ISU Masters Speed
Skating Group
Coordinator: Dr. Volker Serini,
Sebastian-Kneipp-Weg 2, D-47802 Krefeld, GERMANY
Phone +49 2151
563177,
Email: imssc@t-online.de Website:
www.imssg.org
Minutes
2nd Session of the ISU Masters Speed Skating Group (IMSSG)
in Baselga di Pinè/Italy 2005
The 2nd Session of the ISU Masters Speed
Skating Group (IMSSG) was held in Baselga
di Pinè/Italy,
Participants:
Jae-Seok
Choi KOR (IMSSG Member)
Sven-Åge Svensson NOR (IMSSG
Member)
Dr. Volker Serini GER (IMSSG Member
and Coordinator)
Distribution of the Minutes:
IMSSG Members
Mr. Roland Hagemann, IMSSG Cash Auditor
IMSSC
Members
ISU
(President, 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President,
General Secretary)
ISU
Council (Speed Skating and Figure Skating Members)
ISU
TC Speed Skating (Chairman and Members)
Ms. Rhea Schwartz,
Coordinator ISU Adult Figure Skating Group
Results and Important
Discussion Points of the Session
1
Approval of the Minutes of the 1st
and Constitutional Session of the IMSSG
in 2004
It was proposed and accepted to optimize the formulation of Chapter 2
“Rules of procedure” in the minutes of the 1st and Constitutional
Session of the IMSSG. Sven-Åge
Svensson will make a proposal. The other parts of the
minutes were accepted ananimously.
2
Summary from discussions of Dr. Volker Serini with Mr. Gerhard Zimmermann,
1st
Vice President of the ISU, in Inzell/Germany,
As defined by the ISU in the letter of appointment of the IMSSG, the ISSMG shall hold contact
with Mr. Gerhard Zimmermann, 1st Vice President of the ISU, who shall act as
liaison between the IMSSG and the ISU. As decided on the 1st Session of the IMSSG,
Dr. Volker Serini, Coordinator of the IMSSG, had a first
discussion with Mr. Gerhard Zimmermann, 1st Vice President of the ISU, about the problems of Masters’ International Speed
Skating. The discussion was held at
2.1 Use of ISU Logo by the IMSSG
The ISU Council wants that the IMSSG does not use the
ISU logo on letters and minutes.
2.2 Organizers of International Masters’ Competitions
In the letter of appointment of the IMSSG it is said that International Masters’ Competitions
should only be club competitions. Generally clubs are the organizers of International
Masters’ Competitions, but in some cases also regional Ice Sports Federations
and also National Speed Skating Associations.
2.3 Mentioning Nations at International Masters Competitions
In the letter of appointment of the IMSSG
it is also said that no nations should be mentioned at International Masters’ Competitions,
but only clubs. In practice this would be difficult, because it is important
for the communication between the skaters that they know from which country the
other skaters are coming, club names are not very characteristic in most of the
cases. And at the Masters’ International
Games quota for the different nations are necessary. But no national hymns are
used at the Masters’ victory ceremonies and no results are listed under the view of nations.
2.4 Entries for International
Masters’ Competitions.
In the letter of appointment of the IMSSG it
is said additionally that entries for International Masters’ Competitions only
should be made by clubs. The past has shown that it is only possible that the
Masters make their entries for International Masters’ Competitions by themselves
because there are no structures for Masters in the National Speed Skating
Associations and in the Speed Skating Clubs. But for the participation of
Masters in International Masters Competitions it is necessary that they are
member of a club of the their National Speed Skating
Association and have a competition license as far as possible. A problem is that not
all National Speed Skating Associations have a competition license system for
Masters (for example LAT, NOR, RUS).
2.5 Budget IMSSG
A budget has been given by the ISU Council to
the IMSSG, especially for the costs of the yearly
session, office costs, etc.
The IMSSG holds a special account with the
name “Dr. Volker Serini, MastersGroupSpeedSkating
ISU” at the Postbank/Germany for the budget administration. It has the status of a business account,
account holder is Dr. Volker Serini, a power of
attorney was granted to Roland Hagemann, IMSSG cash auditor, for the case of illness of the account
holder. It was not possible to have an account directly for the IMSSG, because the IMSSG is not a
legal entity. The cash will be accounted yearly and will be controlled by the IMSSC cash auditor. Mr. Zimmermann, 1st Vice
President of the ISU, will get a copy of the yearly
account and cash audit.
Mr. Zimmermann is in agreement with this regulation.
The account balance was + 2534,77 EUR
at the last bank statement from 30 Dez 2004. The ISU has announced to remit 6500,00
EUR as budget 2005 for the IMSSG. The cash balance will be accounted in 2005.
A proposal for the Budget 2006 will be made by the IMSSG
for the Autumn Session of the ISU Council.
2.6
Minutes of Sessions of the IMSSG, Sessions of the IMSSC, IMSS-News, Copies for
the ISU and National Ice Sport
Federations
Copies of the Minutes of Sessions of the IMSSG
and the IMSSC and of the yearly issued IMSS-News will be sent for information to the Members of
the ISU Council, to the Members of the ISU TC Speed
Skating and to Ms. Rhea Schwartz, Coordinator ISU
Adult Figure Skating Group. The IMSS-News are also sent to all National Ice Sports Federations with
speed skating activities.
2.7 Tasks of the IMSSG
In the appointment of the ISU Adult Figure
Skating Group and the IMSSG by the ISU Council it was said: “The groups will act as liaison
between the Adults/Masters activity and the ISU in the
further development
of this aspect of the sport disciplines. It should be a purpose of these groups
to give this movement some direction and eventually common rules which cross
international boundaries.”
Since many years International Masters’ Speed Skating
Competitions have been promoted by the International Speed Skating Committee (IMSSC) as can be seen from the International Speed Skating
News (IMSS-News) which are issued every year by the IMSSC. Special Rules for Masters Speed Skating Competitions (IMSSC Rules) have been developed by the IMSSC
besides the ISU Rules for the special problems of International
Masters’ Speed Skating Competitions. And a list of International Masters
Records (IMSSC Records) is established by the IMSSC every year. The IMSSG is fully involved with this work because all Members
of the IMSSG are also Members of the IMSSC.
Because the Organization and Coordination of Masters Competitions is
well done by the IMSSC, the IMSSG can concentrate on the incorporation of the
International Masters’ Speed Skating into the ISU.
This can be done by the incorporation of Masters Speed
Skating Rules into the Rules of the ISU. Generally the Masters’ International Speed Skating
Competitions are held under the Rules of the ISU. But
because the ISU Rules do not fit in all cases for the
needs of the Masters the existing rules must be altered or supplemented for
Masters.
Mr. Zimmermann agreed that the IMSSG works out
a proposal for Masters’ Speed Skating Rules which could be incorporated into
the ISU Rules. This proposal will be sent to Mr.
Zimmermann for a discussion in the ISU Council
Session in autumn 2005 (see chapter 5).
3
Summary from discussions of Mr. Sven-Åge Svensson with Mr. Tron Espeli,
chairman of the ISU
Technical Committee, Oslo/Norway,
Mr. Espeli expressed a positive concern about
the “Masters’ movment”. However, he thinks that it is
more a political matter than a technical matter.
Political matters would be:
- Adapt ISU rules and regulations
- Definition of
“Masters”
- Masters Age
Groups
- Engage more
countries
- Who may
organize Masters’ events?
- Status of
Masters’ “Championships”
Technical matters would be:
- What are the
suited types of competitions?
- What are the
suited distances for the different age groups (Medical responsibility!)?
- Any influence
on existing competition rules?
- Incorporation
into ISU Events List
- Quality
requirements/quotas/ qualification procedure
In general:
- What is the most
advantageous to the Speed Skating community?
- What do other
sports do about masters?
- Will the IMSSC make sufficient progress with one meeting a
year?
4
Proposals of the IMSSG
to the ISU Council for Incorporation of Masters Rules into
the ISU Rules
In cooperation with the IMSSC and the ISU the IMSSG will try to reach
the incorporation of the most important IMSSC Rules
into the ISU Rules (see chapter 2.7). The IMSSC Rules are issued in the IMSS-News
2004, page 32.
For the autumn session of the ISU Council Dr.
Volker Serini shall formulate proposals for the incorporation of
Masters Rules into the ISU Rules. The following rules shall be proposed for
incorporation:
- Masters Definition
including Age Groups (see IMSSC Rule 1)
- Masters’ World
Championships (see IMSSC Rule 2.1.1)
- Masters‘
International Competitions (see IMSSC Rule
2.1.2)
- Personal Entry
(see IMSSC
Rule 2.2)
- Drawing and
Ranking (see IMSSC Rule 2.5.)
- Restrictions
of Participants in the longest Distance (see IMSSC
Rule 2.6)
- Masters World
Records (listed by the IMSSC, see IMSSC Rule 3)
The Masters Rules could perhaps be combined in a new ISU
Rule 297. The proposal to the ISU Council will be
made after being accepted by the other Members of the IMSSG.
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Budget and account of the IMSSG
A budget proposal for the next season 2006 shall be made by Dr. Volker Serini. The proposal to the Council will be made after
being accepted by the other Members of the IMSSG.
The cash audit of the IMSSG account shall be
made by the cash auditor before the next IMSSG
Session.
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Next IMSSG
Session
The 3rd IMSSG Session will be held at
ISU MASTERS SPEED SKATING GROUP (IMSSG)
V. Serini
(Dr. Volker Serini, Coordinator)
IMSG05 2nd Session
IMSSG Baselga ITA Min 04-56
Members IMSSG :
Jae Seok Choi (KOR), Gaétan
Rochette (CAN), Dr. Volker Serini
(GER), Sven-Åge Svensson
(NOR)