Merci Didier, Jean-Christophe, Jamel et les autres qui ont participé au cours des derniers mois aux échanges de points de vue sur le blog 'Élan 2009'.
Cette initiative montre bien qu'en France, il y a des gens qui ont des idées, des gens qui veulent voir nos sports se démocratiser et prendre leur place sur l'échiquier sportif national.
La fédération française de baseball a depuis ce week-end un nouveau président et une nouvelle équipe. Ces dirigeants du baseball français vont maintenant devoir rapidement et efficacement se mettre au travail, faire leurs preuves. Sinon, à mon humble avis, le baseball, le softball et le cricket ne se relèveront pas de sitôt de leurs cendres dans l'hexagone. De toute évidence, la tâche est colossale pour sortir nos sports de leur anonymat et de leur léthargie.
La bonne nouvelle et l'espoir qui naît suite à cette élection, c'est que parmis le comité directeur de la fédération, il y a maintenant des gens qui respirent le baseball, le softball et le cricket. Des professionnels compétents et accomplis aux grandes ambitions autres que personnelles, qui veulent (et non pas qui rêvent) que les choses changent.
Au nom des amoureux de nos sports, merci encore mes amis. Nos sports ont besoin de vous et j'espère que vous pourrez prendre les bonnes décisions et mener à bien les projets qui s'imposent.
Je lance un appel à tous ceux qui vivent nos sports pour continuer à apporter leurs idées, et discuter sur ce blog.
Bonne continuation à vous tous,
Patrice Baudin
Actualité
mercredi, avril 8 2009
Remerciement d'Outre Atlantique
Par Elan 2009 le mercredi, avril 8 2009, 10:07
vendredi, avril 3 2009
La France va-t-elle participer à la Coupe du Monde ?
Par Elan 2009 le vendredi, avril 3 2009, 10:53
Il y a une chance pour que la France joue la Coupe du Monde. En effet, sous réserve évidemment, la Chine envisage de ne pas participer à la Coupe du Monde en Allemagne. De ce fait, une place se libère, et, selon le dernier classement IBAF, la France 27ème devrait jouer ou pas un match contre la Thailande. A ce que je sais, la Thailande n'est pas très motivée pour jouer ce match. Cette info est à mettre au conditionnel, mais elle existe, alors, je la partage...
La poule actuelle à Regensburg : Allemagne, USA, Vénézuela, Chine. A suivre.
vendredi, mars 27 2009
Droit de parole à la prochaine Assemblée Générale
Par Elan 2009 le vendredi, mars 27 2009, 12:17
Nous avons retiré la pétition qui demandait un temps de parole pour les candidats au prochain Comité Directeur. Pourquoi ? Nous sommes sur le point d'aboutir à l'objectif. Aux dires du Président, cette pétition peut nuire à l'intérêt du baseball français. Personnellement, je ne veux pas nuire. Construire est essentiel. Je tiens donc à remercier ceux qui ont soutenu cette action. Merci au Président de revoir, donc, la décision du bureau fédéral qui avait imaginé qu'il était impossible de s'exprimer. L'essentiel est dans le résultat.
mardi, mars 24 2009
Nouvelle composition de l'Executive Committee de la CEB suite au Congrès 2009
Par Elan 2009 le mardi, mars 24 2009, 10:36
The CEB Congress 2009 in San Marino was a very well organized conference.
The hotel facilities and meeting rooms were judged very satisfactorily by the delegates and this year’s workshops (8 in total) got almost only positive feedback.
During the Congress the Presidential Report, Technical Commission Report, Development Commission Report and the Financial Report for 2008 were approved, just as the Budget for 2009.
The proposed statute changes were approved (with three small changes), except for the major change of reducing the Executive Committee from 11 to 7 members. This part of the proposed statute changes was disapproved by the federations. Therefore the following elections were held for 11 members and brought the following results:
President: Martin Miller (GER)
1st Vice President: Riccardo Fraccari (ITA)
2nd Vice President: Alexander Ratner (RUS)
3rd Vice President: Gerard Vaandrager (NED)
Treasurer: René Laforce (BEL)
Secretary General: Samuel Pelter (ISR)
Member at Large: Dr. Attila Borbely (HUN)
Member at Large: Mats Fransson (SWE)
Member at Large: Monique Schmitt (SWI)
Member at Large: Juan S. Garcia (ESP)
Member at Large: Milton Jones (FIN)
Germany will be the host of next year's Congress in March 2010. [...]
lundi, mars 2 2009
Création du G8 du Baseball Européen
Par Elan 2009 le lundi, mars 2 2009, 14:46
Source : www.ffbsc.org
A l’initiative du Président Italien Ricardo Fraccari et du Président Espagnol Julio Pernas, le Président Eric-Pierre Dufour a été convié avec l’Allemagne, la Russie, la Suède, les Pays-Bas et la République Tchèque à une réunion à Barcelone, le dimanche 1 mars.
Le but de cette réunion était de rassembler autour d’une table les 8 pays historiques, les plus développés, représentant plus de 60% des licenciés, plus de 70% des ressources financières, 10 académies européennes et disposant de 28 représentants au CIO. Cette réunion devait poser les bases d’éventuelles actions à mener sur le plan politique sans vouloir se substituer à la CEB.
A l’issue de 2 heures de réunion, les nations présentes ont décidés de créer le « G8 du Baseball Européen » axant son travail sur un axe politique et d’expertise. Ce G8 se veut être une force de proposition et d’aide au développement au niveau international de part l’expérience des pays qui le composent.
A l’issue de cette réunion, Martin Miller, Président de la CEB - 2ème vice Président de l’IBAF et René La Force, Trésorier de la CEB et de l’IBAF, ont été conviés pendant plus de 2 heures à débattre avec le G8 sur les perspectives de collaborations avec les deux entités.
Riche d’enseignements et après une journée bien remplie, l’ensemble des participants se sont félicités de cette initiative et de cette avancée pour la promotion et la défense des intérêts du Baseball, notamment Européen.
Le G8 s’est fixé plusieurs échéances et notamment de se réunir régulièrement afin de faire un point sur l’avancée de ses travaux et sur les actions à mener.
La présence de la France et la volonté affichée par ses homologues d’associer la France à la table des réflexions de ce groupement, démontre que malgré le fait de ne pas organiser une étape de la prochaine Coupe du Monde qui se déroulera en Europe, la France a encore un rôle politique important à jouer au niveau international.
Pour Eric-Pierre Dufour, Président de la FFBS , la création de ce groupement devrait permettre de mutualiser les compétences, d’associer les savoir faire, de partager les expériences et de munir l’Europe d’un réel poids politique, rôle essentiel pour le futur du baseball, surtout avec un avenir Olympique incertain.
dimanche, mars 1 2009
Le Softball dit non au Baseball pour 2016
Par Elan 2009 le dimanche, mars 1 2009, 20:43
ISF rejects offer by IBAF for joint Olympic bid
Universal Sports
February 27, 2009
By Dave Ungrady
There will be no joint bid between softball and baseball for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Softball's international federation today announced that it has turned down a request from the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) to submit a joint bid to the International Olympic Committee and instead has requested the addition of a men's competition at the Olympics.
"We feel we're a separate independent sport and we don't want to show there's any connection with us and baseball," International Softball Federation President (ISF) Don Porter said in a phone interview. "And our men's program is something we're trying to more fully develop. To combine with any sport is probably not the best way to develop our sport overall."
The ISF included the request to add men's softball in its official proposal submitted earlier this month to the IOC and first mentioned it to the Committee in November.
International Baseball Federation President Harvey Schiller, a former Executive Director of the U.S. Olympic Committee, earlier this year suggested a joint bid with the ISF, hoping it would improve the chance that both sports would return to the Games. He and Porter met for two hours Thursday over what both described was a cordial dinner to discuss the issue.
"We discussed a whole range of issues, including financial," Schiller said by phone. "I tried to ally his fears that we can be supportive. I'm disappointed on behalf of the several million people in baseball who wanted this to happen."
The ISF recently instructed any national softball federation that is combined with a national federation of any other sport to become fully independent. "Many of our board members when they talked to me said it’s important to be on an independent basis," Porter said.
Schiller said he has received letters, email and calls from baseball and international federations in China and Hong Kong as well as countries in Latin America supporting a joint bid.
"The group it will hurt is softball," he said. "Combined federations across Europe, Africa and other places have felt because of financial resources that softball would be hurt."
Schiller feels a failed joint bid would not hurt baseball’s efforts to rejoin the Olympics. "Baseball is a global sport and will continue to grow," he said. "If you look at the four candidate cities for 2016, baseball is the national pastime in Chicago and Tokyo. There are strong baseball programs in Barcelona. And everyone, including Rio de Janeiro, have operational sites."
Schiller expressed surprise when told that the ISF included a men's component to its Olympic bid. "(Porter) never brought that up (at the dinner)," Schiller said.
The IOC will announce in October which two sports will be added to the 2016 Summer Games.
jeudi, février 26 2009
Du changement à la tête de la CEB
Par Elan 2009 le jeudi, février 26 2009, 18:56
Nominations for CEB Executive Committee Election 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 |17:40
CEB’s website
I am pleased to notify you that the following individuals have been nominated for the CEB Executive Committee to be elected at the forthcoming 2009 Congress in San Marino, either automatically (by virtue of Article 35 of the CEB Statutes) or by written nomination received by CEB and found to conform with the requirements of its By-Laws Regarding Elective Positions:
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President: Martin Miller (Germany)
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First Vice President: Riccardo Fraccari (Italy); Gerard Vaandrager (Netherlands)
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Second Vice President: Alexander (Sasa) Ratner (Russia); Gerard Vaandrager (Netherlands); Monique Schmitt (Switzerland)
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Third Vice President: Gerard Vaandrager (Netherlands); Mats Fransson (Sweden)
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Secretary General: Sam Pelter (Israel)
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Treasurer: Rene Laforce (Belgium)
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Members at Large: Attila Borbely (Hungary); Ake Halvarson (Sweden); Monique Schmitt (Switzerland); Juan S. Garcia (Spain); Yulia Steshenko (Russia); Angelo Vicini (San Marino); Mats Fransson (Sweden)
I wish to remind all Federations of the clarification, set forth in my announcement (December 14, 2008) of the holding of the Congress in San Marino, that "For the sake of clarity, it should be understood that, in the event the Congress approves the proposed modifications of the Statutes (and related By-Laws) reducing the number of Executive Committee Members from 11 to 7, any nominations for the 3rd Vice President position will be deemed void and ignored and all nominations for the 5 Members at Large will be consolidated and be considered nominations for the 2 Member at Large positions."
For your information, a full set of the modified Statutes and related Election By-Laws, proposed by the CEB EC to be adopted by the San Marino Congress, will be provided to each Member Federation not later than February 15, 2009 for your review and consideration.
I look forward to seeing all of you at the Congress.
Sincerely yours,
Sam Pelter
CEB Secretary General
Le Baseball et le Softball, main dans la main, pour 2016 ?
Par Elan 2009 le jeudi, février 26 2009, 10:51
Baseball hopes for joint '16 bid
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Baseball hopes to submit a joint bid with softball in an effort to gain reinstatement to the Olympics for the 2016 Summer Games.
The presidents of the International Baseball Federation and the International Softball Federation are scheduled to meet Thursday in Orlando, Fla., to discuss baseball's idea. Because the sports are among seven competing for a maximum of two openings on the 2016 program, baseball argues that a joint bid would improve both its own chances and those of the women's sport.
Don Porter, the softball federation president, said in a telephone interview Wednesday that while he'll listen to what baseball has to say, a joint bid is less than likely to happen "because we have to find some assurance -- more than there is now -- that it would be more than helpful for us to regain our Olympic status."
"There's always a possibility, but it's a matter of where our discussion leads to," he said. "We're in a fight for our lives for our sport. We'll see where they're coming from."
In a separate telephone interview Wednesday, IBAF president Harvey Schiller said that the two sports would help each other get added to the 2016 program. Schiller said the move would also let the IOC accommodate three of the sports bidding, rather than two.
Several baseball federations, including those of Japan, Europe and Africa, have written to the IBAF supporting the idea, according to Schiller, a former executive director of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
"We believe that such a joint bid should enhance the chance for each of our two sports," the Baseball Federation of Japan said in a letter to Schiller this week.
In 2005, the IOC voted to drop baseball and softball for the 2012 London Olympics. Softball officials have said that their sport was hurt by baseball's doping scandals, as well as the sport's inability to ensure that top players would participate in the Olympics -- which are held during the major league season.
In a visit to Tokyo last week, Schiller said the IBAF has proposals that would allow major league players to participate, such as cramming the entire competition into five days.
Schiller also said during that trip that he was pleased with the cooperation he was getting from MLB on doping. Tokyo is among four cities, along with Chicago, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro, bidding to host the 2016 Olympics.
Last year, Porter said softball needed to "keep our distance from baseball so we're not tied to them."
Asked about that Wednesday, he said, "It's nothing negative against baseball. It's just we have our own direction we want to take our sport."
The decision on which sports to add will be made in October during the IOC session at Copenhagen.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press