The 2015 Section 8 Chicago Annual General Meeting takes place at 1:00pm this Saturday, January 17 at the Heineken Second Star Club inside Toyota Park.
What is the #S8CAGM?
Aside from being a kickoff to the year, per the ISA’s bylaws, Section 8 Chicago holds an AGM every January with its main purpose serving to elect the Association’s board members for the coming year as well as to adopt any amendments to said bylaws.
All self-identified Fire fans are eligible to vote.
This year, three board positions are being contested: Chair, Vice-Chair and Marketing. Check out a full candidate listing and timeline below.
Additionally, Fire Chief Operating Officer Atul Khosla will join Director of Soccer and Head Coach Frank Yallop for a short Q&A session prior to the day’s main proceedings.
Don’t have a car? There will be a FREE bus leaving from A.J. Hudsons at 11:30am. RSVP to get on the bus by clicking here.
Wanting for food and drink on Saturday? Fire partners Giordano’s Pizza and Heineken are stepping up to provide complimentary fare for Saturday's AGM.
Good luck to all candidates on Saturday.
2015 Board Candidates:
Chair: Dan Martin, Don Walsh
Vice-Chair: Frank Cardenas, Una Sheridan
Marketing: Aimee Warshall, Eva Hall, Jesus Navarro
Merchandise: Maud Squiers
Communications: Nicole Hack
Finance: Merrie Bunt
Events: Jacob Peters
Operations: Rudy Gomez
AGM Schedule
12:30pm: Q&A with Frank Yallop and Atul Khosla
1:00pm: AGM Begins
1:15pm: Q&A of uncontested candidates
1:45pm: Q&A of Marketing candidates
2:15pm: Q&A of Vice-Chair candidates
2:30pm: Q&A of the candidates for chairman
3:00pm: Explanation of the proposed amendments to the bylaws and distribution of ballots.
4:00pm: Announcement of voting results