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President’s Message - LAMINE DIACKIt gives me great pleasure to write this foreword to the latest edition ofDistance Running, especially because I believe that we are close to a newera in terms of the IAAF's relationship not only with our friends in AIMS,but with the world of road running in general.As you will read in the IAAF news section, we have now agreed to set upa special IAAF Road Running Commission, and to make the current IAAFRoad Running and Cross Country Committee, representative only of crosscountry. The advantage of a commission, within the IAAF family, is thatits members are specifically appointed by IAAF Council, rather thanelected by representatives of IAAF federations in Congress which is thecase with a Committee. This means that it will be easier to have a groupof true road running experts - consisting of race representatives, AIMS andIAAF, who are solely responsible for advising the IAAF Council on roadrunning matters.We are also willing to appoint a staff member to look after road runningmatters as a matter of daily routine which is not the case at the moment.This indicates that the IAAF committment to the world of road running issomething that is evolving, and in which we are ready and happy to workwith our partners, like AIMS, in the best interests of this vibrant andexciting branch of our sport.I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all season's greetings,and I am confident that 2007 will be a landmark year for the IAAF androad running.Lamine Diack, IAAF PresidentEXECUTIVESHeadquarters17 rue Princesse Florestine,MC 98000, MonacoTel: 377 93 10 88 88Fax: 377 93 15 95 15Email: headquarters@iaaf.orgIAAF PresidentLamine Diack (SEN)IAAF CouncilArne Ljungqvist (SWE),Senior Vice PresidentDapeng Lou (CHN),Vice PresidentAmadeo I.D. Francis (PUR),Vice PresidentHelmut Digel (GER),Vice PresidentJean Poczobut (FRA),Honorary TreasurerPierre WeissGeneral SecretaryMembersDahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad (QAT)Bill Bailey (AUS),Oceania RepresentativeSergey Bubka (UKR)Leonard Chuene (RSA),Africa RepresentativeSebastian Coe (GBR)Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)Roberto Gesta de Melo (BRA),South America RepresentativeRobert Hersh (USA)Abby Hoffman (CAN)Alberto Juantorena (CUB)Suresh Kalmadi (IND),Asia RepresentativeIlkka Kanerva (FIN)Isaiah F. Kiplagat (KEN)Minos Kyriakou (GRE)Teddy McCook (JAM),North and Central Americaand Caribbean RepresentativeCésar Moreno Bravo (MEX)José Maria Odriozola (ESP)Jung-Ki Park (KOR)Jamel Simohamed (ALG)Taizo Watanabe (JPN)Hansjörg Wirz (SUI),Europe RepresentativeIAAF Cross Country CommitteeLamine Diack (SEN)Pierre WeissMary WittenbergNew York Road Runners,9 East 89th Street, New York, NY, 10128Tel: 1 212 423 2249Fax: 1 212 360 7324Email: marathonmailer@nyrr.orgOtto KlappertPlatanenallee 7,59425 Unna, GermanyFax: 49 2303 21233Email: o.klappert@gmx.deDavid BedfordLondon Marathon115 Southwark Street,London SE1 0JF, UKTel: 44 20 7902 0200Fax: 44 20 7620 4208Carlos CardosoAvenida Gama Pinto, No. 2,1699 Lisbon, PortugalFax: 351 1 795 4288Email: ccardoso@fc.ul.ptHiroaki ChosaC/o Japan Association ofAthletics Federations1-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku,Tokyo 150-8050, JapanFax: 81 3 3481 2449New IAAF RoadRunning CommissionAt the IAAF Council meeting on 13November 2006 it was agreed thata specific Road RunningCommission should be created,consisting initially of the membersof the existing "road runningworking group" that had been setup earlier in the year. The membersof this group are:Lamine Diack (IAAF); RobertoGesta De Melo (IAAF); OttoKlappert (IAAF Road and CCCommittee); David Bedford (IAAFRoad and CC Committee); CarlosCardoso (IAAF Road and CCMeasurement AdministrationCommittee); Mary Wittenberg(World Marathon Majors); HiroakiChosa (AIMS); Pierre Weiss (IAAF)The membership of this newcommission will be reviewed at thenext Council meeting in Mombasaon 27 March 2007.It was also agreed that the currentIAAF Cross Country and RoadRunning Committee would changeits name at the next Congress inOsaka, and be known only as theIAAF Cross Country Committee.The appointment of Hugh Jones to the post of International MeasurementAdmistrator covering territories in "English-speaking Europe and Africa" hasbeen confirmed. He replaces John Disley who resigned from his post inDecember 2005.New cross & road officialsTwo newly-appointed International Cross and Road Officials, Dave Cundy(AUS) and Rodolfo Eichler (BRA) were in action at the World Road RunningChampionships in Debrecen, Hungary and functioned effectively to extendthe capacity of the IAAF Technical Delegate to liase with all levels of thelocal organisationComing World ChampionshipsFive member federations have submitted their candidature for hosting the2011 and/or 2013 IAAF World Championships in Athletics:2011: Daegu (KOR); Brisbane, Goteborg, Moscow2013: Barcelona, Brisbane Goteborg, MoscowThe venues for both championships will be determined at the IAAF Councilmeeting in Mombasa on 27 March.200724 March:IAAF WORLD CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPSEdinburgh, Great Britain24 August – 2 September:IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICSOsaka, Japan14 October:IAAF WORLD ROAD RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPSUdine, Italy2008March:IAAF WORLD CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPSEdinburgh, Great BritainDistance Running January – March 20079