INTERNATIONAL SKATING UNION

Communication No.1671
Decisions of the ISU Council

The ISU Council met on April 8-10, 2011 in Helsinki/Finland. The following were among thedecisions taken by the Council during the meeting:

1. ISU Membership Singapore Ice Skating Association (SISA)The Council decided to grant with immediate effect full ISU Membership to SISA for the Figure
Skating Branch and to grant provisional ISU Membership for the Speed Skating Branch.

2. ISU Membership Federacio Andorrana d’Esports de Gel (Ice Sports Federation ofAndorra) – Speed Skating Branch
Based on input from the Ice Sports Federation of Andorra confirming that there is currently noactivity as well as no intention to start an activity in the near future in the Speed Skating Branch,
the Council concluded that the Ice Sport Federation of Andorra does not fulfil the ISU
membership requirements and decided to suspend the Speed Skating membership of the Ice
Sports Federation of Andorra with immediate effect.

3. Olympic Winter Games (OWG) 2014 – Sochi – inclusion of Figure Skating Team event
The ISU Council was pleased to acknowledge the decision of the Executive Board of theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC) confirming the inclusion of the Figure Skating Team
event into the program of the Olympic Winter Games (OWG) of Sochi 2014.
As previously announced, the 10 best national teams, composed of one Single Lady Skater, oneSingle Man Skater, 1 Pair Skating couple and 1 Ice Dance couple shall participate in the Short
Program of the Team Event. The best 5 teams after the Short Program will then skate the Free
Skating. Basically the same skaters who qualified for the individual Figure Skating disciplines(Ladies, Men, Pair Skating, Ice Dance) in the OWG, or the entered substitute/s, are permitted toparticipate in the Team event. Subject to IOC confirmation there may be some limited
possibilities to change some Skaters between the Short Program and the Free Skating.

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The ISU in cooperation with the International Olympic Committee is currently working out thedetailed qualifying system to determine the 10 teams competing in the Figure Skating Team
event at the Sochi 2014 OWG. The qualifying system will be based on the results of ISU Figure
Skating Events preceding the 2014 OWG. The qualifying system under preparation will also
indicate the applicable entry/substitution procedures, in particular for Members qualified amongthe 10 teams but not having qualified individual skaters/couples in all the disciplines of theindividual Figure Skating events of the OWG. The qualifying system and entry rules andprocedures will be announced as soon as submitted to and approved by the IOC.

4. ICE - International Cup of Skating Excellence (Invitational Series event in Figure
Skating)
The ISU Council gave its agreement in principle to create a series of annual Open International
Competitions which shall be skated over a period of three separate television competitions, to beheld on three separate weeks in three different geographical locations, in principle one in Asia,
one in Europe and one in North America. The participants in this series may be among eligible
and ineligible skaters and should be a medallist of either a ISU World Championships or
Olympic Winter Games in their respective discipline within the previous ten years.
The initiative was presented by a United States based organization called ICE - International Cupof Skating Excellence, LLC (hereafter called “ICE”), who includes as its Chief Creative Officer
the 1984 Olympic Figure Skating Champion, Mr. Scott Hamilton.
Subject to receiving a satisfactory detailed proposal of ICE (location, dates, confirmed
cooperation/understanding with the concerned ISU host Members, invited skaters, event format
and technical package (free skating only), prize money etc), the ISU is available to sanction threecompetitions during the season 2011/12 that cannot be in conflict with any ISU Event and/or
national championships of the concerned host Members.
Further details and the Announcement shall be released as soon as the specific ICE proposal has
been received and approved.

5. Social media – video production
The Council in principle agreed to pursue an initiative to become active in the social media for atentative launch during the summer 2011 and also to produce a series of new videos for use
during ISU Events and other promotional activities.

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6. Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating
The Council approved the following schedule for the season 2011/12 which however remains
provisional until all formal agreements with the organizing Members and/or TVs have beenconcluded:
November 18-20, 2011
November 25-27, 2011
December 2-4, 2011
January 21-22, 2012
February 11-12, 2012
March 2-4, 2012
March 9-11, 2012

All distances
All distances
All distances
Sprint distances
Middle/long dist.
All distances
All distances

Chelyabinsk (RUS)
Astana (KAZ)
Heerenveen (NED)
Salt Lake City (USA)
Hamar (NOR)
Heerenveen (NED)
Berlin (GER)

The ISU Council agreed to include Mass Start races as official part of the World Cup
competitions. Details will follow in the dedicated Communication relating to the World Cup
Speed Skating.

7. Junior World Cup Speed Skating
For the Junior World Cup Speed Skating season 2011/12 the Council accepted to continue tofinancially support this junior series through the Development Program. The Council also agreed
to the dates and sites of the two first events of the season in Erfurt/GER on November 12-13,
2011 and in Bjugn/NOR on November 18-19, 2011 acknowledging that these events also are partof the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) qualifying system. The details of the remaining events ofthe season 2011/12 will follow shortly.

8. ISU World Cup Short Track
The Council approved the following schedule for the season 2011/12 which however remains
provisional until all formal agreements with the organizing Members and/or TVs have beenconcluded:
October 21-23, 2011
October 28-30, 2011
December 2-4, 2011
December 9-11, 2011
February 3-5, 2012
February 10-12, 2012

Salt Lake City (USA)
Saguenay (CAN)
Nagoya (JPN) with Beijing (CHN) as back-up
Harbin (CHN)
Moscow (RUS)
Heerenveen (tbc) (NED)

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9. ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating and ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating
For the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (senior) the Council decided to give the possibility toseeded Skaters to skate 3 Grand Prix events per season under certain conditions that will be
published in the Announcement for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating.
For the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final the Council decided upon a reduction ofentries for the Junior Ladies and Men into the Final from 8 down to 6 entries. Since the Council
took the same decision during its previous meeting (see ISU Communication 1655) for the Pair
Skating and Ice Dance disciplines, it means that for all disciplines there will be 6 entries only
into the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.

10. Council meetings
The Council agreed to hold its Autumn meeting in Florence/Italy on October 14 to October 16,
2011.
The Winter Council meeting will be held in Nice/France on the occasion of the World Figure
Skating Championships 2012 on March 30 through April 2, 2012.

11. World Standing Bonus Single & Pair Skating/Ice Dance
The Council reminds the Figure Skating Members that based on the acceptance of the proposed
Budget during the 2010 Congress in Barcelona, the World Standing Bonus (see ISU
Communication no 1381, point 2) has been abolished as of the season 2010/11.

Milan,

Ottavio Cinquanta, President
April 19, 2011

Lausanne,4Fredi Schmid, Director General