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ISCA-FICS MERGER IN PROGRESS

March 2011- A new Memo of Understanding has been signed by the Board of ISCA after negotiations with FICS’  Board, and the parties have agreed to a two year  trial  MERGER.

In this process, all members  of ISCA’s  Board  are to become members of a new FICS permanent COMMISSION -  the “WOA Liaison Commission”. Angela Salcedo, DC, President of ISCA, will become Chairman of the Commission, and each ISCA Board member will  be co-opted into one of FICS’s  other  Commissions, as appropriate to their skillsets.  The agreement has been accepted in prinicpal by FICS and is expected to be made official at the FICS Exec. Session in Rio on April 6th. More news as it happens….

Message from Dick Fosbury
The WOA continues to meet with key people in the Olympic Movement and work to set in motion a number of ideas to help the WOA advance its mission…
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IOC President Urges Sports to Comply with World Anti-Doping Code
At a meeting between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board and the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) held on March 25 in Denver as part of the Sportaccord Convention, the IOC President, Jacques Rogge, reiterated his strong support to the fight against doping and WADA’s work. He also urged all sports to comply with the World Anti-Doping Code.

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