Al Zaini chairs the board’s third meeting of 2011
The Qatar Athletics Federation held its third meeting of the 2011 sporting season at 7pm on Monday 5 December 2011 at the federation’s headquarters, attended by:
1 HE Abdullah Ahmed Al Zaini, Federation President
2 Mr Adel Mohammed Al Baker, Secretary General
3 Mr Mohammed Ahmed Suleiman, Board Member
4 Mr Yaqoub Yousuf Abdullah, Board Member
5 Ms Mariam Abdullah Al Ishaq, Board Member
6 Mr Khalifa Yousuf Abdulmalik, Executive Director
7. Mr Mohammed Shuaib – Rapporteur
HE Abdullah Ahmed Al Zaini, the federation’s president, opened the meeting by welcoming the board members and thanking them for their efforts in following up on the federation’s activities in local and international championships, urging them to make further efforts to develop the administrative and technical performance of Qatari athletics, and wishing them success in their work, especially in the coming days, which would see the start of the athletics championship of the Arab Games in Doha this month. He stressed the importance of raising the standard of organisation at the athletics championship to levels higher and more refined than previous championships, so that Qatar remains a beacon and role model in the administration and organisation of international athletics championships.
He then reviewed the meeting’s agenda, and after discussion and deliberation the board reached the appropriate decisions and recommendations, most notably approving the minutes of the board’s second meeting of the 2011-2012 sporting season, discussing preparations for the upcoming Diamond League meeting due to be held on Friday 11 May while stressing the need to encourage public attendance at the meeting, and the participation of Qatar’s women’s athletics team in the first Arab Women’s Clubs Championship to be held in the UAE in February 2012. The meeting also discussed a report on the federation’s website activity over the previous period, and stressed the need to activate board members’ participation with articles, ideas, observations and opinions to improve the technical aspects of the website. The meeting also addressed Al Jaish club’s participation in the local championships for the 2011-2012 sporting season, activating the role of the coaches’ appointment committee at the clubs, and setting out the terms of reference for new appointments at the federation.
At the close of the meeting, the federation’s president thanked the board members for their efforts in the service of Qatari athletics, wishing them success and prosperity in their work.
