Minutes of the UUU Annual General Meeting - 4 October 2008

Minutes of UUU AGM 2008

Meeting held at BUC15 in Sandford Park, Wareham.

Chair: Paul Royle.
Minutes: Paul Royle.
Apologies: Richard Loxley.

The UUU has approximately 70 members although not all of these have been added
to the database, Sarah Miller and Connie Cotter have been signing members up and
each need to supply the committee with a list.

Sarah Miller reported on levels testing, we have awarded lots of certificates
this year, the highest level awarded in the UK is Level 7 there are currently 3
Level 7 riders in the UK.

The UK Hockey League goes from strength to strength. There were 8 league
tournaments during the 2007/2008 season and 14 teams took part. League champions
were Lunis who beat EMU by a single point.

Paul Royle proposed that the UUU buy a trophy for the Hockey league and
suggested a cup so as to be distinct from the shield awarded to the BUC
champions. The proposal was put to a vote and was carried by an overwhelming
majority. Paul will get a quote for a trophy and share this with the rest of the
committee before buying the trophy.

Paul Royle proposed the creation of a new committee post of competition secretary
to maintain the hockey webpage and help members organise competitions in any
discipline. After some discussion it was proposed this should form part of the
webmasters role, assisted by the rest of the committee where required.

Keith Griffiths gave a report on the IUF. The IUF are currently working on the
new IUF Rulebook. The UUU can have an input into this process, any members who
would like to contribute should contact Keith.

Connie Cotter and Sarah Miller made proposals to make changes to the UUU level
testing system. The background to this is that the IUF are considering bringing
their level testing system into line with the USA levels system, the decision
will be made in the New Year.  Connie proposed that the UUU adopt the USA level
testing system immediately, without waiting for the IUF decision.  Sarah
proposed that we should wait for the IUF decision and then adopt the new IUF
levels system whatever that may be. Some discussion followed and Mark Wiggins
proposed a third option; we wait for the IUF decision and then decide on what
level testing system we should adopt.

The proposals were put to a vote with the following result

Adopt the USA system now (Connie's proposal) - 10 votes
Wait for the IUF decision & adopt the new IUF rules (Sarah's proposal) - 2 votes
Wait for the IUF decision & then decide (Mark's proposal) - 36 votes.

Connie Cotter proposed that the UUU should be more involved in the running of
BUC, and should actively seek organisers for the next BUC. The proposal was put
to a vote and carried by an overwhelming majority.

Richard Lewis proposed that the UUU maintain a list of Unicycle friendly venues.
Paul Royle agreed that this was a good idea and that the UUU would start a list.


Committee Elections

Chairperson
Paul Royle elected with 25 Votes
Anna Spear 24 Votes

Secretary
Sarah Miller elected unopposed

Treasurer 
Luke Dutton elected unopposed

IUF Representative
Keith Griffiths re-elected unopposed

Webmaster
Dan Liew elected with 23 Votes
Gavin MacGregor 20 Votes


Next meeting BUC16 in Okehampton, Devon (subject to confirmation).

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