November 30, 2009
The Council failed to pass a proposal to waive the IFSS World Cup 
Accreditation fees for 2009-2010, ending with the end of the race 
season on April 30, 2010.

November 30, 2009
The Council passed a request for development support for Mushing 
Canada to defray costs relating to officially incorporating as a 
legal entity in order to be recognized by Sport Canada in the future.

October 24, 2009
Council passed a proposal to allow an entrant into the Junior classes 
for ages 16-20 in the IFSS Dryland World Championship 2009 in 
Saguenay (Quebec) Canada to choose whether to compete in the junior 
class or senior class if they meet the requirement for the senior or 
junior class as stated in the official IFSS Race Rules.

 

October 9, 2009:

The IFSS Council voted to accept a Disciplinary Code.

July 9, 2009:
The IFSS Council voted to accept the Sled Dog Association of Scotland 
(SDAS) as a provisional member to IFSS representing the United 
Kingdom (UK).

July 16, 2009:
Travel Reimbursement for the 2009 Dryland World Championship in Saguenay (Quebec) Canada Approved
The Council voted to approve a budget of approximately US$ 5,000. Part of this budget (approx. $ 1,400) will be financed by the 20% of the World Cup accreditation fees for the seasons 2006/2007 and 2007/2008, which have not been used for other development projects. The following support was approved to competitors coming from outside North America:
$150/ dog with a maximum of $600 (4 dogs) per country
$100/ competitor with a maximum of $200 (2 competitors) per country.

July 16, 2009:
Dryland Training Camp Development Support Approved
The IFSS Council has approved the proposal from Mushing USA for a Dryland Training Camp. Prior to the World Championships Dryland 2009 in Canada, Mushing USA (MUSA) will organize a training camp and a Dryland race in North-East USA. Norway will send two Norwegian athletes specialized in Bikejoring and Scooter racing to TRAIN the participants. MUSA will take care of lodging and transportation of the Norwegian athletes at the training camp and afterwards to the Dryland WCh in Quebec. IFSS has approved support to pay part of the other expenses (e.g. air fare between Europe and North America). A budget has been approved to a support of $3,000 (about 50% of the total expenses). The 20% of World Cup accreditation fees for this past season ($816) will finance part of this support.

 June 10, 2009:
The IFSS Council voted for two modifications to its Race Rules for  
the 2009 Dryland World Championships in Saguenay (Quebec) Canada:

* To have a Bikejoring junior class (ages 16-20) and a Bikejoring  
Senior class (ages 21 and above)  instead of one, single Bikejoring  
age group for 16 years-old and above.
* To authorize 3-wheeled rigs in all rig classes.

April 28, 2009:
The IFSS Council voted to amend the Dryland Race Rules. Click on the
"Race Rules" to see the latest revisions to the Dryland Rules
(Chapter Four).

 September 4, 2008
Council failed to approve revised Race Rules for Nome and Nordic  
disciplines.

June 19, 2008
Council failed to pass approval for revised Race Procedures.

June 19, 2008
Council approved Option 1 for the 4-dog junior class World  
Championship 2009:
The 4-dog class for competitors born in 1993 and before and the 4-dog  
Junior class for competitors born between 1993 and 1996 included are  
two separate competitions. Competitors born in 1993 shall choose  
which one of the two classes they will enter. They cannot enter both  
classes.

April 21, 2008
Council voted to approved the contract between IFSS and the Daaquam  
Organizing Committee for the 2009 Winter IFSS World Championship.

February 29, 2008
Council voted to approved the following revision to the World Cup  
points for Nordic:
Option 3: When the minimum number of 5 participants in a class is not  
reached, the various Nordic style classes (men, women, 1-dog, 2-dog,  
etc.) of a given event are mixed to reach the minimum required  
participation. This requires that the various classes run the same  
trail. This solution allows the competitor(s) of a class with one or  
two competitors to be rated.  It does not solve the problem of one  
single Nordic race with 3 or 4 participants in an event. It can also  
be difficult to calculate the points fairly when different classes  
are mixed.

February 15, 2008
Council voted to grant the 2009 Winter World Championship to Daaquam  
(Quebec) Canada in bids from three sites: Daaquam (Canada),  
Anchorage, Alaska (USA), and Cedaredge, Colorado (USA)

December 25, 2007
Council voted to refund $150 to Scotland Sleddog Federation after  
receiving their resignation from IFSS as a Provisional Member.

November 24, 2007
The Council voted to approve allowing two Provisional members to IFSS  
from a country.

November 24, 2007
Council approved Provisional membership dues at $50 per year.

November 24, 2007
Council approved Provisional Membership to both UKSF (United Kingdom  
Sleddog Federation) and SSF (Scotland Sleddog Federation), both  
representing the UK (United Kingdom).

October 29, 2007
Council voted to approve Robert Schiesser (Switzerland) and Jean  
Hanselmann (France) as IFSS licensed race judges.

September 24, 20007
Council voted to approve dividing $6000 evenly between three regions  
(USA, Korea, South America) for travel to the 2007 Dryland World  
Championship in Italy.

September 24, 2007
The Council failed to pass a proposal for one of two options for the  
2007 Dryland classes in Italy.
Option 1:
Canicross:
Canicross juniors (14 to 16 years), seniors (17 to 39 years),  
veterans (40 years and above), men and women separate: one heat race  
(Saturday) Canicross relay (national teams of 3 competitors, 17 years  
and above), men and women separate (Sunday)
All other classes race in two heats (Saturday and Sunday): Bikejöring  
seniors (17 to 39 years) and veterans (40 years and above), men and  
women separate; Scooter one dog (17 years and above); scooter two  
dogs (17 years and above); 4 dog rigs juniors (14 to 16 years); 4 dog  
rigs seniors (17 years and above); 6 dog rigs seniors (17 years and  
above); 8 dog rigs seniors (17 years and above).
Option 2:
Canicross classes run on two heats (Saturday and Sunday)
No Canicross relay
Other classes as in option 1.

September 15, 2007
Council voted to approve Development Support for USA and Canada. For  
USA this involved a race event to develop the dryland discipline by  
bringing new people into it, especially into canicross. In Canada  
this was for a sleddog symposium in Yellowknife.

September 10, 2007
The Council voted to approve Dryland Race Rules.

August 27, 2007
The Council voted to approve new/revised regulations for World Cup.

August 6, 2007
The Council voted in favor of allocating $300 for Ecuador for the  
travel expenses of an important group of people going to the South  
American Championship in Lima, Peru.

August 6, 2007
The Council voted in favor of allocating $300 for two mushers from  
Columbia and two mushers from Brazil to go to the South American  
Championships in Lima, Peru.

August 4, 2007
The Council voted to approve up to $500 to Peru for the South  
American Dryland Championship for assistance to make dogs available  
for competitors who are ot able to bring their own dogs.

August 4, 2007
The Council voted in favor of travel support for two winners from the  
South American Dryland Championship (preferably one man and one  
woman) to travel to the IFSS 2007 World Dryland Championship.

July 23, 2007
The Council failed to vote in favor of a resolution to encourage the  
various regions to hold their championships in even-numbered years.

July 23, 2007
The Council failed to vote in favor of holding its General Assemblies  
in odd-numbered years beginning in 2007.

July 23, 2007
The Council failed to vote in favor of sending to the Voting  
Membership a proposal to change bylaw D.3.2 to read: "The term for  
office for Council Members shall be from one General Assembly to the  
next. Council Members are eligible for re-election."

July 5, 2007
The Council approved the following proposal for 2006-2007 World Cup  
Awards:

To award World Cup 2006/2007 titles and prize money according to the  
distribution formulas below, in the Mid Distance, Sprint and Nordic  
Style classes based on the results available for the 2006/2007  
accredited World Cup races and 2007 World Championships.

Prize Money Distribution

Accreditation Fees Break-down:
… 70 % of the accreditation fees are distributed as prize money
… 20% of the accreditation fees are reserved for development and  
sports medicine projects
… 10% of the accreditation fees are kept to cover the administrative  
expenses of the Cup.

The following distribution formulas are used:
~ If the total prize money within a category is >= $800, it is  
divided among the top 5 competitors of the final rank list in the  
proportions 5/15 to the first competitor, 4/15 to the second one,  
3/15 to the 3rd, 2/15 to the 4th and 1/15 to the 5th.
~ If the total prize money within a category is between $400 and  
$799, it is divided among the top 3 competitors of the final rank  
list in the proportions 3/6 to the first competitor, 2/6 to
the 2nd, 1/6 to the 3rd.
~ If the total prize money within a category is between $200 and  
$399, it is divided among the top 2 competitors of the final rank  
list in the proportions 2/3 to the first competitor, 1/3 to the 2nd.
~ If the total prize money within a category is <$200, only the 1st  
in that category is awarded prize money.

May 29, 2007
The IFSS Council and Voting Membership voted for the following to be  
members of the IFSS Legal Commission:
Alessandro Baracetti (Italy)
Gunnar Johnson (USA)
Lana Paul (New Zealand)

March 20, 2007
The Council voted in favor of supporting the World Cup "Olympic  
Model" demonstration race in Norway April 1, 2007.

March 19, 2007
The Council voted in favor of waiving the requirement for the 2007  
Sprint/Nordic World Championship in Gafsele, Sweden, that to award  
the title of World Championship  to any class at a World  
Championship, there must be competitors in that class from at least  
two continents and three regions.

March 16, 2007
The council voted to send to the General Voting Membership for a vote  
of the nominees for the three members of the Legal Commission.

February 1, 2007:
The IFSS Council voted to waive the requirement for the 2007 World Championships in Italy and Sweden that a competitor have completed two (2) World Cup heats in 2006 or 2007. This was done due to lack of snow in many areas and the subsequent cancellation of many races.


January 16, 2007:
On 16 January, 2007, the IFSS Council voted to approve the following
judges for the 2007 Mid Distance World Championships in Italy:

*Race Marshal: Aad Hekkers
*Judge: Istvan Drahos
*Judge: Monica Di Lisso


January 3, 2007:
NEW IFSS TREASURER APPROVED
The IFSS Council approved Laura Gloor (USA) as the new IFSS treasurer.


December 22, 2006:
Approval of the Sports Committees
The IFSS Council has taken the following actions/votes:

ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE: Chairwoman Carol Beck ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it )
~Review all the applications for World Championship organizations and World Cup races.
~Evaluate the frequency and the break-down of the WC and make recommendations.

SPORT ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Chairman Massimo Bassan ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it )
~Develop new procedures (i.e. WC Bid applications) and reviews existing procedures (i.e. World Cup applications and World Cup point calculation) upon request from the VP.

RACE RULES COMMITTEE: Chairman Sergey Paniukhin ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it )
~Review existing race rules and develop new race rules for the activities not yet formalized.
~Develop technical rules to help race organizers (i.e. trail lay-out, marking, etc).

WORLD CUP ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Chairman Lubos Seidl ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it )
~Collate race results and compute the World Cup points for each participants based the race results received from the race organizers.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS COMMITTEE: Chairman Bernard Pepin ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it )
~Develop the contract with World Championship organization based on the commitments accepted by IFSS and the organizers (this task can also be delegated to the Accreditation Committee).
~Develop the Race program and the invitation in cooperation with the WCh organizer.
~Receive and control the entries in cooperation with the treasurer.
~Investigate the development of the various disciplines and make recommendations for the program of future World Championships.

RACE JUDGES COMMITTEE: Chairman Joe Runyan ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it )
~Advise the VP for Sport on all matters concerning the IFSS judges.
~Evaluate the needs for judges training and develop or accredit training programs.
~Maintain a list of accredited judges in cooperation with the member federations.
~Keep the judges up to date with the IFSS regulations.

SPORT MEDECINE AND ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE: Chairman Adelmo Rossin ( This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it )
~Advise the VP for Sport on health legal requirements for dogs and humans in the WCh countries.
~Propose minimum health requirements (i.e. mandatory vaccinations)for the WCh events.
~Propose animal welfare regulations to be integrated into the IFSS rules.
~Propose Doping Control regulations.
~Maintain a list of veterinarians and doctors in cooperation with the member federations to keep them updated with new local or IFSS regulations.


December 18, 2006:
Approval of Secretary General
The IFSS Council voted to approve Sally O'Sullivan Bair as Secretary General.


November 21, 2006:
The IFSS Council voted to approve the following:
Nordic Style at WCh Sweden
The Nordic style will be conducted in the following way at the WCh in Sweden:
~Two separate races: (1) Combined Pulka/Skijoring (in that order) with WCh title, & (2) Skijoring 1 dog race with WCh title.

The Nordic schedule will be:
Thursday: Skijoring 1 dog senior race
Friday: Combined Pulka/Skijoring (in that order)
Saturday: Skijoring 1-2 dog senior, Pulka 1-4 dog senior
Sunday: Relay

Note: The organizer is also planning other races outside the WCh, such as skijoring junior, 4-dog Nome style junior, dog-ski for physically handicapped.


November 15, 2006
Council Action
The IFSS Council voted to have a Council meeting as soon as possible. February 24-25, 2007, at the site of the IFSS Mid Distance WCh was considered.