Some of the members of the Strategic Task Force at last month's first meeting, held in Lausanne, Switzerland.

WORKING TOWARD OLYMPIC REINSTATEMENT
2007-02-26

The International Softball Federation’s (ISF) “Strategic Task Force” has already begun working toward getting women’s fast pitch softball reinstated [at the 2009 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Copenhagen] to the programme of the Summer Olympics for the 2016 Games.

Last month the group held its first meeting and planning is currently underway on the next time and place for them to be brought together.

The Task Force members (listed by affiliation) are:

ISF
Dale McMann, (CAN) Task Force Co-Chair
LOW Beng Choo (MAS)
Dale Eagar (NZL)
Mrs. HE Huixian (CHN)
Carlos Lopez (PUR)
Marumo Morule (BOT)
Vladimir Panteleev (RUS)
Edward Colbert (USA)

IOC
Juan Antonio Samaranch (ESP) Task Force Honorary Chair
C.K. Wu (TPE)
James Easton (USA)
Kai Holm (DEN)
Willi Kaltschmitt (GUA)
Melitón Sánchez (PAN)

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONS
Lamine Diack (IAAF)
George Killian (FISU)

ATHLETES
Alison Bradley (CAN)
Jelena Cusak (CRO)
Michele Smith (USA)
Taeko Utsugi (JPN)
Donna De Varona (USA) Task Force Co-Chair
Maria-Jesus Vázquez (ESP)

NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES
Hector Cardona (PUR)
Luis Mejia (DOM)

CORPORATE
Randy Larson (USA) – PBSJ
Julie Nimmons (USA) – Schutt Sports
Michael Klingensmith (USA) – Time-Warner
Masato Mizuno (JPN) – Mizuno Sports
Jon Tibbs (GBR) – Tibbs Assoc.
Annie Wu (HKG) – World Trade Assoc.

MEDIA
Hal Uplinger (USA) – TV Producer
Steve Perry (GBR) – Journalist
David Miller (GBR) – Olympic Historian
Morley Myers (GBR) – Journalist
Alain Lunzenfichter (FRA) – Journalist
Erskine McCullough (FRA) – Journalist
Pantelis Perivolaris (GRE) – Journalist

GOVERNMENT/ORG.
Giovanni DiCola (SUI) – ILO/UN
Charles Battle (USA)