MEETING 2-02 in Fontainebleau, France - photos
Minutes summary, IOF MC Ordinary meeting: 2-02
Time: 2002-07-03 to 2002-07-04
Place: Fontainebleau, France

Present:
Andreas Dresen, GER AD Chairman
Thomas Gloor, SUI TG
Sören Nielsen, DEN SN
László Zentai, HUN LZ
Jukka Liikari, FIN JL

Guest: Thomas Brogli SUI (council) 7.3 and 9, Marcel Schiess 14

Absent:
Maurizio Ongania, ITA MO

1. Opening
AD welcomed everyone to the meeting.

2. Approval of agenda and appointment of the keeper of minutes
The proposed agenda was approved. LZ agreed to act as keeper of the minutes.

3. Minutes of meeting 1-02 in Rome, Italy
The minutes were approved.
We agreed to recover the missing minutes of 1-01 meeting (Frankfurt).
The MC Activity Report (written by AD) was published in the IOF Biennial Report.

4. Correspondence
4.1 Scale 1:10000 for WC final in the Czech Republic in October 2002
MC did not approve the organisers´ proposal and AD had already informed the organisers about that decision.
4.2 Scale 1:10000 for WRE in Czech Republic
MC did not approve the organiser's proposal, asked LZ to formalise the answer.
The MC plan to write a letter to the Czech Orienteering Federation to respect ISOM2000 on IOF events.

5. MC Financial Status
The budget of MC is 1.000 Euros. We have already spent 100 Euros for the Rome meeting. Test print costs: TG-75 Euro, JL-55 Euro. Invoices to be sent to the IOF Secretariat.
Test prints for sprint-O maps will have a cost (TG). LZ will contact Rönnberg about the situation.

6. Map clinics
Because of our economical situation, we are not able to organize clinics in 2002.
We got one request form Turkey. LZ to continue the correspondence, and try to find a solution to organize the clinic. The potential instructors: LZ, TG.
Interest from Chinese Taipei, Russia-St.Petersburg (still not officially formalized).

7. MC Projects

7.1 Guideline to Map Generalization (SN)
Not too much progress: TG was busy with sprint-o and the project looks very complicated. We have to look for a graphic designer to draw 3D illustrations. JL and ZL are ready to join the project. To spare money we'd rather publish a digital document (PDF file) at the end. TG will check the teaching material of the Swiss Topographic Service.
SN to formalize the structure of the final document (table of contents).

7.2 Development in printing technologies (AD)
Not too much progress. OCAD8 to be released in August and can help some of the printing problems (overprint). JL to formulate a letter to the national federations to send their experiences according to non-offset map printing.

7.3 10th ICOM in Rapperswil, Switzerland 2003
We have fixed the date and the programme:
4 August (Mon) 1st day, start 15:00
Two introductory presentations to generalization (TG to ask Swiss cartographers)
Sprint-o map specification (TG)
5 August (Tue) 2nd day, start in the morning:
Revision of Ski-o and MBO specification (JL)
Basic presentation about WOC2003 mapping (Swiss o-mappers)
Report on the maps of IOF WRE events 2002 (LZ)
Exhibition: early sprint-o (park) maps: LZ to organize.
Second session: OCAD8
We have to make the budget of the ICOM. Advertise the programme soon (after the 2003-1 meeting in winter).

8. Map Specification for Sprint-O
See later.

9. Map Specification for Mountain Bike Orienteering
The first MBO WOC maps use ISOM2000, but the organizers applied some experimental symbols. We have to collect feedback after the WOC and fine-tune the MBO standard if necessary.

10. Map Specification for Ski-O
A proposal for a new Ski-O map specification and guidelines to Ski-O mapping made by the work group in Finland (JL-Varis-Jokelainen) were fine-tuned and accepted by Ski-O Committee (we had a short joint meeting with them to officially agree the revision).
JL to formalize it to ISOM2000 structure, MC members to check finally, then we can make it available on Map Commission web site. LZ to send the ISOM2000 in Word format to JL.

11. Manning the MC
AD retired.
The Ukrainian OF had suggested Mr. Orest Kotylo to become a member in MC previously, but finally he informed us about his busy programme next year and he can't take part in the MC work, finally he was accepted as an associate member.
We are looking for new members. We'd prefer new MC member from overseas or Great Britain.

12. Next meeting
We will organize an extraordinary meeting dedicated to sprint-o specification. TG suggested the date: 15-17 November. We have to fix the place.
The 2002-1 meeting will be a joint meeting with other committees and with the council (probably in Helsinki, 10-12 January 2003).

13. Any other business
None.

14. Sprint-o specification
Marcel Schiess informed us about the Lausanne sprint-o World Cup race.
Comments:
· There were too much black on the map.
· More contrast necessary (eg. Crossable and uncrossable fences).
· No problem with the new symbols.
Then we discussed most of the symbols in details. We have to organize some test prints.

15. Closing
AD thanked all for coming and closed the meeting, his long time activity was honoured by the Council with the IOF "Silver pin".


László Zentai
2002-07-11