Dear Presidents, Secretary Generals and representatives of the IPF Member Federations!

In about one month we will have our IPF General Assembly at our Open Powerlifting World’s on 4th November in Halmstad, Sweden.

As this is a rule change congress and also some important changes in the constitution and bylaws needs to be discussed and voted on, I encourage all IPF Member Federations to attend this General Assembly. According to the IPF Rules the President and/or Secretary General should attend and those persons will have the power for voting. If neither the President or Secretary General can attend, another representative, with a written permission signed by the President or Secretary General should attend. It is of highest importance that every IPF Member Federation is using it’s right to be represented at the General Assembly and to have a voice and a vote!

In the past years I was travelling a lot around the world for different championships and I had the opportunity to talk with...