The 2015 ACC Statutory Congress Meeting Held at Thailand (16.02.2015)

29-Nov-2017 09:35


The  2015  ACC Statutory  Congress  Meeting  was  held  at  Nakhon  Ratchasima,Thailand on 9thFeb at 09:30 hrs with national delegates from 32 NF and Mr. BrainCookson, UCI President present.

 

At the beginning of the Congress chaired by Mr. Abu Samah Wahab, ACC VicePresident, Mr. Cho, ACC President opened it by recalling 2014 as an incrediblymeaningful and significant year in terms of progresses of our works continuing atpace and placing Asian cycling on a much solid footing in line with the UCI visionand strategies.  His  special  thanks went  to  Air  Chief  Marshal  Chanin  and LTGDecha  of  Thai  Cycling  Association  for  their  hard  working  to  make  the  AsianTrack/Road Championships  most  successful  and  special  edition,  especially  fortheir passion and innovation shown in the whole course of the preparations forthe night Road Race Events.

 

Ahead of the speech by the ACC President, Mr. Brain Cookson made a 15-minutespeech  for  the  delegations  present  by  touching  on  the  night  RoadChampionships in Nakhon Ratchasima, UCI뭩 good relations with IOC and OCA,2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, growing cycling in Asia particularly withrising number of the UCI Continental and Women뭩 teams from 13 in 2007 to 41in  2015,  some  key  developments  especially  those  that  related  to  thedevelopment of cycling in Asia, progresses of important issues relevant to bothAsian  cycling  and  cycling  sport  worldwide  including  CIRC  activities  andestablishment of an Anti-Doping Tribunal, Cameras inside the peloton, UCI HourRecord, Reorganization of Athletes� Commission to ensure the athletes� voice  tobe heard loud and clear at the UCI and some important changes to the UCIConstitutions. In particular, he revealed possible key changes including 1) All NFwill be able to vote for the President—and not just 42 delegates,2) Limiting theUCI President term to a maximum 12 year period,3) Ensuring all CC Presidentsare  also  UCI  Vice  Presidents,4)  Putting  in  place  an Asian  quota  for  the  UCIManagement Committee.

 

The agenda for the Congress included:   

-ACC MC Report for 2014;  

-Separated Organization of the Annual Asian Track and Road Championships from 2017;

-ACC Financial Report for year2014;

-Elections of the Voting Delegates to the 2015 UCI Congress in USA;

-Report on the 2015 Asian Championships for All Disciplines;

-Presentation on Cycling Sport in Iran;

-Activity Report of CCC Shuzenji;

-UCI/ACC Membership Fees for 2015;

-Issue of the UCI/ACC Membership Fee Arrears Due by NF;

-Proposals for the Changes of the ACC Constitution & Bye-Laws;

-UCI Presentation on On-going Projects;

-To Award the 2016-2017 Asian Championships for various Disciplines;

-Next ACC Congress in Japan;

-The 2nd Candidate from Asia to the UCI MC Member Election;

-Awarding the 2015 ACC Merit to 3 Persons.

 

Major decisions made public at the Congress included:

 -Organization Fees for Each of the Annual Track and Road ChampionshipsStarting from 2017 will be USD 4,000 respectively;

-The Maximum Participation Fees for the Asian Track/ Road Championships to be Collected by the Organizers will be USD 100 for Single Bed and USD 80 for Twin-Bed;   

-The 2017 Asian Track Championships were awarded to India;   

-The 2017 Asian MTB Championships were awarded to China;   

-The UCI/ACC Membership Fees for 2015 Remains the Same as 2014;   

-No Special Congress will be organized to elect the 2nd Candidate from Asia tothe  2015  UCI  Congress  election  for  the  UCI  MC  to  Replace  Mr.  PederPedersen.

 

After the Congress Meeting at 12:30hrs, the Delegations present were invited to a buffet luncheon hosted by the ACC at the Dusit Princess Hotel.