Composition and election

Only Federations directly engaged in the specific division shall be entitled to propose candidates for Divisional Councils or vote. ”Directly engaged” means having voting rights for that specific division at the Congress. Elections will be held at the Congress in every even numbered year not being a leap year.

Council will be composed of a minimum of three members and a maximum of seven, not including an optional athlete’s representative, plus an optional representative nominated by the African Confederation.

The athletes representative will get elected by his peers at the “open” divisional championships. There is no limit on the term of this person, the athletes decide amongst themselves. He/she is considered to be a full member of the Council, including voting rights.

In a non-election year the Councils may apply to the Congress for more members provided the Admincom agrees. Once increased this number may continue at the discretion of the Admincom and approved by Congress.

The powers and duties of Waterski Council are:

1. To promote the specific sporting interest of its division, with due observance to the recommendations of the Admincom.

2. To draw up rules for events containing the words 'Europe', 'European', ‘EC’ or 'E&A' in their title and ensure that all orders and instructions necessary for the organisation and the running of those events are respected.

3. To draw up the practical and theoretical examinations of international judges and officials to conduct examinations and maintain a register of all those qualified.

4. To set the conditions to be observed for the establishment and the homologation of records.

5. To submit a list of judges and officials for EC or E&A Titled Events to the EC Bureau and for World titled events to the President of the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation and the Chairman of the World Council concerned.

6. To decide the category of competitions and the conditions required for them to be accepted for the calendar.

7. To draw up Standings Lists of skiers in EC and E&A, by division, from results of homologated competitions.

8. To test and approve boats and equipment.

9. To appoint 3 members plus a substitute to represent the EC on the relevant World Council. If the Council decides to put forward a person to World level that is not a member of the Council, then this person needs the approval of his Federation which must be ”directly engaged”.

Meetings

The Councils will meet on the convocation of their Presidents or Secretaries whenever they consider it appropriate and at least three times a year.

The decisions of a Council are valid only if at least three of its members are present. Nevertheless, postal or electronic voting is permissible on specific proposals.

If only two members of a Council are present at a meeting attended by the President or the Secretary General of the EC, either of these may participate, with a vote, to complete a quorum.

Meetings can exceptionally be convened at the request of at least three members of a Council.

In case of urgent matters the Board will then decide to call a meeting which may be conducted by email or online discussion.

Decisions of the Divisional Councils will be taken by simple majority. Electronic voting is permitted.

In case of equal voting, the casting vote of the Council President will decide the issue.