Continental Association News: 10th EUSA General Assembly
December 9th, 2008
The EUSA Executive Board
The 10th EUSA General Assembly took place on December 6th, 2008 in Paris (FRA). The host of the event, the French University Sports Federation (FFSU), was pleased to welcome the delegates from 39 EUSA member federations. On the beginning of the event the participants were welcomed by Mr. Alberto Gualtieri, EUSA President, Mr. Jose Savoye, FFSU President, Mr. George E. Killian, FISU President, Mr. Michel Bonfils on behalf of the French Olympic Committee President Mr. Henri Sérandour and Mr. Hassan Chick, the FASU President.
Among the invited guests were also the EUSA Honorary President, the rectors and the representatives from the awarded Universities, FISU 1st Vice – President Claude-Louis Gallien and FISU Secretary-General eric Saintrond. The General Assembly was chaired by Mr. Stefan Bergh, FISU Vice-President. The delegates accepted Georgia and Azerbaijan as the new EUSA Members, approved the Executive Committee and Student Commission final reports, approved the budgets and the activity plan for 2009 and agreed on the modification of the statutes.
FISU Assessor Mr. Oleg Matytsin (RUS) was elected as the new EUSA Vice-President while Mr. Aitor Canibe Sanchez (ESP) and Otmar Kugovnik (SLO) were elected as the new EUSA Executive Committee Members. The EUSA 2008 Best University Award was given to Mr. Alexander Bleer, the Rector of the Russian State University for Physical Education, Sports and Tourism. Peter Baars and Pepijn Lochtenberg from the Vrije Universiteit, NED received the Fair Play Award and Mr. Roch Campana, former FISU Secretary-General was awarded the EUSA Order of Merit. The next EUSA General Assembly will take place in Vienna (AUT) from December 4th to 6th, 2009.
FISU President Killian and Secretary-General Saintrond attended the EUSA General Assembly
