Saturday, August 20, 2011

GET INVOLVED - Nominate & Vote


8-13-2011 GBRA Meeting Set The Annual Georgia Bicycling Racing Association and Preseason Coordination Meeting will be held at 4:00 PM on Sunday, September 25 at the Hiker Hostel in Dahlonega, GA (map). The annual meeting includes the election of directors. This year nominations will be sent to John Patterson (email) from Tuesday, August 9 until Saturday, August 27. Candidates accepting nomination will be given 48 hours to submit information to be posted to the GBRA website regarding their candidacy. A new online voting procedure will be implemented and online voting will begin on Saturday, September 10. Clubs should review the online copy of the GBRA Bylaws, as there are a number of rules concerning their nominations and votes. Directors will be elected by majority from on-line votes, absentee ballots, written ballots, proxies and votes from members present at the meeting. The Officers (Treasurer, Secretary and President) are elected by the new board at the annual meeting.

Please note that there are restrictions on who can vote for which board positions. These restrictions are listed below. Clubs and teams should be aware that they will need to nominate a representative to vote on behalf of their club or team.

- All licensed riders nominate and vote for Director of Riders
- Clubs nominate and vote for Director at Large
- Clubs nominate and vote for Director of Clubs
- Officials and Coaches nominate and vote on a Director of Officials/Coaches
- Promoters nominate and vote on Director of Promoters
- Velodrome Director (not an elected position by GBRA)
- Past President is a Director


Important Dates
Tuesday, August 9 – Call for Nominations
Saturday, August 27 – End of Nomination period
Saturday, September 10 – Open Online Voting
Thursday, September 22 – End Online Voting Period
Sunday, September 25 – Annual Meeting (onsite votes accepted)


Current Board
Velodrome – Jeff Hopkins
Riders – Whit Clifford
Club/Team – Ashley Travieso
Coaches/Officials – John Patterson
Promoters – Josh Saint
At-Large – Micah Morlock
Ex Officio – Dan Coy

Current Officers
Treasurer – Chip Davis
Secretary – Ashley Travieso
President – John Patterson

Current Advisory Positions (appointed by board)
Women – Nancy Jones
Juniors – Cathy Frazier
Georgia Cross – Jim Behning