FSGL AGA expresses support for Gay Games VIII

Promo code extended! The 10-euro discount code offered by Games Cologne on the occasion of the FSGL AGA has been extended. The code is valid on 16 and 17 December. Simply enter "FSGL" at the payment screen. At the annual general assembly of FGG member Fédération sportive gaie et lesbienne, a new team, with a majority of female members, joined sitting president Bruno Aussenac. Among the new members of the executive committee is Christelle Foucault, who while continuing to serve as delegate to the FGG, will become 1st vice president. Christelle was also named head of the Equipe France 2010 committee, with the goal of bringing over 500 French athletes to Gay Games VIII. Christelle expressed thanks to Games Cologne for a special one-day promotional code for base registration in honor of the FSGL AGA.

Christelle will be joined as FGG delegate by squash player Maria Salvetti, who replaces Sonia Abécassis, who was elected to the FGG board at the 2009 FGG AM. Also elected to the board at that meeting was sports committee cochair Sébastien Datiche from Tours. Maria will also serve as a VP for the FSGL, with a portfolio including sport and HIV, regional development, and international relations.

Among the commitments made to supporting Gay Games VIII was the promise to devote all profits from the FSGL's annual fundraising Epiphany tea dance to an FSGL scholarship support fund. Other fundraisers will support this effort to allow as many athletes as possible to join Equipe France 2010. The dance will be held on January 3, and we encourage all those able to attend to support this event.

The AGA was also the opportunity to present the team of the Tournoi international de Paris with their Legacy Award for a Sports Event awarded in October at the FGG AM in Cologne. The next Paris Tournament will be held on Pentecost weekend 2010 (May 21-24). Registration for the 19-sport event will open in January at www.paris-tournament.org.

FGG co-president Emy Ritt reminded the assembly that the team of Paris 2010 would be honored at a reception for all past bidders for the Gay Games at a special reception during the Cologne Gay Games.