CGF Executive Board Meeting 12-11-2011

Dear All

The newly elected Executive Board met here in St Kitts yesterday and I would briefly report as follows on matters discussed:

Board Appointments:

In accordance with Regulation 3 of the CGF’s Constitution the Honorary Legal Adviser, the Honorary Medical Adviser and the Athletes' Representative shall be appointed by the Executive Board from nominations received from Affiliated CGAs and in this regard the Board confirmed the following appointments:

·         Honorary Legal Adviser – Sharad Rao (Kenya);

·         Honorary Medical Adviser – Tan Sri Dr. M. Jegathesan (Malaysia)

·         Athletes Representative – Suzanne Weckend Dill (Canada), for information I have attached a further copy of Commonwealth Games Canada’s nomination of Suzanne for this position.

Committee Chairs:

The Executive Board confirmed the appointment of the two Vice Presidents to Chair CGF Committees’ as follows:

·         Audit Committee – Bruce Robertson;

·         Marketing Committee – Bruce Robertson;

·         Sports Committee – Gideon Sam.

Glasgow 2014 Coordination Commission:

The Executive Board approved the membership of the Coordination Commission for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as follows:

·         Bruce Robertson – CGF Vice President (Chair);

·         Chris Jenkins – RVP Europe & Chief Executive, Commonwealth Games Council for Wales;

·         Miriam Moyo – President, National Olympic Committee & Commonwealth Games Association of Zambia;

·         Andrew Ryan – Director, ASOIF, representing International Federations;#

·         Mike Hooper – CGF Chief Executive Officer.

Delhi 201

The Executive Board received a report from the President pertaining to a meeting held earlier in the day with representatives of Delhi 2010 in relation to an agreed process and timeframe associated with bringing to a successful conclusion all outstanding matters with regard to outstanding CGA payments. The Board, whilst acknowledging that the General Assembly supported a motion looking to resolve these matters by 31 March 2012 was keen to see resolution earlier and in this regard it was agreed that all CGAs will be invited to confirm directly to the CGF their position following which further direct interaction will occur with Delhi 2010, my colleague John Eades will contact you shortly.

With regard to the CGAs where Delhi 2010 acknowledged variances existed they have agreed to definitively clarify exactly what is still required to facilitate payment and in this regard they undertook to write to those CGAs concerned with copies to the CGF looking to conclude matters prior to Christmas.

Strategic Review:

The Executive Board further discussed the process associated with the strategic review and approved an indicative programme through to Kampala, upon my return to London next week I will forward to all CGAs details of this together with an invitation to all to submit any additional commentary on matters of scope and process associated with the review.

Sports Programme Review:

As resuested by CGAs during the workshop session on Thursday please find attached a copy of the research presentation from Colin Smith pertaining to the Sports Programme.

Kind regards,

Mike Hooper

Chief Executive Officer

Commonwealth Games Federation