MEETING 1-89 in Solvalla, Finland

Minutes summary, IOF MC Ordinary meeting: 1-89
Time: 1989-02-18
Place: Solvalla, Finland
Participants: Thomas Brogli (SUI, chair), Andreas Dresen (GER), Robin Harvey (GBR), Lasse Niemelä (FIN), Flemming Norgaard (DEN),
Apologies: Tore Kristiansen (NOR), Mark Smith (CAN), Gyula Szabó (HUN)

BUDGET: 1988 budget underspent - see notes on previous minutes.

LETTERS: From Mark Smith + others re the drawing specification revision. The response was much appreciated. Also many letters re the survey project and information on the instructors' kit.

PUBLICATIONS: Simple Maps. One page of illustration to be prepared before printing.
Instructors' Kit . There have been several requests to buy a copy. Text to be laserwritten (FN). Colour copies of OHP slides (RH). Number of copies - 20 - one to each MC member with the rest held in Sollentuna. True cost £60-70. Selling price to federations £40-50 (one subsidised copy per federation).

SURVEY PROJECT: SUI map available. BRD map available, NOR map awaited (area between Drammen and Kongsberg).

INSTRUCTORS' CONFERENCE: Hotel accommodation booked. FN to ask Toby Stenbeck to act as local liaison. Duration to be Friday evening to Monday morning (11-14 August). Map Committee meeting to be on the Monday. Conference topics to include
- computer aided drawing
- quality of base maps
- scribing demonstration
- revision of the map specifications.
FN to organise Apple Mac equipment and to ask TS to follow up in SWE. TB to put together a circular.

MAPPING COURSES:

OTHER BUSINESS 1: Monitoring of map specifications at IOF events (where necessary):
W Cup 90 - Poland (TA Levin) - LN to contact
- Denmark (Unstad) - FN
- Norway (Unstad) - TK
- Canada (Stensby) - MS
- USA (Stensby) - MS
- FRA (Scholl) - TB
- BRD (Niemela) - AD
- SUI (Scholl) - TB
Jun WOC - OST - TB
WOC90 - SWE - FN
WOC93 - USA - TK

OTHER BUSINESS 2: Future MC meetings: 1989 SWE at WOC.
1990 BRD 10 February in Frankfurt area.
1990 GBR at Congress.
1991 USA/CAN
1991 TCH at WOC

DRAWING SPECIFICATION: The draft proposals of the working group were discussed and amended. The version to be circulated to member federations is attached separately. TB to prepare a letter. RH to prepare draft and symbols. Comments to be sent to FN. Ski-O map specifications were discussed but were left for further discussion until after 1990.


Meeting closed at 23.20. RH