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104th annual general conference minutes of working sessions held in dublin ireland 8 and 9th october 2010 th

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federation aeronautique internationale founded in 1905 honorary patron dr bertrand piccard headquarters avenue mon repos 24 1005 lausanne switzerland telephone 41 021 345 1070 telefax 41 021 345 1077 e-mail info@fai.org web www.fai.org officers of the fai 2010/2011 presidents of honour a o dumas canada dr c kepak czech republic g.a lloyd australia c.f von kann usa o.a rautio finland dr h.p hirzel switzerland e.j ness norway w weinreich germany p portmann france president john grubbström executive directors r clipsham r henderson j.h lee o lagarhus a de orleans-borbónhenderson r b neuenschwander vice-presidents m heuer aerobatics r skinner aeromodelling dr s sanz fernandez de cordoba astro records h meertens australia a roppert austria j-c weber ballooning v wieme belgium f oliva brazil j humphreys canada e mai chinese taipei u graeber colombia j dodal czech rep h hald denmark gen a shehata egypt t pitkänen finland b delor france p cabañero marimõn general aviation g gegenava georgia k koplin germany r henderson gliding e savramis greece j aldridge hang gliding paragliding capt s sharma india d rowan ireland o talmon israel g leoni italy y yuasa japan k.o kim korea s al-jeemaz kuwait k plocins latvia c eschette luxemburg ing j peña buenrostro mexico r meredith-hardy microlight r minic montenegro a alves gomes mozambique e.t.h wijnands netherlands a solbakken norway g windsor parachuting w skalik poland p de moura marques portugal d hamilton rotorcraft v ivanov russia ing s pelagic serbia ing a liska slovakia j olias sanchez spain b lindgren sweden y burkhardt switzerland o yildirim turkey k negal united kingdom j gaffney usa presidents of fai air sport commissions h meertens aus casi air sport general commission j-c weber lux cia ballooning p cabanero marimón spa gac general aviation r henderson nzl igc gliding r skinner rsa ciam aeromodelling g windsor aus ipc parachuting m heuer usa civa aerobatics j aldridge gbr civl hang gliding paragliding dr s sanz fernandez de cordoba spa icare ­ astro records d hamilton gbr cig rotorcraft r meredith-hardy gbr cima microlight presidents of fai technical commissions m kasteleijn ned ciea aerospace education p.l duranti ita ciaca amateur built aircraft dr j knüppel ger cimp medico-physiological tbd envc environment l holmström swe cans ­ airspace and navigations systems headquarters secretary general stéphane desprez sports development director jean-marc badan office accounting manager cosette mast competitions manager christine rousson ­ sports manager rodric neri record officer marcel meyer communication manager faustine carrera members services manager ségolène rouillon

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federation aeronautique internationale 104th annual general conference minutes of the working sessions held on th th friday 8 and saturday 9 october 2010 at the citywest hotel dublin ireland in the chair mr pierre portmann fai president active members of fai fai active members represented with voting rights heads of delegations australia mr mike close austria dr alois roppert belgium mr jo van de woestyne brazil mr flávio oliva canada mr jack humphreys chile mr julio subercaseaux mac-gill china mr wang lei chinese taipei ms elsa l.c mai colombia mr ulf markus graeber cyprus mr demetrakis hadjidemetriou czech republic mr vlastimil dvorak denmark mr helge hald finland mr tapio pitkÄnen france mr jean-françois georges germany mr klaus koplin greece mr antonis papadopoulos hungary mr lászló szÖllÖsi iran mr hamid reihani ireland mr tom mccormack israel mr omri talmon italy mr giuseppe leoni japan mr yasushi yuasa korea mr lee won kab luxemburg mr carlo lecuit mexico ing josé peÑa buenrostro netherlands mr e.t.h wijnands

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minutes of the working sessions of the 104 fai annual general conference th new zealand mr john wedderburn mclean norway mr otto lagarhus poland mr wlodzimierz skalik portugal mr paulo antónio de moura marques romania mr constantin voicu russia mr vladimir ivanov saudi arabia mr abdullah m al jawini serbia mr zeljko ovuka slovakia mr jan mikus south africa mr john louis gaillard spain mr josé luis olias sanchez sweden dr john grubbstrÖm switzerland mr beat neuenschwander thailand gp capt veerayuth didyasarin turkey mr osman yildirim united kingdom mr david roberts united states of america mr jonathan gaffney associate members egypt espaf mr ismail fouad darwish romania frm mr radu mircea berceanu international affiliate members of fai o.s.t.i.v prof louis m boermans proxies estonia to finland guatemala to chile mozambique to portugal

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minutes of the working sessions of the 104 fai annual general conference th fai executive board fai president mr pierre portmann fai executive director mr willi arpagaus fai executive director mr robert clipsham fai executive director mr bengt-erik fonsell fai executive director mr robert henderson fai executive director mr lee jonghoon fai executive director mr alvaro de orleans borbon fai secretary general mr stéphane desprez fai air sport commissions mr henk meertens president fai air sport general commission mr jean-claude weber president fai ballooning commission mr pedro cabanero marimon president fai general aviation commission mr eric mozer representing president fai gliding commission mr bob skinner president fai aeromodelling commission mr graeme windsor president fai parachuting commission mr mike heuer president fai aerobatics commission mr john aldridge president fai hang gliding paragliding commission mr david hamilton president fai rotorcraft commission mr richard meredith-hardy president fai microlight commission fai technical commissions mr michiel kasteleijn president fai aviation space education commission mr pierluigi duranti president fai amateur-built experimental aircraft commission dr jürgen knÜppel president fai medico-physiological commission mr bernald smith representing president fai environmental commission mr lars holmstrÖm president fai airspace and navigation systems commission fai presidents of honour mr peter lloyd aus dr hanspeter hirzel sui fai companions of honour mr peter lloyd aus mrs odette balesi-rousseau fra mr hideo hirasawa jap mrs kyung o kim kor mr raymond j johnson usa mr wim kroes ned mr tor johannesen nor mr denis terry rowan irl mr bernald smith usa

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minutes of the working sessions of the 104 fai annual general conference th secretariat of the 104 fai annual general conference mr jean-marc badan fai sports and development director ms christine rousson fai competitions manager mrs ségolène rouillon fai members and services manager apologies for absence were received from dr cenek kepak president of honour mr atul dev companion of honour bulgaria estonia guatemala latvia mali mozambique scrutineers conference unanimously agreed to the appointment as scrutineers of dr hans-peter hirzel mr jean-pierre delmas mr jean-marc badan and mr pierluigi duranti th 1 fai president s introductory remarks fai president mr pierre portmann introduced mr stéphane desprez the new secretary general since february 2010 2 in memoriam conference stood in silent memory of all friends of fai who had died since the 103rd general conference in 2009 and especially of mr max bachman switzerland former alternate delegate of the gliding commission and member in the executive committee and honourary member of the swiss gliding during many years mr david barish usa aeronautical engineer and co-inventor of the paraglider mr robert card united kingdom former parachuting alternate delegate mr robert carlson canada former vice-president of the fai and the fai air sport general commission delegate of the environmental commission mr audoin dollfus france astronaut and aeronaut he discovered janus the tenth saturn satellite and accomplished many flights and carried out many astronomical observations in balloons award recipient of the paul tissandier diploma and former holder of world records mr renaud ecalle france european aerobatic champion in 2010 world aerobatic champion in 2009 aerobatic gold medal at the 2009 fai world air games european aerobatic vice-champion in 2008 world aerobatic vice-champion in 2007 european aerobatic vice-champion in 2006 world aerobatic third place in 2005

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minutes of the working sessions of the 104 fai annual general conference th mr alfred eckert germany gas balloon pilot founder of the balloon museum gersthofen and cia hall of fame inductee publisher of the magazine der freiballon mr tadeusz gora poland award recipient of the lilienthal medal mr michael goth germany fai vice-president president of the fai environmental commission german delegate for the environmental commission env com representative at cans commission mr nicholas kaltchev bulgaria fai vice-president president of the national aero club of bulgaria and delegate of parachuting commission award recipient of the paul tissandier diploma dr colum killeen ireland former cimp president commission mr howard kuhn usa former ciam space models sc chairman and first spacemodeller decorated with the aeromodelling gold medal mr alejandro maclean spain award recipient of the paul tissandier diploma mr terje martinsen norway ciam alternate delegate and president of the modelling section in norway mrs fiona mceachern australia chair of the ipc formation skydiving committee and delegate of the parachuting commission mr josef pavlata czech republic double absolute world champion in parachuting accuracy and style disciplines from 1986 and 1992 mr matti peura finland member of the civa glider aerobatics sub-committee mr willi schwarzenbach switzerland award recipient of the paul tissandier diploma mr walter wolfrum germany former delegate of the federal republic of germany to the fai aerobatics commission from 1977 to 1984 he was also a former german national aerobatic champion mr guenter zimmer germany award recipient of the rotorcraft gold medal mr vladimir zivanovic serbia former aeromodelling judge in f2b as a conclusion the fai president proposed a special tribute to mr renaud ecalle whose funeral was taking place that same morning in salon de provence fra the home of the french air force aerobatics team the fai president pointed out that safety should always be on top of our priorities the president asked the audience to stand up for a minute of silence 3 roll-call of delegations 3.1 the roll-call was taken and revealed 43 heads of delegations of fai active members in good standing with voting rights 10 representatives of fai air sport commissions with voting rights.

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minutes of the working sessions of the 104 fai annual general conference th 1 international affiliate members with voting rights 2 associate members non-voting 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 the names of heads of delegations air sport commission representatives observers and those apologising for absence were as recorded above there was no modification to the agenda the names of scrutineers were as recorded above voting panels with a total of 345 votes were distributed to delegations the number of votes required to obtain majorities were declared as follows absolute majority 173 two-thirds majority 230 3.6 voting procedure in order to clarify potential uncertainties mr stéphane desprez gave some explanations on voting procedures including who had voting rights and for which type of votes and more particularly with regards to the voting rights of air sports commissions mr henk meertens casi president asked for further explanation regarding the counting of abstention as a no vote which he did not considered normal mr meertens further explained that an abstention should reduce the number of votes cast mr stéphane desprez and pierre portmann explained that the issue pertained to the number of votes present roll call and that in such a vote the majority was based on the number of votes in favour and that even though abstentions were recorded they had the effect of a no vote since there seemed to be a misunderstanding mr alvaro de orleans borbon asked mr meertens for clarification mr meertens explained that the notion of abstention is not equal to a no vote and never had been it meant that a person did not wish to enter his/her vote and it should reduce the quorum mr alvaro de orleans borbon reiterated the executive board s explanation with regards to votes based on the number of members present and proposed to mr meertens to clarify this with the eb during the break note the issue was discussed during the break and clarified there are 2 types of votes in fai constitution votes based on members present most common and votes based on votes cast the executive board intention was to present the most common form of votes based on members present for which abstentions are recorded and act as a no and mr meertens was talking about votes based on votes cast which indeed do not count abstention as it is not counted as a vote cast this being clarified mr merteens agreed to proceed accordingly 4 minutes of 103rd fai general conference 2009 mr art greenfield usa noted that in 2009 general george putnam s name was read in the in memoriam but not published in the minutes he asked that the name general putnam s name be duly added to minutes general putnam was the head of delegation for many years and much involved in fai the fai president confirmed it would be done.

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minutes of the working sessions of the 104 fai annual general conference th conference unanimously approved the minutes of the 103 fai general conference working th th sessions held on 9 and 10 october 2009 at the convensia congress centre incheon korea rd 5 report of the fai president mr pierre portmann fai president presented his report annex 1 which was adopted by the conference 6 fai finances 6.1 2009 balance sheet and report by auditors the fai executive director finance mr robert clipsham reported in detail annex 2 on the 2009 balance sheet income and expenditure account commissions finances and the report on the fai accounts by the auditors pricewaterhousecoopers annex 3 there being no questions the fai president asked for approval of the 2009 accounts general conference unanimously approved the financial statements and auditor s report for the year 2009 as presented in accordance with statute 3.4.1.3 the fai president thanked mr clipsham for his good job as finance director 6.2 2010 situation the fai executive director finance described the healthy financial situation for the current year with 90 of subscription income being received as of the end of august and 97 as of the day of the plenary session and even though there was some risk in the payment of sponsorship contracts the income projection was on budget expenditures were comparable to budget except for salaries which were underspent due to position vacancies throughout a part of the year with regards to special reserves including commission reserves there were incomes and expenditures to be completed in the remaining months of 2009 and therefore the accounts at august 31 were not indicative of the expected results at december 31 2010 according to the financial policy defined in 2009 to reduce risks and in order to reduce fai exposure to foreign exchange fluctuation the portion of assets held in euros was substantially reduced in this year following the decrease in the position in usd on previous years a financial surplus similar to budget was anticipated at the 2010 year-end the executive director finance also reported on the review by the fai executive board in conjunction with the auditors of the financial management of the fai operations based on this analysis changes were decided in the way the fai would report to the general conference to add transparency in fai financial reporting and which would be in accordance with the requirement of the fai statutes these principles had been shared with asc presidents during the meeting earlier this week and mainly consisted of consolidating all sources of revenues including competition revenues into the fai financial budgeting and reporting process and of implementing a budget control process including expense commitment approval

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minutes of the working sessions of the 104 fai annual general conference th for the implementation of these changes the executive board had decided to establish a eb temporary working group which would study with all constituents nacs ascs eb the impact of these decisions on the day to day operations and actual procedures and would report back to the general conference in 2011 6.3 2011 scale of subscriptions and budget for 2011 the fai executive director finance briefly mentioned the 2011 scale of subscriptions annex 4 noting that the scale of subscriptions remained the same as in 2010 adjusted for leaving and arriving members and adding that the total subscription revenue for 2011 is projected to be chf 1 005 000 it was subject to changes resulting from decisions taken on membership of fai later in the conference the fai executive director presented the draft budget for 2011 expenses and income annex 5 mr günter bertram ger made 3 observations first he noticed that the cost for the 2009 general conference in korea was 10 000 chf whereas the budget for 2010 general conference in dublin and 2011 general conference in serbia was 20 000 chf and thought that it should not be more expensive to host a general conference in europe than in korea second with regards to the costs of the fai headquarters office he noticed that when adding all the different budget lines i.e office charges interest depreciation the total cost was 92 000 chf instead of 80 000 in 2010 the fai finance director responded that as explained earlier if one makes a comparison one has also to take into account the fact that as the fai will have extra space available it has signed a lease agreement for 1/3rd of the office space bought and that there will be 27 000 chf of rental income in 2010 and 39 000 annually starting in 2011 as well which confirms that the total cost will be less than the actual cost 2010 last mr günter bertram asked if the budget of 25 000 chf for operations of technical commissions was related to the german proposal to be discussed later in the agenda the fai president answered positively and therefore mr günter bertram said he was grateful for that and that it would save a 30 minutes discussion in the afternoon mr jonathan gaffney usa commented that an increase in sanction fees would result in a potential decrease in competition activity and asked if the eb had envisioned an alternative the fai finance director answered that he had not made any statement on an increase of sanction fee mr jonathan gaffney then made a statement from a nac perspective and urged all fai constituents to make sure that running a negative fai budget was not a long-term trend as the economic situation was not expected to get any better in the future mr john aldridge civl president made 1 comment and 2 observations first he pointed out that he was concerned that the discussion about the management principles in item 6.2 was portrayed as a failure from ascs to report while he actually thought it was a failure in supervision mr robert clipsham fai finance director responded that compared to 20 years ago when competition revenues were brought in reporting practices had evolved the issue was not a point of failure from anyone but rather to take the opportunity for discussions with the fai auditors to propose a process more in-line with actual best practices and which will give a better picture of the fai operations to the general conference the governing body of fai.

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minutes of the working sessions of the 104 fai annual general conference th second regarding the 2011 budget mr john aldrige pointed out that since ascs were being charged for medals in their operating expenses it did not seem appropriate to account for these also in the headquarters operations mr stéphane desprez confirmed that it was indeed an internal operation with no impact on the overall budget and that it would be properly accounted for as such in future reporting documents third mr john aldridge pointed out that item 2.4 of the fai budget i.e asc operating expenses was a rough estimate based on historic figures but that in his opinion it did not reflect the actual costs of operations of commissions since it was a large budget item he then asked if in the future it would be possible to have more detailed information on that budget line mr robert clipsham fai finance director confirmed that this number was indeed an average over the last 5 years of total asc operating expenses and that in order to be more accurate the reporting issue was to be considered by the eb working group which was tasked with providing guidance on how to achieve more accurate budgeting figures mr david roberts gbr pointed out that while the 2011 budget was showing a potential loss of 57 000 chf the actual risk due to uncertainty on sponsoring revenues was to actually run a potential 200 000 chf loss the fai president stressed that a budget was prepared taking into account elements available at a certain moment in time he also provided another view point indicating for instance that should the general conference answer positively to italy s request to move from class iii to class i it would mean a 51 000 chf increase in revenue therefore he reassured the conference that even though the sponsoring budget was slightly optimistic he felt confident that the overall budget was under control mr richard meredith hardy cima president asked for clarification on how the fai had planned to finance the fai headquarters staffing adjustments and the budget allocated to technical commissions under this time of financial constraint and decreased of sponsoring budgets he did not quite understand where the funding would come from if it were not for the asc contribution he concluded that in the case of cima if it was asked to contribute to fai hq operating expenses it would put cima at risk by forcing it to increase sanction fees the fai president answered that this issue had been largely debated during the asc presidents meeting and that the question had already been answered the issue of a potential resource sharing process had been duly referred back to an eb working group in which the ascs would be represented and that no decision had been made the fai president also took this opportunity to remind delegates that fai revenues and activities encompassed all air sports that the fai headquarters staff was largely dedicating its resources to supporting ascs and that according to fai values each fai constituent had to contribute to the whole organization it therefore did not seem inappropriate in times where the financial crisis commanded lower sponsorship revenues that ascs would contribute to fai hq operating expenses and or that the more successful ascs helped the smaller ones solidarity had to be our motto general conference approved the scale of subscriptions and budget for 2011 as presented in accordance with statute 3.4.1.4 with two abstentions civl and cima.

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minutes of the working sessions of the 104 fai annual general conference th 6.4 approval of auditor the fai executive director finance proposed that pricewaterhousecoopers remain fai auditors for 2011 and that the executive board be authorized to determine their remuneration this was approved unanimously by the conference 7 amendment to statutes and by-laws the fai president invited mr jean-claude weber chairman of the statutes working group swg to introduce proposals for changes to fai statutes and by-laws to start with mr jean-claude weber apologized for the confusion during the swg presentation at the 2009 general conference he further explained that most of the confusion had been created by the fact that the swg had attempted to deal with items that were not covered by the swg terms of reference as a matter of fact it was not the task of the swg to make strategic decisions and to write the corresponding rule it is the role of the general conference to make such strategic decisions and the swg is then tasked to establish the appropriate wording consequently mr jean-claude weber stated that the swg had decided to table 2 agenda items which had already been tabled in 2009 until the general conference made an appropriate decision based on proposals from the eb on these policies role duties and rights of fai vice presidents status role and composition of casi following that introduction mr jean-claude weber resumed the swg presentation for 2010 7.1 conditions of eligibility for the award of the honorary group diploma swg brief the swg had been tasked to examine by-laws 11.13.2 dealing with honorary group diplomas and to make recommendations to the general conference in 2009 specific concerns were recent cases of possibly inappropriate groups receiving this diploma in conflict with the intention and definition of the award at the 2009 general conference a proposal to this effect had been presented and subsequently withdrawn by the swg because vetting and approval procedures in by-laws chapters 10 and 14 could not be adopted by the general conference the proposal had been tabled until the 2010 general conference swg recommendation having reconsidered the proposed wording for the 2009 general conference the swg had decided for clarification and historical referencing purposes only to propose to the 2010 general conference the name and wording changes as per the attached report without any proposed changes to the vetting and approval procedures in by-laws chapters 10 and 14 in a response to mr jack humphreys can mr jean-claude weber confirmed that there was no intention to increase the number of diplomas and then asked the fai president to submit the proposal for a vote.

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minutes of the working sessions of the 104 fai annual general conference th vote the general conference unanimously approved the swg proposal 7.2 proposal by cima to change the name of the commission to fai microlight and paramotor commission include paramotor into statute 1.1 5.2.3.3.7.10 and bl 12.11.2 swg recommendation mr jean-claude weber explained that further to cima s request see attached swg report annex 6 the swg had discussed the issue during the preparation phase of the 2010 general conference and had found it inappropriate for the time being to submit any proposal for adoption by the 2010 general conference it was then further agreed in conjunction with cima president to table this item until the 2011 general conference decision the proposal was tabled for one year and it was recommended that cima takes the necessary step to properly document the decision from its plenary it was also noted that the proposal stands as it was with the actual wording should cima wish to make some changes the new proposal would have to be formally submitted to the swg 7.3 control by the executive board of the content of non-constitutional elements in the by-laws swg brief following up on the 2009 fai general conference decision to authorize the swg to prepare firm proposals for 2010 on a more rational way for presenting fai constitution rules and regulations making clear in each case which body should be responsible for their amendment and implementation the swg conducted a detailed analysis and made a detailed proposal to amend the fai statutes and by-laws see attached report annex 6 mr jean-claude weber explained the background of this analysis and proceeded to walk through each proposal individually statutes definitions ­ fai constitution mr jean-claude weber presented the proposed wording see annex 6 and the discussion opened the fai president commented that this proposal had been requested by fai members with the objective to increase the efficiency of the general conference by avoiding having to deal with too many details during the meeting and the efficiency of the fai governance by allowing the eb to make quicker decisions however the fai president also pointed out that this proposal was not a carte blanche to the eb as he noted that in any case the general conference could always undo what the eb had decided during the year in response to a question from mr henk meertens casi concerning a proposal that any change should be reported to the general conference mr jean-claude weber remarked that the decision would come into force 15 days after it was published and that

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minutes of the working sessions of the 104 fai annual general conference th therefore nacs would automatically be informed before it would apply be in a position to formally request explanation or changes and ultimately report back to the general conference if they felt the eb had not duly taken into account their comments mr markus graeber col asked for clarification on where the line would be drawn between statutes and by-laws first of all the fai president took the opportunity to introduce and welcome mr graeber to his first general conference and pointed out that colombia would be the host of the 2013 world games to be held in cali in response to mr graeber s question the swg chairman explained that the swg had proposed to include in the by-laws the more volatile and flexible elements of our constitutions those that needed to be adaptable while the more fundamental and stable elements of the fai governance like membership issues or tribunal issues would stay in the statutes mr markus graeber col followed up on his question to then clarify what the procedure was to add an item to the by-laws the swg chairman responded that as a member any nac would have the possibility to directly address the eb and the fai president in order to make a proposal for by-laws change the basic member s rights have not changed mr john aldridge civl noted that in the 2009 general conference in incheon a proposal was made by ipc to modify the procedure to determine the location of fai commissions meeting and even though it was decided that it should be dealt with this year in conjunction with the eb control of the by-laws he did not see that issue taken care of in the 2010 swg proposal and was concerned that it would be forgotten the swg chairman responded that the reason for this was related to his introductory comments that the swg had decided it was not appropriate to have this item on its agenda because it was a strategic decision and it should rather be on the eb agenda mr john aldridge civl also argued that in his opinion the paragraph about commission voting rules was constitutional and should not be moved to by-laws as proposed the swg chairman responded that the swg had considered that this issue was actually not constitutional it did not affect fai members and the way fai members could decide on their representation within the commissions the swg rather considered it was a procedural matter mr john aldridge civl therefore noted that the word rules should be replaced by procedure considering the discussion mr günter bertram ger asked for clarification on how many members had to oppose to the eb decision within the 15 days deadline in order to stop a by-laws modification being adopted the swg chairman noted that it was not a question of preventing the adoption or not if a member did not agree with the proposed modification he could raise it to the eb whose responsibility it is to take the concerns into account however any member no matter the number involved who did not agree could raise the issue at the next general conference there being no more discussion the fai president proceeded to ask for a vote on the swg proposal vote the proposal was unanimously adopted statutes definitions ­ fai by-laws mr jean-claude weber presented the proposed wording with regards to the modification of the fai by-laws definition in the statutes he pointed out that the proposal was actually slightly different from what had been distributed with the agenda of the general conference and proposed in the swg report see annex 6

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minutes of the working sessions of the 104 fai annual general conference th the swg chairman therefore pointed out that fai members were asked to vote on the wording as on the screen see below for reference and not as in the document fai by-laws old that portion of the fai constitution established by the general conference and dealing with awards badges publications and procedural rules for the various fai bodies fai by-laws new that portion of the fai constitution dealing with awards badges publications procedural rules for the various fai bodies and any other matter as necessary for the conduct of fai business and aeronautical and astronautical activities there being no comments the fai president proceeded to ask for a vote on the swg proposal vote the proposal was unanimously adopted statutes ­ article 1.51 the swg chairman presented the proposed wording with regards to the modification of the fai statutes 1.5.1 he pointed out that the proposal was actually slightly different from what had been distributed with the agenda of the general conference and proposed in the swg report see annex 6 the swg chairman therefore pointed out that fai members were asked to vote on the wording as on the screen see below for reference and not as in the document statutes 1.5 1.5.1 old the fai by-laws the fai by-laws are formal written rules established by the general conference to guide the implementation of the statutes they cover procedural rules for the various fai bodies as well as awards badges and publications the fai by-laws are formal written rules to guide the implementation of the statutes they deal with awards badges publications procedural rules for the various fai bodies and any other matter as necessary for the conduct of fai business and aeronautical and astronautical activities 1.5.1 new mr jean-françois georges fra stated that he felt that a 15 days deadline was slightly too short and that he would prefer a 30 days deadline the swg chairman remarked that the aim of this proposal was to speed up the decision process and that the

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