ITHF Extraordinary Delegates' Conference (August 2015) Minutes

Place: ITHF Discussion Board

Date: 25th–31st of August 2015

Minute keeper:Simon Thomas, ITHF President

Members eligible to participate: Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, USA

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Voting on proposed changes to World Tour

1. Should there be a limit on the number of level-2 World Tour tournaments per country?

Option / # of Votes / Voting Countries
Yes / 7 / Canada, Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden, USA
No / 6 / Czech Republic, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine

Result:Limit is accepted and comes into effect immediately in combination with the result of question 2.

2. If there is a limit on the number of level-2 World Tour tournaments per country, what should that limit be?

Option / # of Votes / Voting Countries
2 / 8 / Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Latvia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, USA
1 / 3 / Canada, Norway, Slovakia

Result:Limit of 2 is accepted and comes into effect immediately.

3. If there is a limit on the number of level-2 World Tour tournaments per country, should the proposed "Extra" Super Series / Majors tournaments be allowed, with full World Tour points, but level-3 world ranking points?

Option / # of Votes / Voting Countries
No / 8 / Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Ukraine
Yes / 5 / Canada, Slovakia , Sweden, Switzerland, USA

Result:Proposal is rejected.

4. Should the World Tour points system be changed to the proposed 200/180/160 system?

Option / # of Votes / Voting Countries
Yes / 12 / Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, USA
No / 0

Result:Proposed system is accepted andapplies retroactively from the start of the 2015/16 World Tour (25th of July 2015).

5. Should only one World Tour tournament in each country count towards a player's World Tour points total?

Option / # of Votes / Voting Countries
No / 10 / Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, USA
Yes / 2 / Slovakia, Sweden

Result:Proposal is rejected

6. Should the host of the World Club Championships (which is to be held at most once every two years) always be allowed to host a Super Series tournament on the same weekend as the World Club Championships?

Option / # of Votes / Voting Countries
Yes / 10 / Canada, Denmark, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, USA
No / 3 / Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sweden

Result:Proposalis accepted and applies from the 2016 World Club Championships onwards.

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ITHF EC: Simon Thomas, Eric Krol, Martin Arenlind, Edgars Caics, Mykhaylo Shalomayev

Tuesday, 1st of September 2015