First ARF Joint Committee Meetings Finished in Wuhan, China

During the final two days of 2015 Asian Rowing Junior Championships, the first ARF Joint Committee Meetings was successfully held at Wuhan, China with fruitful outcomes. 24 members from six committees’ came from 12 different countries to participate in this meeting.
On the first day, on behalf of ARF Executive Committee, ARF Vice President Mr. Nicholas Ee gave a welcome speech to all committee members and briefly introduced the procedure of the joint committee meeting. On behalf of President Wang Shi, Mr. Nicholas Ee announced three appointments approved by Executive Committee —which are Ms. Yin Zhang (CHN) as ARF Executive Director, Ms. Xiaoxuan Bao(CHN) to the Marketing and Promotion Committee; and Mr. Zhijun Yong(CHN) to the Para-Rowing Committee. Ms. Zhang had done a lot detailed work for the ARF Secretariat and will take the responsibility of leading the ARF Secretariat and help support the function of ARF. Ms. Bao is an elite marketing manager in Vanke Company and a lover of sports. Mr. Yong is the deputy Secretary General of Chinese Disabled Persons’ Federation and an active member of Para sports not only in China but also in Asia. The Executive Committee believes that appointments of them will be contributive to the development of rowing sports in Asia.
Followed Mr. Nicholas Ee’ opening speech, Ms. Yin Zhang made an activities report and explained the past ARF work from the perspectives of President’s Action, Secretariat Work and Committees Operation status.  Later after a short break, individual committee meeting was conducted and then cross-committee meetings were arranged.
On the second day, after a short period of discussion, each committee gave a presentation about their goals, action plan and help may be needed from other committees. All members actively participated in the presentations and it helps ARF drawing a clear picture of what we wish to accomplish and where we are heading to.
This is the first time ARF had invited all committee members to come together and have cross-meeting with other committees to seek potential cooperation and stimulate the mutual development of different committees. It is a great platform for different voices and a great chance to spark new ideas about development of rowing sports. It is pleased to announce that the original intention of holding the Joint committees meeting is achieved under the mutual efforts of all members.