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FISTF Congress successfully held

The FISTF quadrennial Congress was held in late December, to discuss a number of proposals submitted to amend the federation Statutes as well as handbooks.
A total of 12 Member National Associations, one provisional member, and one continental confederation had representatives who took part in the online Congress.
MNAs
Australia — Beth Eveleigh
Austria — Alfred Strommer
Belgium — Yves Pereman
Brazil — Daniel Matos
England — Alan Lee
France — Eric Naszalyi
Greece — Themis Koutsogiannis
Ireland — Mark Farrell
Italy — Andrea Ciccarelli
Japan — Kenzo Koi
Switzerland — Roman Bernhardsgrütter
United States — Peter Alegi

MNA-Ps
Ukraine — Thomas Ponte

Confederations
Europe — Giorgos Koutis

Apologies
Malta
Portugal
Scotland
Singapore

Additionally, FISTF Board members were present:

Steve Dettre AUS President
Eliot Kennedy AUS General Secretary
Nic Tan SGP Vice-President Finance Director, Treasurer
Andrea Ciccarelli ITA Vice-President Director Development and Education
Daniel Matos BRA Vice-President Confederation America South
Peter Alegi USA Vice-President Confederation America North
Bob Varney ENG Vice-President Confederation Europe
Roger Trouillard FRA IT – Administrator

Apologies:
Chris Angelinas GRE Vice-President Director Sports
Mike Sgro CAN Vice-President Director Media
Adrian Connolly AUS Vice-President Confederation Asia
Sebastien Scheen BEL Operational Manager

A full description of the minutes of the meeting is available on FISTF.com > Resources > Congress 2024.
You can also read the various resolutions that were discussed, and in some cases modified.

Voting on these resolutions will be conducted by online voting until January 21.
Only Member National Associations can participate in the vote.

We are making all players aware of these resolutions in the interests of transparency.
If you want to raise issues or discuss these, you should do so with your national association before they vote.

The resolutions are listed, as well as the proposed impact of the Statutes and the Handbooks.
In keeping with our statutes, the minutes are available in English and French.

The following MNAs are entitled to vote:
 Australia
 Austria
 Belgium
 Brazil
 England
 France
 Germany
 Gibraltar
 Greece
 Ireland
 Italy
 Japan
 Malta
 Netherlands
 Northern Ireland
 Portugal
 Scotland
 Singapore
 Spain
 Switzerland
 United States
 Wales

The following unfinancial/suspended MNAs, MNA-Ps and other countries are not entitled to vote:
 Argentina
 Canada
 Chile
 Cyprus
 Czechia
 Denmark
 Finland
 Hungary
 Malaysia
 Norway
 South Africa
 Tunisia
 Ukraine

Confederations and FISTF Board Members do not have a vote.

regards
FISTF Board