INTERNATIONAL JUDGING COURSE An Internati onal Course for Gymnastic judges and coaches will be held at Penn State University on January 15th to 19th, 1969. Th e objectives of the course can be listed as follows: 1. To coordinate with the new FIG Cod e of Points a course that will provide more technical knowledge for our judges and coaches. 2. To arrive at some form of unity reo gard ing rules and regulations on an internat ional level. 3. To obtain uniformity and achieve the technical discipline so necessary. Mr. Gander, the director of this course, has set forth the re gulations based on FIG standards and has personally named the following lecturers fnr this course: Mr. Arthur Gander, President of the FIG, Executive, and Technical Committee; Chiasso, Switzerland Mr. Ivan Ivancevic, Vice President of the FIG Technic al Committee; Sombor, Yugoslavia Hellmut Rohnisch, Linqui st (10 languages) and Swedish Gymnastic Technician; Orebro, Sweden George Gulack, Vice President of FIG in charge of th e Americas, Former Olympic Champion, and I nternation al Judge; New York, New York Frank Cumiskey, 3 X USA Olympian, top USA Gymnastics Technici an; Rockleigh. New Jersey. Thomas Maloney, Coach at West Point, 34 years, Chairman of the USOGC, International Judge; Sarasota, Florida All the lectures have been prepared and designed by the FIG Technical Committee under the supervision of Mr. Gander; oral questions are compiled by the FIG. The entire course is based on the Code of Points and the official te xt will be the new FIG Code of Points book available in three languages (French, German, and English). REGISTRATION BLANK FOR INTERNATIONAL JUDGES COURSE Name: ____ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ Street._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ City_____ State _ _ _ Zip _ __
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Total Fee Includes: 26 hours of lectures and demonstrations plus materials ticket to Sports Luncheon Thursday, Jan . 16 at 11:50 a.m. ticket to the social hours at the Nittany Lion Inn ticket to the International Match . . Penn State vs. Switzerland ticket to the Intercollegiate Match .. U.S. Military Academy vs. Penn State 1 copy of the New FIG Code of Points Make checks payable to the Pennsylvani a State Univers ity and mail Regi stration Blanks directly to Gene Wettstone, Recreation Hall, Penn State University, University Park, Penna. 16802. 6
ilK NATIO NAL GYM NASTIC S COMMISS IO N NIex ico Cit y . .. In Mexico City the r e p路 resentatives of th e U.S.G.F. and th e A .A. U. me t several tim es and at th e con clu sion of th e final mee ting whi ch was att end ed by r epr esentati ves of th e F. I.G. Ex ec uti ve and T echn ica l Comm itt ees. Si gnatures were affix ed to th e "Na ti onal Gymna sti cs Commi ssion Proposal for th e Uni ted States." Signin g for th e A.A . were Col. Don Hull
and _Mr. J erry H ardy and for th e U.s.G.F. Frank Bare and Bill NIead e. Co nt ent s of th e agree ment which is to be formally ratifi ed by both nati onal orga ni za ti ons on December 7-8th, 1968 are con ta in ed in thi s articl e. Certainly thi s COlllmission plan offer s an end th e long路s tanding fe ud that has been carrying on for six yea rs and simult a neously thi s point路agreement if approved by both g roup" can lead to g reat expan sion of th e U.S.A.'s gym nas ti cs program.
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PENN STATE TO HO ST I NTE R NATIO NA L COMPETITIO N On Janu a ry 17t h, 1969 th ere will be a n Internati onal competiti on betwe en The Nati ona l team from Switze rl a nd and the P enn S tate Gymnas tic team. (Th e Swiss tea m will al so exhib it and comp ete in other secti ons of th e USA. At thi s tim e we do not have th e dates or si tes . . . sorry.)
OPERATING PRINCIPLES FOR THE NATIONAL GYMNASTICS COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1. PURPOSE: To assume all initiative, to give al l directives , to define any regulations and programs, to bring any technical contribution to the United States in the best spirit of cooperation an d progress in order to secure a full program for gymnast ics in America. 2. Th e COMMISS ION shall have the responsibility for selection and / or electio n of officials, managers, coaches and Sites, as we ll as all other representatives for all international events. 3. The National Gymnas tic s Commission will consist of five (5) members of the Am ateur Athletic Union and five (5) members of the United States Gymnastics Federation. Each organIzatIOn Will have five votes and any authorized member of the Commission may cast the votes for him or her organ izati on. Each organ izat ion will name a non-voting President. Commission may ca st the votes for his or her organization. Each organization will name a non-voting, rotating President, on an annual basis, who will be the eleventh member of the Commission, but will not vote. The duties of th e non-vo ting President shall be to chair the meetings as called by mutual agreement and to report the action of the Commission to the President of the F.I.G. The officia l report shall be sent to the Amateur Athletic Union with copies to the President of the F.I.G. and to the office of the U.S.GJ. The official action re ga rding such a report will be delayed until the officia l report has been received by the F.I.G. 4. The National Gymnastics Commission shall consider all matters brought before it by either the A.A. U. or th e U.S .GJ. 5. Copies of all correspondence concerning internationa l matters involving U.S.A. gymnastiCS , directed towards the F.I. G. by either organ ization or member of the Commission, must be sen t to both member organizations. On Commission matters no member of the Commission will commu~icate directly with the F.I.G. President, F.I.G : officers or any affiliated member or Individual member of the F.I.G., without secu ring approval of the Commission. The Commission may, at its discretion , author ize direct commun ications. When routine administrative matters between the F.I.G. and its U.S.A. member are of such timely importance that discuss ion withi n the Commission is not possible, the A.A.U. will se nd copies of such administrative matters to the U.S.G J . and other pertinent U.S.A. organizations. 6. The A.A.U. agrees that all decisions reached by a maiority of the Commission votes cast will be accepted unreservedly as the action of the U.S.A. member of the F.I.G . and will transmit Commission decisions into action in accordance with F.I.G. rules. 7. Both orga nizations agree that they will send representatives to the Commission meeting who wil l endeavor to arrive at a decIsion In the best Interest of the sport of gymnastics, regardless of prevIous organizational procedures. When the ten commissioners cannot, in good faith , develop a precedure to organize a gymnastic ac tivity which is acceptable to the majority. this deadlock deci sion may also be transmitted to the F.I.G. President. The F.I.G. President, in turn, w!1I advise the U.S.A. member of his point of view, with a copy of t~ a t notice to the PreSident of the Commis sio n and to the U.S.GJ., recommending a pOSSible solutIOn to the deadlock which need not be binding on th e affiliated Commission members. The Commission will then consider the solution sugges ted by the F.I. G. President and endeavor to follow such a recommendation or to alter it under mutually acceptable conditions. This Agreement shall become effective upon the approval of the administrative bodies of the respective parties hereto. Mexico City, the 22nd day of October, 1968 For the Amateur Athletic Union: For the United States Gymnastics Federation : DON HULL, Ex. Dir. FRANK BARE, Ex. Dir. JERRY HARDY, FIG Rep. BILL MEADE, Vice-Pres .