The 2022 Western United States Pipe Band Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2022, in Salt Lake City, Utah and online on Zoom. A Games Sponsors Meeting will be held on Friday, October 21, 20222 at 7:00 p.m. Pacific / 8:00 p.m. MT in person at the Salt Lake City Little America Hotel and on Zoom.

Salt Lake City Little America Hotel
500 South Main Street
Salt Lake City, Utah
84101

• 2021 AGM Minutes (Click here)

• Band and Solo Regrades Information

If you are a competitor and wish to be considered for regrading, please see Solo and Band Grading Information.

• Submitting Bylaws and Contest Rule Proposals

If you wish to submit a proposal to change the Bylaws or Contest Rules, please read How to Write an AGM Proposal. All Bylaw and Contest Rule Proposals must be sent to the WUSPBA Executive Secretary 45 days in advance of the Annual General Meeting (AGM). Send submissions to: execsec@wuspba.org

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AGM OVERVIEW

The 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2022, at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City and online on a Zoom platform.  Participants will check-in starting at 7:00 AM (Pacific) / 8:00 (Mountain).  The AGM will begin promptly at 8:00 AM (Pacific) / 9:00 AM (Mountain).

Friday Evening, October 21

• Stephanie Burns Workshop (bio)

6:00 p.m. (Pacific)/7:00 p.m. (Mountain)  50 Minute workshop

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Stephanie Burns, Ph.D. noted author will speak on "Performance Anxiety, Procrastination, and Getting Rebooted After COVID".

There is a possibility of a follow up session on Saturday after the AGM with Q& A, if the AGM does not run too long.

• Games Sponsors Meeting

8:00 p.m . - 9:00 p.m. discussing common issues and problems in running Piping and Drumming at Highland Games.  Q&A (1 hour).

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Presented by the Office of Strategic Planning for Games Organizers (OSPGO)

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Saturday, October 22

WUSPBA Annual General Meeting AGENDA

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NOTE: ALL MEETING TIMES GOING FORWARD ARE MOUNTAIN TIME and are approximate

8:30 AM to 8:59 AM – Check-In and Quorum Count
9:00 AM – Call to Order, Establish Quorum, and Introductions
9:10 AM – Approval of 2021 Minutes and call for New Business to be discussed
9:20 Welcome to the AGM - Jeff Mann, President

9:30 AM – Elections of Officers

• Vice President - Jennifer DeBarr, (nominated)
• Solo Registrar - Katie Strausser, incumbent
• Sanctioning Secretary - Carol Duarte, incumbent

New Business

10:00 AM Proposed Bylaws and Contest Rule Changes for 2022

Bylaws Proposals

• B-1 Member Expulsion and Reinstatement Additions Proposed by Gary Speed
• B-2 Statement of Non-Discrimination Proposed by WUSPBA EC
• B-3 Publication Committee Removal.  Proposed by WUSPBA EC
• B-4 Solo Regrading During Contest Season.  Proposed by Jessi Frye
• B -5 Readmission Grading Appeal.  Proposed by WUSPBA EC
• B-6 Solo Late Fee Waiver.  Proposed by WUSPBA EC
• B-7 Band Contest Definition   Proposed by WUSPBA EC
• B-8 Contest Steward Appointment and Responsibilities.  Proposed by WUSPBA EC
• B-9 Housekeeping Bylaws Changes.  Proposed by WUSPBA EC

Break (10 min)

Contest Rule Proposals

• CR-1 Contest Committee.  Proposed by WUSPBA EC
• CR-2 Contest Roster.  Proposed by Andrew Koupal
• CR-3 Drum Major Grades.  Proposed by WUSPBA EC
• CR-4 Housekeeping Contest Rules Proposals   Proposed by WUSPBA EC
• CR-5 Registered Instructor Policy.  Proposed by WUSPBA EC
• CR-6 Solo Piping Contest Grades  Proposed by WUSPBA EC
• CR-7 Solo Snare Grade 5.  Proposed by WUSPBA EC
• CR-8 Solo Tenor and Bass Contest Additions.  Proposed by WUSPBA EC

Code of Conduct and Member Protection Policy Revisions

• CC-1 Code of Conduct Proposal   Proposed by the WUSPBA EC
• MPP-1 Copy of Member Protection Policy With Markups.  Proposed by WUSPBA EC
• MPP-2 Copy of Member Protection Policy Revised without Strikethroughs Final Document.   Proposed by WUSPBA EC.

11:30 AM – Officer and Music Board Reports
Executive Committee

• • • Vice President- Larry Erdmann
    • Executive Secretary- No Report
    • Treasurer-Budget- Robert Baxter
    • Past President- Kevin Conquest
    • Sanctioning Secretary- Carol Duarte
    • Band Registrar- Charlie Butterworth
    • Solo Registrar- Katie Strausser

Branch Reports

• • • Northern Branch - Erin Berta
    • Southern Branch - Bill Walker - Newly appointed, no report
    • Desert Branch- Teresa Black
    • Great Basin Branch- Larry Erdmann - Newly Appointed
    • Intermountain- Jamie Cuthill

12:00 AM – Lunch Break

1:30 AM – Games Organizer Reports

2:00 Music Board

• • • Ken Sutherland, Chair, Music Board

2:20 PM – Council and Committee Reports

• • • • Education Council - Ryan Murray
      • Youth Education Council - Connor Studulski and Jeremiah Butterworth/Jennifer DeBarr
      • Office of Strategic Planning for Games Organizers - John Biggar
      • Press and Social Media Committee - Sue Jacobi
      • Website - Scot Gilbert

Closing Remarks and Adjourn

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SUNDAY WORKSHOPS, October 23
NOTE: All Printed Times Are Mountain

Time:10/23/2022 9:00 a.m. Mountain / 8:00 Pacific

PIPING

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DRUMMING

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