BCWSA To Host AGM

780 SW Marine Drive Vancouver, BC  V6P 5Y7 Phone:  604-333-3520 Fax:  604-326-1229

MEMO TO: Member, BCWSA

FROM: Gail Hamamoto, Executive Director

RE: AGM Notice & Proxy vote for the 2013 Annual General Meeting

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Please be advised that the BCWSA 2013 AGM will be held at 6:30pm on Wednesday, Sept 18, 2013 at the BCWSA office, 780 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver.

There are also 4 positions up for election at the AGM.  There are four nominees who are current members of the Board of Directors as follows:

Pat Harris – Pat is a former athlete and coach and has been a Board Member of BCWSA for 18 years.  He is the current President of BCWSA and is the Information Services Manager for Spinal Cord Injury BC.  As a resident of Prince George, Pat is a strong community leader and advocate for persons with a disability living in Northern BC.

Laurel Crosby – Laurel has been involved in Wheelchair Sports in 1979 as a team leader, board member, educational advisor and more.  She is a past board member of the Canadian Paralympic Committee, the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association, and was the Chef de Mission for the Canadian Paralympic Team in Nagano.  Laurel is a principle at an elementary school in Richmond.

Ross Robinson – Ross is an active wheelchair basketball player, past board member of BC Wheelchair Basketball and long serving Board Member of BCWSA.  Over the years, Ross has provided valued guidance and expertise to BCWSA in the areas of harassment, disciplinary proceedings and member relations.  Ross is a Child & Youth Mental Health Clinician with the Coast Fraser Region.

Kelly Smith – Kelly is a Paralympian in the sport of Wheelchair Athletics, having won a silver medal in the Marathon at the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games.  In addition to serving on the BCWSA Board of Directors for a number of years, Kelly is a high performance coach and mentor in athletics.  When he isn’t on the track or road, Kelly is an Air Traffic Controller.

Enclosed find a proxy form which, as a voting member of this Association, gives you the opportunity to have a vote by designating a member in good standing to vote on your behalf.  This proxy vote is to be used only if you are unable to attend the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, September 18th, 2013.

Please complete, sign and mail, deliver, email or fax your proxy to BCWSA by Tuesday, September 17^th, 2013 to BC Wheelchair Sports, 780 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC  V6P 5Y7

Other supporting documentation includes: Agenda, and nomination form.