New Zealand Orienteering Federation (Inc)
NZOF NEWS - 1 JUNE 2000
By Bruce Collins
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The NZOF Council had a meeting over 2 long days on the weekend
of 20/21 May. Despite inviting members to come to the Council meeting
and speak it was disappointing that only one person turned up.
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On the Friday beforehand the Executive had meetings at the
Hillary Commission and the NZ Sports Foundation. Hillary Commission
told us that funding will not increase and will probably decrease due to
a drop in Lottery profit which is where they get all their funds. Sports
Foundation is even worse stating that under current criteria funding will
not be available unless 3rd or better in the world!. However High
Performance Sports Centres will be opened up for other than mainstream
sports in about a year, aimed at 13 years up, and there may be some opportunity
for orienteering.
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NZOF will go ahead with seeking Sportsmark Certification,
which is a form of Quality Standard for sports organisations
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A promotional video made out of the WMOC video is still being
investigated
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It was agreed that all of NZOF Council minutes are to be
made public except in exceptional circumstances
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Council confirmed that no one will attend this year’s IOF
Congress thus saving $3,500. Most of this saving will go towards
paying transport for a delegate from each Club to attend a Strategic Planning
Workshop in August.
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The General Manager position will be advertised in July
to start on 1 Jan 2001.
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The Development Officer position will also be advertised
in July with the first objective to examine best practice of Clubs in NZ
and overseas on increasing membership and disseminating this to Clubs.
- JWOC Selection and funding was discussed at length with a discussion
paper going out to Selectors, Clubs and Juniors to have their say so that
previous controversial decisions can be avoided.
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MTBO (Mountain Bike orienteering) and Rogaining will now
have separate subcommittees of NZOF to facilitate the development of their
aspects of orienteering and to advise NZOF of priorities and problems.
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Revised wording for the Rule Change re eligibility for the
Nationals was suggested and tentatively approved. It will now go
to the Technical Committee for recommendation and then will be advertised
as a formal remit at the NZOF AGM
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Elites have requested winning times for national and regional
Champs to be increased from 90 to 105 min for M21E and for W21E to increase
from 70 to 75 min (ie course 2 instead of 3). They also want the
possibility of one short elite race only instead of two investigated as
well as changing the national relays from an orange to red course.
The changes were tentatively approved but referred to Technical Committee
for recommendation.
- Full Council meeting minutes are available from your club
or on the Web page at www.nzorienteering.com/nzof/minutes_of_meetings.htm
(in PDF format)