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Please find below minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on aturday September 15th 2018 at the Kinesiology building, Room 58, of the CSULB.
Roll Call
The AGM started at 1:10 PM on Saturday September 15th 2018.
30 People were present, including 7 proxies.
Quorum was set at 22 People (87 Members): Quorum was met and meeting can be held.
Read of the preceding minutes (June 2018 Meeting) by President.
Report of Officers:
President
15’s season summary
7’s season summary
Update on USA Rugby status and future
VP
President presented the situation of software allocation (Who’s The Ref)
Treasurer
Treasurer presented 2018 closed financials, and introduced 2019 Budget.
Secretary
Secretary presented situation of the society from an admin stand point, and difficulty to gather paperwork and documentation from members.
Reports of Committees:
RDO
President and DeLyn Wirepa discussed referee development and course given throughout the year, and the need to improve structure moving forward.
Coaching
Mark Handel explained his disappointment for the lack of involvement and participation of CMO during the 2018 season, and the need to set structure for the upcoming season.
Education
DeLyn Wirepa presented the summary of courses given throughout the year (11 Total), but the difficulty to gather students, and above all keep them engaged after the courses.
R&L
President presented the lack of engagement of this committee at USA Rugby level.
Youth
President presented the situation of the Youth rugby in regards to SCRRS: SCRFU was and is the main client of SCRRS, SCYR, because of its growth, was in need of more resources, and decided to break away from SCRRS.
Bert Moeller, new SCYR RDO, explained his actions at the SCYR level, and reassured the members about his willingness to go along SCRSS requirements in terms of teaching and development.
Old & Unfinished Business
Clients Relationship
President went over the relationship with SCRFU, GCIR and Youth for the most part.
Sponsorship
Secretary mentioned the current sponsorship with Parex USA, but he lack of any other involvement at this level.
Allocation Software (WTR & Advantage)
This topic was addressed in the VP report.
New Business
Awards
Awards were given to each individual accordingly by the president
Referee’s Referees of the Year: Paul-Henri Courbier
Most Improved Referees: Austin Reed and Nicolas Corcia
Rookie 15’s: Jason Gonzales
Rookie 7’s: Sergio Rangol
Coach of the Year: DeLyn Wirepa
Best Advocate: Vince McLeod
President’s Award: Roche Sanchez
10 Matches & Above: President gave gift dinner cards away to members meeting this criteria.
Promotions
Several Referees were promoted to C2, C1 and B3 Panel.
Election of Directors & Officers
President
Nomination: Nicholas Ricono was the only nominated to the role of President.
Nicholas Ricono gave his candidacy statement.
Members vote by hand unanimously.
Nicholas Ricono has been elected new president of SCRRS unanimously.
Sr Vice President
Nomination: Marquise Goodwin and Dan Chase were nominated to the role of Sr Vice President.
Marquise then Dan gave their candidacy statements.
A ballot vote was then run, and results as follow:
15 votes for Marquise Goodwin
8 Votes for Dan Chase
Marquise Goodwin has been elected Sr Vice President of SCRRS with 15 votes against 8.
Vice President
Nomination: DeLyn Wirepa, Mark Handel Dan Chase were nominated to the role of Sr Vice President.
Mark then DeLyn gave their candidacy statements.
A ballot vote was then run, and results as follow:
16 votes for DeLyn Wirepa
7 Votes for Mark Handel
0 Votes for Dan Chase
DeLyn Wirepa has been elected Vice President of SCRRS with 16 votes against 7.
Treasurer
Nomination: Neville Smeda was the only nominated to the role of Treasurer
Members vote by hand unanimously.
Neville Smeda has been elected new treasurer of SCRRS unanimously.
Secretary
Nomination: Gilbert De La Garza was the only nominated to the role of Secretary
Members vote by hand unanimously.
Gilbert De La Garza has been elected new secretary of SCRRS unanimously.
By-Laws Update & Vote
Mark Handel was invited to present the updated By-Laws proposed to the members. Several members raised their voice to explain pros & cons of the new model.
A motion to approve the By-Laws was proposed and the Secretary engaged a vote:
Approving updated By_laws in its entirety: 17 Members
Rejecting the updated By_Laws in its entirety: 6 members
The updated By_laws have been approved as is, and will be implemented by the New Executive Committee once the AGM is adjourned.
Adjournment
The AGM was adjourned at 4:45 pm on Saturday September 15th 2018 PST.
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