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IAWA World AGM Agenda

By Al Myers

The IAWA World Championships are almost here!  The entry deadline has passed, and there will be lifters from all over the World in attendance.  This year lifters from Australia, Canada, Ireland, and England will be joining the USA home lifters in lifting.  One of the big activities that occurs in addition to the lifting is the Annual General Meeting of IAWA.  This is where all the big decisions for the year in IAWA are made.   As President, I have worked up the proposed agenda for the meeting – which is outlined below.

The AGM will be right after the lifting on Saturday.   Often the meeting is on Friday night but that WILL NOT be the case this year.  I have the meet venue reserved for Saturday and Sunday (not Friday) and it is a great location for the meeting.  There are no big controversial subjects on the agenda so I expect the meeting will be short.  Please try to make it if you can.

2019 IAWA Annual General Meeting Agenda

1. Meeting called to order with Roll Call by IAWA President Al Myers

  • roll call of the IAWA Vice Presidents
    USAWA-Denny Habecker & Chad Ullom
    IAWAUK – Steve Gardner
    Australia – Peter Phillips & Robin Lukosius
    New Zealand – Cliff Harvey
    Spain – Jose Jara
  • Roll call of members in attendance

2. Reading of the 2018 IAWA minutes by Al Myers, of behalf of IAWA General Secretary Frank Allen

3. Report from IAWA Vice Presidents

4. Report on the World Postal Championships by promoter Al Myers

5. Report on upcoming 2019 Gold Cup in Australia – By Peter Phillips

6. Report from the IAWA Technical Committee by chairman Dennis Mitchell

  • Committee – Dennis Mitchell, Denny Habecker, Al Myers, Steve Gardner, Steve Sherwood, Peter Phillips, John Mahon

7. Report on 2020 Worlds – Lebanon, PA   by Denny Habecker

8. Report on the 2020 Gold Cup – Ireland, by Stevie Shanks

9. New Business

  • Discuss and vote on Shanks Lift

10. Submit Bids for 2021 Worlds and 2021 Gold Cup

  • Submit bid for Worlds By Peter Phillips
  • Submit bid for Gold Cup by Paul Barette

11. Words from 2019 World Meet Promoter – Al Myers

12. Meeting Adjourned

National Meeting of the USAWA

By Al Myers

The National Championships are about here, and with that comes the Annual National Meeting of the USAWA.   It will be held on June 21st, Friday night, at 7PM.  It will be at the house of our President Denny Habecker.  His address is: 637 N. 11th Ave, Lebanon, PA.  Please try to make the meeting if possible as all the yearly decisions are made at this meeting. Plus this is the year for USAWA elections – so if you want to run for office this is your opportunity.  I have worked up the meeting agenda, which is still subject to change.

 

Business Agenda for the 2019 USAWA National Meeting

  1. Meeting called to order by USAWA President Denny Habecker
  2. Roll Call by USAWA President Denny Habecker
  3. Reading of previous meeting minutes by USAWA Secretary Al Myers
  4. Report of financial status by USAWA Treasurer Al Myers
  5. Report from Website Director Al Myers
  6. Report from Awards Director Al Myers
  7. Report from Records Director Al Myers
  8. Report from Drug Enforcement Director Chad Ullom
  9. Report from Officials Director Joe Garcia
  10. Report from Postal Meet Director Denny Habecker
  11. Report from IAWA Technical Committee Chairman Dennis Mitchell on upcoming IAWA events and other technical issues that are being discussed by the IAWA Technical Committee
  12. Discussion and Vote on Rule Changes for Strict Curl, Holdout Raised, and Holdout Lowered
  • Loosen rules to NOT involve the use of paper, making the USAWA rule the same as the IAWAUK rule
  1. Discussion and Vote on bylaw addition allowing provisional USAWA memberships
  • Provisional memberships are for non USA citizens – not eligible for records but all other aspects of membership is allowed
  1. Change age allowance to be the same as the IAWA rule
  • At the age of 66 years 2% per year is added to the age correction
  1. Discussion of New Business brought forth by the membership
  2. Election of Officers and Executive Board
  • Current Officers: Denny Habecker – President, Chad Ullom – Vice President, Al Myers – Secretary/Treasurer, Dennis Mitchell – EB member, Rocky Morrison – EB member
  1. Accept Bids for the 2020 National Championships
  • One prior proposal by Frank Ciavattone, to be held in Walpole, MA the last weekend of June
  1. Meeting Adjourned

** *If a Director or an Officer is unable to attend this meeting to give their report PLEASE send it to me so I can give it on your behalf!***

2018 Meeting Agenda

By Al Myers

Before long the USAWA National Championships will be here, and with that the annual meeting of the USAWA.   We have one meeting per year to make our major yearly decisions and we always coordinate that with our Nationals.

The Annual Meeting will be held at the meet venue on Saturday following the day’s lifting.  So the date for the meeting is SATURDAY JUNE 23rd.  Start time for the meeting will be right after the lifting, so around 4 PM. Everything is pretty straight forward on the meeting agenda this year.  There doesn’t seem to be any controversial decisions to be made, so I’m hoping for a short meeting.  At the meeting, we will give out details and location of the evening banquet.  We will have time to go to our hotels to “clean up” for the banquet.

Business Agenda for the 2018 USAWA National Meeting

  1. Meeting called to order by USAWA President Denny Habecker
  2. Roll Call by USAWA President Denny Habecker
  3. Reading of previous meeting minutes by USAWA Secretary Al Myers
  4. Report of financial status by USAWA Treasurer Al Myers
  5. Report from Website Director Al Myers
  6. Report from Awards Director Al Myers
  7. Report from Records Director Al Myers
  8. Report from Drug Enforcement Director Chad Ullom
  9. Report from Officials Director Joe Garcia
  10. Report from Postal Meet Director Denny Habecker
  11. Report from IAWA Technical Committee Chairman Dennis Mitchell on upcoming IAWA events and other technical issues that are being discussed by the IAWA Technical Committee
  12. Discussion and Vote on the new proposed lifts:
  • Lurich Lift by Lance Foster
  • Habecker Lift by Al Myers
  1. Discussion and Vote on Rule Change for Thor’s Hammer
  2. Discussion of New Business brought forth by the membership
  3. Accept Bids for the 2019 National Championships
  • One prior proposal by Denny Habecker, to be held in Lebanon, PA the last weekend of June
  1. Meeting Adjourned

** *If a Director or an Officer is unable to attend this meeting to give their report PLEASE send it to me so I can give it on your behalf!***

Meeting Agenda

By Al Myers

Nationals is right around the corner, and with that comes our Annual National Meeting. The USAWA has only one meeting per year which always coincides with our National Championships. It’s at this meeting the big issues of the USAWA are decided upon.  The rest of the year the organization is governed by the Executive Board.

The meeting will be held at Frank Ciavattone’s home on Friday night (the day before the meet).  Frank’s address is 204 East Street, East Walpole, MA.  Frank has graciously offered to feed us as well before the meeting! Supper will be at 6:00 PM with the meeting following that.  These are Frank’s words:

“The menu for the meeting will be Lasagna and Cold Cuts etc plus drinks! I figure we can eat at 6 and you can start the meeting at 7pm. This will give everyone to spend time to rest or catch up with old friends! Looking forward to our reunion!!! “

As Secretary, I have prepared the agenda for the 2016 Annual Meeting which is as follows.

Business Agenda for the 2016 USAWA National Meeting

1. Meeting called to order by USAWA President Denny Habecker

2. Roll Call by USAWA President Denny Habecker

3. Reading of previous meeting minutes by USAWA Secretary Al Myers

4. Report of financial status by USAWA Treasurer Al Myers

5.  Report from Website Director Al Myers

6.  Report from Awards Director Al Myers

7.  Report from Records Director Al Myers

8.  Report from Drug Enforcement Director Chad Ullom

9.  Report from Officials Director Joe Garcia

10. Report from Postal Meet Director Denny Habecker

11.  Report from IAWA Technical Committee Chairman Dennis Mitchell on upcoming IAWA events and other technical issues that are being discussed by the IAWA Technical Committee

12. Discussion and Vote on the new lift,  Bench Press – 2 Barbells, proposed by Bill Clark.

13.  Discussion of New Business brought forth by the membership

14.  Accept Bids for the 2017 National Championships

15.  Meeting Adjourned

** *If a Director or an Officer is unable to attend this meeting to give their report PLEASE send it to me so I can give it on your behalf!***

2014 Meeting Agenda

by Al Myers

The USAWA National Championships is now only a week away, and with this big meet comes the annual National Meeting of the USAWA.  This is the one meeting per year where the membership comes together to decide on major issues which  impact the organization for the next year.

The meeting has been set for Friday evening, June 20th, at 6:00 PM at the meet site – the Salvation Army Gym.  The address is 505 N. Randolf Street, Macomb, Illinois.  I don’t expect this year’s meeting to last terribly long (like some in the past) since there are no big controversial issues on the agenda.  I’m hoping we can get it done in an hour or less so we can all go out to eat afterwards together.

Business Agenda for the 2014 USAWA Annual National Meeting


1.Meeting called to order by USAWA President Denny Habecker
2.Reading of previous meetings minutes by USAWA Secretary Al Myers
3.Report of financial status by USAWA Treasurer Al Myers
4. Report from the Website Director Al Myers
5. Report from the Awards Director Al Myers
6.Report from the Officials Director Joe Garcia
7.Report from the Drug Enforcement Director Chad Ullom
8.Official appointment of new Records Director and Postal Meet Director
9.Discussion and vote on the new proposed lifts
– Thors Hammer and Kennedy Lift
– Call for new IAWA lift proposals
10.Discussion and vote on Rulebook Changes
11.Discussion of other new business brought forth by the membership
12.Accept bids for 2015 National Championships
13.Meeting adjourned

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