At its recent meeting, the IOF Council decided on the manning of the IOF Commissions for the years 2007-2008.

Ole Husen (DEN) was appointed chairman of the Mountain Bike Orienteering Commission, and Markku Vauhkonen (FIN) chairman of the Ski Orienteering Commission. Earlier this year, Håvard Tveite (NOR) had been appointed chairman of the Map Commission. Fifty-six persons from 22 member countries are now engaged in the IOF Commission work.

Discipline Commissions

Foot Orienteering Commission: Chair: Maria Nimvik (SWE). Members: Konrad Becker (SUI), Mike Dowling (AUS), Ove Gasbjerg (DEN), David May (GBR), Hideo Onoe (JPN), Frauke Schmitt Gran (GER), Erlend Slokvik (NOR, Dominic Yue (HKG).

MTB Orienteering Commission: Chair: Ole Husen (DEN). Members: Jan Cegielka (POL), Tibor Erdélyi (HUN), Blake Gordon (AUS), Tiago Lopes (POR), Arbo Rae (EST), Thomas Wieser (AUT).

Ski Orienteering Commission: Chair: Markku Vauhkonen (FIN). Members: Mita Crepaz (ITA), Juraj Nemec (SVK), Daniel Saegesser (SUI), Pekka Varis (FIN).

Trail Orienteering Commission: Chair: Anne Braggins (GBR). Members: Owe Fredholm (SWE), Peter Gehrmann (GER), Taro Koyama (JPN), Frank Kuhn (USA), Sari Salomaa-Niemi (FIN), Valeriy Tsodikov (UKR).

Support Commissions

Environment Commission: Chair: Brian Parker (GBR). Members: David Hogg (AUS), Erkka Laininen (FIN), Maria Silvia Viti (ITA).

IT Commission: Chair: Björn Heinemann (GER). Members: Finn Arildsen (DEN), Kazushige Hatori (JPN), Dmytro Miller (UKR), Christer Norman (SWE), Mike Schuh (USA), Henning Spjelkavik (NOR).

Map Commission: Chair: Håvard Tveite (NOR). Members: Thomas Gloor (SUI), Sergio Grifoni (ITA), Ales Hejna (CZE), Flemming Hjort Jensen (DEN), Jukka Liikari (FIN), Erik Peckett (GBR).

Medical Commission: Chair: Olli Heinonen (FIN). Members: Roger Aerts (BEL), Wendy Dodds (GBR), Marja Ramm-Schmidt (FIN).

Rules Commission: Chair: David Rosen (GBR). Members: Vincent Frey (FRA), Oivind Holt (NOR), Barry McCrae (AUS), Unni Strand Karlsen (NOR), Dusan Vystavel (CZE).