IGC

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IGC

• A Strategic Plan - why we need one.

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The Process

• Formulate a shared Vision.
• Identify the goals to promote the vision.
• Create an action plan to achieve the goals.
• Use as guide lines to prioritise all other
  activities - creates focus.

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The Vision

• RAISE THE PROFILE OF SOARING AS AN INTERNATIONAL
  SPORT AND PROMOTE PARTICIPATION AT ALL LEVELS.

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Supporting Objectives

• Promote the development of new and existing
  competitions in all forms.
  
• WAGs is a MAJOR opportunity that must be
  developed.
  
• Develop Co-operation at Competitive and
  promotional Level with other disciplines.
  
• Use all forms of Technology to Promote Soaring.
• Exploit Soarings Dramatic Visual Image.

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Action 1.

• A professional to help with the planning and
  organisation of all comps.
  
• Bureau to produce job specification by 2001 IGC
  meeting

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ACTION 2.

• Share Successful Competition ideas and
  experiences - use the web to describe the
  concepts.
  
• Ake Petterson to co-ordinate and deceminate
  ideas.
  
• Peter Ryder to put on web.

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Action 3.

• Start International Pilot Ranking list. IGC
  recognition of all competitive events.
  
• TJ to liase with hang gliding commission.
• BS to research the mechanisms.
• BS to enlist help from Dennis Flament.

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Action 4.

• Raise a sanction fee from ALL competitive events
  world wide. Use this revenue to fund Professional
  Soaring Competition Management.
  
• See Actions for 3.

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Action 5.

• Use the Electronic Media to distribute results.
  Try to Create Sporting Icons.
  
• Use The FAI Web site and Email server to maximum
  effect.
  
• All Delegates to inform their members how web
  site works and to use it.

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Action 6.

• Use the term SOARING rather than gliding.
• Differentiates us from hang gliding.
• A more powerful descritor of our sport.

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Action 7.

• Change Our Names to substitute SOARING for
  gliding.
  
• ISC
• WSC
• etc.

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Action 8.

• Investigate Scheduling ISC Meetings at same time
  and place as Hang Gliding and EGU meeting to
  ensure maximum synergy.
  
• TJ will discuss with his counterparts in other
  organisations.

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Conclusion.

• Makes Soaring a high profile International
  Sport.
  
• Creates a Sustainable revenue source to underpin
  our activities.