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Appointments of Vice Presidents, Committee Chairmen and Honorary Members by the FIS Council

At the first Meeting of the newly-elected Council in Kangwonland (KOR) on 2nd June 2012, the Council unanimously elected the following four Vice-Presidents of the International Ski Federation:

Sverre Seeberg (NOR)
Janez Kocijancic (SLO)
Bill Marolt (USA)
Dr Sung Won Lee (KOR)

Additionally, the Council assigned the following responsibilities:

FIS Treasurer and Chairman of the Finance Commission: Sverre Seeberg (NOR)
Chairman of the FIS Doping Panel: Patrick Smith (CAN)

Besides nominating all the chairs and members of the more than 50 FIS Committees, Sub-Committees and working groups, the Council appointed the following new Chairmen:

Coordination Group for the Nordic Disciplines: Roman Kumpost (CZE)

Sub-Committees:
-    Cross-Country World Cup and Continental Cups: Erik Röste (NOR)
-    Ladies’ Cross-Country: Barbara Beyer-Petzold (GER)
-    Ski Jumping Hills: Hans-Martin Renn (GER)
-    Classification of Alpine Competitors: Jeff Weinman (USA)
-    Alpine Intercontinental Cup: Bob Dart (USA)
-    Alpine Nor-Am Cup: Paul Kristofic (CAN)
-    Alpine Australia-New Zealand Cup: David Howden (AUS)
-    Freestyle Rules and Officials: Michael Kennedy (AUS)

The former Council appointed the following Honorary Members of FIS Committees in recognition of their outstanding services:

René Sulpice (FRA), Sub-Committee for Alpine Courses
Werner Berger (SUI), Committee for Grass Skiing
Harald Aarhus (NOR), Nordic Combined Committee
Svein Mundal (NOR), Alpine Committee

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