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2024 USATF Georgia Annual Meeting

Date & Time

  • August 10, 2024
  • 8/10 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location & Venue

Registration

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SAVE THE DATE!

The USATF Georgia Association Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, August 10, 2024, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.
  • We do not anticipate this meeting taking the allotted 2 hour time frame.
  • This is a non-election year and there are no proposed bylaw amendments to consider.
  • Each sport committee will have an opportunity to present information to the membership.

LOCATION

AGENDA

Note: We did not receive any bylaw amendments to consider and this is a non-election year.
  • 1:00 p.m. - Call to Order / Welcome / Acknowledgement of Guests Present
  • 1:10 p.m. - Approval of 2023 Georgia Assoc. Annual Meeting Minutes
  • 1:15 p.m. - Old Business
  • 1:20 p.m. - USATF Georgia President’s Report (report)
  • 1:30 p.m. - Committee Reports
    • Executive Committee
      • Treasurer - Tom Rentenbach
      • Executive Vice President - Lamar Grant
      • Vice President: Sponsorships - Inez Finch
      • Vice President: Communications - Ron Williams
      • Secretary - Phil Ozell
    • Sport & Administrative Committee Reports
      • Youth - Ora Chism
      • Officials - Cindy Slayton
      • Masters - Tina Klein (report)
      • Race Walk- Kellie Crawford
      • Track & Field - Sean Burnett
      • Long Distance Running - Euleen Josiah-Tanner (report)
      • Membership / Clubs - Monica Ross
      • Sanctions - La-Tarvia Shanks (report)
      • SafeSport - Inez Finch
  • 2:15 p.m. - New Business
  • 2:20 p.m. - Guest Input: Questions and/or Acknowledgement (input limited to 3 minutes, per bylaws)
  • 2:30 p.m. - Announcements
  • 2:35 p.m. - Adjournment
Please review our Association Bylaws for additional information.

ARTICLE 20 AMENDMENTS

General Provisions:
  1. Amendments to the Bylaws must be voted on and adopted by the Membership, unless otherwise stated herein.
  2. Any Member may submit a proposed amendment to the Bylaws. Persons who are not Members may not propose amendments.
  3. Amendments shall be submitted and considered in the following manner:
Amendments to Bylaws:
  1. Proposed Bylaw amendments shall be considered at the Annual Meeting in even-numbered years, unless otherwise stated herein.
  2. Proposed amendments must be acted upon by the Bylaw Review Committee and the Board before submission to the Membership:
  3. Once acted upon by the Bylaw Review Committee and the Board, the proposed amendment must be submitted, in written and/or electronic form, to the Membership for voting. Submission to the Membership must occur at least 30 days before the Annual Convention.
  4. Amendments to the Bylaws shall require, for adoption, a two-thirds vote of Members present and voting at the Annual Convention, provided notice of the proposed amendment has been submitted to the Membership at least 30 days prior to the Annual Convention, except in circumstances outlined in below.
  5. Notwithstanding above, submissions may be considered and voted upon at any meeting of this Association in any of the following circumstances:
    1. Tabled amendments may be acted upon by the Membership at any subsequent meeting without redistribution of the proposal;
    2. To make the Bylaws conform with federal or local law or regulation;
    3. To make the Bylaws conform with USATF requirements; and/or
    4. To make the Bylaws conform to each other.
    5. In circumstances where is immediate relief is deemed necessary
  6. Unless otherwise specified in the proposed amendment or at the time of adoption, amendments to the Bylaws shall be effective immediately.
Bylaw Amendment Proposal – Form:
  1. Proposed Bylaw amendments must include the following:
    1. section detailing the proposed amendment to include (x) the entire section, subsection or paragraph, as it will be read if adopted, with all proposed additional language underlined or shaded, and proposed deleted language in double parenthesis, (y) a brief statement of the rationale for the submission, and (z) budgetary impact, if any.
    2. name of submitter/sponsor
    3. counter-rationale
    4. outcome summary to include status (rejected, adopted, etc.) and effect (new, replaces Article #, modifies Article #)
  2. All submission forms must be submitted to the Secretary for archival. The Secretary will maintain a record of the submission form for each proposed amendment regardless of the outcome of the proposal. The Secretary will maintain the record in a media format that is readily searchable using key words and Article numbers. Email address: secretary@georgia.usatf.org