NEZ Council meeting th th Arlanda, Sweden 18 and 19 March 2017 Saturday 18th Mar 2017: From 11.00 Sporting Commissions meetings 17.00 Council pre-meeting 19.00 Dinner at Radisson Blu Hotel th Sunday 18 Mar 2017: 10.00 NEZ Council meeting 13.00 Lunch 14.00 NEZ Council meeting continued Minutes for NEZ Council meeting §1 The meeting starts The NEZ Council chairman Mr. Jani Backman welcomed all participants to the NEZ Council Spring Meeting 2017. Participants of the meeting listed below: NEZ Council members: Jani Backman, Finland, chairman Claes Elofsson, Sweden Uffe Madsen, Denmark Linda Medne, Latvia (left the meeting after lunch) Tryggvi Thordarsson, Iceland (via conference call) Anssi Kannas, Finland (NEZ Council Secretary) Commission & Working Group Chairmen: Heli Lahti-Saloranta (Crosskart) Jorgen Ring-Andersen (Rallycross) Geir Leret Andersen (Karting) Kristjan Salmre (Drifting) from §5 onwards Eline Berke (Drifting Commission member, left the meeting after lunch) Johannes Fraas (Rally; from § 4 onwards) §2 Agenda for the meeting The agenda for the meeting was approved. §3 Approval of minutes from previous meetings APP 1 a) NEZ Council meeting in Oslo, 30th Oct 2016 Decision: The minutes from the previous meeting in Oslo were approved. §4 FIA matters a) National Championship events abroad Claes Elofsson suggested that there should be a possibility to have two events outside the borders in a national championship. Current FIA regulations state that only one event can be outside borders. The possible change should be made to the FIA Sporting Code. Decision: As a conclusion every NEZ member ASN is asked to get a formal decision from their ASN on this matter by the end of June. After that it would be possible to make a formal suggestion to the FIA. b) FIA Regional Sport Congress 20th to 22nd October 2017, Sweden, Stockholm region. Agenda is not yet published. Decision: The NEZ Council supports the ideas and suggestions mentioned in the NEZ Working Group Report from their meeting in Geneva 22.11.2016. The Council also decided to collect suggestions for the agenda for the Regional Sport Congress from the member ASN’s by the end of May. The NEZ Council proposes to schedule the Autumn meeting so that the FIA Regional Sport Congress would take place from Friday to Saturday until lunch time NEZ Council meeting th th Arlanda, Sweden 18 and 19 March 2017 and the NEZ meetings from Saturday afternoon to Sunday. §5 Reports from NEZ Sporting Commissions and working groups a) Racing Claes Elofsson presented the report from the Racing commission (APP 2). Also BMW Xtreme class shall be in the championship. b) Rallycross Jorgen Ring-Andersen presented the report from the Rallycross commission (APP 3) c) Rally Johannes Fraas presented a report from the Rally Commission. National car classes were cancelled for 2017 because of lack in participants in the past years. d) Karting Geri Leret Andersen presented a report from Karting Commission. The calendar will be finalized soon. More emphasis will be put to marketing of the series. No big changes to the championship structure. e) Drifting Kristjan Salmre presented a report from the Drifting Commission. Three races will be in the series. Regulations will be finalized soon. All in all things are going good and the championship is growing fast. f) Crosskart Heli Lahti-Saloranta presented a report from the Crosskart Commisison. The Championship is ready to roll as calendar and regulations are set. Commission is following closely what the FIA is working on with the FIA Crosskart regulations. §6 NEZ Championships and Cups – final confirmation No changes were brought up. §7 Organization a) NEZ networking This issue was discussed together with item §4 b. The role of the North European Zone was discussed during the meeting. Member ASN’s should be more active in their own governmental bodies to discuss and make decisions concerning issues brought to and from the NEZ meetings. NEZ official cards and other similar ideas were discussed. Decision: It was agreed that NEZ should have a list of the NEZ officials & stewards done by the commissions. The Council decided to set up a working group (Johannes, Claes & Anssi) to continue the development planning of the NEZ networking. It is important for all the member ASN’s to take action. The meeting was put on hold for lunch break and continued after lunch. b) Update of members/contact details in the NEZ organisation Updates & corrections: EcoRun new member to the working group Ulrik Hejl, Denmark. Rallycross commission update Helga Katrín Stefánsdóttir, Iceland Ragnar Robertsson, Offroad working group, Iceland Heli Lahti-Saloranta, Crosskart commission chairman, Finland Markku Lehisto,Regularity rally WG, Finland Mattias Jönsson, Drifting, Sweden Sigurdur Gunnar Sigurdsson, Drifting, Iceland §8 Economy Information regarding NEZ Member fees It was decided to start discussions with ferry companies (Tallink & Finnlines) if a NEZ contract on ferry prices could NEZ Council meeting th th Arlanda, Sweden 18 and 19 March 2017 be possible. §9 Host countries list 2018 Latvia, 2019 Russia §10 Miscellaneous The current chairman Jani Backman made an announcement that he will be stepping down as chairman after 2017. The election for NEZ Council chairman will be held in the General Assembly 2017. §11 Next meeting for NEZ Council, Commissions and working groups Meetings set to 20-23rd October, Stockholm, Sweden §12 End of meeting The meeting ended at 13:45. NEZ Council meeting th Oslo, Norway 30 October 2016 MINUTES § 1 The meeting starts Chairman Jani Backman opened the meeting. Attendants (see app.) § 2 Agenda for the meeting The agenda was approved. § 3 Approval of minutes from previous meetings NEZ Council meeting in Oslo, 20th of March 2016 (app. 1) Decision: The minutes were approved. § 4 FIA matters No official FIA matters. Mr. Carlos Abella from the FIA attended the meeting. § 5 Reports from NEZ Sporting Commissions Crosskart Mr. Janis Belakovs introduced the report (app. 2) Drifting No report available at the meeting. Report will be sent to the council members afterwards and attached to the minutes. (app. 3) Karting Mr. Geir Leret Andersen introduced the report (app. 4). Racing Mr. Claes Elofsson introduced the report (app. 5) Rally Mr. Johannes Fraas introduced the report (app. 6) Rallycross Mr. Jorgen Ring-Andersen introduced the report (app. 7) § 6 NEZ Championships and Cups a) Confirmation of calendar and classes for 2017 NEZ Council meeting th Oslo, Norway 30 October 2016 Crosskart 13.-14.5. Holjes, Sweden 15.-16.7. Riga, Latvia 12.-13.8. Kouvola, Finland Karting (draft version – three events will be on the final version) May, Sweden June, Norway July, Sweden or Norway September, Denmark Racing Classes: Formula STCC Nordic, Radical, Legends, F4, Porche (new), V1600 (new), Xtreme BMW (new), V8 Thunder (new) F4 NEZ The NEZ Council approves the accession of the KNAF to the NEZ only for the F4 Championship, only for 2017 season, and, only after NEZ receives full payment of membership fees. KNAF license holders are able to score points in the series. The council gave the racing commission a permission to go forward with the new classes. The commission will confirm these in their separate meeting. The calendar is not finalised at the moment, but the commission will confirm the dates at latest on 1st December. Rally R2 & R2 junior 17.-18.2. Mikkeli, Finland 22.-23.7. Latvia 8.-9.9. Sweden 20.-21.10. Rally Denmark Historic regularity 27.-28.5. Norway 9.-10.6. Denmark 22.-23.7. Latvia 15.-16.9. Sweden The council gave the rally commission a permission to continue working with classic rally concept. NEZ Council meeting th Oslo, Norway 30 October 2016 Ecorun 18.6. Jyväskylä, Finland § 7 Organization - Updates & chairmen nominations Chairmen Drifting: Kristjan Salmre, Estonia Rally: Johannes Fraas, Denmark & Janis Krastins (vice chairman) Karting: Geir L Andersen, Norway Rallycross: Jörgen Ring-Andersen, Denmark & Viesturs Saukans (vice chairman) Racing: Claes Elofsson, Sweden Crosskart: Heli Lahti-Saloranta, Finland & Janis Belakovs (vice chairman) Decision: The NEZ Council confirmed the chairmen. Working group contact persons; Jan Sondergaard (Auto navigation), Jaakko Riikonen (Eco Run), Indulis Viduss (Trophy Raid), Gudbjörn Grimsson (Offroad) § 8 Economy Decision regarding NEZ member fee for 2017. Decision: NEZ member fee 2017 is 1000€ and split 50/50 between NEZ Secretariat and Hosting Country § 9 Miscellaneous eMotorsport in NEZ countries IeMA introduced their eMotorsport concept and plans to the NEZ council. Logo library The council decided to renew versions of the NEZ logos. NEZ network possibilities The council had a discussion about the networking possibilities and ways to improve networking under the NEZ umbrella. The council made a decision to start strategic planning in the spring meeting. § 10 End of the meeting The next meeting will be in Stockholm Sweden 18th and 19th March 2017. Chairman Jani Backman thanked everyone for attending the meeting. NEZ Council meeting th Oslo, Norway 30 October 2016 Attendants NEZ Council Jani Backman Finland, chairman Hallgeir Raknerud Norway, member Tadas Vasiliauskas Lithuania, member Linda Medne Latvia, member Priit Kurmitse Estonia, member Uffe Madsen Denmark, member Claes Elofsson Sweden, member Tryggvi Thordarsson Iceland, member Anssi Kannas Finland, secretary Commission representatives Geir Leret Andersen Karting, chairman Johanne Fraas Rally, chairman Claes Elofsson Racing, chairman Jorgen Ring-Andersen Rallycross,