Costa Rican Edgar Alvarado Ardon was re-elected as President of the Association of Central America Volleyball Federations during the General Assembly of the organization in San Jose, Costa Rica on January 22. 

Mr.Alvarado will be in the position for the period 2005-2008 and this is the third time he is elected as President of AFECAVOL. He took the oath in the presence of Mr. Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, President of the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA). 

The other members of the Executive Committee elected during the meeting were Ms. Bertha Cuadra of Nicaragua, First Vice President; Mr. Julio Farach of Honduras, Second Vice President; Mr. Jose Luis Jimenez of Costa Rica, Secretary; Mr. Jose Remon of Panama, Treasurer; the directors will be Mr. Norman Quijano of El Salvador, and two representatives of Guatemala and Belize to be named later. 

New guidelines for the planning of the new period were drawn by the General Assembly with the hope that Central American Volleyball will climb superior positions in the NORCECA and the FIVB high level competitions. 

The Central American countries are preparing for a tough 2005 with competitions in the preliminary rounds for the 2006 World Championships in Japan, The Junior and Youth Central American Championships, The Beach Volleyball Central American Championships, to attend the Fourth Pan American Cup, the Senior Championships of NORCECA with Costa Rica and Panama, The NORCECA Beach Volleyball and the VIII Central American Sports Games in Guatemala.