NISA CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT ANNUAL REPORT 2012/13

Dear Members: The past 12 months of my term in office has seen a number of changes

taking place throughout our Association. Although mostly positive, I will expand on these as

well as a few negative issues as I go through my report.

NISA Board: The first year in office for the Board has seen some unfortunate changes,

particularly during the early part of the year. The resignations of Roger Margereson in

August 2012 and Ann Findley in September 2012 were disappointing, however I would like

to thank Roger and Ann for their valued input during their short time with the Board. The

Boards decision to appoint David Hicks and Alistair Wilson as co-opted Directors to the

Board has proved to be an excellent choice. Alistair with his all-round knowledge of Figure

Skating has done an excellent job in his Technical Portfolio role. David, in his Commercial

Portfolio role is putting in place a number of commercial projects that will bring in vital

income for our Association. You will see from the Directors Annual Reports the amount of

work that Judy Clinton, David Hartley, Hilary Selby, Simon Briggs and of course Alistair and

David have put into delivering their individual Portfolios. I would also like to thank the Vice

President Mike Petrouis for his support and help particularly during my absence in January.

It has been a pleasure working with all the Board Members during a very busy first year of

office.

NISA Staff: You will be aware of the departure of the Chief Executive Officer Keith Horton in

October 2012. During the period without a CEO, the staff coped admirably and the

administration of the Association was not compromised in any way. The Board also agreed

that myself as Chairman with the support of the PA and Office Manager, in the absence of a

CEO, would take care of the management side of the Association. At this point I would like

to sincerely thank all of the NISA staff for their cooperation and understanding during this

difficult period of time. Whilst writing this report it has been announced that Nick Sellwood

will join NISA as the new CEO and will commence his duties with NISA on 8th April 2013. I’m

sure you will join me in welcoming Nick to the Association and wish him a long and

successful working relationship with NISA.

NISA Articles and General Rules: The Board is pleased to announce that the new proposed

Articles and General Rules are now ready to be presented to the Membership at the

AGM/EGM on 18th May 2013. Although long overdue, and after numerous meetings with

NISA’s Solicitors, NISA Members through consultation forums in Nottingham, London and

Edinburgh, the Board are confident that the new proposed Articles are now fit for purpose,

comply with Company Law and has references which are necessary in conforming with UK

Sports Self Assurance Directives. The Board now hope that the Membership will approve the

new proposed Articles and General Rules so that NISA can move forward in a positive

endeavour to deliver the necessary services to the Members.

Hosting of ISU Championships: NISA can be very proud of the successful staging of the

European Figure Skating Championships 2012 and the World Short Track Championships

2011. The financial success of these ISU events, particularly the Figure Championships, has

enabled NISA to ring fence funds generated from the Championships to invest back into

development initiatives for our skaters and coaches. Congratulation to both Organising

Committees for the fantastic organisation of these Championships. NISA are now bidding for

the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships, an application was presented to the ISU in

April 2013, the outcome will be known in June 2013.

Elite and Development Squads: Our Junior and Senior squad of Figure Skaters have seen

mixed performances and results this season. Many have improved their standard and

performance levels and achieved good results in many competitions. The legacy sponsorship

of a number of our elite skaters certainly helped them to achieve qualifying standards to ISU

Championships. Congratulations to our Short Track elite skaters who have surpassed UK

Sports medal targets in ISU Championships and ISU Events. We can now look forward to the

Sochi Winter Olympic Games in February 2014 and anticipate good results from our skaters.

Finance report: The accounts for the year ending September 2012 show an operating loss

for the financial year, however a large proportion of the loss was due to legal and

professional fees concerning the re-writing of the Articles and General Rules and AGM costs

relating to the election of Board Directors. You will also see from the accounts the

Associations reserves remain healthy and I would like to thank my Finance Committee

colleges and Board Members for their help in managing the Associations finances

throughout this financial year. The Board are confident that with new commercial initiatives

now being progressed we can look forward to successful financial years ahead.

Finally: My personal and grateful thanks to all NISA officials and volunteers for their

outstanding and committed work of which NISA are extremely grateful.

Ken Pendrey

NISA Chairman & President.