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Minutes of the

Informal Meeting of the IARU Region 1 ARDF Working Group

(held at Hotel Omorika Tara/Zlatibor SCG, the venue of 15th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championships)

The  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 absence, accepting the proxies

5. To approve the agenda

6. To approve the program of the 15th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championships

7. To approve the composition of the International Jury to the 15th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championships

8. To receive the minutes of the 25th Plenary Meeting held in Brno/CZ

9. To receive the chairman´s report

10. To discuss the application of new International Class Referees

11. To discuss the preparations for the IARU General Conference and the 26th Plenary of the IARU Region 1 ARDF Working Group to be held in Davos/Switzerland in 2005

11.1 To discuss ARDF related papers to the General Conference

            11.1.1 C3-38 Terms of Reference and Rev.1

            11.1.2 C3-30 ARDF Youth Championships (MRASz)

            11.1.3 C4-15 Bandplan

            11.1.4 C5-04 Bandplan

11.2 To find a candidate for the elections to the chairman of IARU R1 ARDF WG to be held at the        IARU General Conference 2005 in September 2005
11.3 To discuss the necessity of having a Vice Chairman of IARU R1 ARDF WG
      

12. Youth ARDF Championships of IARU Region 1
12.1. To receive preliminary information of 7th Youth ARDF Championships of IARU Region 1 to be hosted by the Polish society PZK in 2006

12.2. To discuss the venue and to decide the hosting societies of the 8^th Youth ARDF Championships of IARU Region 1 2007 and the 9^th Youth ARDF Championships of IARU Region 1 2008

 

13. To receive preliminary information of 13th IARU ARDF World Championships to be hosted by the Bulgarian society BFRA in 2006

14. To discuss the venue and the hosting society of the 16^th ARDF Championships of IARU Region 1 in  2007

15. To discuss the proposal of the Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs (BFRA) to promote the annual Region 1 Youth ARDF Championships into World Championships  (see Appendix)

16. To receive the report of the Sub Group Rules

17. Any other business, courtesies

18. To close the meeting

Ad 1. Opening by the Chairman

The meeting was opened at 21:15, September 3rd by the Chairman of IARU Region 1 ARDF Working Group.

Ad. 2. Welcome to the Guests

The chairman welcomed all guests, especially Panayot Danev, LZ1US, memeber of the EC of Region 1.  Mr. Dusan Ceha, YU1EA, president of the organizing committee of the 15th Region 1 ARDF Championships, also welcomed the memebers of the ARDF WG.

 

Ad. 3. Introduction of the present Working Group Members and their attendants

All participants of the meeting introduced themselves.

Attendance				September
Name	Call	Society	eMail	3rd	4th	5th
Rainer Floesser	DL5NBZ	Chairman	dl5nbz@ardf-r1.org	X	X	X
Panayot Danev	LZ1US	R1EC / BFRA	panayotdanev@yahoo.com	X	X	X
Ludmila Hudeaev		ARM/FRRM	president@radiosport.org		X
Jiri Marecek	OK2BWN	CRC	marecek@sky.cz	X	X	X
Kai Pastor	DG0YT	DARC	dg0yt@darc.de	X	X	X
Miklos Venczel	HA0LZ	MRASz	mvenczel@cz.hu	X	X	X
Guillaume Vidal	F4DJO	REF	f4djo@ref-union.org		X	X
Dusan Kawasch	OM8AAA	SARA	dusanka@stonline.sk	X
Chermen Guliev	UA3BL	SRR	ua3bl@dol.ru	X	X	X
Dusan Ceha	YU1EA	SRSCG	yu1ea@eurosalon.co.yu	X	X	X
Jan Palmquist	SM5FUG	SSA	sm5fug@ssa.se	X	X	X
Victor Bobrov	UT3UV	UARL	ut3uv@mail.kar.net	X	X
Paul Rudolf	HB9AIR	USKA	paul.rudolf@ch.abb.com	X	X	X
Jan Hoek	PA0JNH	VERON	pa0jnh@cs.com		X	X
Franci Zankar	S57CT	ZRS	s57ct@hamradio.si	X	X
Guests
Giosho Vodenicharov	LZ1ZF	BFRA	lz1zf@abv.bg	X	X
Zvonimir Makovec	9A4ZM	HRS	s54m@email.si	X	X
Jozsef Fica	YU7AA	SRSCG	yu7aa@eunet.yu	X

Ad. 4. Apologies for absence, accepting the proxies

Apologies for absence were received from
Karl Heinz Mols, DL9ME, chairman of sub-group rules
Hans Endras, HB9QH (proxy to Paul Rudolf, HB9AIR)
Krzystof Slomczynski, SP5HS (proxy to Panayot Danev, LZ1US
Arne Jensen, OZ9VA (proxy to Rainer Floesser, DL5NBZ)

Rainer Floesser, DL5NBZ informed the meeting that DARC is represented by Kai Pastor, DG0YT (proxy for the informal meeting) and Mr. Kai Pastor, DG0YT, is also representing DARC at the 26th Plenary Meeting in DAVOS.

UARL informed the meeting that Victor Bobrov, UT3UV, is now the representative of UARL to the ARDF WG

Ad. 5. To approve the agenda

The meeting approved unanimously the agenda.


 

Ad. 6. To approve the program of the 15th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championships

The meeting approved unanimously the program of the 15th IARU ARDF Region 1 Championships.


 

Ad. 7. To approve the composition of the International Jury to the 15th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championships

The meeting approved unanimously the composition of the International Jury to the 152th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championships as below:

Rainer Floesser	DL5NBZ	Chairman
Jozsef Fica	YU7AA	Start
Miklos Venczel	HA0LZ	Start
Dejan Grozdanovic	YZ1GD	Start
PA Nordwaeger	SM0BGU	TX 1
Peter Hanzl	DL1OHS	TX2
Jiri Pavlu	OK1CHE	TX 3
Georgi Vodenicharov	LZ1ZF	TX 4
Bozidar Zivanov	YT1ZB	TX 5
Victor Bobrov	UT3UV	Finish
Dusan Ceha	YU1EA	Finish / Secretary
Ivan Todorovic	YU1UA	Siting Referee
Dorde Negovanovic	YU1ND	Technical Referee

The meeting was adjourned at 23:50 h

The meeting was reopened at 11:00 on September 4th

Ad. 8. To receive the minutes of the 25th Plenary Meeting held in Brno/CZ

The meeting approved unanimously the minutes of the 25th Plenary Meeting held in Brno/CZ

 

Ad. 9. To receive the chairman´s report

The chairmans report was distibuted earlier together with the papers to the Davos meeting.

At the Davos meeting there will be a revised version (see Appendix B)

 

Ad.10. To discuss the application of new International Class Referees

Certificates for new  this International Class Referees were handed over.
There were no applications for new International Class Referees for this meeting.



 

Ad. 11. To discuss the preparations for the IARU General Conference and the 26th Plenary of the IARU Region 1 ARDF Working Group to be held in Davos/Switzerland in 2005

Ad. 11.1 To discuss ARDF related papers to the General Conference

Ad. 11.1.1 C3-38 Terms of Reference and Rev.1

 

The new Terms of Reference were discussed and a excursion to Ad. 11.3 was made:

Ad. 11.3 To discuss the necessity of having a Vice Chairman of IARU R1 ARDF WG

The informal discussed the necessity of having a vice chairman and decided to have a vice chairman. 

After considering the canditates for this position and after voting the meeting proposes Mr. Jiri Marecek, OK2BWN, to the Davos Meeting as vice chairman of ARDF WG.



 

Returning to C3-38 Terms of Reference and Rev.1

The meeting discussed small changes in the original version of the new Terms of Reference and proposes to the 26th Plenary Meeting to foward this version with changes to the Final Plenary. ( see Appendix A)


 

Ad. 11.1.2 C3-30 ARDF Youth Championships (MRASz)

The chairman asked Mr. Miklos Venczel, HA0LZ, if he was informed about his paper from the Hungarian society MRASz. Miklos was not informed and there were non discussions within the ARDF office of MRASz about this paper.

The meeting proposes  unanimously to the 26th plenary meeting to ask MRASz for withdrawing this paper. If MRASz will not withdraw the paper the meeting proposes to the 26th Plenary Meeting to vote against this paper.
This paper is dealing with the Part B of the ARDF Rules and should be discussed and be voted on in the ARDF WG and not at a General Conference.

Ad. 11.1.3 C4-15 Bandplan

The ARDF WG proposes to C4 to forward this paper to the Final Plenary.
ARDF WG is pointing out that operating ARDF transmitters is sporadic use only.

Ad. 11.1.4 C5-04 Bandplan

The ARDF WG proposes to C5 to forward this paper to the Final Plenary.
ARDF WG is pointing out that operating ARDF transmitters is sporadic use only.


 

Ad. 11.2 To find a candidate for the elections to the chairman of IARU R1 ARDF WG to be held at the   General Conference 2005 in September 2005

The ARDF WG proposed unanimously Mr. Rainer Floesser, DL5NBZ, to be the candidate for the elections to the chairman.
 
The meeting was adjourned at 13:10 h

The meeting was reopened at 21:45 h on September 5th

Ad. 12. Youth ARDF Championships of IARU Region 1

Ad. 12.1. To receive preliminary information of 7th Youth ARDF Championships of IARU Region 1 to be hosted by the Polish society PZK in 2006


 

POLISH AMATEUR RADIO UNION - PZK POLISH ARDF CLUB

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON THE 7-th IARU REGION 1 YOUTH ARDF CHAMPIONSHIP 2006

1. According to the IARU Region 1 ARDF Working Group schedule, Polish Amateur
Radio Union (PZK) and Polish ARDF Club have pleasure to invite all IARU Member
Societies to participate in the 7-th IARU Region 1 Youth Championship to be held in
2006 in Poland.

2. Proposed venue of the Championship: city of GRUDZIADZ, located in northern
Poland, 18° 45'17" East, 53° 28'37" North.

3. Accommodation and board: in the youth hostel of the local school, to minimize the
participation costs.

4. Proposed date of the Championship: 13 to 16 July 2006.

5. Age categories: according to the IARU Region 1 ARDF Ruies (W15, M15) plus
proposed new categories if accepted by the ARDF Working Group at the meeting
held during IARU Region 1 General Conference in Davos.

6. Scope of the Championship: IARU Region 1 event, with the possibility to extend the
scope ofthe event into First Worid IARU ARDF Youth Championships (depending
on the decision of IARU Region 1 ARDF Working Group and agreement ofthe
ARDF Committees of IARU Regions 2 and 3).

7. Excursion at first day to the famous Teutonic Order Castle in Malbork.

Piotr Skrzypczak, SP2JMR       Krzysztof Stomczyhski, SP5HSJacek Czerwihski, SP2LQ
President, PZK             PZK ARDF Manager                  President, SP ARDF Club

The total cost per competitor are 110 - 120 EUR

These costs were approved by the WG unanimously.



 

Ad. 12.2. To discuss the venue and to decide the hosting societies of the 8th Youth ARDF Championships of IARU Region 1 2007 and the 9th Youth ARDF Championships of IARU Region 1 2008

 

DARC offered to host the 7th IARU Region 1 ARDF Youth Championships in 2007. The venue will be south of Chemnitz/Germany in an Youth Hostel located in two orienteering maps.

ARM/FRRM offered to host the 8th IARU Region 1 ARDF Youth Championships in 2008. The venue will be near Chisinau/Moldova.

Ad. 13. To receive preliminary information of 13th IARU ARDF World Championships to be hosted by the Bulgarian society BFRA in 2006

 

Mr. Panayot Danev, LZ1US, reported the continuing preperations and that BFRA had already signed the contract with brandnew 3 stars hotels which are located about 50m from the beach. All preperartion are within the schedule.

Ad. 14. To discuss the venue and the hosting society of the 16th ARDF Championships of IARU Region 1 in  2007

 

Mr. Jacek Czerwinski, SP2LQC, informed the chairman and the WG, that PZK (Poland) is ready to host the 16th IARU Region 1 Championships in 2007.

The WG accepted the kind offer with thanks.

 

Ad. 15. To discuss the proposal of the Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs (BFRA) to promote the annual Region 1 Youth ARDF Championships into World Championships

The WG discussed the paper of BFRA and came to the conclusion to keep Region 1 Youth Championships, but to invite also societies from Region 2 and 3. If societies from the other Regions will participate the Region 1 Youth Championships will become Youth World Championships. The ARDF Committees in Region 2 and 3 will be informed and this issue will be discussed.

 

Ad. 16. To receive the report of the Sub Group Rules

The report of the sub group rules was presented by Mr. Jiri Marecek, OK2BWN.

This report is an appendix to the minutes. (Appendix C)

Ad. 17. Any other business, courtesies

Ad. 17.1. An application to become an International Referee was received for Mr. Lucien Vidal, F4DKA.

This application was dicussed and approved unanimously by the WG. The certificate will be prepared for signing.

Ad. 17.2 One candidate for the position of the vice chairman of WG was proposed. Mr. Jiri Marecek, OK2BWN, was accepted unanimously by the WG. This proposal will be forwarded to the General Conference.

Ad. 17.3 Mr. Panayot Danev, LZ1US, proposed to change paragraph A 8.3 of the rules. This was discussed by the WG and it was decided leave this paragraph as it is.

Ad. 17.4 Mr. Karl Heinz Mols, DL9ME, was proposed and accepted by the WG for another 3 years term to chair the sub group rules.

Ad. 17.5 To promote ARDF to young people Mr. Jiri Marecek, OK2BWN, offered a youth training camp in central Moravia. Detailed information will follow soon. 

Ad. 17.6 Mr. Jiri Marecek, OK2BWN, reported, that he is working on rules for special kinds of ARDF like sprint ARDF and relay ARDF. These kinds of ARDF will be attractive to the media. He will report at meeting in 2006.

Ad. 18. To close the meeting

The chairman expressed his thanks to the working group members for their effective work during the three sessions of this informal meeting.

The chairman reminded those members of the working group not able to attend the 26th Plenary Meeting in Davos to inform their delegations about the results of this informal meeting.

 The meeting was closed at 23:45 h