13 January 2011 - Judges Re-accreditation 2011-2015

Judges Re-accreditation 2011-2015 Lausanne – 13 January 2011   Dear FITA Judges, dear Member Associations, dear Continental Associations,   Please find the application form to be completed by the Judges and their Member Associations. The form must be sent back to the FITA Office (by email, fax or mail) before 1 March 2011.   Find also the text of the re-accreditation test as per Art. 6.1.4, 1st bullet (Book 1, App. 4). FITA Judges (FITA International Judges, FITA International Judge Candidates and FITA Youth Judges) are required to reply to the questions within the same deadline mentioned above. No late replies will be accepted.   As the test will tell us if you are sufficiently updated on our rules and procedures—and there has been many changes recently—it is an important tool for our Judges Committee to evaluate the judging situation. We have to add that we require a high level reply. Therefore, you must read the questions carefully so you do not give an answer based on misunderstanding.   We would like to emphasise that the questions must be answered according to the C&R Book, the bylaws adopted by Council (even if the effective date is 1 April 2011), interpretations and FITA Judge Guide Book.   To avoid any misunderstanding, all Judges, Judge Candidates and Youth Judges being accredited for the first time in the period 2008-2010 have to reply to the re-accreditation test before 1 March 2011. These Judges have not been required to participate in any conference during this period, so their possible re-accreditation will be based on their test replies.

Only Judges being accredited in 2007 or before, who have not participated in any conference in the period 2008-2010 (Guatemala, Korea or Croatia), do not need to reply the test, as they will not be re-accredited according to our Rules. However, they may appeal to FITA Council if there has been valid reasons for not attending a conference.    We remain at your disposal for any question you may have, and in the meantime we wish the Judges good luck in their test!   Best regards,   FITA Judges Committee