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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, 22.10.2018 Minutes Alpine Committee Hotel Hilton Zürich – Zürich (SUI) 28.09.2018 Dear Ski Friends, We have pleasure in sending you today the Minutes of the Meeting of the Alpine Committee meeting held in Zürich (SUI), 28th September 2018. You are kindly asked to send any remarks to the FIS Office in Oberhofen no later than 15th November 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 - Stefan Huber, FIS - 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 - Wim Rossel, FIS - Juerg Capol, FIS - Daniel Defago, FIS - Jenny Wiedecke, 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 - Pernilla Wiberg, SWE, Alpine Equipment WG - Daniela Merighetti, ITA, Athletes Commission - Hannes Reichelt, AUT, Athletes Commission Organisers OWG/WSC - OC WSC 2019 Are, SWE - OC YOWG 2020 Lausanne, SUI - OC WSC 2021 Cortina, ITA - OC OWG 2022 Beijing, CHN - OC WSC 2023 Courchevel Meribel, FRA Honorary Members - Stig Ove Gustafsson, SWE - Oskar Fischer, GER - Christian Poley, AUT - Svein Mundal, NOR - Tone Vogrinec, SLO Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Zürich (SUI), 28.09.2018 - 2 - INTERNATIONAL SKI FEDERATION Alpine Committee Invitation Meeting Alpine Committee Friday, 29.09.2018, 14:00, Conference Room “Panorama A/B/C” AGENDA 1. Welcome Bernhard Russi 2. Roll Call Janez Fleré 3. Approval of the Agenda Bernhard Russi 4. Approval of the Minutes of the 86th meeting held on May 2018 in Costa Navarino (GRE) 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 Trainer Ladies Atle Skaardal 12.2 Working Group Trainer Men Markus Waldner 13. Intercontinental Cup Stefano Pirola 13.1 European Cup Herbert Mandl 13.2 Nor-Am Chip Knight 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, Zürich (SUI), 28.09.2018 - 3 - 16. Athletes Commission Daniela Merighetti / Hannes Reichelt 17. Reports from Organisers of the next major championships: 17.1 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Are (SWE) 17.2 2020 Youth Olympic Winter Games, Lausanne (SUI) 17.3 2021 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Cortina (ITA) 17.4 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Beijing (CHN) 17.5 2023 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Courchevel-Meribel (FRA) 18. Questions, Various 19. Next Meetings th st FIS Calendar Conference, Cavtat-Dubrovnik (CRO), May 28 – June 1 2019 Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Zürich (SUI), 28.09.2018 - 4 - All proposals and decisions of the FIS Alpine Committee are subject to approval of the FIS Council at its Meeting to be held in Oberhofen (SUI), November 2018 1. Welcome and Opening of the Meeting The Chairman, Bernhard Russi (SUI), welcomed all present to the 87th meeting of the FIS Alpine Committee in Zürich (SUI) and extended his welcome to Gian Franco Kasper, FIS President, to Sarah Lewis General Secretary, to all Committee and Sub- Committee members and to the guests present. 2. Roll Call Janez Fleré (FIS) conducted the roll call. Apologies were received from Claus Ryste (NOR), Vedran Pavlek (CRO), Gregor Benedik (SLO), Daniela Merighetti (ITA) and Hannes Reichelt (AUT) members of the Executive Board; Herbert Mandl (AUT), Chairman of the European Cup, Ernesto Cingolani (ARG), Chairman of the South American Cup and David Howden (NZL), Chairman of the Australian New Zealand Cup. 3. Approval of the Agenda The Agenda, without additions or remarks, was unanimously approved. 4. Approval of the Minutes The Minutes of the 86th Meeting held in May 2018 in Costa Navarino (GRE) were, without comments or remarks, unanimously approved. 5. Reports 5.1 Chairman (Bernhard Russi, SUI) The Chairman noted that despite it being the end of summer, winter was still running in the Southern Hemisphere. The season started already in Southern Hemisphere with a large program of competitions with a total of 54 competitions held in Australia and New Zealand and 85 in Chile and Argentina. For all professionals and the Sub-Committee Chairmen the summer brought many inspections of World Cup events and the homologation of courses. The Final Inspection of Are (SWE), for the coming 2019 Alpine World Championships is due shortly. In Beijing (CHN) the on-going process is advancing at incredible speed, the achievements there are impressive. The FIS Congress (held in spring) approved the introduction of the Individual Parallel Event with the first event to be at the 2021 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Cortina (ITA). A Working Group, chaired by Ken Read, was established in order to draw up the rules and systems required to run this event. The Chairman was pleased to note that some 80% of the business necessary has been completed, a tremendous workload. By February the final report should be ready for delivery to the Executive Board for approval. The Chairman thanked everyone for their work during the last, busy four days. Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Zürich (SUI), 28.09.2018 - 5 - 6. Executive Board (Bernhard Russi, SUI) The Executive Board held two, not three, meetings as the World Cup Sub-Committee was extremely well prepared having no questions or issues. The main topic was the Parallel Event with its rules and harmonisation. There were long discussions ending with a lot of ideas to work on during the next four months by which time the final proposal is due. In addition the Executive Board has decided to replace the Alpine Combined with the individual Parallel Events in the future planning of World Championships, World Cup and Olympic Winter Games. 7. Evaluation 7.1 Timing Working Group (Daniel Defago, FIS) The Timing device Summit Systems SRT 1000 has expired and the homologation list will be updated shortly. Some adjustments have been made to Start-door measurements to fit all FIS disciplines. The Timing Booklet (Alpine) is now updated and 1st release Cross-Country and Freestyle are ready. 7.2 Classification of Alpine Competitors (Jeff Weinman, USA) The Sub-Committee work surrounded approving special quotas for the Northern Hemisphere and addressing impact of parallel events on the overall classification. The following proposal were supported unanimously to forward to the Alpine Committee: Limit of parallel competitions 4.4.10 FIS points for the Qualification Run FIS points will be calculated for the European Cup KO and Parallel qualification run. No FIS points will be awarded to those qualified competitors who did not start the Parallel competition. - Each National Ski Association may calendar the following number of parallel competitions: - One competition per gender in National Championships and National Junior Championships categories - No more than two competitions per gender in each FIS category No limit on the number of competitions in ENL category The Alpine Committee supported the proposal 8. Ladies´Alpine Skiing (Karen Korfanta, USA) The Sub-Committee sought to identify which National Ski Associations were establishing Safe Policies in order to protect athletes in the sport. The Race Directors present reported on the coming 18/19 season. The initiative on gender equality was discussed, particularly on how this will be viewed in the future. It hopes to start an active initiative in engaging in this matter in order that change comes about. Finally the member for Germany, Traudl Munch was retiring and received the grateful thanks from the Sub-Committee members for all her support over the years. Minutes FIS Committee for Alpine Skiing, Zürich (SUI), 28.09.2018 - 6 - 9. Alpine Courses (Elena Gaja, ITA) The Sub-Committee heard reports from the Race Directors present that were interesting and much appreciated. The summer had been a busy period with 46 new certificates being issued. Currently there are 330 open missions to be completed during the coming two months. In spring the revision of the rules was completed and the Sub-Committee is now focussing on its next project, the on-line version of Homologation documents and Inspection Reports. The Chair was extremely grateful for the support of the IT department. There was some discussion on a common expiry date in order to give Organisers and National Ski Associations more time to react. This matter will be tabled at the spring meeting. The Chair noted that there was a major project in the coming year, that of the homologation of the Beijing (CHN) courses. The time to carry this out would be during the Final Inspection for the World Cup when 80-90% of the work was completed.