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USA Powerlifting 2015 National Governing Body Agenda Page 1 of 16
USA Powerlifting
National Governing Body Meeting
San Antonio, Texas
Thursday, May 14th 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM per vote at 2014 NGB Meeting
Any items not covered within these hours will be table to unfinished business the following year.
Lunch Break 2:30 – 3:00 PM
MINUTES
1) Roll call of voting members and credential check of participants
2) Reading and Approval of Minutes from NGB 2014
(http://www.usapowerlifting.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014_NGB_Minutes_PRELIMINARY-COPY.pdf)
APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY: 46 VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE START OF THE MEETING
3) President’s Report – Larry Maile
2015 USA Powerlifting’s Most Successful Year
Last year was USAPL’s largest year ever, with this year currently ahead of this time last year.
CHALLENGES
Atlanta Lawsuit
The council representing both parties have come to an agreement so that the lawsuit might be closed, however the
plaintiff has yet to sign. It is a closed agreement not to be made public.
At issue – can meet directors/individuals contract in the name of the USAPL, the answer is no. The bylaws have
been changed so the president is the only contracting agent for USAPL.
Other federations
Another federation has pirated our coaching curriculum and is offering courses using our materials. They are
currently offering more courses per year than we are.
Infrastructure and growth
We need to grow in areas where there is currently little or no activity but we also need to make certain that we
grow where there is a market.
Also need more officials, meet directors and volunteers so that we might hold more meets and that those meets
are well run.
On track to hit 10,000 members this year with more growth in the coming years.
International Doping Failures
Obviously always a concern there is also a concern in that there is an increasing financial burden for each failure
we have. First failure the organization is fined 2000 euro, the 2nd failure is 2000 euro, the 3rd failure is 10,000
euro, and the 4th failure the federation is suspended for 1 year.
Most failures aren’t the elite lifters but rather new lifters with master lifters also being at high risk for failure.
TUEs come through often for hormone replacement for master lifters.
Social Media
Social media sites are not the official mouthpiece for the organization. All official posts will contain a link back to
the National website.
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PARTNERSHIPS
USA Weightlifting – last year saw the first meet in which USAPL and USAW shared a venue. We have a meet
schedule with them this year to take place in Reno, NV.
Bodybuilding.com – Official livestream site for National meets. They also have made their USAPL streaming
page available for any live streamed meet that doesn't conflict with national events.
Doughnuts and Deadlifts – Major sponsor at the Arnold
Rogue – Sponsor for Arnold event. They have also begun sponsoring athletes with Nick Tylutki being one of
those sponsored.
Titan – Special thanks to Pete Alaniz and Titan for their continued support over the years
Ivanko - anyone hosting a sanctioned USAPL event can get 30% off Ivanko products.
CrossFit – their official powerlifting vendor is Westside. This year USAPL will make a proposal to them.
SUCCESSES
Settlement of Atlanta Lawsuit
◦ Bylaw contractual change
◦ Meet directors as independent contractors
◦ Sanctioning meets
Arnold Sports Festival
◦ There is no guarantee that we will be invited back each year but we will be in our same location hosting
the same events in 2016.
Membership
◦ Growth
◦ New states
Efforts are being made to stand up new states. AZ went from 8 lifters previously to 115 members last
year, with 5 meets scheduled this year.
◦ Membership Automation
Priscilla Ribic and Mike Valentino worked to automate the membership system. It is now hands off
Banking System
◦ ACH Payments
◦ Wires
◦ Dual Control
◦ Transparent and Auditable
Records, Results and Rankings Database
National Office Modernization
◦ Streamline
Online forms (Club, Logo, Membership, Records, etc.)
Reimbursements
American Records
◦ Digitizing Records
◦ Membership Cards
Highest number of drug-tests to-date (almost 1000)
National Teams
◦ Over 300 athletes represented USAPL
◦ USA Powerlifting Branding and Value
◦ Logo
◦ Marketing/Sponsorship
◦ Athlete Opportunities
◦ International invitations
◦ Pro Events
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Membership Growth
2015 FOCUS
Membership Growth
◦ Standing up new/dormant states with AZ model
◦ Regional Championships
◦ Closer relationships with CrossFit/Other Sports
◦ Expos
◦ State Chair Incentive Program
Infrastructure Growth
◦ 10% Referees per state – need to increase the number of referees in each state.
◦ New Meet Directors – Need to develop.
Marketing/Sponsorship
USAPL Productions
◦ National Meets
◦ Equipment Inventory – Arnold is the flagship for “Meet-in-a-box” concept. Over the years inventory has
been built now need to figure out the “box” part.
Quality of meet productions – USAPL will manage the production of some contests. The USAPL would assume
risk in uncharted territory.
4) Vice President’s Report – Johnny Graham
First, I want to once again thank our members for supporting me and this GREAT organization during the past year.
Since the last NGB meeting, USAPL has taught me what real work with Powerlifters is all about. With my travels to
many USAPL/IPF events around the Country and the World, every trip, I learn something new, enjoying watching and
Learning from best Lifters and coaches. With this learning and watching, I know that the future of our organization is
improving every day.
We have continued to fix the problems of the old National office, with the office being with the President, many things are
being handled in a more professional manner. With this change, and the growing membership of our Organization, we
have found that the workload is much larger. We have several changes to insure that we run this organization as a
business approach to the lifters. These changes have been made, and with our continued increase of membership, things
are getting out faster to the members. We have also found, that we cannot just work as a volunteer operation, to maintain
the National Office.
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The Committee Chairs, are also working hard to improve the status of our National Championships, as we see with this
event our first combined Nationals. The Championship committee will work to insure that all our National events are run
at a high standard.
a. As we continue our growth, many of our State Chairs have worked and gotten out there and informed the
members, teams, gyms, and local High Schools of our organization.
b. As we continue to involve ourselves with the IPF, we must insure our officials adhere to the same standards of
performance. So we will continue to update our State and National referee test, to coincide with the IPF rules.
c. We have made a great improvement of selection of National Meet directors, with the Championship committee.
With this, more people are stepping forward to put on National meets, as this was the case of the 2015 Military
Nationals, hosted by a first time meet director, David Goodwin, and was a great success. This is a big plus for us,
as the meet director, is ready to host more events... Once again, state chairs, ask those great local meet directors
to bid on National events, and SUPPORT them.
d. The members sitting here on the Executive Committee have worked really hard to improve their accessibility to
the members. However, we as members MUST remember, that they also lead other lives, and sometimes cannot
get back with you as fast as you would like. You do have a voice to the EC, they are returning calls, and we are
listening to what the members have to say, and give them the best possible support needed, but just because you
don’t get the answer you want, or in the time you requested, don’t go to the social media to voice your concerns.
By doing this we are putting ourselves in a bad spotlight, by constantly badmouthing the Organizations on the
forums. The competition is just waiting, and then they add on to something that can easily be handled with a little
patience. All members must support this organization if you also want us to continue to succeed. Let’s work
together, and stop finding all the negativity that will bring us down.
e. As we have made changes to records, we have made progress in improving our records update. However, we
must remember, that for the records to be recorded, the lifters must have the proper paperwork/ID for it to stand.
Lifters train for months to prepare for a chance to put their name in the record books. Please be advised, this is not
an easy task, as records change almost every month, and they must have everything needed for it to stand. Once
again, State Chairs, YOU are responsible for insuring that the records are updated in your state.
Our Coaches Certification program, has continued to grow. Big thanks to Matt Gary, and Dan Gaudreau for taking on
this task. We have had several Coaches Clinics, and they all have been well attended. Our OMT’s have continued to
improve, and with the new guidelines of doing WADA Lab test at National events, our Testing status with the IPF has
improved...
Our booth sales, at the Arnolds, and High School Nationals hit new highs in 2015 This is due to the hard work of getting
more gear that the lifters are asking for. With his input, and the support of Priscilla Ribic, and our National Meet directors,
we are on the road to new sales.
The Coaching Staff at International Events, has once again been superb. However, as this is the final year of our Coaching
staff commitments, some positions will be open for selection. ALL International Team Coaches, must remember, that
your positions are NOT automatic. You must submit your resume in for the 2016-2018 selection years. I am pleased to
say we have the BEST coaches in Powerlifting. THANK YOU!!
Together Everyone Achieves More
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5) Treasurer’s Report - Geoffrey Plante
Presented at the meeting.
6) Committee Reports (all committee reports received are available at http://www.usapowerlifting.com/ngb-
minutes/)
a) Anti-Doping Committee (Drug Testing and OMT) – Received
b) Coaching – Received
c) Collegiate – Received
d) Disabled Athletes – Received
e) Discipline – Received
f) Finance and Ethics – Not Received
g) Law and Legislation – Received
h) Marketing and Publicity – Received
i) Masters – Received
j) Military – Received
k) National Championship – Received
l) Police and Fire – Nothing to report
m) Raw – Received
n) State Chair Committee – Not Received
o) Technical and Referees’ Committee – Received
p) Teenage/Junior – Received
q) Women’s Committee – Received
7) Unfinished Business –
8) Elections
ALL DECISIONS MADE AT THE NGB MEETING WILL GO INTO EFFECT MONDAY 18 MAY 2015.
A. President
a. Eliot Feldman
b. Larry Maile ELECTED
B. Two (2) Executive Committee Positions
a. Jim Brown
b. Tony Cardella
c. Dan Gaudreau
d. Josh Rohr ELECTED
e. Joe Warpeha ELECTED
f. Mike Zawilinski
9) Honorary Awards
A. Brother Bennett Award
a. Josh Rohr
B. Coach of the Year
a. Jon Magendie
C. Athlete of the Year
a. Priscilla Ribic
D. Referee of the Year
a. Joe Warpeha
LUNCH BREAK 2:30 – 3:00
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10) Announcement of the elected Athlete Representatives
The new athlete’s representatives for the years 2014 – 2017 are
• Ian Bell
• Lara Strum
• Ryan Carrillo
11) Proposed By-law Amendments/Changes
BYLAW AMENDMENTS/CHANGES ONLY PASS ON A2
3 MAJORITY OF THE VOTING MEMBERS
PRESENT.
Submitted by Daniel Gaudreau
PASSES: 44 FOR/1 AGAINST
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Submitted by Daniel Gaudreau and Priscilla Ribic – PASSES: 46 FOR/0 AGAINST
Omit breakdown of specific age group breakdown from Section 9.3.
Rationale: This should fall within the USAPL Technical Rules vs Bylaws.
SECTION 9.3. AGE GROUP CATEGORIES. Established in the USA Powerlifting Technical Rules for the
purposes of competition within USA Powerlifting and for the establishment of records for Masters Competition within
USA Powerlifting, the following age group categories apply:
Master 1a: from 1 January in the calendar year he/she reaches 40 years and throughout the full calendar year
he/she reaches 44 years.
Master 1b: from 1 January in the calendar year he/she reaches 45 years and throughout the full calendar year
he/she reaches 49 years.
Master 2a: from 1 January in the calendar year he/she reaches 50 years and throughout the full calendar year
he/she reaches 54 years.
Master 2b: from 1 January in the calendar year he/she reaches 55 years and throughout the full calendar year
he/she reaches 59 years.
Master 3a: from 1 January in the calendar year he/she reaches 60 years and throughout the full calendar year
he/she reaches 64 years.
Master 3b: from 1 January in the calendar year he/she reaches 65 years and throughout the full calendar year
he/she reaches 69 years.
Master 4a: from 1 January in the calendar year he/she reaches 70 years and throughout the full calendar year
he/she reaches 74 years.
Master 4b: from 1 January in the calendar year he/she reaches 75 years and throughout the full calendar year
he/she reaches 79 years.
Master 5a: from 1 January in the calendar year he/she reaches 80 years and throughout the full calendar year
he/she reaches 84 years.
Master 5b: from 1 January in the calendar year he/she reaches 85 years and throughout the full calendar year
he/she reaches 89+ years.
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Submitted by Priscilla Ribic
Section 12.2. Types. A person is disqualified or suspended from competing as an amateur by committing any of the
following acts:
A. Fraud as defined by Section 12.3.
B. Competing for money as defined by Section 12.4.
C. Miscellaneous as partially listed in Section 12.5.
Amend to read
Section 12.2. Types. A person is disqualified or suspended from competing as an amateur or representing the USA
Powerlifting in any form by committing any of the following acts:
A. Fraud as defined by Section 12.3.
B. Competing for money as defined by Section 12.4.
C. Miscellaneous as partially listed in Section 12.5.
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Add item 12.5.D
D. Honorary Award Recipients:
Any person who has history of a doping failure within any sport or federation may not be a recipient of a USA
Powerlifting honorary award.*
*Wording to be adjusted as appropriate for bylaw content
Rationale – Honorary awards should only be presented to those who exemplify our core principle of USA Powerlifting.
FAILS TO PASS ON 2
3 MAJORITY: 22 FOR/21 AGAINST/1 ABSTENTION
Submitted by Priscilla Ribic
Remove ‘USA Powerlifting Newsletter’ from throughout the Bylaws, replace with Official Communications via
USA Powerlifting (or some degree of that verbiage),
Rationale –Terms should be broad to allow for future changes in technology in regards to communications within the
organization.
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY
12) New Business – The following motions have been submitted for consideration
PROPOSALS PASS BASED ON A SIMPLE MAJORITY
Submitted by Jen and Dan Gaudreau
1. Create a Policy & Procedure manual that will categorize all NGB motions that have been passed that are not
applicable to Technical Rules. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY
2. Create a bench press single lift committee. FAILS: 16 FOR/23AGAINST
3. American Records are only for classes contested at National Championships. FAILS:
4 FOR/31 AGAINST/3ABSTENTION
4. 14 years of age is the minimum for drug testing. FAILS: 14 FOR/34 AGAINST
5. Adopt a USA Powerlifting Safe Sport program. This program should be modeled after the USOC Safe Sport
handbook. A program chairperson shall be appointed within sixty days. PASSES: 41 FOR/0 AGAINST
Submitted by Priscilla Ribic
Proposal: Require scale certification every two years for National meets and American Records.
Rationale: With modern digital scales, accuracy is higher compared to the old slide scales and they are rarely not
accurate and will help reduce the cost to meet directors. PASSES: 44 FOR/2 AGAINST
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Submitted by Travis Werner
Proposal: Eliminate deadlift-only and push-pull divisions from record divisions.
Rational:
1. The number or records that we keep is excessive. We have approximately 215,000 records available to a
membership of less than 9,000.
2. Most deadlift only and push-pull records are vacant, as there is minimal participation in these divisions.
3. State records currently lack accuracy due to the enormous workload of maintaining 9,000+ records per state.
This would reduce the number of available records by approximately1
3.FAILS:
17 FAILS/18 AGAINST/2 ABSTENTION
Collegiate Committee Proposals
PROPOSALS:
Committee voted to award the 2017 Collegiate National Championship Bid to Wes Zunker to be held at the El Tropicana
Hotel in Downtown San Antonio, TX PASSES
1. Committee voted to require any team entered at each year’s Collegiate National Championship to have at least
one coach who is either a USAPL Certified Coach or a USAPL State Referee (or higher). Teams that do not have
a certified coach or referee as a coach will not be granted coaching passes. Current Teams & Coaches may apply
for a waiver for a 2-year exemption
2. Committee voted to accept a proposal stating that all qualifying totals must be verified in the USAPL Results
Database. Any qualifying total that cannot be verified in the results database will be rejected and therefore
ineligible.
3. Committee voted to accept a proposal modifying its qualifying criteria. Any weight class that has averaged less
than 10 lifters over the past three years will have its qualifying total adjusted to the equivalent of 50 Wilks points
less than the maximal bodyweight score of said weight class.
4. A proposal was voted for acceptance of use of “Prime Time Lifting Sessions” at Collegiate National
Championships which will be at the discretion of the Championship Director. Its use shall be announced no later
than January 1st of the Championship year.
5. A proposal was accepted to change the voting procedures whereby all voting matters being voted on must be
documented and published.
6. Committee voted to accept a proposal whereby the Collegiate National Championships will have a Division I and
Division II Collegiate National Championships each year. Division I will be equipped and Division II will be raw.
The Division I & II National Championships will be held simultaneously in the same venue during each year’s
Collegiate National Championships. Consequently, there will be Men’s & Women’s Team Champions in each
division.
ALL PASSED WITH THE SUGGESTION TO RECONDSIDER THE NAMES CHOSEN DIVISION I
(EQUIPPED) AND DIVISION II (RAW) AS THESE NAMES HAVE A LONG HISTORY IN COLLEGIATE
SPORTS WHICH MANY WILL ASSUME IN THIS CONTEXT AS WELL.
33 FOR/3 AGAINST/1 ABSTENTION
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Proposal: Author – Travis Werner April 28, 2013 • Proposal: Change the wording of section iii of “Awards” to allow for current IPF team scoring rules. The
new wording would read as follows: iii. Each school that is entering the team competition must submit a roster of up to 8 women or 9 men at least one day prior to the
first session of lifting. The meet director will post all team rosters prior to the start of the first lifting session. IPF scoring rules will be used based on the 5 highest-scoring lifters from each team roster.
• Rationale: At the 2012 meeting, we approved the new IPF weight classes. Most of us assumed that this implied the usage of 5-man IPF scoring as well. The Collegiate Guidelines says that we will use IPF scoring, but because of the ambiguous wording in iii, we were forced to use 6-man scoring at the 2013 Collegiate Nationals. This clears up any ambiguity and will move us to IPF 5-man scoring at future Collegiate Nationals Pass
PASSES: 43 FOR/0 AGAINST
Proposal: Author- Travis Werner February 19, 2014 • Proposal: Open the 43 kg class (women) and 53 kg class (men) to all lifters that are eligible to compete at
collegiate meets • Rationale: Our current scoring rules state that we follow IPF scoring rules; however IPF scoring rules state
that the lowest weight classes are only available to juniors and sub-juniors. This could potentially create conflict because collegiate lifters can be up to 25 years of age. This proposal would include older collegiate lifters (24 and 25) in the scoring of the lowest male and female weight classes. Pass at Collegiate Committee
FAILS: 16 FOR/29 AGAINST/1 ABSTENTION
Raw Committee Proposals
Submitted by Joe Warpeha on behalf of the Raw Committee
Proposal: For the NAPF Raw Challenge at the Arnold, allow Open Raw National Champions to register up to one week
before the usual registration opens to ensure they get a spot if they want one. Open Raw National Champions must also
meet the Wilks points criteria required to qualify for the NAPF Raw Challenge.
Rationale: The 70-lifter limit for the 2015 NAPF Raw Challenge was reached in less than two hours of the opening of
registration. Registration opened at midnight (Eastern Time) and was filled by 2am. If the event continues to be this
popular in the future, there may be no way to get around such a short window of time to enter. However, the above
proposal would allow Open Raw National Champions some extra time to enter the meet (before the general registration
opens) and not be denied entry simply due to the fact that that they did not stay up until midnight to enter right when the
registration opened. If the NAPF Raw Challenge is to showcase USAPL’s best-of-the-best in raw lifting, then our open
national champions should be afforded the opportunity to enter without running the risk of being denied entry because
they missed a very small time window in the middle of the night.
VOTE NOT TAKEN, AGREED TO BE DONE BY ARNOLD COMMITTEE
Submitted by Joe Warpeha on behalf of the Raw Committee
Proposal: Beginning at the 2015 Raw Committee meeting, meet bids for future Raw Nationals will be submitted and
voted upon at the Raw Committee meeting. This recommendation will then be forwarded to the NGB (at its next meeting)
for final approval. To clarify: The bid for 2017 Raw Nationals will be submitted, voted upon, and approved at the 2015
NGB meeting (as has been the procedure up to now) and the bid for 2018 Raw Nationals will be submitted and voted
upon at the 2015 Raw Committee meeting.
Rationale: This is in line with the meet bid submission and approval process for other national meets (e.g., masters, high
school, collegiate, etc.). This is in compliance with the By-Laws requirement that future national meet bids not be
awarded more than 3 years prior to the event.
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PASSES: 40 FOR/1 AGAINST Teen/Junior Committee Proposals
Scranton, Pennsylvania submitted a bid for the 2017 HS Nationals. After discussion on the facilities and the necessity of
the facilities being able to host a three-platform meet the bid was awarded to Steve Mann. The Meet will be held from
March 31st- April 2nd of 2017. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY
Proposal: The Committee voted to support a HS Raw National Championship to be hosted by the USAPL in December of 2016 on a date and in a location to be determined. The first year of the meet would not have a qualifying total. Attendance at this meet will help shape the direction that this meet will go in the future.
SENDING BACK TO THE TEEN/JUNIOR COMMITTEE DUE TO THE ACCUSATION THAT PROPER
PROCEDURES WERE NOT FOLLOWED AT THE TEEN/JUNIOR COMMITTEE MEETING.
Submitted by Bill Helmich
Proposal: National Team Coaches be allowed to order team t-shirts without going to a designated supplier. I don’t have a
problem with requiring the official logo, just not using the supplier.
PASSES: 42 FOR/0 AGAINST
13) Meet Bids/ Current USAPL Schedule
2015 Meet Schedule:
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Meet Host Location Date
Bench Press Nationals Steve Mann Scranton, PA 28 – 30 August
Deadlift/Push-Pull
Nationals
Johnny Graham Killeen, TX 4 September
Raw Nationals Steve Mann Scranton, PA 15 – 18 October
American Open
Police & Fire Nationals
Robert Keller Boston 4 – 6 December
2016 Meet Schedule
Meet Host Location Date
Military/Armed Forces Robert Keller Orlando, FL 12 March
High School Nationals Robert Keller Orlando, FL
Collegiate Nationals Roy Apostle Mike
Zawilinski
Providence, RI
Rhode Island
Convention Center
8 – 10 April
Women’s and Men’s
Nationals
Jen and Dan
Gaudreau
Aurora, CO 19 – 22 May
Bench Press Nationals
Jen and Dan
Gaudreau
Aurora, CO
Raw Nationals Josh Rohr Atlanta, GA 5 – 9 October or
12 – 15 October
American Open
Police & Fire Nationals
Deadlift/Push-Pull
Nationals
Steve Mann Scranton, PA
2017 Meets Schedule * Meets Selected by Committees and awaiting approval by the NGB
Meet Host Location Date
Military/Armed Forces Bid will remain open until October 2015
High School Nationals* Steve Mann Scranton, PA 31 March – 2 April
Collegiate Nationals* Wes Zunker San Antonio, TX
El Tropicana Hotel
Women’s and Men’s
Nationals
USAPL
Deadlift/Push-Pull
Nationals
Mike Zawilinski Rhode Island or
Boston
Raw Nationals Robert Keller Orlando, FL
Hyatt Regency
Orlando Airport
Bench Press Nationals
Johnny Graham Killeen, TX
Killeen Civic and
Conference Center
American Open
Police & Fire Nationals
Robert Keller King of Prussia, PA
Greater Philadelphia
Expo Center
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Open Meet Bids:
2017 Bench Press Nationals
Johnny Graham – Killeen, TX – Killeen Civic and Conference Center
2017 Raw Nationals
Johnny Graham – Killeen, TX – Killeen Civic and Conference Center
Robert Keller – Orlando, FL – Hyatt Regency Orlando Airport (AWARDED)
2017 American Open/Police and Fire
Robert Keller – King of Prussia, PA – Greater Philadelphia Expo Center
14) Items from the floor
Submitted by Jen Gaudreau
One athlete rep selected by the ARs to be included on the Arnold selection committee – PASSES:
34 FOR/4 AGAINST
Submitted by Cathy Marksteiner at the Raw Committee Meeting where it PASSED
Awards (and divisions lifters can enter) at Raw Nationals only be for the USAPL-recognized age divisions (excluding
youth). It is therefore proposed that non-age group divisions (e.g., collegiate, police and fire, military) be eliminated
from Raw Nationals. – PASSES: 43 FOR/0 AGAINST
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MEMBERSHIP BY TOTAL As of May 9, 2015
State Position
STATE
2015
Referee
% Referees
2014 Meets
# of times per
year to
referee*
Projected
2015 Meets
# of times to
referee in
2015*
1 WI 629 34 5% 6 0.71 7 0.82
2 TX 620 57 9% 8 0.56 8 0.56
3 PA 347 24 7% 10 1.67 10 1.67
4 CA 341 16 5% 3 .075 4 1.00
5 NY 304 18 6% 5 1.11 7 1.56
6 FL 302 14 5% 5 1.43 7 2.00
7 MA 300 14 5% 8 2.29 8 2.29
8 MD 284 15 5% 5 1.33 7 1.87
9 LA 247 31 13% 8 1.03 8 1.03
10 GA 240 18 8% 8 1.78 8 1.78
11 OH 239 20 8% 3 0.60 3 0.60
12 WA 236 21 9% 7 1.33 8 1.52
13 MN 184 15 8% 4 1.07 4 1.07
14 VA 169 9 5% 2 0.89 2 0.89
15 AK 147 17 12% 8 1.88 10 2.35
16 NC 143 6 4% 4 2.67 5 3.33
17 MO 128 8 6% 1 0.50
18 MI 125 4 3% 5 5.00 5 5.00
19 NJ 124 10 8% 2 0.80 2 .080
20 CO 123 14 11% 6 1.71 6 1.71
21 AZ 115 7 6% 1 0.57 6 3.43
22 IL 111 10 9% 2 0.80 2 0.80
23 CT 106 6 6% 1 0.67 2 1.33
24 SD 101 7 7% 3 1.71 3 1.71
25 NE 94 17 18% 3 0.71 3 0.71
26 SC 79 7 9% 1 0.57 1 0.57
27 AL 75 9 12% 1 0.44 2 0.89
28 IA 59 1 2% 2 8.00 2 8.00
29 NV 59 8 14% 4 2.00
30 IN 54 2 4% 2 4.00 2 4.00
31 MS 51 5 10% 3 2.40 3 2.40
32 WY 47 6 13% 1 0.67 1 0.67
33 ID 46 4 9% 2 2.00 2 2.00
34 NH 38 1 3%
35 RI 35 2 6% 1 2.00 1 2.00
36 DC 31 0%
37 KS 31 3 10% 2 2.67 2 2.67
38 TN 25 2 8% 2 4.00 2 4.00
39 MT 17 0% 1 1
40 KY 15 0%
41 OR 12 1 8%
42 ME 11 3 27% 1 1.33
43 NM 11 3 27%
44 OK 10 0%
45 DE 7 0%
46 UT 7 1 14% 1 4.00
47 AR 6 0%
48 HI 6 1 17% 1 4.00 1 4.00
49 WV 5 0%
50 ND 4 0%
51 VT 1 1 100% 1 4.00 1 4.00
N/A AE 4 0%
N/A GE 2 2 100%
N/A SW 2 0%
N/A AP 1 0%
N/A BC 1 0%
GRAND 6511 475 7% 0 0.00 0 0.00
*Based off a one platform meet/4 referees per meet
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2015 NGB State Growth