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Minutes of the informal ARDF Working Group meeting
Varazdinke Toplice (Croatia), 8 & 10 september 1999
Present :
Working Group Members :
Mr. Rik Strobbe, ON7YD UBA, Chairman
Mr. Zygmunt Bauke, SP9ALM PZK
Mr. Panayot Danev, LZ1US BFRA
Mr. Henk Vrolijk, PA0HPV VERON
Mr. Franci Zankar, S57CT ZRS (only 8 sept.)
Mr. Algimantas Dapkus, LY2CD LRMD (only 8 sept.)
Mr. Richard Ulrich REF
Mr. Miklos Venczel, HA0LZ MRASZ (only 8 sept.)
Mr. Rainer Floesser, DL5NBZ DARC
Mr. Jiri Marecek, OK2BWN CRC
Mr. Arne Jensen, OZ9VA EDR
By proxy :
Mr. Nick Velikanov, UT1UC UARL (only 8 sept.)
Mr. Karol Pospichal, OM2CEC SARA
Mr. Tschermen Gouliev, UA3BL SRR
Official observer :
Mr. Alexander Kochergin, UN7JR UARK (only 8 sept.)
Observers :
Mr. Karl-Heinz Mols, DL9ME DARC
Mr. George Vodenitcharov, LZ1ZF BFRA (only 8 sept.)
Mr. Zeljko Ulip, 9A2EY HRS (only 8 sept.)
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 receive the minutes of the 19-th Plenary Meeting held in Nyíregyháza, Hungary
7. To approve the program of the 12-th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championships and the composition of the International Jury as proposed by the Organizing Commitee
8. To receive preliminary information on the preparation of the 10-th IARU ARDF World Championships to be held in 2000 and 13-th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championships to be held in 2001
9. To discuss sequence of IARU ARDF World and Regional Championships and decide the Working Group standpoint
10. To discuss the financial situation of the ARDF Regionial and World Championships in IARU Region 1
11. To select the Organizing Society , date and venue of the 11-th IARU World Championships to be held in 2002. The selected society will be proposed, on behalf of the ARDF WG, to the IARU Region 1 Executive Committee.
12. To discuss the final report and proposed new ARDF Rules as prepared by the sub-group chaired by Karl-Heinz Mols, DL9ME
13. To discuss the other ARDF related documents of the Region 1 General Conference (documents C3.4 and C3.12 attached to this invitation)
14. To propose the candidate for the office of ARDF WG Chairman for the next 3-years term
15. Any other business, courtesies
16. To close the meeting
Ad 1.
The meeting is opened by the chairman on 8 september at 20.10
The chairman explained that this meeting is only informal due to the fact that this years Plenary Meeting has to be hold at the General Conference in Lillehammer (Norway).
Ad 2.
No honorary guests are present.
Ad 3.
All Working Group Members and Observers introduce themselves. 11 Societies are represented by their WG Member and 3 Societies give a proxy to another Member of their Society. 2 Societies give a proxy to a present WG Member. In total 16 of the 29 Societies having an ARDF WG Member are represented on 8 september (55%) and 12 Societies on 10 september (41%).
Ad 4.
The absence of Mr. Kurt Kawasch, OM8AA, due to sudden illness is reported by Mr. Karol Pospichal, OM2CEC. The oral proxy that OM8AA gave to OM2CEC is accepted.
Further proxies are received :
NRRL to Mr. Rainer Floesser, DL5NBZ
SSA to Mr. Arne Jensen, OZ9VA
SSR to Mr. Tchermen Gouliev, UA3BL
UARL to Mr. Nick Velikanov, UT1UC
All proxies are unanimously accepted.
Ad 5.
The agenda is unanimously accepted.
Ad 6.
The minutes of the 19-th Plenary Meeting were distributed to the ARDF WG Members in september 1998.
Ad 7.
The program of the 12-th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championships as well as the composition of the International Jury was presented to the team leaders on 7 september by the Organizing Commitee and the Chairman of the Jury.
It is unanimously approved by the Working group and thanks are given to the members of the Organizing Committee.
The Composition of the International Jury will be :
Chairman : Mr. Rik Strobbe, ON7YD
Secretary : Mr. Vladimir Severinac, 9A6SIV
Siting Referee : Mr. Zeljko Belaj, 9A2QU
Technical Referee : Mr. Zeljko Ulip, 9A2EY
Referee at the start : Mr. Panayot Danev, LZ1US
Referee at the finish : Mr. Karl-Heinz Mols, DL9ME
Referee at transmitter 1 : Mr. Karel Soucek, OK2VH
Referee at transmitter 2 : Mr. Miklos Venczel, HA0LZ
Referee at transmitter 3 : Mr. P.A. Nordwaeger, SM0BGU
Referee at transmitter 4 : Mr. Zygmunt Bauke, SP9ALM
Referee at transmitter 5 : Mr. Branimir Vinko, 9A2UP
Ad 8.
The Chairman informs that he received information from CRSA that the 10-th IARU ARDF World Championships will be held in september 2000 in the Shangai regio.
Working Group Member Richard Ulrich (REF) informs that the 13-th IARU Region 1 ARDF Championships will be held in september 2001 in the south of France.
Ad 9.
The chairman informs the Working Group that IARU Region 2 is in favour of a 2 years cycle and that the Chairman of the IARU Region 3 ARDF Commitee has reported that Region 3 is also willing to reconsider their decision to have Region 3 Championships in 2002.
Several possibilies are discussed and a majority of the present Working Group Members is in favour to maintain the 2 years cycle as it is now.
Ad 10.
The Chairman informs the Working Group about the actual situation. He says that due to the actual financial situation of IARU Region 1 all costs have to be reduced but feels that the reduction toward the ARDF WG and ARDF Championships is above the average.
There is a concencus that the result of the Region 1 General Conference in Lillehammer will be awaited before taking any further action.
Ad 11.
The 3 remaining candidates (BFRA, CRC and SARA) present their offers and all ARDF WG Members have the opportunity to ask questions.
The outcome of the secret vote is :
BFRA : 4
CRC : 2
SARA : 10
The Chairman will propose at the 20-th Plenary Meeting in Lillehammer to nominate SARA to host the 11-th IARU ARDF World Championships to the Executive Committee.
Ad 12.
The Working Group unanimously agrees to discuss the proposed new rules in a seperate meeting. This meeting was chaired by DL9ME (chairman of the ‘new rules’ sub-group) and held on 9,10 and 11 september. The minutes of this meeting are attached. As general conclusion the meeting suggests that the existing sub-group will continue its work and will try to prepare the definitive version of the new rules to be presented at the IARU Region 1 General Conference in 2002.
Ad 13.
Both documents are discussed by the ARDF WG. Some members have their doubts by the nessesity of an ARDF Worldwide Co-ordinator.
The meeting is adjourned on 8 september at 23.10 hours and commenced on 10 september at 21.00 hours.
Ad 14.
The Chairman explains that he sees his function as a spokesman of the ARDF WG and that it is his task to represent the ARDF WG toward the Executive Committee, Region 1 Societies etc…
It is not his task but that of the Working Group to be a ‘rulemaker’.
He also states that, on request of several ARDF WG Members, he is willing to be candidate for an additional 3 years term.
On behalf of CRC Mr. Jiri Marecek, OK2BWN, proposes Mr. Rainer Floesser, DL5NBZ as candidate for the office of chairman.
On request of the majority of the present ARDF WG members there is a secret vote of which the outcome is :
DL5NBZ : 5
ON7YD : 5
Blanco : 2
To avoid too much discord within the ARDF WG, ON7YD decides not to insist on an additional voting round.
Ad 15.
The Chairman informs the ARDF WG the DARC has proposed Mr. Peter Hanzl, DG0OHS, as International Class ARDF Referee.
This is unanimously accepted and proposal of DARC will be forwarded to the Executive Committee.
Ad 16.
The Chairman thanks all present ARDF WG Members for their precence and cooperation.
The meeting is closed at 21.50.
Karl Heinz Mols
Vinzenz Pallotti Str. 15
D - 51429 Bergisch Gladbach
Tel. 1 Fax, 02204 54580
The IARU Reg. 1 ARDF Sub - WG
NEW ARDF RULES
September 12, 1999
To: IARU Region 1 ARDF Working Group
Chairman Rik Strobbe, ON 7 YD
Progress report of the IARU Reg. 1 ARDF Sub-WG New ARDF Rules.
Dear Rik,
I am happy to report that the Sub-WG has reached a preliminary final stage in the presentation of new ARDF Rules.
As you know drafts of the New ARDF Rules had been distributed during the last months to the ARDF WG members for their consideration. After having received some comments these were built into the drafts and this preliminary final issue became the basis for the intensive discussions during the 12th IARU Reg. 1 ARDF Championship in Croatia.
In spite of the volume and the complexity of the matter an agreement of the ARDF WG-members on the draft-text could be reached. Jiri Marecek, OK 2 BWN will present the accepted version shortly which should then be distributed to all Reg. 1 ARDF WG members and to the Chairmen of the ARDF WG's in Regions 2 and 3. The Sub-WG will ask for a period of 4-5 months in which any further comments can be returned for processing by the Sub-WG,
Plans are to discuss this then nearly final version during the plenary meeting of the Reg.1 ARDF WG to be held in Berlin in August 2000 after the international German ARDF Championship at which many competitors can be expected thus presenting an excellent opportunity to test certain new technical ARDF developments.
If approved during this ARDF WG Plenary meeting in 2000 the Sub-WG shall then ask you as the chairman of the Reg.1 ARDF WG to obtain permission of the Reg. 1 EC to practise certain parts of the New Rules during the Region 1 ARDF Championship in France in 2001 for a final test. If all should be approved by the Reg. 1 ARDF WG the final version of the New Rules shall then be Presented to the Plenary of the Region 1 Conference in 2002,
Best regards and 73
(signed)
Karl Heinz Mols
DL 9 ME
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