- ADBA Annual Meeting date set
SAVE THE DATE!!
The ADBA will host its Annual General Membership meeting on Saturday, May 3 at 1:00 pm Central Time, via zoom. More information will be coming out at a later date. (A reminder that to have a vote at the Annual meeting, your festival or club must have a current paid membership. Each member club or festival is allowed one vote. Others may join the meeting but will not have a vote.)
The following positions are up for election at this meeting: 1st Vice-President, Treasurer, and three at large board members. We also have an unfilled 2nd Vice-President position.
· 1st Vice President. In the absence of the President, or in the event of his or her death, inability or refusal to act, the 1st Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice-President, the Vice-Presidents, in order) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President; and in addition thereto, shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the President or by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the Bylaws.
· Treasurer. The Treasurer shall: a) Have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article VII of these Bylaws; b) In general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the President or by the Board of Directors.
· 2nd Vice President. This position shall be accountable to define, design, develop and establish regional level programming to support competitive athletes. A further goal of this position is to foster, support, network and communicate with the competitive teams across the ADBA region supporting the Club paddlers with training, equipment, resources in order to expand the paddling talent pool within the Region. And in addition thereto, shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the President or by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the Bylaws.
· In addition to the other duties and requirements of the officers, they shall each serve as a member of the Board of Directors.
The ADBA is seeking nominations for these positions, as well as the three at large positions. Nominations for all of these positions will be taken through April 30th. Nominations will require a biography (no more than 250 words) of the person being nominated and a letter of recommendation from their club. According to ADBA bylaws requirements for board membership states that they “be a member of the ADBA, live and/or work in the ADBA region and be a resident of the United States”. Nomination paperwork should be sent to the secretary via e-mail at: [email protected].
- USDBF offers Level 1 Officials Course
If you have ever had a thought about being a race official for a Dragon Boat competition, now is your opportunity to begin the process!
The USDBF is offering a Level 1 Officials Course to be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. CDT on Saturday, April 12th. This course will be administered virtually via “ZOOM Meetings”, so you will need a computer in order to participate.
More information is available on the registration form available here.
- USDBF Announces Dates for 2025 CCNC
Dates for the 2025 USDBF Club Crew National Championships have been announced. The event will be held at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida on October 17th through the 19th, 2025. Please click here to download the USDBF announcement.
- Link to 13th IDBF CCWC event videos, 2022
The IDBF Club Crew World Championships were held beginning on Tuesday, July 19th, 2022. This is the 13th year that the International Dragon Boat Federation has held the Club Crew World Championships and in 2022 they were held in Sarasota, Florida.
You can view a YouTube archive of each day’s racing by going to this link:
https://www.youtube.com/nathanbendersonparkconservancy - IBCPC Founding President passes
It is with sadness we must report that Jane Frost, International Breast Cancer Paddlers’ Commission (IBCPC) Founding President died in hospital in Vancouver BC Canada on June 12, 2022.
Jane was a visionary and activist for the past twenty seven years as an original member of Abreast In A Boat the world’s first breast cancer survivor dragon boat team. She lead the way with love, courage and perseverance to grow breast cancer paddling worldwide.
She was an inspiration for so many with the important work she did in enhancing the quality of life of those diagnosed with breast cancer through the camaraderie , exercise and mutual support we all experienced paddling together in a dragon boat.
She will be missed . We offer our condolences to her family and to her many friends around the world. - IDBF moves to new website
The International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) has announced that it has moved it’s website to a new domain name. See the Media Release below:
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