Update on USA Boxing Governance and Elections

Mike Martino December 26, 2009

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DATE:          December 26, 2009

TO:             LBC Presidents
                  USA Boxing Membership 

FROM:         Michael S. Martino
                  Interim Executive Director 

SUBJECT:     Governance / By-Laws Updates
 

The Board of Directors and National Office recognize the concern membership has regarding the efforts to change USA Boxing's Governance / By-Laws that will allow for the election of Directors to represent them on the Board of Directors. 

During the December 18th Board Conference Call Meeting, a number of issues surfaced that will require the change of By-Laws process to be re-evaluated and new steps taken to ensure the proposed By-Laws changes are approved by the USOC and AIBA. With this approval necessary in order to move forward with the setting of a date for the LBC Presidents / Representatives Election Meeting, the Board has scheduled a meeting for Friday, January 8th in New York.  Representatives of the USOC, AIBA, USA Boxing and possibly a USA Boxing Foundation representative will meet to make the necessary changes that will provide for the election of up to six Directors by the Membership. It is paramount that all the parties mentioned meet to discuss the changes, make sure every entity discusses any issues that they have conflict with, and that we have everyone signing off on the final draft. 

Therefore, USA Boxing will continue to adhere to a statement previously issued by Chairman Tom Virgets:

  • There is much discussion regarding the date and place for the meeting to take place. CURRENTLY, THERE IS NOT AN APPROVED DATE.  It is possible that the DATE could be 09 JAN 2009, but no decision has been made by the Transition Committee or the BOD.  The Transition Committee will continue to contact LBCs and determine what the best date is. THERE IS NO CORRECT OR INCORRECT DATE! 
  • NO ONE should make travel plans until the transition plan is made official by the full BOD.

Following our initial poll with the LBC Presidents, the Board of Directors had discussed the possibility of holding the elections on Saturday, January 30th in Denver.  However, USA Boxing has been asked by AIBA President Dr. Wu and Executive Director Ho Kim to consider another date as they are interested in giving a Presentation on the World Series of Boxing to the LBC Presidents during the election meeting.  Upon receiving this request, the Board instructed the National Office Staff to contact all LBC Presidents about proposing a new date of February 7th in Kansas City for the election, which would be the day after the finals of the National Silver Gloves competition held in the Kansas City area. 

Since the confirmation of the January 8th meeting in NY with AIBA, the USOC and USA Boxing, the National Office Staff has been directed to hold off on any further polling regarding the proposed election date and location.  It is important that membership understand the importance of getting the By-Laws changes approved prior to taking any further action regarding Governance changes. We are still operating under the published 2008 By-Laws,

The following information consists of the minutes and agenda of the December 18th Conference Call, Chair Tom Virgets' previously issued statement regarding the Transition Process, and a letter from the USOC's Mike English that supports the need to have the January 8th New York meeting.  

December 18 Board of Directors Minutes

Highlights:

  • During the meeting the Board accepted the resignation of Athlete Representative Director Boyd Melson. Boyd submitted his resignation through a letter. He also resigned from the USOC Athlete Advisory Council.
  • Grassroots Director Frank Filiberto tendered his resignation from the Board of Directors. Frank stated that he did not want it to appear that there was a conflict of interest with him chairing the Transition Team and being on the Board of Directors while he is a candidate for President of USA Boxing. The attached minutes reflect the Boards action regarding his resignation and his Code of Conduct and Rules Violation Complaint submitted by Board Member Kevin Franklin.

REFERENCES (CLICK ON LINKS BELOW):

  1. December 18th Board of Directors call - AGENDA and MINUTES
  2. Statement by Chair Tom Virgets
  3. Mike English's Letter

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