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Minutes of the 20-th Plenary Meeting of the IARU Region 1 ARDF Working Group
Lillehammer (Norway), 19 september 1999
Present
Official Guests :
Mr. Tom Atkins, VE3CDM President IARU Region 2
Mr. Vincent Magrou, F5JFT IARU Region 1 Executive Committee
Working Group Members :
Mr. Rik Strobbe, ON7YD WG Chairman, UBA
Mr. Ole Garpestad, LA2RR NRRL
Mr. Rainer Floesser, DL5NBZ DARC
Mr. Jiri Marecek, OK2BWN CRC
By proxy :
Mr. Zeljko Ulip, 9A2EY HRS
Mr. Jan Hoek, PA0JHN VERON
Mr. Murtadha Sultan, A41LZ ROARS
Mr. Ian Cornes, G4OUT RSGB
Mr. Anton Mraz, OM3LU SARA
Observer :
Mr. Laszlo Weisz, HA3NU MRASZ
Agenda
1. Opening by the Chairman
2. Welcome to the Guests
3. Introduction of the present Working Group members and their attendants
4. Apologies for proxies
5. To approve the agenda
6. To receive the minutes of the 19-th Plenary Meeting held inNyireg¡haza, Hungary
7. To receive preliminary information on the preparation of the 10-th IARUARDF World Championships to be held in 2000 and the 13-th IARU Region 1 ARDFChampionships to be held in 2001
8. To discuss the sequence og IARU ARDF World and Regional championships and decide the Working Group standpoint
9. To discuss the financial situation of the ARDF Regional and WorldChampionships in IARU Region 1
10. To select the Organizing Society of the 11-th IARU ARDF World Championshipsto be held in 2002. The selected Society will be proposed, on behalf of theARDF WG, to the IARU Region 1 Executive Committee.
11. To discuss the final report and proposed new ARDF Rules as prepared bythe sub-group chaired by Karl-Heinz Mols, DL9ME.
12. To discuss the other ARDF related documents of the Region 1 GeneralConference (C3.4 and C3.12)
13. To propose the candidate for the office of ARDf WG Chairman for the next3-years term
14. Any other business, courtesies.
15. To close the meeting.
Ad 1.The Chairman opens the meeting at 14.40.
Ad 2.The Chairman welcomes Mr. Tom Atkins, VE3CDM, and Mr. Vincent Magrou, F5FJT,respectively representing IARU Region 2 and IARU Region 1.
Ad 3.The present Working Group Members, proxy-holders and observers introduce themselves.
Ad 4.An apologie for absence is received from Mr. Kurt Kawasch, OM8AA, who is in hospital due to illness. On behalf of the Working Group the Chairman wishes a fast and complete recovery. A postcard with greetings and best wishes will be sent.
Ad 5.The agenda is approved unanimously.
Ad 6.The minutes of the 19-th Plenary Meeting were distributed to all WorkingGroup Members in october 1998. Spare copies are available at the meeting.
Ad 7.The chairman informs that based on the lastest information from CRSA the10-th IARU ARDF World Championships will be held in september 2000 in the Shangai area.From WG Member Mr. Richard Ulrich the informations is received that the 13-thIARU Region 1 ARDF Championships will be held in september 2001 in the south of France.
Ad 8.There is a general agreement within the IARU Region 1 ARDF WG to mainta in the actual 2 years cycle of Regional Championships (odd years) and WorldChampionships (even years).Also the IARU Region 2 ARDF WG is in favour of maintaining the 2 years cycle.Chairman of the IARU Region 3 ARDF Committee informed that Region 3 is willingto reconsider their decision to have Region 3 Championships in 2002.Based on the above there is good hope that there will be a world-wide agreementon a 2 years cycle.
Ad 9.The Chairman inform the Working Group about the actual situation. Due tothe financial situation in Region 1 all cost have been reduced but he feelsthat the reductions toward ARDF are far above average.As the financial situation of Region 1 will be discussed at this GeneralConference there is a concensus that no further actions will be taken now.The chairman will mention this item in his report to the C3 committee andask the Executive Committee to consider the importance of ARDF in the promotionof amateur radio when taking financials decision towards the ARDf WG andARDF Regional and World Championships.
Ad 10.Based on the outcome of the voting held at the informal meeting of the ARDFWG on 8 september 1999 the ARDF WG unanimously proposes SARA to host the11-th ARDF World Championships in 2001.Mr. Jiri Marecek, OK2BWN, regrets that during the informal meeting and priorto the vote Mr. Rainer Floesser, DL5NBZ, asked the Working Group Membersto vote for SARA because they missed the nomination in the past. Accordingto OK2BWN only objective reasons should be taken into account for the nominationof a host society.
Ad 11.Based on the report of DL9ME and the discussions held from 8 to 11 september(at the venue of the 12-th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championships) the ARDF WGdecides :1. to withdraw the proposed new rules as annex to C3.42. to ask the New rules subgroup to continue their work, basedon following time schedule :- now to June 2000 : refine the rules and distibute them amonst the ARDFWorking Groups of all 3 IARU Regions for discussion.- August 2000 : first test of the new rules (and in particular the startingsystem) at the German Championships. After this eventual refining and testsat other competitions.- September 2001 : new rules tested at the 13-th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championships- 2002 : new rules approved at the IARU Region 1 General Conference.
Ad 12.Document C3.4 (report of the ARDF WG Chairman) is approved unanimously.The need of a worl-dwide ARDF co-ordinator, as asked for by NRRL in documentC3.12, is discussed. The ARDF WG agrees that based on the actual situation,where there is a fast and constructive dialog between the 3 Regional ARDFWG Chairmen via e-mail, there is no urgent need for a world-wide co-ordinator.In accordance with NRRL document C3.12 is withdrawn.
Ad 13.ON7YD informs that he is no longer candidate for the office of WG Chairman.But he expresses his intentions to remain active within the ARDF WG and inparticular in the field of promotion of ARDF, in Region 1 and worldwide.His attendance at the 1-st IARU Region 2 ARDF Championships (Portland-USA,August 1999) has shown that the experience of Region 1 can be very helpfullto start ARDF activities all over the world. The president of IARU Region2, Mr. Tom Atkins VE3CDM, who was also present in Portland confirms thisexpercience and takes the opportunity to thank Mr. Panayot Danev, LZ1US,and Mr. Rik Strobbe, ON7YD, for their presence and active support at theRegion 2 Championships.Based on the proposal of the informal meeting of 10 september 1999 the ARDF WG proposes Mr. Rainer Floesser, DL5NBZ, for the office of ARDF WG Chairmanfor the next 3-years term.
Ad 14.The Chairman informs the ARDF WG that DARC has proposed Mr. Peter Hanzl,DG0OHS, as International Class ARDF Referee.This is unanimously accepted by the ARDF WG and the proposal of DARC willbe forwarded to the Executive Commitee
Ad 15.The Chairman thanks the guest, WG Members, proxy-holders and observers fortheir precence and cooperation.The meeting is closed at 17.55.
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