SPORT 1913 - 2013

sport events. By this, we are referring to the cases when competitions are open to all the amateurs regardless of any kind of commit- ment to the CSIT. Of course, the kind of par- ticipation would increase the relevance and attractiveness of, say, the CSIT World Sports Games but at the same time it would divide the participants into two categories: the CSIT members and the non-CSIT members. Would this have some connotations among the CSIT members on an individual and/or collective level? That’s an interesting question. On the other hand, the results prove that within the CSIT, the traditional and the mod- ern are facing each other: the more the orga- nization will be driven towards the company sports programs, the more the so-called regis- tered client type of “memberships” within the organization will increase. What will this communicate to the traditional sport club based members, the administrative running and the use of power in confederation? This question needs to be taken for discussion. How should the votes be divided in decision- making bodies like general assemblies and congresses in terms of bigger and smaller or traditional and registered client type of mem- bership organizations? Finally, the core issue might be as follows: it is certainly worth developping the CSIT as a modern sport for all organization with dynam- ic identity of its own and the level of activities of its own without mimicking other interna- tional sport federations. It is known that vary- ing needs of population groups and changing

markets of society play a role in sport. There- fore, it is well-grounded to analyse them, draw conclusions based on them and conduct the organization towards the future with a quality strategy based on democratic process and com- mitment to the goals.

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