The General Assembly of the League of Alsace began Saturday morning in Rust, in the heart of Europa:
The former minister André Bord was a guest of honor at the meeting General of the League very strong Franco-German-sounding.
After an introduction by the President Albert Gemmrich, Roland Mack, the CEO of the amusement park, in almost perfect French, has welcomed the club representatives from Alsace. 468 clubs (over 621 or 75.36%) votes 2481 representatives available on 3083 (or 80.47%). Franco-German ambience and bilingual. Jacky Erny, Director General of the League of Alsace, recalled the close links between football Alsatian and his German counterpart. The oldest clubs in the region are born at the time where Alsace was German.
Erny Jacky has mainly referred to the regular cooperation between the League of Alsace and Baden, like exchange of referees that have existed for forty years, but also through cross-border challenge veterans who will now take the name of Adrien Zeller, president of the Alsace Region and recently deceased great champion of cross-border cooperation. "10,000 young people participate each year to cross-border meetings," said Jacky Erny.
Andrew Edge, a former minister and former president of Racing Federation president Franco-German entente, then embarked on an earnest plea for the Franco-German friendship in football of course, but also in other areas . "We must push politicians to make this cooperation," including the former minister said. This first part of the meeting ended with the anthem.
In his moral report at the AGM of the FLOT, Rene Marbach, Secretary General, has conducted a review of the first two year tenure of the team to the top of Ligue d'Alsace:
Rene Marbach, Secretary General of the League of Alsace.
First step, that of the obligatory passage through the balance of football is more resilient than elsewhere in Alsace in terms of redundant staff (almost stable) and the satisfactions of sports last season with the rise of National Colmar and the beautiful epic of the U15 team of Alsace.
Rene Marbach then reviewed point by point all of the proposed program during the 2008 elections. In terms of the functioning of the League, efforts have been made at the host clubs. Performed as the reorganization of the League of Alsace, but also the departmentalization through the creation of departmental bodies that enhance closeness to the clubs. "It works thanks to the quality of men and women who contribute," said the secretary general.
Rene Marbach also stressed the work done in the field of fight against incivility, recalling in particular the conference last April. "We could have done better in the competitions dominated," acknowledged the Secretary-General, referring to a pyramid that is more appropriate. Each department will have the opportunity to reform the competitions according to their specificities. The prospect of creating a cross county was also discussed.
In financial terms, and Remy Philippe Kalt Siedel, treasurer and assistant treasurer, presented a financial statement to 30 June 2010 which shows a deficit of 157 000 euros out of a total budget of just over 3 million. The estimated budget for 2011-2012 shows a slight overall decline with a total of 2.87 million. Philippe Kalt used the occasion to announce the establishment of a budget of 30,000 euros to build the best clubs to play fair. These will also provide sports facilities in the colors of the logo "I dreamed of football."
No AG without changing regulations. Leading the replacement of the temporary exclusion from the Next season:
It Lihrmann Dominique, director of technical field, who presented the project of returning the temporary expulsion.
Armand Marx, director of legal and regulatory domain referred to the adjustments proposed by the recent consultative assembly. Include a proposal to avoid opposition to change unfair to place youth. This is to verify that a club that opposes the start of his player for non-payment of dues has not developed this player throughout the season. Controls and game sheets will be made.
Another proposal, this time on an experimental basis, the idea of being able to officiate matches a player suspended for less than six months, an idea that had emerged during the conference against the incivility of April. Last successful proposal, the possibility now to move one of the last two games of the season.
But much of the discussion focused on the return of the temporary exclusion for everyone, from the U15 next season, but only in the case of the vehement protest against the referee. "It's good to punish the team's protest," said Dominique Lihrmann who drew a parallel with the rule of rugby is back ten yards on a team challenging penalty, so effective that we do sees almost no enforcement. " The objective is to eradicate the vehement protests, "vain and sterile." After a short debate, where he was discussed to extend the exclusion to other types of faults or to apply Ligue1 a day just to show the example, the measure was adopted by an overwhelming majority by the General Assembly and will apply from next season.
The 86th General Assembly of the League was held Saturday at Rust at a very first weekend winter:
Football has been at the heart of the famous amusement park as was the case just before the World Cup in Germany in 2006.
"We see through such meetings that everything is much more professional than before. S'imposnet new ideas and that's fine. " The sentence is by Jean-Michel Lang, a former chairman of the regional board cuts and a former board member. It is clear, the general assembly on Saturday in Rust did not have much to do with a lot of his predecessors in the past. This Soultzmatt last year had already set the tone. More concentrated, more fun, the GA should be a time of reunion and fun and there were many Saturday games given the given, to enjoy the park faces the very wintry.
On the merits, we understand the current difficulties. Tensions that persist when discussing the issue of administrative penalties and distributed their financial consequences for the clubs. But it must be said, less than before. All text proposed the vote Saturday, but also the approval of accounts and the budget were voted by an overwhelming majority.
Even if the shadow of some South African campaign has at times hovered over the proceedings in Rust it is especially a studious atmosphere and reasonably optimistic that dominated. "Lessons from the South African countryside are signs that football has a capacity for regeneration. Trust, so important in a society that is lacking in everyday life, found the football! "Said Albert Gemmrich, before adding:" All is not rosy, the club management is increasingly difficult, but our volunteers go above and beyond to meet the ongoing challenges sports, financial, administrative. I believe in you, dear friends leaders, you who are sometimes tempted to throw in the towel . Volunteers in the spirit of the President of the FLOT, remain central to the project. They will also be honored in the coming days.
(C) FLOT - November 2010
