*  Respect for the
environment

Races take place in fragile natural environments. All players involved with trail-running races, runners, organisers, partners, accompanying persons make a commitment to protect the natural equilibrium.

Organisers of trail-running races must do all they can to reduce the negative impact linked to the running of their races. They make a commitment by sharing information and making efforts to educate in order to contribute to the general awareness of the natural environment’s fragility.
Each organiser will identify the environmental risks engendered by their event and propose concrete actions to reduce the risks to the minimum. They will encourage the use of public transport or car-sharing and limit, as much as they can, the use of other motorised equipment.
Each runner makes a commitment to adopt the most relevant behaviour to minimize his or her impact on the terrain through which he or she passes.

Together, the members of the trail-running community act as ambassadors for the promotion and conservation of natural environments.

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)

Link


  • 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 31st 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

8:45 to 9:30 : Reception
9:30 to 11:00 : 1st Part
  • President's moral report
  • Treasurer's financial report and approval of the 2014 summary
  • Provisional 2015 budget
  • Commissions' Reports
  • International development
  • Relationship with the IAAF
11:00 to 12:00 : 2nd Part : Questions / Answers to ITRA
12:00 to 13:00 : 3rd Part : Election of Executive Committee
  • Questions / Answers to candidates
  • Vote: 1st round of election
13:00 to 14:00 : Lunch Break
14:00 to 14:30 : 3rd Part : Election of Executive Committee
  • Vote: 2nd round of election


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