Virginia Division Annual Meeting REMINDER 2024

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Originally Sent to Membership on June 6th, 2024

To:      Virginia Division Members

Fr:       Richard Weiss, Chair

Re:       Virginia Division Annual Meeting Announcement

The Virginia Division of USA Fencing will hold its Annual Division meeting on Saturday, July 13th, 2023, at 12:00 PM, virtually on Zoom.  All attending must register in advance with their Name, Email, and current USA Fencing Membership #.

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkdeivpjIiGN3MxJDbOSRpCh9jxmczcz5V

The agenda for our meeting is as follows:

  • Reports of the Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and any other Executive Committee members
  • Election of Officers (if any)
  • Unfinished business (if any)
  • New business (more items could be added)
    • Parafencing Support & Development
    • Division Tourney Referee & Staff Honorarium Review

Regarding the Election of Officers:  The current officers of the VA Division executive committee wish 

to represent the division for the 2024/25 season.  Those people are:

Chair:  Richard Weiss                                                Vice Chair:  Thomas Mahnken

Treasurer:  Ted Smith                                               Secretary:  Meredith Powers

Members-At-Large:  Greg Kaidanov and Tan Le  

Executive Committee members Jose DeOlivares, Julia Jiang, and Miracle Qi have also committed to remaining as their club representatives for next season.

Those interested in running for any of the officer positions for the 2024/25 season need to announce their candidacy to any executive committee member by July 6th, in writing, email, or telephone.   Please indicate why you have an interest in serving on the EC and any qualifications/experiences you feel support your interest.  Resumes are not necessary.  Remember you must be an active Virginia Division member of USA Fencing.

If there are no challenges to those who serve as Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, or Secretary on the VA Division Executive Committee, there will not be an election.  If an election is to be held, we will notify the membership at least five days in advance.

Any VA Division member club that does not have a representative on the executive committee is encouraged to notify the division of their representative for the 24/25 season by or during the July 13th meeting.