Talk:World Rowing Federation

FISA proper name
is currently making edits across wikipedia altering "International Rowing Federation" to the "International Federation of Rowing Associations". I feel this needs to be discussed before too many edits are made.

I have always thought FISA was known as the "International Rowing Federation" and they always refer to themselves as this on their website: My opinion is that although "International Federation of Rowing Associations" is the literal translation from the French, since they are commonly known as the "International Rowing Federation" this is the name that should be used across Wikipedia. Comments? johnSLADE (talk) 18:50, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * "The International Rowing Federation (FISA) has announced this year’s World Rowing Event.."
 * "FISA, the International Rowing Federation, is empowered by its member National Rowing Federations.."

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:05, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

FISA's member National Federations
FISA counts 130 member National Federations (not 118 as indicated in this article). Ghana and Vanuatu were admitted at the 2008 FISA Ordinary Congress which was held in Linz, Austria, last July, bringing the number up from 128 in 2007 (See http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=324457). Member federations are referred to by FISA as National Federations (See FISA Statutes http://www.worldrowing.com/medias/docs/media_352460.pdf). Could this item please be corrected by contributors who have no COI issue? Many thanks for your kind help. Cremonarower (talk) 17:01, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Legal form
Is anyone able to figure out which legal form FISA has (and, if there is a history, had in the past)? —MisterSynergy (talk) 12:22, 10 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Okay, I might have found the answer by myself. According to the FISA Rule Book, Article 1, it is a Swiss association according to Art. 60ff of the Swiss Civil Code, with both NPO and NGO character. I cannot find FISA in the Swiss company register, but registration is not mandatory and, in fact, rather untypical for Swiss associations. —MisterSynergy (talk) 11:57, 13 November 2017 (UTC)