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FIS Athletes’ Commission

YOUR CHANCE TO CONTRIBUTE AND MAKE SURE THE

ATHLETES’ VOICE IS HEARD



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Contact person per discipline:

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships – Sandra Spitz (Cross-Country),

Horst Nilgen (Ski Jumping), Egon Theiner (Nordic Combined)

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships – Riikka Rakic, Mike Kertesz and

Andy Krönner

FIS Freestyle World Championships – Kathrin Hostettler

FIS Snowboard World Championships – Oliver Kraus

FIS Athletes’ Commission is a

commission made for the ath-

letes and run by the athletes. FIScan be strengthened by athletes

that engage in the organization

and the FIS Athletes’ Commission is that forum for you. Together you ca

make changes for the wellbeing of future winter athlete generations an

yourself! The elections is coming up this year at all the different FIS Wor

Championships. Stand as a candidate and/or make sure to vote for th

best one to represent you within the White Circuit!

Pernilla Wiberg, IOC Athletes’ Commission member since 2002



Photos © Nordic Focus, Agence Zoom

CH-3653 Oberhofen(Switzerland)Phone +41 33 244 6161, Fax +41 33 244 6171



Letter to the NSA

Dear Mr. President,Dear Ski friends,

In spring 1996, the 40th International Ski Congress decided to introduce a FIS

Athletes Commission whose members are elected by the athletes themselves. Thefirst elections for the Athletes Commission took place during the 1997 FIS WorldChampionships and new elections for the FIS Athletes Commission will take placeduring the different FIS World Championships in 2009.

Experiences have shown that there has been a lack of interest from athletes in mostdisciplines to participate in the elections or to attend an annual meeting of theAthletes Commission. Consequently, FIS has revised the procedures for the electionprocedure and will encourage the National Ski Associations to support the activedevelopment of the commission.

The following information gives details about the Athletes Commission and the

election procedure:

Composition of the Commission

Alpine 4 Members - 2 Ladies and 2 MenCross-Country 2 Members - 1 Lady and 1 ManSki-Jumping 1 Member Nordic Combined 1 Member Freestyle 2 Members - 1 Lady and 1 ManSnowboard 2 Members - 1 Lady and 1 Man

No nation can have more than one member on the Commission. Following theresults of all the discipline elections, confirmation of the member(s) per discipline willbe carried out by the FIS Council. No results will be published before the conclusionof all discipline elections

Purpose

The purpose of the Athletes Commission is to discuss and address issuesconcerning Athletes in general. In principle the Athletes Commission meets once per year in conjunction with the technical meetings or a major event.

The role of the Athlete is an essential element of the International Ski Federation,

and the National Ski Associations are requested to encourage their athletes toparticipate in the election by voting and/or standing as a candidate.

Eligibility of Members

The members shall be elected for 4 years, i.e. for the period between two FIS WorldChampionships and they shall be re-eligible at will as long as they are competing intheir respective discipline.



Any athlete who has committed a doping offence is not eligible for election to theAthletes Commission. If a serving member commits a doping offence during their period of membership, he/she will be removed from the commission.

Chairmanship

The members of the Athletes Commission shall elect the Chairman/lady from theelected members.

Voting right

Each Athlete in the Athletes Commission shall have one vote.

Meetings

In principle there will be one meeting per year that will be held in conjunction with theFIS technical committee meetings (approx. May/end September) or at a major eventsuch as the FIS Grand Finals.

Travel and accommodation expenses for a meeting during the FIS technicalcommittee meetings will be paid for by FIS.

Election procedure

Nomination of candidates

The athletes nominate candidate(s) to stand for election to the Athletes Commission.One candidate per nation per discipline may stand for election. Nominations may besubmitted in writing by the National Ski Associations from one month before the dateof the election until the 3rd day of the championships and sent [email protected] (please see table below for details).

A list of candidates will be published on the FIS Website shortly after the nominationof candidates per discipline.

Promotion of Candidates

Candidates for the FIS Athletes Commission may distribute a one A4 sized printedinformation about themselves during the championships. No press releases or

conferences, promotional events or invitations may be organised by or in favour of candidates.

Election and voting

Only athletes who are present and participating at the respective FIS WorldChampionships are eligible to vote. An athlete may only vote once.



The elections will be organised by the FIS co-ordinators of the different disciplinesand members of the FIS staff during the World Ski Championships at the followingsites:

Discipline Place Open for nominations

Deadline for nominations

Dates of election

FIS Nordic World SkiChampionships

Liberec,CZE

24.01.2008 21.02.2009 24.02 to 28.02.2009

FIS Alpine World SkiChampionships

Vald'Isère,FRA

09.01.2009 06.02.2009 09.-14.02.2009

FIS Freestyle World SkiChampionships

Inawashiro, JPN

05.02.2009 03.03.3009 05.-07.03.2009

FIS Snowboard WorldChampionships

SungwooResort-Gangwon,KOR

21.12.2009 18.01.2009 21.-24.01.2009

Precise information about the place for voting at the different World Championshipssites will be communicated by FIS at the Championships and in the race office.

Contact persons per discipline:

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships - Sandra Spitz (Cross-Country), Horst Nilgen(Ski Jumping), Egon Theiner (Nordic Combined)

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships - Riikka Rakic; Mike Kertesz and AndyKrönner

FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships - Kathrin Hostettler

FIS Snowboard World Championships - Oliver Kraus

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