Dear members of the EGF board,

         the Italian Go Federation after two years of waiting (as a 
gesture of goodwill) is now asking for a long overdue act on behalf of 
the EGF to sort out the case of the "Swedish motion".

	As you know, we have long considered it a sanction against Italy, but 
the meeting has not, and this has to be cleared.

	Furthermore, the motion concerns the selection of players for EGF 
events and it is, in our opinion, not admissible by the EGF constitution 
(because in the constitution the principle of one nation one federation 
is clearly stated) and so this idea should have not even been considered 
admissible to the vote as a motion.

   	Again the motion is very damaging to the Italian Member Nation, and 
also de-facto to the EGF because it encourages players not to register 
in the Italian Member Nation, assuring non-members the same benefits 
thus disencouraging membership. Therefore it is causing the Italian 
Federation and the EGF (which gets money based on the number of members 
a federation has) a loss of income.

	The IGF has now entered GAISF, a move seconded by the EGF, a move 
towards the Olympic goal, again a move away from the spirit of this 
unfortunate "affair".

	This sanction, because none other it is, has created problems in the 
selection of European events.

	So the Italian Federation asks the EGF to seek legal advice as to the 
legality of such act. We feel that before taking any steps the 
understanding of what this "motion" is is important. Perhaps a first 
advice could be sought from the notary who helped register the EGF 
Constitution.

We enclose a letter, written in 2000 by this notary, who clearly states 
that all rights for internal matters of a country, such as selection 
procedures for EGF-events, can only be within one National Federation, 
which is the officially recognized organization. And the EGF should deal 
with "country-problems" through the National Federation/member of EGF.
We have highlighted the most relevant paragraphs.



Best regards,
Isamu Oka
President Italian Go Federation