MINUTES OF THE 56th ORDINARY CONGRESS DUBROVNIK 2016

A. Congress

FIRST SESSION

Monday, June 6, 2016, 9:00 a.m. President Mr. Ottavio Cinquanta in the Chair

1. Opening of Congress by the President

The President made the following remarks:

“Dear Delegates, dear Honorary Members, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is as usual a privilege and an honor to open a Congress of the International Skating Union.

First of all in the name of all the people in attendance I would like to express warm gratitude and sympathy to Mrs. Morana Palikovic-Gruden, President of the Croatian Skating Federation, who is living a very sad moment; we thank her for hosting the major ISU meeting here in beautiful Dubrovnik. It is a pleasure to be in such a relaxing place, with many sea-views, though the Agenda in front of us is very demanding; I am confident that the atmosphere around us will help all of us go through it in a very constructive way.

At the very beginning of my speech I feel committed to honor in your name the memory of great friends of the ISU, who are no longer with us. First of all allow me to say few words on David Dore, the 1st Vice President , who recently passed away, after many years of restless dedication to our sports that involved him even in the last days of his illness. All our highest sentiments are dedicated to also remember the ISU Honorary Vice President Mr. Hermann Schiechtl, Mr. Gilles Vandenbroeck, member of the Technical Committee, Mr. Egbert Schmid and Mr. Fred Benjamin, members of the Disciplinary Commission, Mrs. Patricia French, past member of the Synchronized Technical Committee; and I cannot personally forget Eddie Einhorn, a close friend to the ISU, working a lot in the TV area. Allow me also to remember those who were much in support of the ISU and that regretfully cannot be here with us. They all devoted their life to , contributing to support and develop ISU sport disciplines as well as the ISU reputation. With our gratitude we wish to confer them our highest appreciation and I kindly ask you to stand for a moment of silence in their honor. We will never forget their devoted example.

I wish to thank you a lot for your sincere, touching participation.

This is our 56th Congress that we hope, like the many preceding this, will be conducted with a true constructive spirit, so to consolidate the ISU activity and increase its reputation, in line with the terrific progress that accompanies the world of Sport.

Some Members have newly elected Presidents, probably also Members’ Delegates, to whom goes our welcome as well as good luck for their future tasks.

Ladies and Gentlemen, together with the ISU Honorary Members and all the participating Members’ Delegates, I have the great honor and privilege to declare the 56th International Skating Union Congress in Dubrovnik, Croatia, officially open.”

The President informed the Congress of the presence of Mr. Jean-Marc Jenni from BDO.

2. Verification that Congress has been duly convened according to the Constitution

Fredi Schmid referred to ISU Circular Letter No. 614 of October 22, 2015 and Article 29, paragraph 1 of the ISU Constitution. The Delegates agreed that the Congress had been duly convened. 2

3. Election of a Secretary to record the minutes of Congress Meetings

The President proposed Fredi Schmid as Secretary of the meeting who was accepted.

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

Fredi Schmid stated that a list with all the Delegates names had been distributed at the time of the registration/accreditation and an updated version has been distributed on the tables of the of the Delegates in the morning of June 6, 2016. He asked if there were any comments or objections. There were no comment and no objections.

The following Delegates attended the Congress:

Andorra Figure Monica Lopez Camara, Raquel Sole Puigcernal

Argentina Speed Jose Ignacio Fazio, Marnix Koolhaas (translator) Figure Maria Dolores Cazorla, Cecilia Nikolic

Armenia Meline Avagyan, Emil Danielyan, Karen Grigoryan, Melanya Stepanyan, Ararat Zakarian, Marie Dermeguerditchian (translor)

Australia Speed Frank Anderson Figure Angelique Clyde-Smith, Mark Lynch, Peter Lynch

Austria Speed Hermann Filipic, Hans Spohn Figure Christiane Mörth, Katharina Rauch, Evelyn Rossoukhi-Schneider, Eva Sonnleitner

Azerbaijan Fuat Gyliev, Igor Lukanin

Belarus Mikalai Ananyeu, Aleksei Khatylev, Julia Komleva

Belgium Speed Antoine Van Vossel Figure Ton Mulder, Peter Riskin

Bosnia & Herzegovina Zikrija Djonko, Sabina Husedzinovic, Vladimir Kezunovic, Ubavka Novakovic-Kutinou

Brazil Matheus Figueiredo

Bulgaria Evgenia Radanova, Risto Turlakov, Tatiana Yordanova

Canada Speed Susan Auch, Robert Dubreuil, Gregg Planert Figure Leanna Caron, Patricia Chafe, Benoit Lavoie, Sally Rehorick, Shae Zukiwsky

China Hongguo Ren, Xun Xu, Xiaojuan Yan, Yang Yang, Haiyan Yu, Yawen Li (translator)

Chinese Taipei Yun Lu, Eddy Wu, Ya-Li (Jenny) Yu

Colombia Speed Not present

Croatia Ivana Jakupcevic Marinkovic, Melita Juratek Cipek, Zoran Kovacevic, Davorin Orban, Morana Palikovic Gruden, Sandra Pavicic

Cyprus Figure Andreas Georgiades

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Czech Rep. Speed Ondrej Brada, Marcela Bradova Figure Vera Tauchmanova, Stanislav Zidek

Denmark Ingelise Blangsted, Johnny R. Hesseholt, Camilla Lyngsø, Mariann Vasbo

DPR Korea Song Nam Jang, Chol Un Ri

Estonia Maire Arm, Gunnar Kuura, Jana Kuura, Edgar Savisaar

Finland Speed Janne Hänninen, Sauli Pollari, Vesa Rosendahl Figure Laura Raitio, Tarja Ristanen, Outi Wuorenheimo

France Romuald Debaque, Didier Gailhaguet, Anna Gentelet, Christine Hurth, Katia Krier, Sylvie Pulcini, Alexis Sodogas, Florence Vuylsteker

Georgia Mariam Giorgobiani

Germany Speed Christel Petzschke, Uwe Rietzke Figure Udo Dönsdorf, Uwe Harnos, Rolf Pipoh, Elke Treitz

Great Britain Stuart Horsepool, Ken Pendrey, Hilary Selby, Jackie Sheldon, Alistair Wilson, Margaret Worsfold

Greece Figure Evanthia Mataragka, Georgios Smyrnaios

Hong Kong Shan Lau, Shuo Lu, Siu Yin Yip, Zhou Zhou

Hungary István Balika, Csaba Bálint, Ferenc Bathó, István Darázs, Klára Engi, Lajos Kósa, Zsigmond Nagy, Kriszta Szabó, István Fiák (translator), Mihály Orendi (translator)

Iceland Figure Gudbjort Erlensdottir, Svava Hrodny Jonsdottir

India Rajan Bhardwaj, Rajinder Gupta, Amitabh Sharma, Avadhut Tawade, Vinay Vibhakar

Indonesia Yovita Bellina, Bunyamin Christanto, Susan Herawaty, Michelle Priscila

Ireland Figure Yvonne Brett, Cindy Mundow, Karen O’Sullivan, Alan Seabrook

Israel Boris Chait, Anna Slavin

Italy Sergio Anesi, Andrea Angelo Garello, Andrea Gios, Paolo Pizzocari, Ippolito Sanfratello

Japan Seiko Hashimoto, Hidehito Ito, Takashi Kawakami, Tatsuro Matsumura, Masaru Morozumi, Akihisa Nagashima, Toshihiko Nitta, Yukiko Okabe, Miki Hirai (translator), Tomoko Doi (translator)

Kazakhstan Yuliya Baitursynova, Yuriy Guskov, Madygali Karsybekov, Ashim Makishev, Anzhelika Makisheva

Kyrgyz Republic Figure Not present

Latvia Marika Nugumanova, Edvins Silovs, Arta Strautmane

Liechtenstein Figure Patrik Kaiser

Lithuania 4 Speed Virginija Oguleviciene, Audrius Ogulevicius Figure Laimute Krauziene, Lilija Vanagiene

Luxembourg Speed Heidi Backström, Kaj Backström Figure Jimmy Stryhn Meyer

Malaysia Mohamad Fadzli Johan, Anushia N’Siva Subramaniam

Mexico Figure José Luis Aguilar Urzaiz, Ricardo Olavarietta

Moldova Figure Valentina Minzat, Christina Vasilianov

Monaco Figure Isabell