ONTARIO AMATEUR WRESTLING ASSOCIATION
2015 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Saturday May 30, 2015
Sport Alliance of Ontario Building
3 Concorde Gate
Toronto, ON
1. Opening Remarks/Roll Call: Determination of voting privileges:
Guy Zink (President, became past president - voting),Steve Westwood (VP Administration), Bob Parsons (VP Technical, Mariposa - voting), Kevin Ramroop (VP Athlete Development non-voting, Milton Dynamo - voting),Sheldon Francis (Treasurer, Hamilton - voting), Chris Stefopulos (Secretary), Derm Tilley (CWO Chair, Voting - Jr Marauders), Marlon Sherland (CEO Chair, Voting - Lexus Titans), Guy Quenville (representing Neil Bangs as NEO Chair, Sudbury - voting),Derek Kossatz (EO Chair), Erika Lavesque (Tsunami - voting),Jay O'Neil (WINEX - voting), Bill Hogarth (Essex - voting),Harry Smith (Renfrew - voting),Shayne Byrne (L'Essor - voting),Steve Suracci (Matmen - voting),Gerard Charette (OXEL),Josip Mrkoci (London-Western - voting),Heather Sweezey (Brock - voting, Brock Jr - voting),John Cook (OXEL - voting ), John Burke (Sarnia - voting),KekooGatta (Jr Badgers - voting), Ed Zinger (Daredevils - voting), Chris Schwaren (National Capital - voting), Jasmine Morine (Sudbury), Kimin Kim (Team Impact - voting), Shane Comeau (NWO Chair, Lakehead - voting), Gary Bird (OAWOA Chair), Chris Kelman (RAW - voting), Ken Burgess (Team Impact, Youth Committee Chair)
Voting by Proxy:
Joey Lagace (Elliot Lake) -provided proxy to Guy Quenville
Jim Murray (Kawartha Olympic WC) -provided proxy to Bob Parsons
Neil Bangs (Timmins) -provided proxy to Guy Quenville
Ashley Niemann (Kingston WC) -provided proxy to Derek Kossatz
Scott Pepper (Tri-County WC) -provided proxy to Derek Kossatz
Trevor Manchester (Algoma WC) -provided proxy to Guy Quenville
Total votes: 41 including proxies
Non-Voting:Tim MaGarrey (Executive Director)
Regrets: Ivan Jagas (Past-President), Marcus Niemann (VP Coaching),Francis Clayton (NWO rep),
Athletes' Rep is vacant
SWO Chair is vacant
Motion: "That membership accepts the agenda as presented."
Guy Quenville/Ed ZingerCarried
2.Call for Items of New Business.3 items added
Motion: "That the membership accepts the 2014 OAWA AGM minutes."
Bill Hogarth/Marlon SherlandCarried
Tim MaGarrey distributed a donation form for members. The OAWA is collecting funds for a donation to Greg Woodcroft's children's trust fund
3.Reports: The membership was given the opportunity to ask questions of submitted reports.
- Executive Committee Reports were reviewed - issues arising
4. Motion: "That the OAWA Constitutionbe amended to add a Vice President Development to the OAWA Executive Committee/Board of Directors."
Chris Stefopulos/Bob ParsonsCarried
- Staff Reports were reviewed - issues arising
No issues arose
5. Executive Committee Elections
President
Gerard Charette nominatedBill Hogarth, seconded by Josip Mrkoci
Bill accepted the nomination
No other nominations
Bill Hogarth was acclaimed
Vice-President Technical
Chris Stefopulos nominatedBob Parsons, seconded by Sheldon Francis
Bob Parsons accepted the nomination
No other nominations
Bob Parsons was acclaimed
Vice-President Coaching
Kevin Ramroop nominatedJay O'Neil, seconded by Heather Sweezey
Jay O'Neil accepted the nomination
No other nominations.
Jay O'Neil was acclaimed
Vice-President Development
Jay O'Neil nominatedKevin Ramroop, seconded by Kimin Kim
Kevin Ramroop accepted the nomination
No other nominations.
Kevin Ramroop was acclaimed
Motion: "The OAWA recommends that one of the Wrestling Canada Representative nominees is the OAWA President or their designate. For 2015, this will be a two year term."
Chris Stefopulos/Josip MrkociCarried
Wrestling Canada Representative Nominee
Bill Hogarth, OAWA President, will be the one nominee.
Wrestling Canada Representative Nominee
Kimin Kim nominated Chris Stefopulos, seconded by Jay O'Neil
Chris Stefopulos withdrew
Gerard Charette nominated John Cook, seconded by Ed Zinger
Bill Hogarth nominated Doug Cox, seconded by Josip MrKoci
Bob Parsons nominated Sheldon Francis, seconded by Derm Tilley
Derek Kossatz nominated Tim MaGarrey, seconded by Marlon Sherland
Tim MaGarrey withdrew
Motion: :That nominations be closed."
Bill Hogarth/Ed ZingerCarried
Voting is deferred until it can be determined if Tim can be a nominee.
6. Approval of Revue Engagement for 2015-2016 and appointment of legal counsel.
Motion: ``That the OAWA membership accept Kreston GTA LLF as the firm to carry out the Review Engagement for 2015-2016.``
Chris Stefopulos/Derek KossatzCarried
Motion: “That the OAWA use Brian Renken as legal counsel for 2015-2016.”
Guy Zink/ Ed ZingerCarried
7. Acceptance of 2014-2015 Review Engagement statements.
Motion: ``That the OAWA membership accept the 2014-2015Review Engagement statements as presented.``
Sheldon Francis/Marlon SherlandCarried
8. New Business/Discussion:
A. 2014-2015 OAWA Budget:
-Tim MaGarrey presented the budget. Pre-lunch discussion/presentation was limited to Tim's presentation.
-Voting to accept the budget is deferred to the end of the meeting.
Motion: ``That the OAWA membership accept the 2015-2016budget as presented.``
Sheldon Francis/Marlon SherlandCarried
Motion: "That the membership table the above motion until the end of the meeting."
Gary Bird/Ed ZingerCarried
B. Concussion Protocol Guidelines (Draft)
Motion: "That the OAWA membership accept the Concussion Protocol Guidelines as presented."
Heather Sweezey/Bob ParsonsCarried
C. Registration - Bob Parsons
-Bob Parsons recommends increasing the OAWA membership fee by $10 per member to offset the rising Wrestling Canada affiliation fees.
Motion: "That the OAWA increase the membership fees to the following:
Tykes: $55.00
Novice to Senior: $65.00
Officials: $65.00
Coaches: $85.00"
Bob Parsons/Sheldon FrancisCarried
D. Communication through the OAWA website - Guy Zink
-Steve Westwood and Steve Suraci initiated a discussion about methods to utilize Regional contribution to the OAWA web communication.
-Utilize membership database to contact all members through Twitter, Facebook
-targeted, consistent hash tags on Twitter
-identify Regional "Tweeters" to communicate Regional activities
Lunch Break.
E. Presentation Beat the Streets - John Park
-John showed the group the Beat the Streets Toronto video.
-John highlighted the successes of the program and goals of the program
The membership enjoyed and supported the presentation on Beat the Streets, and the President thanked John Park and John Cho for joining us to present the material.
Voting for the Wrestling Canada Representative Nominee
The candidates spoke to their nominations.
Derek Kossatz requests that we vote by ballot. 35 are voting
Vote for one candidate. Majority vote wins.
Discussion: 2014-2015 OAWA Budgetcontinued
Jasmine Morine, Gerard Charette and Ken Burgess have been assigned as scruteneers.
John Cook received the majority of the votes on the first ballot.
Motion: "That the ballots be destroyed."
Gary Bird/ Marlon SherlandCarried
F. Determination of Provincial Championships 2017.
2017 Senior Provincials
Bids received from London-Western and OAWOA
OAWOA 39, London-Western 1, 1 abstained
OAWOA Wins
2017 Junior Provincials
Sudbury submitted written bid, London-Western and Hamilton submitted verbal bids
Since there are three bids, the voting took place first to eliminate one candidate, then a second vote to choose between the two remaining candidates.
Result of the Votes:
First vote results:
Sudbury20
Hamilton:16
London1
Second vote:
Sudbury20
Hamilton:18
Sudbury Wins
2017 Cadet/Juvenile Provincials
Matmen submitted a bid to host a one day event. No other bids were received.
Motion: "That the Cadet and Juvenile Provincial Championships be hosted as a one day event for 2017."
Steve Suraci/Jay O'NeilCarried
Matmen was awarded the event.
2017 Ontario Youth Festival
WINNEX, Mariposa and Team Impact submitted bids from the floor.
Since there are three bids, the voting took place first to eliminate one candidate, then a second vote to choose between the two remaining candidates.
Result of the Votes:
First vote results:
Mariposa22
WINNEX9
Team Impact1
Mariposa Wins
Motion: "That no bids to host events will be accepted from the floor if written bids are submitted. If no written bids are submitted, bids from the floor will be accepted. Written bids must be submitted two weeks in advance"
Bill Hogarth/Heather SweezeyCarried
2017 Cadet and Juvenile Canadian Championships
Windsor submitted a written bid.
The OAWA will take the bid forward to Wrestling Canada.
G. Gary Bird updated the group regarding new rules.
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F. Participation at Provincial Championships - Bob Parsons
-The membership directs the Executive Committee to strike a committee to establish a Provincial Championships hosting guidelines
Motion: ``That the OAWA membership accept the 2015-2016budget as presented.``
Sheldon Francis/Marlon SherlandCarried
Motion: "That the OAWA amend the Constitution to limit proxy votes to one proxy vote per person."
Jay O'Neil/Kevin RamroopCarried
This will be carried forward to the 2016 AGM to be voted on.
Motion: "To adjourn."
Kevin Ramroop/Bob ParsonsCarried
Meeting Adjourned at 3:30 pm.