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1.CON.3.97. OPENING OF THE CONGRESS The President Albert Woods welcomed all the Delegates to Plovdiv and introduced Ivan Slavkov the President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee and Member of the IOC who welcomed all the delegates and thanked the ECA for the award of the European Racing Championships to Plovdiv at a time of great difficulties in Bulgaria. The President thanked Mr Slavkov for his kind words and then welcomed a representative from Albania who were seeking membership of the ICF and ECA and invited him to remain in the Congress as an observer and wished Albania all the best for their future in the sport of canoeing. The President also welcomed Mr Andre Vandeput the ICF Treasurer to the ECA Congress. 2.CON. 3.97. ROLL CALL OF DELEGATES and ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM. The following Federations were confirmed as represented at the Congress. AUT.BEL,BLR,BUL,CRO,CZE,DEN,ESP,FIN,GBR,GER,GRE,HUN,IRL,ISR,ITA,LAT,LTU,POL, TOTAL OF 26 FEDERATIONS SIMPLE MAJORITY 14 VOTES 2/3rds MAJORITY 18 VOTES 3.CON. 3.97. ACCEPTANCE OF NEW MEMBER FEDERATIONS. The Secretary General Franco Conforti reported to the Congress that Cyprus Canoe Federation had applied for membership of ECA. The Congress members voted unanimously that they be accepted into membership of ECA. 4.CON.3.97. APPOINTMENT OF SCRUTINEERS FOR THE CONGRESS. Two Scrutineers were appointed. 5.CON. 3.97. PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY GENERAL’S REPORT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The President referred the Congress to the written report (attached to the Congress papers). There were no questions and it was proposed and seconded and voted unanimously that the report be accepted. 6.CON. 3.97. BALANCE SHEET. The Balance sheet was presented to Congress by the Secretary General Franco Conforti. He pointed out that there had been income from the Member Federations and the only expenditure was the bank charges for currency exchanges. 7.CON. 3.97. AUDITORS REPORT. The Honorary Auditor Tomislav Krsnik said that the accounts and balances had been checked and were acceptable. 8.CON. 3.97. AMENDMENTS TO THE ECA STATUTES. a. The motion from the SWE Federation to amend article 5.2. of the ECA Statutes to enable elections for the ECA board to be brought into line with the ICF system. Therefore at the 1999 Congress the following would apply to conform to the new Statutes- President 4 Years One of the Vice Presidents 2 Years Therefore at subsequent Congresses one part of the ECA Board would be Elected for four Years and at the next Congress the other part would be elected for four Years. This was put to the Congress and was passed with 22 Votes in favour and 3 against. b. The motion from the SWE Federation to age limit European Championships in Senior Racing was withdrawn by the SWE Federation on the understanding that the ECA Board would look into the matter and produce a proposal to the next ECA Congress after consultation with the Federations. An open Forum debate on this subject took place after the end of the formal business of the 3rd ECA Congress. "The ECA is the exclusive owner of the TV and advertising rights of European Championships." Was passed with 23 Votes in favour. It was noted that these rights would not be unreasonably withheld from the organising Federations. Contracts would be produced in the future and the financial situation of the Championships would be taken into account. 9.CON. 3.97. ECA SUBSCRIPTION 1997/1998. It was proposed by the Board of Directors that the ECA Subscription for 1997/1998 should remain at $100.00 US. This was carried unanimously. 10.CON. 3.97. BUDGET 1997-98. The Budget statement attached to the Congress papers was accepted by the Congress with 23 votes in favour. 11.CON. 3.97. EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2000-2003. Before discussion took place on the championships it was necessary to discuss the THE CONGRESS AGREED THE FOLLOWING CHAMPIONSHIPS.
12.CON. 3.97. CLOSING OF THE CONGRESS. The President thanked the Congress for their hard work , good humour and understanding which had enabled the business of the Congress to be conducted in an efficient manner. He also thanked the instant translators for their hard work and diligence.
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