2007 – 2008

COLO  DIVISION  newsletter -

Annual Meeting Colorado Division USFA

July 28, 2007

 

 

2007 – 2008 COLORADO DIVISION OFFICERS

 

Chair:                                Vice Chair                             Secretary                               Treasurer

Paula Smith (SDFA)         Jennifer Ward(DFC)           Carol Pfarr                            Tom Buesing

psmith@familyatty.com      jlward07@gmail.com            carolpfarr@qwest.com         tombuesing@msn.com

303-791-0350                      720-200-4897                      303 470 7399                       719 495 2553



To view the most up to date information go to www.colodivfencing.org  

Club owners – please notify Carol if you need someone added to our email list.

Rocky Mountain Circuit information: http://www.rms-usfa.org/

 

Annual Meeting Minutes July 28th, 2007

Carol made a motion to approve Minutes from 2006 - Second by Jennifer Ward. Motion Passed

 

Quorum was present  -

Carol certified that there was a quorum present, in person or by proxy, of 84 members out of an eligible voting membership of 244, in accordance with the official membership rolls of the USFA.

 

 

Election of Officers  

Vacant Seat – Vice Chair

Jennifer Ward and Sharol Pestonik offered to run for Vice Chair.  Jennifer Ward was elected.

 

Congratulations to all our Cup WINNERs – see the list on the website.

 

Treasurers Report – Ken   Interim Report – Receipts exceeded disbursement

Started with $10,357:  Ended $11,462 

Received $1614 for hosting Host JOs

Received $500 from Carol Pfarr for a Service Award from Qwest.

$978 remaining from NAC (restricted for Referee Training)

Ken filed annual report with USFA

 

Congress Representatives:

Same as last year including Sharol Pestonik, Congress and Sectional Representative Contingent upon the  USFA Bylaws required.

 

General Discussion about 05/06 schedule and the good/bad:

Continue with primary goal of getting younger fencers confident and more involved.  Discussion regarding Youth events, considering U19 events and team them up with different tournaments other than Youth.

Motion - Keep Unrated, 1D, 1C, and add 1E, subject to scheduling meeting and add Friday night opportunities to the schedule. 

Motion Passed.

 

Discussion about the other Colorado Cup tournaments:

Motion continue with 4 CO CUPs, 4 Youth Cups

Motion Passed

 

Discussion – Follow other Div and Cup totals i.e. best 4/6, use Askfred, and pursue AFA for using Askfred 

Motion to have 5 out of 6 and best Youth events including two AFA events. 

Motion did not Pass.

Motion to keep both AFA and CC events at same pt level and best 4 out of 6 events.

Motion Passed.

 

Discussion about using Askfred for point total and standing.

Motion to use Askfred, providing Askfred can make the changes to his application.

Motion Passed. Second motion – Div 1 pt standing   on askfred.. Motion passed.

 

Discussion regarding Vets

Motion for best 3 out of 4 for Vets (Goering and Vet #2) and best CC.

Motion Passed.  Best 3 out of 4  - including both Vets (Goering and Vet #2) and the best CC.

 

Discussion about having an actual CUP as the trophy CUP winners. 

Motion to have a CUP as the award for next year, providing it’s affordable

Motion did not pass.  Awards were pre purchased and plaques will be used for 07/08 and then the next Board can re-look at the money/option for a CUP as the award/trophy.

 

Discussion about new website:

Tom Buesing gave updates about the site; ease of posting calendar and not in html. Tom needs logos from your clubs, Club news; any wants needs please send email to Tom.   Sharol wants a spot for showing college scholarships and world wide results for our CO DIVISION fencers. 

 

Section Discussion – Need to get back to a CHAMPIONSHIP tournament, possible host at AFA, discussion about costs and payment issues that were cumbersome and may have played a role in low numbers.

 

Discussion about Referee seminar and training and ensuring that the Division has qualified refs. 

Motion to consider Tom and Jennifer to lead up the continuation of referee advancement in the Division.

Motion Passed.

 

Discussion about improvements for running tournaments:

Clubs who host tournaments must follow the protocols that have been set up, hire refs, use askfred and follow a logical process – Jill sent out a spreadsheet that she uses to avoid wait time at tournaments.  Clubs must have qualified refs.  Everyone agreed that saber refs are hard to get.

 

Discussion about entering multiple events:

Motion to allow fencers to enter multiple events as long as they double chord.  Bout committee will stay on top of the delays and manage the tournament closely to avoid long delays. 

 

Discussion about buying new Division equipment:

Motion to inventory existing equipment and order new timing boxes.

Motion passed

 

Scheduling Mtg 2:00 Saturday August 18th at Sharols.

 

Meeting adjourned at 4:45