The WSBA 2019 annual meeting will be held on:
Saturday, December 21, 2019
4:00-6:00 pm
Cascade Bicycle Club offices
7787 62nd Avenue NE
Seattle WA 98115
2019 BARR Awards will also be handed out at this meeting.
Kelsey Erickson, USAC's Director of SafeSport and RaceClean, will present information about both programs. More information about USAC’s SafeSport Program and who is required to take training (including staff and board members of any club with minor athletes) is available on the USAC website: https://www.usacycling.org/resources/safesport/safesport-faq
The WSBA Board of Directors has approved an updated draft of the WSBA bylaws that will be presented to membership for approval (one vote per USAC club in Washington, North Idaho, and Oregon who are present at this meeting). The draft of the revised bylaws may be found here.
The Board of Directors has endorsed a slate of candidates for the open board positions:
Oregon representative: Paul Bourcier
Eastern Washington/North Idaho representative: Ted Chauvin
USAC Officials representative: Mike Sirott
NW region/Seattle representative: David Hills
Track representative: Eric Johnson
Cyclocross representative: Kevin Raymond
Directors on the Board are elected for three-year terms by a vote of the membership (one vote per USAC club in Washington, North Idaho, and Oregon who are present at the meeting), conducted at the annual meeting.
The current WSBA bylaws allow additional nominations from any two directors or ten individual members, "by written petition addressed to the Secretary of the corporation at least 10 days prior to the date of the annual meeting." If you have anyone else you would like to consider for a director position, please send the written petition described above via e-mail to the secretary at wsbainfo at gmail.com.
The Board of Directors elects officers of the WSBA Board. If you are interested in being, or know of someone who is interested in being, an officer, feel free to contact the WSBA secretary (address above). Officer positions are President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer and may be held by individuals who are not members of the Board of Directors.