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| January 13, 1998 Vol 9798.03 | ||
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You will recognize some of the material in this newsletter as information each team received by fax or email last week. This is a hard copy for your records. Each team should consider sending a representative to the AGM during Nationals in Utah. Make sure you submit any proposed amendments, rule changes clarifications or nominations for executive board positions by the appropriate date. If you can’t attend the AGM make sure you vote by proxy which will be presented in the next news letter. All member teams need to participate so that everyone can be represented fairly. There are new issues regarding player transfers, team transfers, and changing the format for divisional play. This material was emailed or faxed to each team representative prior to the January 15th deadline and is included here for your records so that you know the guidelines for rostering and post season play Excerpt from: BYLAWS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF THE USQRA Article I - MEMBERSHIP
Section 3.
* PARTICIPATION CAN ONLY BE VERIFIED BY SIGNED OFFICIAL SCORESHEETS SUBMITTED TO THE USQRA OFFICE. Seeding is done by the USQRA Executive Committee. Seeding is done for competition in Regional, Sectional and Nationals. Invitational tournaments can be seeded by the USQRA Executive Committee but only upon request. Post Season Hosts, after following the guidelines for play, should submit playing schedule to the Commissioners Office for approval. January 15th For Final roster information, Additions & Deletions, Transfer Applications for Teams or Players, Innovative Chair Designs for that Season. February 1st For Constitution And By Law Changes. February 15th Release Of Information To AGM. Include AGM Agenda, Biography Requests For Executive Elections President, First Vice President, Secretary. Release Names Of Head Referees And Classifiers. at Sectionals, Nationals Any Proposed Amendment To The Constitution Must Be Available To All Board Members At Least Two Months Prior To The Meeting At Which It Will Be Voted On. (Page 11) March 1 The proposed amendments shall be mailed to all members Page 20 February 15th The Names Of Candidates Shall Be Published In The Newsletter Six Weeks Prior To The Annual Meeting. P 19 March 1st . All Proposals For Rule Changes Shall Be Presented In Writing To The Membership Of The USQRA Prior To Each Years AGM Transfers have to be submitted by January 15th. Teams wishing to transfer into a different Section must qualify in one of that Section’s Regional Tournaments. A check for $50.00 must be submitted along with the request for transfer in the Commissioners Office no later than January 15st . All requests received after that date will be returned to sender. Transfer placement will be designated by the Commissioners office by January 22nd. The Team has one week to accept or deny the transfer. The fifty dollars is not refundable. Brad Mikkelsen 1329 South Logan Denver CO 80210 (303 698 0855). For a team wishing to transfer to a different region within their section ,the same time line and fees apply. POST SEASON PLAY FOR 1998 (38 Teams) Nationals - Salt Lake City, Utah - April 2-5 1998 - Art Berg West Sectional - Spokane - 3/13/98 - Teresa Skinner North West Regional
- Seattle - 2/20/98 - Clark Landis South West Regional - Not
Necessary Eastern Sectional - New York - 3/13/98 - Jerome Kleckley (718) 739-2477 N. East Regional -Boston
-2/13-2/15 -Frank Lynch 781 982 1459 South East Regional - Not
Necessary N. Central Sectional - St.
Louis - 3/6 - Vito Lucido 314 768 5325 - S. Central Sectional - Birmingham, Alabama - 3/6-3/8 South Central East Regional -
Not Necessary South Central West Regional -
Tuscon or Utah (proposed) - 2/20 We Have Winners! The First Annual USQRA Fund Raising Raffle came to a successful close on Saturday - January 3rd. After almost 6 months of creative selling by the participants, profits have now been counted and the winning tickets drawn. The lucky winners were Robert Hollister of Oregon City, Oregon and Eric Roberts of Irwindale, California. Additionally, Team X of California will have next season’s USQRA dues paid for them for having sold the most raffle tickets. The USQRA organized raffle was designed to help players and teams raise money to support some of the many financial needs they have related to rugby. As a result of the raffles success money was also generated for the USQRA that will eventually be put towards the production of a much needed Quad Rugby Promotional Video. Preparations are already underway to make next seasons raffle even bigger and better. Special thanks go out to SPORTAID and UROMED for their support in this project. Their continued support of quad rugby and the USQRA is truly appreciated!
This year the positions of President, Secretary and First Vice President are up for election. If you are interested in one of these positions please submit a brief biography to the USQRA office and it will be included in the next newsletter. No nominations will be taken from the floor. The date for receiving the Hall of Fame nominations has passed. Thank you to all those who have participated. The inductees will be announced at the Banquet during Nationals. The USQRA will select an Athlete of the Year for the 1997-1998 season and it will be announced at the Banquet at Nationals. The athlete will then have his name submitted for consideration by Wheelchair Sports, USA as their Athlete of the Year Award. Please take into account the following: Sportsmanship, All Tournament selections, MVP selections, National Team participation, contributions to the community and the sport of Quad Rugby. Please send your nominations to the office of the USQRA @ 309 Stoney Ford Road, Holland, PA 18966 or Fax it to (215) 504-0445 no later than March 1, 1998. A nomination ballet is attached. Please submit your nomination for the Spirit of Achievement award. This award is given in recognition of unselfish contributions by a volunteer to the sport of Quad Rugby. You may nominate anyone who is in the sport as a support person, coach, classifier etc., as long as this is a volunteer and not a paid position. Please send your nominations office of the USQRA @ 309 Stoney Ford Road, Holland, PA 18966 or Fax it to (215) 504-0445 no later than March 1, 1998 . A nomination ballet is attached. |
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