Annual General Meeting 2015

The ITRA is organising its first Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday March 22nd 2015 from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM in Paris: Marriot Rive Gauche Hotel & Conference Center.

1.  AGM Participants

• Founding Members (14)

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• Institutional Members (National Associations affiliated to the IAAF)
  

• National Representatives of Organiser Members (29)

During an election organized from February 27 to March 3, the following 29 national representatives were elected:

Argentina	SALVAJE / Lausi Federico
Australia	AROC SPORT / Tom Landon-Smith
Austria	TRAININGSZENTRUM BJAK (ATRA) / Thomas Bosnjak
Belgium	SPORT-EVENTS / Wim De Doncker
Brazil	ADVENTURE CAMP / Sergio De Sa
Bulgaria	BULGARIAN ULTRAMARATHONS / Miléna Alen
Canada	ULTRA-TRAIL HARRICANA DU CANADA / Sebastien Cote
China	HONG KONG TRAIL RACING LIMITED / Janet NG
Croatia	SRK ALBA / Alen Paliska
Danmark	TEJN IF / Jakob Vestergaard
France	ASSOCIATION RAID GOLFE DU MORBIHAN / Bernard Landrein
Germany	MELDELAEUFER.DE / Michael Frenz
Hungary	SZENT JAKAB ZE ; HUNGARIAN HIKING SPORT AND TRAIL FEDERATION / Attila Joo
Israel	TRACK SPORT LTD / Carin Goldbalt
Italia	UTRABERICUS TEAM A.S.D. / Enrico Pollini
Japan	UTMF / Tsuyoshi Kaburaki
Latvia	CESIS ECO TRAIL / Arnis Dzalbs
Mexico	TRILOGIA DE MONTANAS DE MONTERREY A.C. / Fidel A. Martinez
Nepal	TRAILRUNNINGNEPAL / Richard Bull
Norway	ECORUN AS / Tomas Pinas
Peru	PERU 8MIL / Ernesto Malaga
Poland	TKKF KOMPAS / Piotr Hercog
Portugal	CLUBE MONTANHA FUNCHAL / Nuno Gonçalves
South Africa	ULTRA TRAIL CAPE TOWN / Nic Bornman
South Korea	RUNXRUN / Jey Jang
Spain	SENDER I TRACA S.L. / Eduar Jornet
Switzerland	EIGER ULTRA TRAIL / Ralph Näf
Turkey	MCR RACESETTER / Caner Odabaşoğlu
United States	WESTERN STATES ENDURANCE RUN / Craig Thornley

• National Representatives of Sport and Supporter Members (60 countries represented) 

For information, the sports and supporter members correspond to the 5€ membership fee.

 

During an election organized from February 27 to March 3, the following 29 national representatives were elected:

Argentina	Leonardo Isola
Belgium	Fabrice Etienne
Chile	Mauricio Sepulveda
Costa Rica	Gerhard Linner
Germany	Eric Geidel
Iceland	Fridleifur Fridleifsson
Ireland	Adrian Tucker
Italia	Leonardo Sabaini
Japan	Koichi Iwasa
South Korea	Gillsoo Park
Spain	Sergio Garasa Mayayo
Sweden	Rafael Krawiec
Switzerland	Jules-Henri Gabioud
United States	Ian Maddieson
Uruguay	Daniel Perez

• Guests

Trade and association members  will be invited to participate in the AGM.

All members of the ITRA may ask to attend the AGM,  in person as an observer,  subject to available places.

Request to attend via this form: Link

 

 

2.  Candidacies for the ITRA's Executive Committee

The ITRA is administered by an Executive Committee which is responsible for the controlling and supervising the ITRA's activities. The executive committee meets 3 times a year. This is a voluntary role.

 

Composition of the committee: 20 members

• 2 founding members
• 1 top athlete
• 17 places reserved for candidates from the institutional and organiser membership categories, in proportion to the number of voices held by each category.

The Executive Committee must be formed with at least one member from each of the 5 continents.

 

Candidates: 

Founding members: any founding member may be a  candidate. 

Institutional and organiser members: any person occupying a  directive, elective or salaried function for  an ITRA member  can be a candidate.

Note: Candidature is therefore not only restricted to national representatives.

Top athlete members: All athletes who are ITRA sports members and who have a  performance index superior or equal to 700 for men and 600 for women can be candidates.

 

Candidates must declare their candidature to the President by sending an email to the following address: contact@i-tra.org

 

List of candidates: Link

 

Mode of expression: Members of the Executive Committee are  elected by secret ballot  at the AGM. 

 

Duration of the mandate: Committee members are elected for 4 years

3.  Proportion of votes at the AGM

• Founding Members:

1 Vote per member

• Institutionnal Members:

10 Votes per member

• Représentants des Membres Organisateurs:

3 Votes between 1 and 10 members

6 Votes between 11 and 20 members

10 Votes between 21 and 30 members

15 Votes between 31 and 40 members

20 Votes 40 and above members

 

Situation on January 31^st 2015 (it can evolve between now and the AGM).

Country	Number of organisations per country	Votes
France	71	20
Spain	47	20
Italia	35	15
United Kingdom	30	10
United States of America	16	6
Portugal	14	6
Switzerland	13	6
China	12	6
Australia	9	3
Poland	9	3
Austria	7	3
Brazil	7	3
Argentina	6	3
Belgium	6	3
Germany	6	3
Others	<6	3

 

• Representatives of trade, sports and supporting members:

Although they can attend the Annual General Meeting, these representatives have no votes.

4.  AGM  Draft Agenda

The President and the Board of ITRA will be elected later (date to be agreed with the new Executive Committee)