AGM 2025 – Wednesday June 18 time TBA

MFA Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2025

Save the Date! – Our AGM will be held on Wednesday, June 18, time TBA at Sport Manitoba – 145 Pacific Avenue  (check in time TBA)

Register by Monday, June 16 – REGISTRATION LINK HERE WHEN AVAILABLE

*The following documents and reports uploaded when available:

Documents:       AGM Minutes      MFA bylaws       AGM Agenda         Board Nomination Form         Proxy Voting Form

2024 Reports:                 President                 Treasurer                    Provincial Coach               Executive Director

• At all general meetings, the presence of ten (10) voting members (not including proxy votes) of the Association, as defined by these By-Laws, shall constitute Quorum.
• Members must have held their membership at least twenty-one (21) days prior to a general meeting if they are to exercise their right to vote.

Membership can be renewed here (link).

MFA bylaws can be found here (link).  Board positions for election are:

• President (2 year term)
• Corporate Secretary (2 year term)
• Vice President – Technical (2 year term)
• Board member at large (1 year term)

President:

• Shall act as chair of all General Meetings, and all meetings of the Board.
• Shall be an ex-officio member of all committees of the Association.
• Shall be a signatory authority for all correspondence and transactions of the Association including all financial transactions.
• During meetings of the Board the President will only vote in case of a tie.
• The President shall represent the Association at the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Fencing Federation.
• The President shall be responsible for the employees or contractors of the Association.
• The President shall not hold office with a fencing club, except that a club officer may be elected as President, but then must resign from the club office not more than thirty days after being elected as President. The President must be a member in good standing of the CFF.

Corporate Secretary:

• Shall record and keep minutes of all Executive, Board and General Meetings.
• Shall be responsible for counting and recording all votes, and the outcome there from, at all Executive, Board and General meetings.
• Shall be a signatory authority for financial transactions.
• Shall be responsible for ensuring a yearly review of the By-Laws.
• Shall be responsible for ensuring yearly Corporate documents are filed with the Corporations Branch of the Government of Manitoba.

Vice-President – Technical

• Shall establish, in conjunction with the Provincial Coach, and distribute an annual competition schedule.
• Organize competitions and distribute and collect entry forms.
• Tabulate and keep up-to-date records of competitive points and provincial rankings.
• Schedule and organize coaches and officials clinics.
• Oversee the Provincial fencing programs in cooperation with the Vice-President – Athlete Development.

Board Members-at-Large:

Duties will be determined by the MFA Executive.

*Gender Equity Committee Calls for Members*
Purpose: To establish an ad hoc committee to review and implement recommendations for SafeSport based on an open letter to the Canadian Fencing Federation (CFF). Time commitment is roughly 4 hours per month between for two months 2024, dates TBD. Email fencing@sportmanitoba.ca for more information. You do not need to be an MFA or Board member to help!