SPORT 1913 - 2013

man who forgets his past is not able to under- stand his present state and therefore has no future. But what is the future? It is the place where all of us will spend the rest of our lives. As the editor of the book I want to thank the Executive Committee of the CSIT for their invitation in March 2011 to the duty. In May 2011 I was asked to prepare a proposal on prin- ciples, contents, writers and schedule of the book. The Executive Committee accepted it in June 2011. Invitations were sent to distin- guished writers to take part in the project. Ev- eryone accepted it with a great pleasure. Warm-hearted thanks to all of you for your fruitful contribution. Writers will be intro- duced to the readers at the end of the book. Editorial board consisted of Mr. Harald Bauer from Austria (ASKÖ), Ms. Emmanuelle Bonnet Oulaldj from France (FSGT), Mr. Wolf- gang Burghardt from Austria (ASKÖ), Mr. Wim Hoeijenbos from the Netherlands (NCS) and Mr. Kalevi Olin from Finland (TUL/CSIT) as a chairperson. I thank the editorial board members for their input. Furthermore, I want to address my most sincere gratitude to specific persons and insti- tutions. Without the support of President Harald Bauer and General Secretary Wolfgang Burghardt from the CSIT office in Vienna I could not have been able to carry out my duty. Everytime I asked for their help and advice, they gave it immediately and reliably. Profes-

sor La Martine da Costa from Brazil, I thank for productive discussions in conjunction with the CSIT 2011 Congress in Rio de Janeiro in October. His innovative approach of the book project has been of great value. In addition, I thank the executive officers of the CSIT mem- ber organizations for the information they gave me while collecting empirical data about organizational structures. Several times The INDET and COPADET President Jorge Gonzales Meza from Mexico sent me important data about the CSIT’s collaboration with Americas which I couldn’t find anywhere. It was also the case with the data I received by e-mails and interviews from the MKSO President Boris Rogatin, the Rossiya President Gennadi Chibayev and his former Secretary of Interna- tional Affairs Mr. Nikolai Burov concerning the Russian member unions of the CSIT. Ms. Aira Rajavuori Ludvigsen from Swe- den helped me to get information about the Swedish RSLU. The Honorary Member of the CSIT Mr. Avigdor Dagon from HAPOEL fur- nished me with his long worker sport experi- ence and kind help in several stages of the writing process. Ms. Minna Jurvanen Bagda- sarov and Mr. Kari Vesterinen both from Fin- land translated texts from Russian to Finnish. General Secretary Mr. Janne Ollikainen and his personnel at the TUL office in Helsinki Finland always offered their help when I needed it. The same was true with the Sports

Museum of Finland and its archivist Ms. Mer- ja Vilen at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Furthermore, I thank the former Vice Director of the Foundation of the Helsinki Stadium and the former Editor in Chief of the TUL Magazine, Mr. Pekka Hurme for his kindness and sincere help when checking the sports archives in the Sports Museum of Finland. The editor and the writers have taken their duties on voluntary bases. A necessary financial support has been given for the travel and material costs of the project by the CSIT office in Austria, the TUL in Finland and the People’s Educational Fund of Finland. For that, many thanks are addressed to them. For the cover design and graphical art- work I thankMr. José Coll fromStudio B.A.C.K. in Vienna, Austria. Pictures of the book have been selected from the ASKÖ photo archives by Mr. Harald Bauer, the Member of the Edito- rial Board. He has written the words describ- ing the pictures. Most sincere thanks for that. Professor Léa Six from Montpellier, France has proofread and corrected the Eng- lish language in this copy. The editor is grate- ful for her contribution. The content of the book comprises arti- cles by the writers. The topics of consideration have been defined by the editor in mutual un- derstanding with the authors. As it is the hab- it every writer is responsible for his/her text and the editor for his editorial work.

KALEVI OLIN

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