The 2023 Western United States Pipe Band Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Saturday, December 2, 2023, online on Zoom. A Games Sponsors Meeting will be held on Friday, December 1, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. Pacific / 8:00 p.m. MT on Zoom.

• 2022 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: [email protected]

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AGM OVERVIEW

The 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Saturday, December 2, 2023, 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, December 1, 2023

• 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).

• • Join Zoom Meeting
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Presented by the Office of Strategic Planning for Games Organizers (OSPGO)

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Saturday, December 2, 2023

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

• President
• Executive Secretary
• Treasurer
• Band Registrar

New Business

10:00 AM Proposed Bylaws and Contest Rule Changes for 2023

Bylaws Proposals

Break (10 min)

Contest Rule Proposals

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

• • • Vice President- Jennifer DeBarr
    • Executive Secretary - Karen McIlvena
    • 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
    • Desert Branch - Teresa Black
    • Great Basin Branch- Larry Erdmann
    • Intermountain Branch -Melissa Slagter

12:00 AM – Lunch Break

1:30 AM – Games Organizer Reports

2:00 Music Board

• • • Ryan Murray, Chair, Music Board

2:20 PM – Council and Committee Reports

• • • • Education Council - Liz Tubbs
      • Youth Education Council - Connor Studulski
      • Office of Strategic Planning for Games Organizers - John Biggar/Suzan Karayel
      • Press and Social Media Committee - Sue Jacobi
      • Website - Scot Gilbert

Closing Remarks and Adjourn

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SUNDAY WORKSHOPS, December 3, 2023
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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