AIMS members entrust Panagiotis Theodoropoulos for a second term as Vice President
AIMS General Assembly took place on the virtual platform with one main agenda point being the AIMS Council re-election from the period of 2021-2025. President Stephen Fox, who has been leading AIMS since 2015, made an extensive report highlighting the achievements of AIMS over the last five years.
During this meeting Stephen Fox was re-elected as President. In addition, Mr. Panagiotis Theodoropoulos, President Ju Jitsu International Federation (JJIF), was re-elected as the First Vice-President during this same assembly. Mr. Panagiotis has been in this position since 2015.
The AIMS council 2015-2021
The Alliance of Independent recognised Members of Sport (AIMS) was found in 2009 by the non- IOC recognised members of GAISF family and is one of the five umbrella bodies alongside ARISF, ASOIF and AIOWF and the associate members.
AIMS has become a credible and respectable member of the Olympic family receiving full IOC recognition as an IF umbrella body for sports striving towards Olympic recognition in 2020.
Currently, AIMS has 19 sporting international federations as full members. 9 associate members and 10 observers. AIMS will continue to put the athletes at the canter of its their doings and use sport as service towards humanity.
Other highlights of the meeting included discussion of the AIMS members who have received full IOC recognition and the UTS World Virtual Youth Festival. Other results from the AIMS election included Dr Julie Gabriel as the 2nd Vice President, Dr Gerhard Zimmermann as Secretary General, Treasurer Kei Izawa, and council members, Mike Thomas, Helen Lundberg, Sabine Shanahan, Gaston Parage, Marius Vizer Jr and certainly Michal Buchel.