Newsletter 1/2015 AETF Board Meeting 2015
On the 10th January 2014 in the Hotel Novotel (in the past called Forum) in the center of Warsaw, the capitol of Poland, took place the meeting of the AETF Board of Directors and the AETF Revisory Commission.
Ten members of the Board and three members of the Revisory Commission as well as the employees of the AETF Headquarters took part in the meeting. Present were: Master Tadeusz Loboda – AETF President (Poland), Master Coos v/d Heuvel – AETF Vice-President (Netherlands), Master Jerzy Jedut – Secretary General (Poland), Master Carmine Caiazzo, (Italy), Master Lazaros Tsilfidis (Russia), Mr. Philip Lear (England), Mr. Tomaz Barada (Slovenia) and Mr. Leonardo Oros Duek (Israel) – the BD members. The Revisory Commission was represented by Master Frank Vanberghen (Belgium) - the Chairman, Master Panagiotis Gialamas (Greece) and Master Ray Nicolaisen (Norway) - the RC members.
The agenda of the meeting was varied and very intense. There were many matters and subject which had to be discussed. The board summarized the year 2014 in both organizational and financial area. When it comes to the organizational matters European Championships 2014 and European Cup 2014 were reviewed and evaluated.
Master Frank Vanberghen - the AETF Revisory Commission Chairman presented the report of the financial and essential activity of Board Members which confirmed the regularity and transparency of federation. Following that the Board endorsed the financial balance of the AETF for 2014 and approved the activity schedule and the expenses for 2015.
One of the most important issues that were approved by the Board, which concerns the competitors, is the change in the European Cup competition rules. The AETF Board decided to extend the European Cup up to three days and to add the competition for kids where two new age categories of children 10-12 years old and cadets 13-14 years old will be introduced, as it was at the Mightyfist Children and Cadets Cup organized together with the European Cup 2014 in Budapest, Hungary.
A large part of the meeting in Warsaw was dedicated to different subjects resulting from the current matters. It was also a great opportunity to remind about the past and so many interesting Taekwon-Do stories were also told during unofficial meetings.
The meeting was run in a very friendly atmosphere with many motions and conclusions which should help to develop and strengthen our organization. The AETF HQ has also prepared special souvenirs for the Board and RC Members.
Unfortunately, the weather in Poland was not very favorable with a lot of strong wind and rain, so the participants did not have chance to learn more the capitol of Poland.
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