Minutes of the 87th Meeting of the FIP Board of Directors on June 18th

members could enter one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> competitive classes if <strong>the</strong>y wanted to. This will also free <strong>the</strong>ir jury
seats for o<strong>the</strong>r jury <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>FIP</strong> members.
Juror training programme
As this had been one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most frequent requests in <strong>the</strong> answers to <strong>the</strong> questionnaire sent out by
Vice-President Tuori to all federations, he was charged to create a working group with some
experienced jurors <strong>of</strong> all continents and classes to develop <strong>the</strong> "Juror training programme" to put at <strong>the</strong>
disposal <strong>of</strong> federations that would ask for it.
UPU / WADP
Vice-President Todd reported on <strong>the</strong> Postal Administration Competition held in Paris at PLANETE
TIMBRE 2010. The jury was composed by J. Wolff, R. Todd, B. Jimenez from <strong>FIP</strong>, and J.-F. Logette,
J.-F. Thivet, and <strong>the</strong> apprentices Monika Podolska, Slovakia, and Nicola Burdiat, Italy, from UPU.
Some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> exhibits had to be taken out <strong>of</strong> competition as <strong>the</strong>y did not meet <strong>the</strong> requirements <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>
regulations. Winner was Spain, second Australia and third France.
<strong>FIP</strong> Congress
The agenda and <strong>the</strong> course <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Congress was discussed and finalised, as <strong>the</strong> Secretary General
would have to send out <strong>the</strong> Congress documents at latest on July 10, 2010.
Commissions' Chairmen meeting
This meeting <strong>of</strong> all <strong>the</strong> Commissions' Chairmen would last 3 hours on October 5 th from 14.00 to 17.00
h and Vice-President Tuori as initiator would act as moderator. He will draft an agenda with some
subjects that should be discussed, including <strong>the</strong> suggestions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Chairmen. The feedback he got
from <strong>the</strong> Chairmen had been very positive.
<strong>FIP</strong> medal for Research
Following <strong>the</strong> proposal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Commission for Philatelic Literature, <strong>the</strong> <strong>FIP</strong> <strong>Board</strong>
awarded <strong>the</strong> <strong>FIP</strong> medal for Research to Michèle Chauvet, RDP, France, for her outstanding research in
many philatelic domains.
Honours
On proposal <strong>of</strong> Director Tay <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> unanimously granted President Wolff <strong>the</strong> distinction <strong>of</strong>
Honorary President, after 22 years <strong>of</strong> service in <strong>the</strong> <strong>FIP</strong> <strong>Board</strong>.
President Wolff thanked <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> members for this distinction.
Publications in FLASH
The <strong>Board</strong> members stressed <strong>the</strong> point that FLASH is intended to be a journal for circulation to
member federations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong>'s and o<strong>the</strong>r members' activities. It is not intended to be a forum for
communicating individuals' election programmes.
Next <strong>Board</strong> meetings - Lisbon
The next <strong>Board</strong> meetings are scheduled in Lisbon on October 9 th and October 11 th , 2010, in <strong>the</strong>
mornings, during PORTUGAL 2010.
President Wolff closed <strong>the</strong> meeting thanking <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> members for <strong>the</strong>ir cooperation. He thanked
especially phil@poste for hosting this <strong>Board</strong> meeting on occasion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> exhibition PLANETE
TIMBRES 2010.
Andrée Trommer-Schiltz
<strong>FIP</strong> Secretary General
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