The ITF has just held an ITF Membership Pathway Webinar hosted by the ITF President- David Haggerty, Luca Santilli – Director of Tennis Development and James McGurran -International Relations Manager. There were attendees from 8 Member Nations- Barbara Stubbings (PNG), Bruce Osborne (Tennis Australia), Cyrille Mainguy (VAN), Davina Hosking-Ashford (CI), Romil Patel (FIJ), Tara Steffy-Perez (GUM), Vicky Reid (Tennis Australia), Yvonne Carruthers (SAM) an the 2 OTF Executive Officers, Richard Breen and David Smith.
The ITF discussed:
- The ITF Membership Structure
- The Global Distribution of ITF Member Nations
- The Recent Nations that had transferred from Class C to Class B Membership
- The Reason to Upgrade
- Participate in Davis/Billie Jean King Cup
- Right to vote at ITF AGMs
- Access Subscription Rebate Programme
- Nominate candidates for the ITF Board of Directors
- The Minimum Standard for Upgrade
- Positive Engagement with ITF and Regional Association
- Properly Constituted
- Junior Tennis Initiative (JTI) Programme in Action
- National Competitions (open)
- Engaged with Online Academy
- Host ITF/OTF Events
- Ensure Financial sustainable
- The Sustainability was discussed in detail including the costs and the Subscription Fee Rebate Programme
- Then Finally the 5-step process