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23rd Plenary Meeting of the IARU Region 1 Amateur Radio Direction Finding Working Groupon Sunday, November 10th, 2002(ARDF WG)Minutes
The agenda:
2. Welcome to the Guests 3. Introduction of the present Working Group Members and their attendants
8.1 To receive and discuss the document proposing the Rules for Championships in ARDF 8.2 To receive and discuss the document dealing with the financial situation of IARU R1 9. To confirm the decisions made at the Informal Meeting in Tatranske Matliare 9.1. Mr Rainer Floesser, DL5NBZ, was proposed to be the candidate for the election to the chairman of IARU R1 ARDF WG 9.2. Mr. Victor L. Bobrov, UT3UV was proposed by the WG to become an International Class Referee 9.3. The Bulgarian society BFRA was choosen to be the host of the 13th ARDF World Championships in 2006 10. To discuss the application of the Yugoslav society SRJ to be the host of the 15th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championships 2005
11. To receive latest information of 14th ARDF Region 1 ARDF Championships to be hosted by the Polish society PZK in 2003
12. To discuss the application of the German society DARC to be the host of the of 4th EYAC 2003
13. Any other business, courtesies
14. To close the meeting
Present Floesser, Rainer DL5NBZ Chairman Danev, Panayot LZ1US BFRA Marecek, Jiri OK2BWN CRC Mols, Karl-Heinz DL9ME DARC Gouliev, Tchermen UA3BL SRR Slomczynski, Krzysztof SP5HS PZK Berger, Guy ON7ZV UBA Hoek, Jan PA0JNH VERON Milosevic, Hrane YT1AD SRJ Kawasch, Kurt OM8AA SARA Ad. 1 The chairman opens the meeting at 14:40 h The chairman asks the participants if there is anybody willing to serve as a secretary. The participants express their trust in the chairman agreeing unanimously that the chairman should keep the minutes.
Ad. 2 No guests are present at the meeting
Ad. 3 The chairman and the participants of the meeting introduce themselves
Ad. 4 Neither apologies for absence nor proxies were received
Ad. 5 The agenda is approved unanimously
Ad. 6 The chairman reports that the minutes of the Informal Meeting were distributed to the WG members by eMail and for those that did not received the minutes so far printed versions are handed out. No objections were brought forward regarding the minutes of the Informal Meeting held at the 10th ARDF World Championship in Tatranske Matliare / Slovakia.
Ad. 7 Owing to the official deadline for documents to the General Conference the chairman points out that two reports were distributed to the WG members and to the IARU Office. The first report is dealing with activities of the Working Group up to the deadline. The second part of the report is dealing with three events held after the offcial deadline for Conference Documents. These two parts of the report are part of the official documents to the General Conference (C3.7 & C3.7 Part2). The Chairman points out, that two high level ARDF events were held in Region 1 in 2002: • The 3rd European Youth ARDF Championship held in Nessebar/Bulgaria in which girls and boys up to the age of 15 competed against each other. There were 70 participants from 10 member societies of IARU Region 1. •The 11th ARDF World Championships 2002 were held in Tatranske Matliare / Slovakia, with 309 competitors from 29 member societies. All three Regions of IARU were represented at this World Championship. The huge number of participants resulted in a new record for competitors and participating societies. The chairman mentions that ARDF is developing very well in the world and especially in Region1. He reports furthermore that an Informal Meeting was held at the 11th ARDF World Championship in Slovakia. At this meeting the preparatory work for the 23rd Plenary in San Marino was done. This Informal Meeting was attended by 20 Working Group Members and officials. Some decisions made at this meeting are to be confirmed at this 23rd Plenary Meeting. The chairman passes his thanks to the Working Group members for three years of good cooperation and trust in his work.
Ad 8. The chairman reports that he entered two documents to the General Conference: •C3.21 proposing new Rules for Championships in Amateur Radio Direction Finding and •C3.27 dealing with the financial situation of the ARDF Working Group.
8.1.The chairman reports that the two important parts of the New Rules – the Parallel Starting System and the new categories – have been well tested on special permit by the EC at 13th Regional Championship 2001 in France and the 11th ARDF World Championship 2002 in Slovakia. No problems were reported up to now. The chairman asks Mr. Karl Heinz Mols, DL9ME, who is also chairman of of the Sub Group “New Rules” for a report. DL9ME reports some changes in wording and some minor errors were corrected. On request of Mr. Arne Jensen, OZ9VA – EDR paragraph A 5.1 was changed for clarification. All changes were distributed to all members of the WG prior to the meeting and the participants of the meeting. The new paragraph A5.1 is being dicussed resulting in a small change of wording. After this the WG unanimously accepted document C3.21.
On request of Mr. Hrane Milosevic, YT1AD – SRJ – Item 8 was adjourned, because YT1AD had to leave early. The chairman proposes to continue with Item 10. This was unanimously accepted by the participants.
Ad. 10 YT1AD presents an application for hosting the 15th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championships in 2005. YT1AD notes that this application was distributed to all Heads of Delegation, the IARU Office and the chairman of the Working Group prior to the meeting. It is mentioned by the participants, that the date should be changed in a way to include a full weekend to save travel expenses. This is accepted by YT1AD. The particpants unanimously accepted the offer of SRJ with thanks.
The chairman continues with Item 8.2
Ad. 9 The chairman reports about decisions taken at the Informal Meeting during the 11th ARDF World Championship in Tatranske Matliare / Slovakia. These decisions require confirmation of the 23rd Plenary Meeting of the WG. The chairman asks the participants about the necessity to confirm these decisions one by one or if it is possible to do this in total. The participants unanimously confirmed the desicions in total. The chairman passes his thanks to the participants for their trust in his person and promised to do his best in continuing his work.
Ad. 11 Mr. Krzysztof Slomczynski, SP5HS – PZK- reports that PZK has signed the contract with the competition hotel and that Bulletin No. 1 is ready for distribution. SP5HS distributes then this bulletin to all present.
Ad. 12 Mr. Karl Mols, DL9ME – DARC – presents the application to host the 4th Regional Youth ARDF Championship 2003. DL9ME explains the difficulties in organzing such an event at a moderate price. Mr. Jiri Marecek, OK2BWN proposes to cancel the free day and the cultural program to save money. This is accepted by the participants. It is also proposed to change the date of the event so that a full weekend is covered to save travel expenses. DL9ME promises to check this and if possible to change the date. The participants accepted the application of DARC with these changes.
Ad. 13 13.1. Mr. Jiri Marecek, OK2BWN, presents a paper dealing with the Parallel Starting System. This paper was compiled by several Czech sportsmen. The chairman asks the participants not to start discussion about the Parallel Starting System now, but to postpone the discussion to a time after the General Conference. Mr. Panayot Danev, LZ1US proses to keep the Sub Group alive and to name it Sub Group Rules. Mr. Karl Heinz Mols, DL9ME, is asked to continue as the chairman of the Sub Group. This is accepted unanimously by the participants. 13.2. Mr. Jiri Marecek, OK2BWN, asks for some informal meetings to discuss technical matters during the General Conference. 13.3. Mr. Karl Heinz Mols, DL9ME, proposed Mr. Kai Buchhold, DH0NAZ, to become an International Class Referee. DH0NAZ will be the Siting Referee of the 4th Region 1 Youth ARDF Championships 2003 in Germany. DH0NAZ is well known and the participants unanimously accept the application.
Ad. 14 The chairman expresses his thanks to all Working Group Members for their good work and cooperation during the last three years. The chairman points out that there is a lot of work to be done in the next years to improve the rules and to develop ARDF and asks for further assistance.
The chairman closes the meeting at 17:42 h
As a result of this 23rd Plenary Meeting of the ARDF Working Group the Working Group presents the following requests and recommendations:
1. Requests to the EC
Request 1.1. The ARDF Working Group asks the EC Mr. Victor L. Bobrov, UT3UV, to be appointed as International Class Referee in ARDF.
Request 1.2. The ARDF Working Group asks the EC Mr. Kai Buchhold, DH0NAZ, to be appointed as International Class Referee in ARDF
Request 1.3. The ARDF Working Group asks the EC the Bulgarian society, BFRA to be the host of the 13th ARDF World Championship in 2006
Request 1.4. The ARDF Working Group asks the EC the Yugoslav society SRJ to be the host of the 15th Region 1 ARDF Championship in 2005
Request 1.5. The ARDF Working Group asks the EC the German society DARC to the host of the 4th Region 1 Youth ARDF Championship in 2003
Recommendation 2.1. The ARDF Working Group recommends to accept RULES FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN AMATEUR RADIO DIRECTION FINDING Version 2.6 Part A & B as valid rules for ARDF Championships in Region 1 as proposed in C 3.21 Revision 1 (see amendment CHANGES Version 2.5 to Version 2.6).
Recommendation 2.2. The ARDF Working Group recommends to accept the proposals made in C 3.27 - FINANCIAL SITUATION OF ARDF WORKING GROUP IN IARU REGION 1.
Recommendation 2.3. The ARDF Working Group recommends that Mr. Rainer Floesser, DL5NBZ, will continue his duties as Chairman of IARU Region 1 ARDF Working Group for the next three-years term.
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