From a press release issued by FIM: The 2008 FIM Conference Meetings took place from 21 to 24 February, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel near Geneva Airport. The Management Council convened on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 and the afternoon of Sunday 24. The main subjects discussed by the Management Council were the following: – The FIM President Vito Ippolito proposed to appoint FIM Vice-Presidents to specific functions within the Management Council. Mr Jorge Cabezas was nominated Deputy President and Mr Jorge Viegas Vice-President in charge of finances (he also remains supervisor of the Commission for Leisure Motorcycling). Both will be members of the Executive Board together with Mr Ippolito and the FIM Chief Executive Office Guy Maitre. Moreover, Mr Robert Rasor will remain President of the Alternative Energies Working Group. Vice-President Jean-Pierre Mougin will be supervisor of the works regarding noise level and also those concerning Cross-Country Rallies. The appointments were unanimously approved by the Management Council. – The FIM will be the promoter of the Indoor Trial World Championship Series, in collaboration with the organisers and FMNRs, as from the 2009 season. Administration, running of events and media aspects will be taken care of by the FIM/CTR. – The new FIM Marketing Director, Mr Olivier Godallier, was introduced to the Management Council. He will take his function officially on March 1st. – The extraordinary Management Council meeting, scheduled on June 21-22, will be postponed to September 6-7, in order to give time for all the stakeholders to give their comments and suggestions for the Strategic Plan. – The Registered Testing Pool, requested by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), will be put in place by the FIM; it will be operational as from July 1st. Riders selected for possible out-of-competition testing must be able to be located anywhere at any time during the season. – The Management Council approved the proposal to create a special Trophy celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix, in partnership with the promoter Dorna. The Prizes which will be awarded to the World Champions of each class at the last event in Valencia will bear the names of the first World Champions in 1949. The 125cc World Champion will thus receive the Nello Pagani Trophy the 250cc Champion the Bruno Ruffo Trophy, and the MotoGP Champion the Leslie Graham Trophy.