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Dear Christian,
I have received your letter of the 12th inst, and must admit that I am somewhat uncertain about the contents. On one hand your are kind enough to thank me – though perhaps somewhat reluctantly - for my comments and proposals, on the other hand you express your satisfaction with things as they have been hitherto.
As for the latter, my many years as an EAA Delegate, and my eight years in the Competition Committee have given me some knowledge of the quality of the reports of the Representatives, and if you had that knowledge, I am sure you would agree that there is room for improvement, and that it is important to make the otherwise demanding task of the Delegates as uncomplicated as possible, and the instructions and documents as clear and unmistakable as possible.
Some of the problems are probably due to the fact that changes have been made in one document, but not simultaneously, where relevant, in others.
When it comes to your last remarks, I must say that I fail to understand them. You cannot be serious when trying to introduce some kind of censorship, stating that I am not allowed to communicate with the working group of which I am a member, when a considerable part of the material involves doping control questions and problems in relation to the work of the EAA Delegates, and with the two attached e-mails being solely about doping control problems, and already known to the members of the ADWG. They surely could criticize me with every good reason, if I did not do that.
I do wonder also whether the chairman of the Competition Committee consider it irrelevant to get a copy of something that is directly related to the work of the committee.
As for my mail of 15th December 2006, this was send to Marcel at your office, but naturally – and I do hope you agree on that – with copy to the other members of the ADWG. Obviously these topics are closely related to what we have discussed and are dealing with in the ADWG. Unfortunately, I have not received an answer to that mail which includes also my question concerning the items which, according to a decision – supported by Hansjörg - at the meeting in Malaga back in June 2006, should be presented to IAAF for clarification, also especially with regards to the work of the Delegates. I would be grateful to receive your information about this.
As can be seen from the above, from the attached, and from the previous correspondence, there is still some way to go before the regulations concerning doping control etc. are clarified and incorporated fully.
Attached the mail from the Competition Department with my comments in bold and italic. In my humble view I can see no reason why the Delegates and Organisers for 2007 should not receive the corrections and additional information. It can only improve the quality of the work.
I have worked with your predecessors as long back as around 1970, always in mutual respect and mostly in friendship, and my proposals, and the like, have always been received positively, as the contribution they are meant to be (and most of them have been implemented). Hopefully this can continue in the future also.
Best regards,
Georg Facius
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