The International Ski Federation (FIS) has approved minor modifications to the FIS World Cup calendars for the 2009-10 season at its Autumn Meeting earlier this month in Zurich. The Council approved the scheduling changes as proposed by the respective Technical Committees. The final versions of the calendars are available on the FIS website www.fis-ski.com under the individual disciplines.

In other business, the Council determined that the Nations Team Event at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Finals in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany in March 2010 will be carried out in a parallel giant slalom format. This decision was taken following a detailed evaluation of the format of the event carried out by a working group of the Alpine Executive Board and explained to the media in October at Solden.