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Fencing North AGM Minutes - 28 November 2021

Fencing North Inc. Annual General Meeting 28.11.2021

Meeting Opened: 7:03pm

Present: Sunnie Sun (Vice President), David Elder (ex President and for Salle Jean Louis), Ben Upton (Secretary), Peter Butler (Equipment Office and for Auckland Swords), Maja Saran (Head of Tournaments), Rhys Greensill (Fund Raising), Mary Black (Tuatahi), Margaret Black, Fiona Campbell (Health & Safety), Katie Logan (NZ Fencing Academy); Luke Meng; Hannah Choi (Auckland University Swords), Michael Valkenburg.

Quorum achieved

Apologies: Amanda Hopkins (Treasurer), Arthur Gatland, Matt Stanley (Whangarei Swords)

Chair – In the absence of a President, Ben Upton (Secretary) chaired the meeting.

Business

To receive and consider the statement of income and expenditure and balance sheet for the previous financial year ended 31 October 2021.

Financial statements prepared by Amanda Hopkins had been circulated ahead of the meeting to all members. There were no comments or questions. In the absence of Amanda Hopkins (Treasurer), Ben Upton made some brief remarks as requested by her. These were conveyed to the meeting.

Resolution – That the financial statements prepared by the Treasurer be accepted.

Passed.

Resolution – That the approved financial statements not be audited.

Passed.

To consider the President’s report of the state of affairs of Fencing North Inc.

David Elder (as recently retired President) delivered his report. His written report was circulated ahead of the meeting.

Katie Logan commented that separate women’s sabre events at senior level were not possible – David to amend his report to reflect that.

Rhys Greensill commented that Selwyn College has received a further $10,000 grant to start up a new club.

Resolution – That David Elder’s report be accepted.

Passed.

Election of Officers.

The current Officers and Members of the Executive of Fencing North are:

President – Vacant.
Vice President – Sunnie Sun – Willing to continue.
Treasurer – Amanda Hopkins – Willing to continue.
Secretary – Ben Upton – Willing to continue.
Head of Tournaments – Maja Saran assisted by Fiona – Willing to continue.
Club representatives – The following were advised at the meeting. Mary Black (Tuatahi), Katie Logan (NZAF), Hannah Choi (Auckland Uni) David Elder (Salle Jean Louis), Peter Butler and Kyle McDonald (Auckland Swords).
Schools Representative – Judit Fliszar – Willing to continue.
Rhys Greensill (Fund raising) – Willing to continue
Referee co-ordinator – Katie Logan

The following two people have also volunteered to assist as media person – Kirsten Hansen and Adi Mhaskar – They will share these duties with Kirsten operating Social Media and Adi operating a newly updated website.

Resolution - That the meeting approve all of the above as officers and/or members of the executive of Fencing North Inc.

Passed.

General Business

No general business was advised.

Meeting Closed: 7:23pm

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Fencing North Committee Minutes - 27 September 2021

Fencing North Inc. Committee Meeting – 27.09.2021

Meeting Opened: 7:00 pm (Microsoft Teams)

Present: David Elder (President), Mary Black (Tuatahi), Ben Upton (Secretary), Amanda Hopkins (Treasurer), Katie Logan (NZ Academy of Fencing), Rhys Greensill, Hannah Choi (University), Peter Butler (Equipment Officer), Maja Saran (Head of Tournaments), Matt Stanley (Whangarei), Sunnie (Vice President, Massey)

Apologies: None received.

Confirmation of the Previous Minutes: Minutes approved.

Matters Arising:

Other than Fiona there have been no interest in DT for foil. Ben to seek to generate interest in this by setting up a foil interest group.

Medals have been obtained.

We now have 13 pistes (9 fabric and 4 sectional). Work still to be done on referee training. NZSS was cancelled.

Treasurer’s Report

$6k profit this year. Some of this is grants. There was a grant from Auckland Council (balance of ‘Pistes for the People’). There are grants of $17.5k for the year, which is positive. Most of this has been spent on pistes. Active money was not ‘tied’. The last camp covered its costs. There is $55k in the bank. Cashbook was circulated ahead of the meeting.

Report approved.

Competitions

There have been no competitions due to Covid. Nationals are most unlikely. There will some thought given to running competitions at Level 2. This could be possible if the 100 limit applies. However, there are too many uncertainties at this stage.

Matt Stanley reported on how level 2 was working in Whangarei (at Level 2).

Nationals will not be held in Auckland. FENZ is still looking at whether it may be possible to hold Nationals outside of Auckland (over Labour Weekend). This will be decided tomorrow. If not at Labour Weekend, will it be postponed. There will be issues with school and university exams. There may be a festival of fencing later in the year. This will be addressed by FENZ tomorrow.

There will be a training camp in we of 23 January 2022.

Commonwealths and High Performance Training Programme

FENZ has decided that if you want to attend Commonwealth, then you must signal interest (via long list)(20 October). All clubs to be advised with member email to be sent.

David Elder has had an approach from Luke Meng (Auckland University) who wants to put forward a High Performance Training Programme for Fencing North fencers interested in looking at going to Commonwealth Championships. Further questions have been asked. There are 10 spots available. This is more fitness based (strength and conditioning) but also linked in with Auckland University fencing training on Saturdays. Luke is a sabre fencer.

The cost suggested is $50 per person per week. Total cost $5,000 if fully funded.

Moved that Fencing North contribute $2,000 towards this proposal. This was not approved. Fencing North are otherwise happy to promote it. David Elder to respond to Like Meng.

Health and Safety

No incidents to report.

Permanent Venue

Rhys Greensill reported. A good venue was sighted in Waitakere (available 2022) but likely too expensive (rent at $160k pa). It was also quite difficult to get to.

So there are venues available, but there are on the fringes and prices are increasing. There remains no clear business plan. The next step is to put forward a sub-committee to look at working this proposal forward. Rhys to continue looking. Peter to look into legal structure with assistance from Ben.

Fundraising

Fund raising is difficult with Covid. This will continue until Level 2. There was an application to Active. This was not accepted as we did not meet the requirements of the fund however this was being progressed via MBIE (re. concept of a Covid recovery fund). Auckland Council provided a further $1,000 following a final report on ‘Pistes for the People’.

AGM

Set for Sunday, 28^th November 2021.

FENZ news

David gave a brief report. There is heighted presence of drug testing and fencers need to be aware of this.

Growing women’s fencing

Hanna Choi indicated that she was wanting to undertake more work to promote fencing for women. She was seeking underlying data. Hanna to be provided core data as required.

Other Business:

No other business.

Confirmation of next meeting date – No meeting date set tonight. Covid situation will be kept under review and a meeting convened prior to the AGM if fencing resumes and issues arise.

Meeting Closed: 9:15 pm

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Fencing North AGM

The Fencing North Inc. Annual General Meeting,which given likely Covid restrictions that will prevent in person attendance by all, will be held using Microsoft Teams (Log in details below) at 7pm on Sunday, 28 November 2021.

The business of the Annual General Meeting will be as follows:

1. To receive and consider the statement of income and expenditure and the balance sheet for the previous financial year ended 31 October 2021.

In this regard, the meeting will be asked to pass a resolution that those financial statements not be audited.

2. To consider the President's report of the state of affairs of Fencing North Inc.

3. To elect Officers and members of the Executive in place of those retiring. On that, as you all know David Elder has temporarily resigned as President in order to become (interim) President of Fencing New Zealand, due to the illness of Mark Rance. There will therefore be a vacancy in the position of President and all nominations will be welcomed. Please advise any nominations ahead of the meeting to this email address. Failing any nominations the position will be vacant with the Vice President taking the interim role.

The Officers / Executive of Fencing North are:

- President - Vacant - see above

- Vice President - Sunnie Jiaju Sun

- Treasurer - Amanda Hopkins

- Secretary - Ben Upton

- Head of Tournaments - Maja Saran

- Club Representatives - In this case, all Clubs should advise who their representative for Fencing North Inc. will be for 2022 ahead of the meeting - Please email this address with the name and their position can be confirmed at the meeting.

- Schools Representative - Judit Fliszar

Please note we will also be looking for a Media person, to take charge of the Website, FaceBook and Instagram sites which require a little more attention than currently. If you can take on this role, please email Ben Upton at this email address prior to the meeting.

Only the President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary need be elected at the AGM, but (for efficiency) all other executive positions will be confirmed at this meeting.

4. There is no other business and no remits have been received by 3 or more members for consideration at the AGM.

Please note that a quorum of at least 8 Individual Members plus at least one of the President or Vice President is required. So, please consider attending in order for that requirement to be met.

There will be a short Executive Committee Meeting immediately after the AGM to address any immediate business. So please consider this email notice of that meeting too.

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Fencing North Committee Meeting Minutes - 9 August 2021

Fencing North Inc. Committee Meeting – 09.08.2021

Meeting Opened: 7: pm (Microsoft Teams)

Present: David Elder (President), Maja Saran (Head of Tournaments), Ben Upton (Secretary), Sunnie Sun (Vice President, Massey University), Katie Logan (NZ Academy of Fencing), Matthew Houtman, Rhys Greensill, Matt Stanley.

Apologies: Mary Black (Tuatahi), David Butler (Equipment Officer), Amanda Hopkins (Treasurer)

Confirmation of the Previous Minutes: Minutes approved.

Matters Arising:

There has been no interest expressed in assisting Maja in the running of tournaments. An interest group needs to be established. Ben Upton will try and generate interest in this.

Medals have been obtained. Fabric pistes have also arrived. Sectional pistes have been priced but not yet ordered. David to prepare a resolution so that the funding agencies can be contacted. Katie is still working on referee training.

Mask strap rules were not applied to Presidents Cup, but will apply to Nationals. There is a concern that some school entrants may not have all the required equipment. Ben to send an email reminding coaches / entrants of that requirement.

Treasurer’s Report

Amanda sent her apologies. The cash book record was reported ($32k in current account and $23k in savings). There are still some outgoings still to be paid for pistes, medals, coaching costs for camp and misc. (c.$10k).

Report approved.

Competitions

Maja reported on the SS#3. 107 competitors. This was a good turnout (only slightly lower than the SS#1 which had 120 competitors). Pickworth in Whangarei. Only foil could not take place due to a result of lack of entries. There was a profit of $495. There was discussion of how that profit might be applied. It is a small amount of money and (unlike other tournaments which Fencing North organises) Whangarei Swords played a large part in organising this tournament. It was agreed that Whangarei Swords would get these proceeds. The same approach will be applied to the Larsen (in Hamilton). Noted that the profit was only possible with Maja, David, Peter and Fiona donating their costs. This was appreciated.

Future tournaments were noted. There is a busy agenda.

Noted that U20s will be a national and not an Oceanic event.

Calendar to be updated to remove reference to Whangarei Tournament in November.

Permanent Venue

Rhys Greensill reported. There is not much stock available and prices have increased. There is nothing for sale. Contacts are out with all relevant RE agents in the warehousing space. Auckland Swords is still looking at this as an option, but they have concerns around the structure and risk.

National Secondary Schools

These take place in Christchurch at the end of the month. Entries have been slow and have been promoted.

The tournament is a training development camp for referees. Fencing North will be sending 4-5 referees, but there is interest for 7. Proposed that Fencing North pay for airfares (est. cost $2,000). They would be billeted.

It was proposed that Fencing North send up to 7 candidates and that Fencing North fund up to $300 per person. This is on the expectation that they referee 4 tournaments and make best efforts subsequently to referee Fencing North tournaments. This was approved (David Elder abstaining due to a conflict of interest).

There will be a need to co-ordinate teams on the day. Rhys and David will co-ordinate as required with the assistance of Judit.

Nationals – Organisation

U 20s is a two day event at Te-Pai. The timetable has been published. There will be regional teams. One team per region. If a region cannot field of a team, then that spot will be open to other regions, with preference given to Fencing North (as host).

Senior Nationals is still ear-marked to be Oceanics, but this remains unlikely. It remains a 3-day event over Labour Weekend. This will be a Te-Pai.

The timetable has been published on the FENZ website.

Teams for NZU20s will be selected based on performances on the day in the individual competition. Someone to be allocated on the day to manage the team.

Team selection for Nationals to be discussed at the next meeting.

Sunnie is still to look at working up information around accommodation for Nationals.

Health and Safety

No incidents to report.

Fundraising

Hobsonville School want use of a piste for ‘Piste for the People’. The Council is looking for a report and inputs are required for that from clubs in particular. Past resolutions cover future purchases.

FeNZ News

Drug Free Sport NZ confirmations are being sought on competition entries. There likely needs to be more information about this.

FENZ will be covering travel insurance costs and material aid insurance.

Commonwealth Fencing 2022 – A project manager is being sought and there is a volunteer from Wellington.

Hamish Bulmer is heading the Officiating Commission. There has been no response to the advertised position of a Privacy Officer.

Membership tiers are being reviewed.

Other Business:

No other business.

Confirmation of next meeting date – Monday, 6 September at 6pm (earlier).

Meeting Closed: 9:10 pm

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New Covid Lockdown - Level 4

As you will all be aware, following News of the new community case of Covid, Auckland and Coromandel are re-entering Level 4 lockdown tonight at 23:59 for an expected 7 day period, and the rest of the country is doing the same for the next 3 days.

Regretfully this means that all Clubs are closed in each area for the relevant period, and this Sunday's FN SS Individual Championship Tournament will be postponed until a later date (TBA).

The situation is currently fluid, so FeNZ will be reviewing the status of the NZ Secondary School Championships (currently scheduled for next weekend - the 28th-30th of August) until we have a clear understanding of how this thing develops.

We'll let everyone know as soon as any decision is made.

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Reminder - National Secondary School Entries

This is a reminder to secondary school fencers who want to fence in the National Secondary School Championships on 28 - 30 August. You need to enter!

Entries for the tournament close on 11 August 2021.

The link for the entry and all tournament information is at:

https://www.revolutionise.com.au/fencingmidsouth/events/88576/

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Reminder - Whangarei Tournaments - 1 August 2021

This is a reminder about the two tournaments being run by Whangarei Swords on 1 August 2021 in Whangarei.

There is the Whangarei Fun Competition that is designed for beginner fencers of two or less years' experience. Follow this link to enter:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNgP9DHDRlyWcBFMq3Poo-Ei1ZsCrdhrpybsREdS-BYtbrAA/viewform

here is also the Pickworth Open, that is open to all fencers, but designed for fencers of two or more years' experience. Follow this link to enter that tournament: https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?E=44039

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Fencing North Committee Minutes - 6 July 2021

Fencing North Inc. Committee Meeting – 06.07.2021

Meeting Opened: 7:11 pm (Microsoft Teams)

Present: David Elder (President)(holding Maja Saran proxy), Ben Upton (Secretary), Sunnie Sun (Vice President, Massey University), Katie Logan (NZ Academy of Fencing), Amanda Hopkins (Treasurer), Ryan Yan.

Apologies: Maja Saran (Head of Tournaments), Matt Stanley (Whangarei Swords), Mary Black (Tuatahi).

Confirmation of the Previous Minutes: Minutes approved.

Matters Arising:

Maja still needs more support – A call was made for help in terms of running foil events, but there were no responses. There was a discussion around options (shoulder tapping / call out for club support). Email to go out to all clubs to ask. We will look to allocate tournaments to clubs again for 2022 season.

Medals – These have been ordered. These may take a month (said 3 weeks ago).

Training Camp – To be held in 2 weeks’ time at MAGS. Only 6 applicants thus far. We will need to do more advertising to support. We will send an email reminder. There will be no increase in the coaching fee that has been offered. This will be kept under review. Flyers to be provided at the Secondary School # 3 tournament.

Fabric Pistes – These have arrived. Yet to be invoiced.

Sectional Pistes – These have been priced. See further below.

Whangarei Tournament – This is on 1 August. This will run the Pickworth and a beginner tournament. Email to be sent promoting this.

Epee Teams – This was moved to 3 November. But there is a clash with Mid-South Tournament. Mid-South have requested that this event be moved. This will remain on the date allocated. To be kept under review. It is difficult to run two day tournaments.

Referee training – Slides still in production. This is with Katie Logan.

Team qualification – The email has been sent out on this today.

Treasurer’s Report

Fencing North is doing well. Competition fees running at $19k. Hall hire remains highest cost ($10k). Need to make a second payment of $5k for pistes. Some money still owed to Oliver Agnew. FIE provided some new boxes. There were also some spools (now at Mid South – hopefully to be returned after NZSS at end August). There is a possibility of buying some new spools.

FENZ has ordered another box (Favero 0.5) and spools have been ordered, along with some masks have been ordered. It is hoped that these will be coming to Fencing North.

There needs to be an asset management plan around the equipment, so that the competition equipment is kept in good order. To be discussed with Peter Butler.

Two new spools will be purchased – Approved. Fencing North will need to look at retiring equipment to clubs when that is possible. At present there is only enough stock to run tournaments.

Amanda’s report approved.

Competitions

Maja Saran’s report (via email) was read. SS #2 a success. McLeavey less so in terms of numbers. Two day tournaments are a stress on all concerned and we are unlikely to take that approach in 2021.

There was discussion around U20 and U23. This will be moved to weekend of 4^th September.

Referee scheme with voucher payments is working well.

Report approved.

Permanent Venue

A venue in Ellerslie was looked at alongside Auckland Swords but the landlord withdrew. Other options are being looked at. Lloyd Elsmore Park (Pakuranga) is being developed. There may be some options there, although this is a long-term plan.

Health and Safety

No reports, although there was a minor hand injury in women’s sabre – Incident report completed.

Fundraising

Rhys Greensill has been asked to focus funding to sectional pistes. There are quotes obtained. It was suggested that FN apply for funding to a maximum of $15,000 for 2-4 pistes. Approved.

Oceanic Juniors / Seniors

There is the possibility of some TV coverage which Dave Elder would assist with in terms of production. The cost is around $5k per day. Total cost around $15k. Sky Sport Next might provide some $5k. So there would be a shortfall of $10k.

There was discussion as to whether this proposal should be progressed. It was accepted that the likelihood of an Oceanics event was doubtful and even if it took place, there would likely be low attendance on account of Covid / travel restrictions / nature of the event. Agreed that this year is not the year. TV coverage proposal not approved.

Applications will be made for funding in any event, as well as secondary school championships. There will be funding sought for venue hire and first aid help. Approved.

FeNZ News

President’s Cup was held. The additional mask strap rule was delayed prior to that tournament. That rule will apply for Oceanics / Nationals. There is still a request for assistance for the Officiating Commission (led by Hamish Bulmer). FIE rules that apply to FENZ tournaments will be advertised more clearly as there has been confusion on some aspects (Shouting rule for example). A Privacy Officer is being advertised. There are now FENZ socks – being sold via Mainland Fencing.

Other Business:

Oceanic Seniors / Juniors – David has put together a team. Heather will be DT. Maja as deputy DT. Hamish McMorland – Armourer. David Butler – Floor Manager. Katie Logan – Referees convenor. Sunnie to assist with accommodation and billeting of referees.
Whangarei Tournament discussed. Maja to be approached to see if she can assist with setting up registration etc.

Confirmation of next meeting date – Monday.26 July 2021.

Meeting Closed: 9:27 pm

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Fencing North Mid-Winter Camp 2021

When: Saturday 17^th and Sunday 18^th July – 10am to 4pm

Where: Mt Albert Grammar School, Alberton Avenue, Mt Albert, Auckland

Who: Fencers – beginner through to high performance

Coaches – coaches are encouraged to attend with their fencers

Referees – an opportunity to practise skills with NZ top referees

Camp Fee: $50 for 2 days, $35 for one day (Please Note – this camp is subsidised by Fencing North as part of a Fencing New Zealand initiative)

Mt Albert Grammar students – please contact Kyle Macdonald

Coaches: To be determined based on numbers attending

Registration Form: https://forms.gle/EdbJDeBuXxEjvmW16

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Fencing North Committee Meeting Minutes - 8 June 2020

Fencing North Inc. Committee Meeting – 08.06.2021

Meeting Opened: 7:05pm (Microsoft Teams)

Present: David Elder (President), Ben Upton (Secretary), Maja Saran (Head of Tournaments) Sunnie Sun (Vice President, Massey University), Katie Logan (NZ Academy of Fencing), Amanda Hopkins (Treasurer), Rhys Greensill, Mary Black (Tuatahi).

Apologies: Peter Butler (Auckland Swords), Maja Saran (Head of Tournaments), Matt Stanley (Whangarei Swords)

Confirmation of the Previous Minutes: Minutes approved.

Matters Arising: Oliver Agnew has been paid website maintenance fees that he had incurred personally until 2019. 2020 and 2021 receipts still awaited. Oliver Agnew to be asked if he can assist on a ProBono basis in terms of website improvement. Ben Upton to attend to that.

Referees are being paid with records being kept. The Fencing Time server is now up and running.

Parents guide to fencing which Mary has prepared. This needs to be finalised and published.

Treasurer’s Report

Fencing North is doing well. There is $55k in the bank, although there are pistes to be purchased from that amount. There is a profit with a few school tournaments to come which will assist. We are up to date on payments. Oliver Agnew still be to be paid (as above).

Amanda’s report approved.

Competitions

Maja Saran’s report (via email) was read. David Elder explained that Maja requires more support. This requires more volunteers. There is a request for a person to run the foil tournaments.

David to discuss with Maja how a team (built around students and parents) might be built around tournament organisation, with Maja running this operation.

There is also a need to advertise the need for volunteers. Katie Logan to draft a FaceBook post and handout for that purpose. This to be agreed and discussed with Maja.

Medals – These are $4.58 + GST each. A lot are needed. $2,000 spend required. This was approved. Medals to be awarded at selected tournaments (essentially the individual Fencing North Championship events – there are trophies found for the school teams). Secondary School # 4 is designated as the medal event for schools. There is a likely need to increase the tournament fee by $5 per entry for these events. Medals won’t be awarded retrospectively. This position will be reviewed before the beginning of next season so that medal events are designated early and this can be made known in the tournament programme.

There is a need to track trophies.

Permanent Venue

Rhys Greensill reported. 15 + properties seen over the last month. One (in Ellerslie) was looked at more closely as it was well priced. There is another building next to it which could allow expansion. The currently available space may not be ideal in terms of size and would not allow use for the larger tournaments (which is a key consideration as the main spend by Fencing North is around venue hire for the larger tournaments – c.$25,000 per year). This still needs to be discussed with Auckland Swords. Zoning is an issue where ‘industrial’ categorisation makes it difficult to house such a venue. Blockhouse Bay Tennis Club can be looked at too. Scarborough Tennis club as well. There are 4 real estate agents who are aware that we are looking.

Health and Safety

No reports.

Fundraising

Fabric pistes have been ordered. Sectional pistes – quotes required so that we can apply for funding (three quotes required). Active NZ has turned down the latest application. Rhys to contact Active to see what the issue might be.

Auckland Council has asked to see a demonstration with some fencing at a school event. This is to support a recent funding application. This to be attended to. The Tuatahi event may be a good example.

Training Camp

This is being primarily run by Kyle MacDonald in the weekend of 17/18 July 2021 at MAGS. There is some advertising. There is FENZ funding available for this. There is still some planning being undertaken in respect of this before more active promotion can start. Amanda Hoskins to assist with administration if required. There is a good template for this from the last camp, which can be repeated.

Whangarei tournament

Matt Stanley is looking to promote a tournament in Whangarei. He has asked about dates. He has offered 1 August 2021 (Pickworth) or 29 August (which clashes with SS).

1 August was the preferred date, subject to Maja’s approval as Head of Tournaments.

We will not likely run the tournament on 6 November 2021.

FeNZ News

Epee teams to be moved to after Fencing North Open (September).

There is a new rule around mask straps is now in play. This has been an FIE rule since 2018, but only recently imposed for upcoming FENZ tournaments. This needs to be advertised for FENZ Tournaments.

After discussion it was agreed that Fencing North will this as a requirement for 2022 for its tournaments. The options are to retrofit or replace. Daniel Chan can do this. Preferable that fencers attend to this as soon as possible as it is a safety issue. Ben Upton to inquire of other re-sellers in Auckland as to what they can offer, so that this is promoted.

There was a discussion around plastrons. There is a move to 800N plastrons. As this is now a national tournament requirement (even with 800N jacket), this is recommended, but won’t be a requirement at FN tournaments.

National rankings are being unfrozen as of 1 January 2021.

Other Business:

Referee training slides - Katie Logan has prepared some slides around penalties. These will be circulated to Anja and reviewed, and then sent to referees. There are some links to videos that can be added.
Team qualification – Raised by Mary Black. Given that FN has previously resolved to give priority to school teams. These will be entered in order of ranking (by reference to national rankings or secondary school tournaments – if the national ranking is not available or accurate). For ‘orphans’, then they will be allocated to a team on application in second priority (again with team member ranking applying).

Confirmation of next meeting date – 6 July 2021.

Meeting Closed: 9:56 pm

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