entry Fees and Lift charges will be approved that the same rule apply for the SAC. The calendar for the upcoming season is already fixed and as usual we expect a lot of racers from the Northern Hemisphere in the next months.

13.5 Australia / New Zealand Cup (David Howden, NZL) The Chairman was excused and report was given by Hannah Hazeldine. Despite some challenging conditions, good judgments and course preparation by race officials at the 2017 ANC venues of Thredbo (AUS) and Coronet Peak (NZL) resulted in all calendared technical events being completed to a very high standard. Unfortunately the ANC SG events calendared at Mt Hutt (NZL) had to be cancelled due to high winds and there was no alternative venue for these speed events. The ANC races held at Coronet Peak were run in conjunction with the Audi Quattro Winter Games and as a result received wide TV and other media coverage, both nationally and internationally. The ANC Sub-Committee is continuing to work towards finalizing the homologation for the new speed course at Cardrona (NZL), and it is hoped that this will be available for the 2018 ANC series. Finally she presents the calendar for the next season.

14. Youth Questions (Ken Read, CAN) The Chair, Ken Read, reported on the 29th meeting of the Alpine Youth Sub-Committee in Costa Navarino (GRE). In addition to a majority of members attending, a large number of guests were also in attendance. As part of the continuing presentation of speed initiatives by NSA’s, Stefan Havnelid- Johnsen (NOR) presented a summary of speed training for ages U8 to U16 in Norway. This is a project of the sub-committee, to share information about speed development. A rule proposal from FRA to limit the number of starts in tech events (SL/GS) for U18 athletes was carefully reviewed. A report of the number of starts for U18 athletes was received. Roughly 80% of athletes are being managed appropriately by trainers, so a

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 19 -

majority of the sub-committee chose to recommend guidelines rather than a rule for the maximum number of starts. But the sub-committee flagged a deep concern about declining participation numbers in speed events and in particular downhill. Four action steps are identified: 1. Recommend to all NSA’s guidelines for U18 athletes in tech events (SL/GS) of a maximum number of starts of 30 (1st year) and 40 (2nd year) and no restriction on speed events (DH/SG/AC); 2. Request FIS Children’s Organisers include Super-G events in their programmes; 3. Continued education through seminars and presentations to share information at alpine youth & children sub-committee meetings; 4. Encourage FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Race Organisers continue to offer support for speed events (DH and/or SG) to younger athletes through COC or FIS events at World Cup sites, similar to the projects undertaken by Kitzbuhel (AUT), Wengen (SUI), Lake Louise (CAN), (NOR), Crans Montana (SUI), St. Moritz (SUI) and Garmisch (GER). No proposals for the Alpine Committee.

14.1 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships (Peter Gerdol, FIS) Report was given by the Continental Cup Coordinator, Peter Gerdol.

Davos (SUI): We had again a good Junior World Ski Championship, in Davos (SUI). At the beginning we had to work a lot, helping the Organising Committee for the initial set-up. Some small issues had to be addressed and corrected. Then everything worked well, what was missing a little bit was the atmosphere in the village. All the races were held at the same hill, except the Alpine Team Event. The races are more difficult to be followed, if the finish line is higher up in the mountain and public has no direct access to the finish area. There was in fact a big interest for the Alpine Team Event: night event on Saturday, in the village, and a gold medal for the host nation. The weather was acceptable even if we had to re-schedule two events. For the first time all the races were live streamed and transmitted on the Swiss Ski website. This was an important achievement and produced a lot of followers. On the sporting side the biggest highlight was Marco Odermatt (SUI) winning five gold medals (all the races except slalom where he didn’t participate); on the ladies side Franziska Gritsch (AUT) won 4 medals and Aline Danioth (SUI) ended up with 3. The Marc Hodler Trophy was won by Switzerland ahead of Austria and Norway. Once more big thanks to the Organising Committee in Davos and to Swiss Ski for the very good cooperation.

Val di Fassa (ITA): The preparation phase in Val di Fassa is ongoing, according to plans. We had test events in Pozza di Fassa (EC Men, almost every season) and on the new downhill course in Passo San Pellegrino (EC Ladies). Here there are still some small issues that need to be corrected, but they will be solved in due time. In Pozza di Fassa there are still some concerns for the adaptations on the GS course - the works for the new snow making system and the widening of the course did not start yet. Inspections have been done last week and are still planned during next summer season. We are planning GS races on EC men’s calendar in order to test everything. The programme, February 17th to 27th is now confirmed, starting with speed races men and tech ladies. On the logistic and general organisation matters everything is running and the Organising Committee will provide detailed information at the next Zürich meeting.

Narvik (NOR):

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 20 -

We received an official application from Narvik for the 2020 Championships. We had some meetings here with the Organising.Committee, the Mayor of Narvik and representatives of the National Ski Association in order to check the key points. There are no obstacles from our side to award Narvik the 2020 edition.

Bansko (BUL): The FIS Council appointed for the 2021 Championships. We are in contact with the Bulgarian National Ski Association and will most probably organise a first inspection on site during the next months.

Future editions: There are some requests coming from different nations with interesting projects. We will check them and submit some proposals for the Zürich meeting.

15. Material and Equipment (Bernhard Russi, SUI) The Committee for Competition Equipment will hold their meeting after the Alpine Committee meeting. The following proposal to extend one year more the use of plombed suits will be presented at the Equipment Committee for approval:

Suits without a plomb Label attesting conformity with FIS specifications for competition suits (DH/SG/GS): Fulfilment of requirements is to be attested by a specific standardized conformity label affixed in a non-removable way at the back of the lower left leg above the top of the ski boot cuff area of the competition suit in a location, which is and shall remain visible during competition. The conformity label is shown in the attachment (see page 44). The conformity label shall include the following text: «Competition Suit conforms to FIS specifications 2015». Labels affixed by manufacturers shall comply with the specifications set forth in the attachment. The conformity label attests that the manufacturer and NSA are guaranteeing that the surfaces of the competition suit are not plasticised or treated by any chemical means (gaseous, liquid or solid) and that they have a minimum permeability of 30 litres per m2/sec with a measurement tolerance of 3,0 litres per m2/sec. Both conformity systems, label and plomb systems, will be valid during the transition period until the end of the 20187/198 season. Scheduled controls of different materials will still be offered to the NSA’s and manufacturers as determined by the FIS Controller. A maximum of 4 test patches per NSA will be permitted per session. According to the World Cup testing procedures of past seasons, the controllers will determine pre competition testing sessions. The NSA´s will have the opportunity to make a control on their World Cup competition suits prior to the competitions. This control only gives a confirmation that the material being tested may conform to the FIS Specifications. Note: New suits cannot be plombed retrospectively. Athletes can, however, race in suits which already carry a plomb.

15.1 Working Group Alpine Equipment (Pernilla Wiberg, SWE) Toni Giger reported in the name of the Working Group Alpine Equipment. We had a very good presentation from Andy Wenger (FIS) about our project “Injury Database”.We are now beginning to see the finish line. This will be a very sufficient tool for all stakeholders within the FIS family. Further tests will be done this summer and the

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 21 -

final version will be shown to the NSA´s in Zürich this coming fall. The Working Group had sent out a question to the helmet industry (Rudi Huber- SRS), FIS Race Directors (Atle Skaardal & Markus Waldner) and other involved parties about full- or half visor helmets before the meeting in Costa Navarino. The reason for that is because lately there has been quite a few face injuries, some more serious than others. We think these could be avoided by having a half- or a full visor helmet. Very good discussions were held and proposals will be made in Zürich. The latest changes to helmets were made 2011. Since than we have had less severe head injuries. The Working Group did also unanimously propose to add one more female member to our group, Mrs Florence Masnada (FRA) to balance gender equality and experience from an athlete perspective. We are continuously evaluating the composition of our group, which works entirely on a voluntarily basis. We also discussed “safer, practicable and affordable race suits”. A proposal will be worked on until the fall meeting in Zürich.

16. Athletes´ Commission Hannes Reichelt (AUT) reported on behalf of the Athletes Commission The following items were presented and some of them voted in the World Cup Sub-Committee

Race suits - Safety should prime over aerodynamics. - The suits should be thicker, with more protectors, and uncuttable. - The material and the protectors have to be uniformed, the same for everyone.

Professional forerunner - It worked very well at the Olympics with Didier Defago running as forerunner. - The World Cup should have professional forerunners to test the tracks and the jumps before the first training.

Blue dye - There should be more colour on trainings: left and right + continuous where there is terrain - And there should be less colour during the race (compared to the trainings): left and right + teeth where there is terrain or something dangerous. As few full lines as possible, so conditions are fair to everyone, including the first racer.

Warm-up - The preparation should be similar to the race track. - It should be possible to warm-up closer to the race time, not only early in the morning before public arrives. - Safety installations have to be provided also for warm-up.

FIS Team - There should be more FIS personnel to support the organising committees for course preparation. - It is important especially beforehand, in the weeks before the World Cup, so the race course is ready for the first training. - This would reduce the number of cancellations, shortened downhills or rescheduling.

Starting order - Athletes want to be able to choose their number for the race. - Top 30 WCSL picks freely between bibs 1 and 30, in the order of the WCSL ranking.

Balanced Calendar

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 22 -

- There are too many tech events compared to the speed events. - As the Alpine Combined is meant to disappear, a Super-G should be added in (ITA) and in Wengen (SUI) instead of the Alpine Combined. - Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) could also have an additional Super-G.

City Events - It should be possible for speed athletes to participate in city events as well. Eventually through a qualification. - It is not fair that only tech skiers get an opportunity to score points.

500-Points - The 500 points rule should be re-evaluated, as there is only very few athletes with 500 points. - Maybe it could be taken down to 400.

Prize Money - Athletes take lots of risks and it is not reflected in the prize money. Athletes don’t benefit when an event is doing well, like in Wengen where the TV and spectators’ numbers are high, but the prize money is at the minimum.

17. Reports from Organisers of the previous and next major championships:

- 2018 Olympic Winter Games, Pyeong Chang (KOR) - 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Are (SWE) - 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games, Lausanne (SUI) - 2021 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Cortina (ITA) - 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Beijing (CHN)

Short reports from the next major championships were given during the meeting. (see above) Only Lausanne 2020 organiser of the next Youth Olympic Winter Games, was excused.

18. Questions, Various There were no Questions or Remarks. The Chairman Bernhard Russi thanked the chairmen of the various Sub-Committees, their members as well as the Executive Board members, the various Working Groups and the FIS Staff for their work and continued support. For more details in regard to all Sub-Committee meetings (agenda, minutes) see www.fis- ski.com under Members Section.

19. Next Meetings The next meeting of the Alpine Committee and the Sub-Committees will be held during the FIS Autumn meetings in Zurich (SUI) from 25th - 29th September 2018. There being no further business the Meeting was closed.

Janez Flere – For the minutes Read and approved by Bernhard Russi, Chairman Alpine Committee

Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Costa Navarino (GRE), 16.05.2018 - 23 -