Minutes of the ECF Annual General Meeting held in Füssen on December 4, 2007 at 10:00 hours   In attendance:   Executive Committee:            Malcolm Richardson                    President Andrew Ferguson-Smith             Vice-President Jeanette Johnston                      Member at Large Grethe Wolan                             Member at Large Per Näsman                                Member at Large Olli Rissanen                               Rep. Northern Europe Urs Müller                                    Rep. Central Europe/Treasurer Ann Stone                                   Rep. Great Britain & Ireland Konstantin Zadvornov                 Rep. Eastern Europe Saskia Krügl                                 Secretary     The 35 member nations were represented as follows:   Member nations represented in person with full voting rights:                                                    AUT, BEL, CZE, DEN, ENG, ESP, EST, FIN, FRA, GER, HUN, IRL, ITA, LAT, LTU, NED, NOR, POL, RUS, SCO, SRB, SVK, SWE, SUI, WAL Member nations represented by proxy:               AND, LIE Member nations not represented or without voting rights:                                         BLR, BUL, CRO, GRE, ISL, KAZ, LUX, UKR     The President welcomed everyone to the meeting.   1.       Reading of Notice of Meeting   The Secretary announced that the Annual General Meeting had been convened by intimation to the members on November 4, 2007.   She also reported that there would be the following amendment to the agenda: Item 9) and 13) will be swapped. This is because of the fact that the constitution will probably be changed with regard to the financial year and therefore the budget (item No. 9) should then be presented accordingly.     2.       Apologies, number of votes and quorum   More than one half of the member nations were represented in person. The Secretary therefore reported that there was a quorum and that the total number of votes available was 27 (25 votes represented in person, 2 votes represented by proxy). It was also reported that any decisions needing a two third majority would need a total of 18 votes.   3.       Minutes of the ECF Annual General Meeting 2006 (Basel, SUI) and approval thereof   The minutes of the ECF Annual General Meeting 2006 (Basel, SUI) were taken as read and were unanimously approved.   4.       Matters arising from these minutes   None   5.       Correspondence                The Secretary read out the following letter which had been received from Alain Contat (FRA):   Quote: Dear Malcolm and Saskia, In a few days we shall all meet in Füssen for the 2007 European curling championships.   I wish to raise a point about the package prices. At the 2004 ECC in Courmayeur, we had a discussion during the AGM about the exaggerated prices of the packages proposed by ECC organising comittees. If my memory is right this resulted in the splitting of packages, so that every member nation could reduce their costs.   If my information is correct, the hotel in which our delegation (13 persons) is accomodated this year charges 63 € per day for a single room, and 86 € per day for a double. The prices we've paid the organisation are 88 € per day for a single room and 72 € per person (144 € per day) for a double room.   That is a 40% overcharge on singles and 68% overcharge on doubles! For the French delegation it means paying 3650 € extra cost ( 20,50% of the total cost of the event or 12% of our international competitions budget)   Thus the member nation's teams, which are the main actors become sponsors of the event.   I wish this matter to be raised at the next AGM in Füssen.   See you soon,   Kind regards,   Alain Contat Unquote:   Alain Contat added that due to the fact of being so far away from Füssen it had not been possible to visit Füssen beforehand and search for cheap accommodation.   The President replied that Füssen had actually done what they were asked to do, namely they had offered cheap accommodation (for example in appartments) to anybody who had asked for it and several nations had also used this offer. Therefore, one cannot speak about teams becoming the sponsors of the event!   6.       Report of the Executive Committete   Andrew Ferguson-Smith / Vice-President Andrew Ferguson-Smith reported to the A.G.M. on his work during 2007. He said that a lot of time had been spent as Liaison Officer for EMCC 2007.   He had supervised the organization of this Championship on an almost daily basis since the beginning of the year, and congratulated the Spanish Federation on its unquestioned success. He explained the general direction of his work as Vice-President.   This was conditioned, on the one hand, by the duty of the E.C.F. to do everything it reasonably can to assist European curlers, and, on the other, by the imperative not to jeopardize its ever-sounder financial position. He cited two examples of the work that he had undertaken during 2007, complying with these twin conditions: the World Curling Tour (Europe) the Baltic Cup He observed that he was personally present at such events, that E.C.F.´s support was much appreciated, and that it was already yielding positive results with regard to sponsoring, television coverage, and local authorities, as well as amongst participating curlers grateful for E.C.F. involvement. He thanked those responsible (the WCT-E Directorate, and Russia and the Baltic countries, respectively) for their initiative in these regards. He mentioned that, as a result of such collaboration, other interesting possibilities had come to his attention.   As examples, he asked Armin Harder and Pawel Kubik respectively to present: the WCT-E junior program the 'Olympic Hopes' junior program In conclusion, he congratulated Slovakia on the organisation of its first international bonspiel, and thanked Alain Contat for his work in attracting Monaco to the European curling family. Andrew  Ferguson-Smith left the meeting.   Jeanette Johnston / Rules and Competitions “My report will cover 2 competitions:   -          the European Mixed Curling Championships -          the European Curling Championships – Men and Women   The European Mixed Curling Championships The Centro Comercial Palacio del Hielo, on September 24-29, 2007 in Madrid was an excellent venue for the EMCC. Many thanks to the Royal Spanish Winter Sports Federation and its President, Mrs. Samaranch, for all her interest and support. Thanks also to the City of Madrid for their wonderful hospitality and a particular thanks to Jose Luis, Veronica and Marta who with commitment, energy and always a smile made everything happen. Congratulations and well done!   Thanks also go the the Umpiring team, led by Leslie Ingram-Brown, who did an excellent job by ensuring the smooth running of the competition. The ice men of Scott Henderson and Mark Callan battled hard with the humidity and outside temperature to produce good ice.   The 24 teams representing their nations should also be congratulated for the spirit in which they played the game and for the spectacle they provided. The competition was run in 4 sections of 6 teams with the top 2 teams in each section reaching the quarter finals. Congratulations to Wales, the gold medallists, Denmark the silver medallists and Germany bronze medallists.   The only disappointment of the week was the presentation and dress of some athletes at the closing ceremony. Organising Committees make a big effort to prepare a memorable closing ceremony that brings together everyone who has been involved in the competition. It is really insulting to our hosts, when athletes do not appear in playing uniforms. President Malcolm sent a message to all member associations looking for assurance that this would not happen again and I ask you to please ensure that your teams turn up here and at all the closing ceremonies in playing uniforms.   Next year, the EMCC will be held in Kitzbühel, Austria and we look forward to working with the organising committee there towards another successful event.   At the ECF Executive Meeting held on December 2, 2007 three decisions were made concerning future European Mixed Championships:   We listened to the athletes many of whom said that they would like more Curling if they are taking a week off to play in the competition. The Executive Committee decided therefore that if we have the same number of teams as last year (24) instead of 4 sections of 6 teams we would have 3 sections of 8 teams giving everyone more games. We discussed the entry fee of EUR 200 and the Executive Committee felt that this was too low so we would like to set the new fee at EUR 400. The Executive Committee also agreed that in future, if an Organising Committee can raise EUR 50,000 rights fee for the EMCC they can expect to receive up to 30% of that fee back for the development of Curling within their club or country, provided that the development project is approved by the ECF.   The European Championships Füssen Here we are in the beautiful town of Füssen, where 55 teams are competing for places to play in the World Championships. We have 35 teams in the B-group and 20 teams in the A-group. We have 32 men’s teams and 23 women’s teams. The European Championship is a big competition to arrange and manage and congratulations and thanks must go to Elmar Hiltensberger and Andy Kapp, President and Vice-President of the Organising Committee and all of their team of volunteers for all they have done and will continue to do to make this championship a great success.   Thanks also to Didi Kolb and the German Curling Association and a special thanks to Christian Gangi and the town of Füssen for their wonderful opening welcome and their support for the championships. We hope the town of Füssen enjoys having the Curling family here as much as we enjoy being here.   Thank you also to the WCF for their support in running the championships and in particular the broadcasting through Eurosport and web casting through Eurosport.com which promotes the sport throughout Europe and to Curling fans throughout the world who cannot be here.   And last but by no means least a very big thank you to Le Gruyere AOC whose cheese is delicious and whose sponsorship enables us to put on these wonderful championships. Next year the European Championships will be held in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden from December 6-13, 2008 and I look forward to seeing you all there.”   After Jeanette Johnston’s report Didi Kolb started a discussion about the fact that the ECF Executive Committee wanted to raise the entry fee for the EMCC from EUR 200 to EUR 400. He moved that the entry fee should remain at EUR 200 per team. This motion was accepted.   Olli Rissanen – Legal Advisor Olli Rissanen explained that he had been instructed by the Executive Committee to review the current constitution. The draft of the new constitution had been circulated to the member nations. Changes to the constitution would be voted on under item 13) of the agenda.   Konstantin Zadvornov – New Member Nations Liaison Konstantin Zadvornov expressed his belief that there are two very important issues for new Curling countries. 1. International Curling experience obtained through participation of new Curlers in international Curling events plus the organisation of Curling competitions for new Curling countries.   2. Organisation of Curling clinics for new Curling countries.   In order to realize the above items the following steps will be: - support of the Baltic Cup Organising Committee with reference to the organization of this competition. Konstantin Zadvornow stressed how important this new Curling event is for new Curling countries and thanked Karlis Smilga for the organisiation of this event. - organisation of an international Curling Clinic for new curling countries during the Baltic Cup. An agreement has been reached with some Canadian coaches about their participation in the clinic. Any other European Curling coaches are welcome to participate, too.   Per Näsman – Technical Advisor Per Näsman reported shortly about his recent site visit to Örnsköldsvik where the preparations for the ECC 2008 are running smoothly. In addition to that he had attended negotiations with Swedish television.   Grethe Wolan – Media Grethe Wolan explained that in future the ECF will try to change resp. fix the dates for the EMCC in a way that they do not conflict anymore with WCT-E events. This would enable also top-Curlers to participate in the EMCC. The reason for that is that top teams will make the event much more interesting for the media. The dates for Kitzbühel had already been decided, so the above will be taken into account from EMCC 2009 onwards. Grethe Wolan also explained, that the ECF will give full support to the WCT-E, as it is a first-class event and the top European teams participate in it. It is much easier for broadcasting companies to accept such an event if it is supported by an international federation.   Ann Stone – Webmaster Ann Stone advised the meeting that there now is a new sub-page for the promotion of national associations’ bonspiels on the ECF homepage by which all nations may extend invitations to other associations. To keep the information concise, the nations are asked to indicate the below details which will be posted on the ECF website and e-mail the details to jp.stone@tiscali.co.uk:   Name of association Date and venue of event Number of teams required Playing format of teams Entry fee Closing date of entries Contact e-mail for further information   7.         Subscriptions and Financial Report October 1, 2006 until September 30, 2007   Treasurer Urs Müller presented the Balance Sheet and the Financial Report for the financial year October 1, 2006 until September 30, 2007 which showed a win of a little over EUR 35,000.00.   He again stressed the fact that mainly membership subscriptions but also entry fees come in very late and informed the meeting that the Execuitve Committee had decided that a penalty fee of EUR 50,00 be charged to each nation that is overdue with its payments for more than 15 days (applicable to both membership subscriptions and entry fees). He also stressed the fact that payments must be received net of all bank charges.   8.         Report of the Auditors, Approval of the Income Statement and Discharge of the Executive Committee   The Treasurer reported that the accounts had been audited by KPS Treuhand AG and that the accounting records and the financial statements comply with Swiss law and the articles of the association. KPS Treuhand did also recommend that the financial statements be submitted to the AGM for approval. Günther Hummelt (seconded by Niels Larsen) moved, that the financial statements be approved and the Executive Committee be discharged. The motion was carried unanimously.   13.       Changes to the constitution   Olli Rissanen explained again that he had been instructed by the Executive Committee to review the current constitution. The draft of the new constitution had been circulated to the member nations.   The representatvies then voted on each paragraph of the constitution separately. The final constitution adopted was (changes marked red):   1. DENOMINATION, HEAD OFFICE AND DURATION   Under the name “EUROPEAN CURLING FEDERATION” (hereinafter “ECF”) a non-profit making corporation has been formed regulated by the present Constitution and accessorily by the articles 60 and following of the Civil Code of Switzerland. The registered office of the ECF is in Berne (Switzerland). The ECF is founded for an unlimited period of time. The ECF can decide its dissolution at any time.   2. MISSION   To unite members throughout Europe To conduct any annual European Curling Championships. To select the venue, set the date and agree the conditions with the Host Committee of the selected venue for these Championships. To encourage the development and promotion of Curling throughout Europe and uphold the interests of  European curling.   3. MEMBERS   Only one Curling Association from each European Nation shall be eligible for membership of the ECF. Each Member Association shall have a distinctive title and shall be governed by officials elected in accordance with a recognised  Constitution. Membership of the ECF shall require approval by a majority of not less than two thirds of the Member Associations represented at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) or the Semi-Annual General Meeting (SAGM). Each Member Association shall recognise and accept this Constitution. The ECF shall recognise the autonomy of its Member Associations. A Member Association may at any time withdraw from membership of the ECF by a written letter to the Executive Board. The Annual General Meeting or the Semi-Annual General Meeting may expel or temporarily suspend a Member Association for any one of the following reasons: -          non-payment of subscriptions or any other debts due to the ECF -          infringement of the Constitution or Rules -          any other peremptory justified reason The Annual General Meeting or the Semi-Annual General Meeting will give its decisions after having heard the Representatives of the Member Association concerned, if present in the Meeting. The decision has to be supported by a majority of not less than two thirds of the Member Associations represented in the Meeting.   4. SUBSCRIPTIONS   Member Associations shall pay an annual subscription, the amount of which shall be fixed at the  AGM. The net amount of annual subscriptions shall be paid by 31st March each year at the rate fixed at the previous AGM. Notices of subscription shall be mailed to Member Associations by 31st January of each year. If a Member Association's subscription, including arrears, is not paid by the due date, that Member Association may not play in the European Curling Championships and its voting rights shall be suspended until three (3) months after payment in full is received. Each Member Association shall inform the ECF by the 31st October each year of its number of registered Curlers. If a Member Association withdraws from membership or is expelled or suspended by the AGM or SAGM after having paid the annual subscription or entry fees for the European Championships for the ongoing year, none of those payments will be returned.   5. LANGUAGE   The language of the ECF shall be English.   6. MANAGEMENT   All policy decisions shall be taken by the Member Associations at the AGM. The business of the ECF shall be managed by a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary General, a Director of Finance and an Executive Board who shall have and exercise during the period between AGM's all the authority of the ECF except those matters which are explicitly the responsibility of the AGM. The Executive Board shall select the venues for all European Curling Championships. On the proposal of the Executive Board it shall be competent for the ECF to appoint committees with delegated powers on specific matters.   7. REPRESENTATION   The joint signature of the President and another member of the Executive Board is necessary to validly bind the ECF in any contractual relationship. The signature of any contract or document binding the ECF shall be approved by the Executive Board. Any contract of a duration of more than one (1) year, other than European Curling Championship hosting contracts or contracts that refer to it, shall be ratified by the next General Meeting.   8. RESPONSIBILITY   Liabilities of the ECF are only guaranteed by its assets. No liabilities may be incurred by a Member Nation or its Representatives. The Members of the Executive Board are responsible only for their personal illegal acts.   9. FINANCE   a.       The financial year of the ECF shall be July1-June30 b.       The income of the ECF consists of:   annual subscriptions contribution from sponsors donations proceeds from rights or from sales hosting fees from European competitions miscellaneous   10. PRESIDENT   The President of the ECF shall be elected by the Member Associations at an AGM. The President may be nominated by any Member Association with the approval of his/her Member Association.  The President shall be elected for two years and may be eligible for re-election. An election for President shall be notified to Member Associations at least four months before the date of such an election. Nominations for office of President must be made in writing by Member Associations to the Secretary General at least sixty (60) days before the AGM and all Member Associations must receive from the Secretary General detailed information about the nominations at least thirty (30) days before the date of the election. The President shall chair all General Meetings. The President shall have no deliberative vote but shall have a casting vote in cases of equality of voting. The President shall chair all Executive Board Meetings.  The President shall have no deliberative vote but shall have a casting vote in cases of equality of voting. In the event of absence or incapacity of the President, the Vice-President shall preside and shall have all the authority and voting rights of the President during the period of that meeting.   11. VICE-PRESIDENT   The Vice-President of the ECF shall be elected by the Member Associations at an AGM. The Vice-President may be nominated by any Member Association with the approval of his/her Member Association. The Vice-President shall be elected for two years and may be eligible for re-election. An election for Vice-President shall be notified to Member Associations at least four months before the date of such an election. Nominations for office of Vice-President must be made in writing by Member Associations to the Secretary General at least sixty (60) days before the AGM and all Member Associations must receive from the Secretary General detailed information about the nominations at least thirty (30) days before the date of the election.   12.   SECRETARY GENERAL   The Secretary General of the ECF shall be elected by the AGM. The term of office shall be two years but may be, subject to re-election, for an unlimited number of two year terms. The Secretary General shall prepare Minutes of all meetings and distribute such Minutes to all Member Associations, Executive Board Members and Past Presidents within sixty (60) days following each meeting. The Secretary General shall be entitled to reasonable annual remuneration. The amount to be recommended by the Executive Board and approved by the AGM.   13. DIRECTOR OF FINANCE   The Director of Finance of the ECF shall be appointed by the Executive Board. The term of office shall be two years but may be, subject to re-appointment, for an unlimited number of two year terms. The Director of Finance shall keep accurate accounts and shall produce financial statements showing the financial affairs of the ECF. The funds of the ECF shall be lodged in a bank account in Bern (Switzerland) under the name of European Curling Federation where monies may be drawn or deposited by orders signed by the President and/or the Director of Finance. The financial accounts of the ECF shall be open for inspection to all members of the ECF for one week prior to the Annual General Meeting and to members of the Executive Board at all times. The Director of Finance shall produce a balanced financial statement annually on the 30th June and the budget for the ensuing 18 months for consideration and approval at the AGM. An external Auditor approved by the AGM controls the annual financial statement and the report is presented to the AGM.   14.   EXECUTIVE BOARD   The ECF shall every two years elect an Executive Board. The  Executive Board shall consist of representatives of the following four regions: Great Britain & Ireland   Northern Europe Eastern Europe Western Europe   The members of each region are listed in a by-law.           Each region shall elect one Executive Board member from nominations made by the Member Associations within that region. Three members shall be elected on the basis of their knowledge, experience and expertise, irrespective of which nation or region they belong to. These members shall be elected by the General Assembly from nominations made by any Member Association or region. An election for the Executive Board members shall be notified to Member Associations at least four months before the date of such an election. e.   Nominations for office of Executive Board members must be made in writing by Member Associations to the Secretary General at least sixty (60) days before the AGM and all Member Associations must receive from the Secretary General detailed information about the nominations at least thirty (30) days before the date of the election. f.    The Executive Board shall comprise the President, the Vice-President, and the seven elected representatives. Executive Board Members may not be represented by proxy at the Executive Board Meetings. To conduct Executive Board business a quorum of five Executive Board Members is required. The Secretary General with discussion privileges but no vote shall attend all Executive Board Meetings. The Executive Board shall have and exercise during the period between AGM's all the authority of the ECF as qualified in paragraph 6.b. Executive Board Meetings may be called by the President or at the request of any three Executive Board Members. No Executive Board Member shall be paid any remuneration for their services as a Board Member to the ECF. Members of the Executive Board may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in attending meetings or other business on behalf of the ECF.   15. THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)   The AGM of the ECF shall be held during the period of the European Curling Championships. The date of the meeting shall be notified to all Member Associations at least 90 days prior to the meeting. Notification of business and motions for inclusion in the Agenda of the AGM shall be in the hands of the Secretary General at least 60 days prior to the date of the meeting. The Secretary General shall transmit to each Member Association the notice calling the meeting along with the Agenda and an Abstract of the ECF's annual accounts 30 days prior to the meeting. Each Member Association may send two representatives, only one of whom shall be eligible to vote. Member Associations shall notify the Secretary General in writing the name of the representative carrying their vote and possible proxy vote. A Member Association may confer proxy to the representative of another Member Association. No representative may carry more than one (1) proxy. To assure voting rights a proxy shall be notified in writing to the Secretary General, stating the Member Association carrying the proxy vote. It shall be competent for a delegate carrying his Member Association's vote as well as a proxy vote, to vote differently for his proxy as for his own Member Association. Executive Board Members are entitled to vote only if they are the named representatives of their Member Association as stated in paragraph 15.d. Voting on all matters, except the elections, at this meeting shall be by show of hands. Voting on elections shall be done by secret ballots. A simple majority of those voting shall suffice to carry the decisions of the meeting with the exception of changes to the ECF's Constitution and approval, expelling or suspending of membership of the ECF which shall require a majority of two thirds of the votes cast, and elections which shall on all occasions require an absolute majority. The AGM of the ECF shall only properly exercise its functions if a quorum of not less than one half of its Member Associations are represented in person by their named representative.   16. SEMI-ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING   A Semi-Annual General Meeting (SAGM) may, at the discretion of the AGM or the Executive Board, be held each year. Procedures shall be as for an AGM.   17. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETINGS   Special General Meetings (SGM) may be called by the President with the agreement of a majority of the Executive Board or when a petition signed by at least one third of the Member Associations is received by the Secretary General.   18. COMPROMISSORY CLAUSE Any decision made by the General Meeting of the ECF or by the Executive Board of the ECF may be the object of appeal arbitration proceedings in accordance with the Code of sports-related arbitration of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. The time limit for appeal is twenty-one (21) days following the communication of the decision concerning the appeal. All recourse to ordinary courts is excluded. Swiss law applies.   19. CHAMPIONSHIPS   The Rules of Competition, the Playing System for each Championship and the Rules for Advertising shall be distributed annually to each Member Association. The Rules of Play shall be published in the latest edition of the WCF Official Handbook unless otherwise stated. The Medical Code of the International Olympic Committee shall apply in all cases relating to the misuse of drugs or medicaments.   20. COMMUNICATION   All communications with the ECF shall, in the first instance, be through the Secretary General.   21. DISSOLUTION           The General Meeting, having pronounced the dissolution, is entitled to decide by simple majority of the voting members the allowance of the remaining assets of the ECF, which have to be allocated to a non-profit and of public interest corporation in benefit for curling.   22. ENTRY INTO FORCE   The present constitution, adopted by the General Meeting on December 4, 2007 comes into force on January 1, 2008.     BY-LAWS OF THE EUROPEAN CURLING FEDERATION By- Law No 1. LIST OF MEMBER NATIONS AND ALLOCATION TO THE VARIOUS ZONES       Great Britain & Ireland: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales   Northern Europe: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland   Eastern Europe: Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech-Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   Western Europe: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece,  Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,  Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland,     By-Law No 2 Agenda of the Annual General Meeting    Reading of Notice of Assembly.  Report on Credentials of Representatives and Quorum.  Exclusion/suspension of a Member Association.  Additions to the Agenda.  Approval of the Agenda.  Reading of the Minutes of the last General Assembly and approval thereof.  Business arising out of the Minutes.  Report of the President.  Report of the Executive Board and Committees.  Report of the Director of Finance.  Report of the Auditors.  Approval of the Financial Statement  Appointment of the Auditors.  Approval of the Budget  Approval of annual subscriptions  Changes to the Constitution and Bye Laws  Resolutions.  Further business.  Elections.  Acceptance of a new Member Association.  Date and location of next General Assembly.       Didi Kolb suggested that in future there should also be added a general paragraph about “Doping”.   9.         Approval of the budget   The Director of Finance presented the ECF budget for the period of October 1, 2007 until June 30, 2008 which was unanimously approved.   10.       Progress reports of future Organising Committees for both EMCC and ECC   EMCC 2008 Kitzbühel, AUT The Secretary General explained that the city of Kitzbühel, AUT and the Austrian Curling Association are very much looking forward to host a European Curling event for the first time ever. The event will take place at the Mercedes-Benz Sportpark and will last one day longer than in previous years as it will now be played in three groups. The detailed event dates will be as follows:   Arrival of teams                                     Sep. 20, 2008 Official training                                      Sep. 21, 2008 First competition day:                           Sep. 22, 2008 Last competition day:                            Sep. 27, 2008 Departure:                                            Sep. 28, 2008   The Secretary General again invited all representatives to attend the EMCC 2008 Kitzbühel reception on the evening of the same day and advised that a detailed slide show/presentation about the event and the site would be made there.   ECC 2008 Örnsköldsvik, SWE The representatives of the Övik-Host Committee reported that preparations for the event next December are going very well and officially launched during the AGM their website which is: www.ecc2008.se.   ECC 2009, Aberdeen, SCO Colin Grahamslaw also reported that preparations as well as the final contract negotiations with the ECF are well underway and that Aberdeen will be an ideal site to host the event in 2009.   11.       Future Championships / Bids and Presentations   ECC 2010 Champéry, SUI The President reported that the Executive Board had decided to award the ECC 2010 to Champéry, Switzerland. He invited Etienne Delez and Enrique Caballero to make their presentation. They presented to the Annual General Meeting a detailed and comprehensive slide show. The championships will take place from December 4-11, 2010 with the A-group playing in Champéry and the B-group in Monthey, which is only 13 kms away.    EMCC 2009 The city of Bratislava, SVK again expressed its interest in hosting the EMCC in 2009.   12.       Resolutions   None   14.       Any other business   -          Gerrit-Jan Scholten (NED) mentioned that he is looking forward to having a President’s report at future ECF Annual-General Meetings as he had missed such a report today. -          Romano Ruch (SUI) mentioned that the ECF should install a European Junior Curling Championship. The ECF members supported this idea. -          Did Kolb said, that as the ECF Executive Board has members with various functions, he would appreciate in future that also the ECF conducts Open Committee Meetings. The ECF members supported this idea. -          A representative of Curl-TV made a detailed presentation. In partnership with Eurosport, Eurosport.com and the World Curling Federation, CurlTV.com had been broadcasting the Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2007 live from Füssen.   15.       Next Meeting   The Annual General Meeting of the ECF will take place in Örnsköldsvik, SWE  on Tuesday, December 9, 2009 at 10:00.   The meeting closed at 13.15