NORCECA to organize a Sports Legislation Seminar

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, February 23, 2014 – NORCECA Confederation is taking the steps to organize a seminar of sports legislation with the participation of representatives from the four zonal associations under its umbrella.

The proposal was presented by Jaime Lamboy, president of the FIVB Legal Commission and member of NORCECA Legal Commission which held its annual meeting in Santo Domingo on Saturday.

The lecturers to participate are yet to be decided but the initiative gained the support of NORCECA President Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, who chaired the meeting, and Nelson Ramirez, director of the FIVB/NORCECA Regional Development Center in Dominican Republic.

Giovanni Gautreaux, President of NORCECA Legal Commission, welcomed the participants in the meeting informing that “we are proud to announce that NORCECA Confederation is the first one of the five continental institutions which forms FIVB to have its own constitution in accordance with the one of the global volleyball governing body.”

Lamboy made a report of the topics discussed during the FIVB Legal Commission and the proposals to be submitted to the FIVB Board of Administration while Gautreaux presented a detailed report of activities performed by the different members of the commission in 2013.

The NORCECA report included all the modifications of the constitution approved by the Congress held in Tijuana, Mexico last November.

Also the regulations for the Ethics Panel and Dispute Resolutions Panel have to be implemented and Tyrone Marcus of Trinidad and Tobago was commissioned to prepare a draft to be discussed in the next meeting.

The meeting concluded with the NORCECA President’s report of activities and the presentation of the qualification process to the 2014 FIVB World Championships in Poland (men) and Italy (women), the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China (beach volleyball) and to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.