Minutes of WMA Women’s Committee Meeting
July 31, 2009
Chairwoman, Ms. Marina Hoernecke-Gil, cal=
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regular Women’s Committee meeting of the World Masters Association
(“WMA”) to order on July 31, 2009 at 3:30pm at Fellmanni Kongre=
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WMA WOMEN’S COMMITTEE PRESENT AT July 31, 2009 MEETING
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Chairwoman’s Report
The Chairwoman presented her report and t= hanked the committee members for their support and cooperation during her time in office. Ms. May Edmond at the conclusion of her regional report led the attendees in a standing applause recognition of Ms. Hoernecke-Gil’s contribution to the WMA Council an= d to the attention to women’s matters over the past eight years.
Regional Reports
The regional representatives verbally sum=
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their written reports, with the exception of Esther Cabrera (South America)=
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read her report in Spanish, Glory Barnabas (Asia) who was absent but for wh=
om Ms.
Hoerneke-Gil read the report and May Edmond (
Questionnaire on Throwing Implements
Mary Trotta (USA) prepared a throwing questionnaire on women’s implements, which was translated into four languages and placed on the website, distributed by the women’s representatives and at several championships, including the WMA indoor championships.
The results of distributing 300 questionn= aires since mid-November 2008 were disappointing, as the committee received very = few replies. It was pointed out t= hat a response rate of 1% to 2% to unsolicited questionnaires is considered good. It is human nature to n= ot respond to these types of inquiries.
The response from
Tabled proposals from Riccione:
Request for changes in shot put:
Proposed Change to age 70+ for some implements: the WomenR= 17;s Committee and the Stadia Committee want the change for some implements (heavy weight, shot, discus and hammer= ) to occur at age 75 (not age 70) because age 75+ is when they note a change = in women’s performances. <= /p>
Cristel Donley
Kathleen de Wolf (
Lynne Schickert (
Bridget Cushen (Great Britain/Northern Ir= eland) does not compete in field events but has a concern about continuously chang= ing weights, because she fears that organizers will not have the appropriate implements and that individual athletes will not be able to afford to buy a= ll of the new implements when there are changes.
An informal hand vote of who was in favor=
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75+ for the age change for women indicated that only two people in the room
were against the proposal.
Mary Trotta (USA) suggested that not so m= any women over 75 years old are throwing.
Marina Hoernecke-Gil (
Another contributor summarized that there= are two groups of athletes: (1) those= who are serious about competition and come to compete (the super athletes) and (2) those who are interested in increasing women’s participation and havi= ng lighter implements.
NEW ITEM: REDUCTION OF HURDLES HEIGHT:
Proposal to reduce the hurdles to 60 c= m: Women’s committee says “no”. Not conside= red hurdling, considered jumping.
Mariam Fennochetti (
Marina Hoernecke-Gil (
Another respondent expressed a different opinion: If we continuously r= educe everything, we become more or less lazy and the event eventually looks like= a school event.
Lynne Schickert (
Margaritte Dahlberg (Swithzerland): We have to think about the older p= eople because they will always be getting older and will be training for these events.
Marina Hoernecke-Gil (
Wilma Perkins (
NEW ITEM: HOW CAN WE HELP THE POORER COUNTRIES?
Mary Trotta (
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Marina Hoernecke-Gil (
Selma Türkkal (
Becky Sisley (
Marina Hoernecke-Gil (
NEW ITEM: IS THERE A NEED FOR A WOMEN’S COMMITTEE?
Becky Sisley (
Marilyn Mitchell (
Kathryn de Wolff (
NEW ITEM: WHAT IF WE HAVE AN ATHLETE COMMITTEE INSTEAD OF A WOMEN’S COMMITTEE?
Proposed by Marina Hoernecke-Gil (
Discussion followed.
CANDIDATES’ FORUM
Ms. Hoernecke-Gil Gave information on pur= pose and location and time of the Candidate’s Forum and Ms. Hoernecke-Gil = and Ms. Dace offered to will help with interpretation at the Forum.
Ms. Hoernecke-Gil reintroduced the three candidates[2] for the chair position of the Women’s Committee.
Adjournment
After the meeting adjourned, Dieter Massi= n, EVAA President, presented Ms. Hoernecke-Gil with a bouquet of flowers, while the attendees with a standing ovation acknowledged Ms. Hoernecke-Gil’s contribution to WMA and to the WMA Women’s Committee.
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Marilyn Mitchell,
Acting Secretary
APPENDIX A
SUMMARY OF WMA WOMEN’S REGIONAL REPORTS
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Committee Chairwoman |
· Ms. Hoernecke-Gil has every two years presented a full dossier of the regional women’s reports in order to try and focus the committee on taking action on items which they decide a= re important in their region. Printed reports are available at the meetings and reports are also= available via e-mail. · The state of the sport understandably vari= es from region-to-region, often dependent upon the wealth and resources available in the region and communication within regions continues to be a problem. · The women’s regional representatives have changed over the years, the women having been elected by their respective regions, but the communication among the committee members has always been good, never discordant and the woman’s meeting has alwa= ys been well-attended. · There is still much to do, but much has be= en achieved in the process. |
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Cabrera |
South American Representative |
(Report was read by Ms. Cabrera) · Written report available in English and Spanish. · The South American region has a website wi= th articles and a report from Ms. Hoernecke-Gil, the Women’s chairman. Website seems to = be inoperative at the moment, but Ms. Cabrera is hopeful of having it up and running again in the future. · Communication problems continue and as an example, only one country returned the women’s throwers questionnai= re. · There is significant women’s participation throughout the region in all events. Female participation has increas= ed and is continuing to do so. |
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(Report was read by Ms. Hoernecke-Gil on behalf of Glory Barnabas) · As women are becoming more aware of the he= alth benefits of regular sport and exercise, their participation in athletics = is increasing, especially among the younger women. An event which started in 2006 w= ith 2500 competitors in 2009 had more than 8,000 registrants. |
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(Report was read by Ms= . Edmond) · Written report available in French and English. ·
Thanks and appreciation to · Region has high women’s participatio= n, with 60% of participants in one meet being women. · Difficult to do things without more funding and unclear whether or not she will be able to continue with her duties without additional funding. It is difficult to find countries to host the regional championships. |
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Mitchell |
NCCWMA Representative |
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Has compiled medal-winning and last place
performances for all women’s events for the championships in ·
Arranged a throwing clinic at the 2008 NCC=
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regional championship meet in ·
Arranged a throwing clinic at meet in 2008=
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· Ms. Schickert presented statistics by age-= group and event indicating the participation of women in her region at both wor= ld and regional meets ·
Next regional meet will be in · Region will give money for help with implements, administration, etc. · 2/3 male & 1/3 female at most of the championships on both world and regional level. · Aging is an important issue. ·
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· Presented tables indicating the participat= ion of women in all indoor events and charts for participation in the throwing events and the high jump for the three indoor WMA championships and talked about “From Jogging to Mara= thon”, a seminar put on by EVAA which resulted in a publication. ·
Presented the results of the last three ·
There are too many championships in · Lots of the records, including many world = records, are women’s records. |
Marina Hoernecke-Gil, July 31, 2009
Outgoing Chairwoman, WMA Women’s Committee
Receiving Appreciation from the Women’s Committee
and the Other Meeting Attendees
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