Florida Judo, Inc. Semi-Annual Meeting to be held on February 25, 2006
This is an election meeting
Location: in the conference room - room 101 - of the Orlando Downtown Recreation Complex, 649 W. Livingston Street, Orlando, FL (Next to the TD Waterhouse Centre). This is also the venue for the FJI State Championship on Feb 26th. See mapquest directions below. Call the Interim FJI
President and Tournament Director with any questions about the venue: Dale Thompson (407) 876-6233 [day of tournament (407) 312-8177]
The Executive committee will meet at 12:00
The Credentials committee will meet at 12:30 to seat delegates for the Board of Directors meeting
The Board of Directors meeting will begin at 1:30 for properly seated delegates
Weigh-ins for the FJI State Championship will be here from 5 pm to 9 pm
All USA Judo registered clubs for 2006 must apply for FJI club membership and be approved by the Credentials committee to have delegates seated at this meeting. If you haven't already paid the Annual club fee, the FJI fee for 2006 is $10. FJI bylaws state that clubs must be registered/chartered 30 days prior to the meeting to have delegates. That means any application for USA Judo club membership must have been postmarked by Jan 25, 2006. To seat a delegate at this meeting, please bring proof of USA Judo club registration with the proper postmark date if you do not appear on the following list of registered clubs obtained from the USA Judo office on January 25, 2006:
Florida School Of Judo
Panther Judo Club
Panther Judo Club
Imperial Dragon Judo Club
Miami Dade College
Orlando Judo Inc.
Samurai Judo & Jujitsu
Tomodachi Judo Club
Central Florida Judo & Jujitsu
Vigness Judo
Ki-Itsu-Sai
GE Judo
National Judo Institute
Miami Dade College
Orlando Judo Inc.
Samurai Judo & Jujitsu
Tomodachi Judo Club
Central Florida Judo & Jujitsu
Vigness Judo
Ki-Itsu-Sai
GE Judo
National Judo Institute
Any items for the agenda must be sent to the secretary at Alitig1@... by February 7, 2006.
At the FJI Special Meeting held on January 21, 2006 in Clermont, new bylaws were adopted. These will be available to all clubs at the Election meeting. The following interim officers were appointed by the 2 remaining members of the Executive Committee, Dale Thompson (Central Region VP) and Jack Williams (Southern Region VP):
President - Dale Thompson
Executive Vice President - David Ellis
North Region VP - Fred Hand
Central Region VP - Mike New
Treasurer - Henry Saavedra
Secretary - Alicia Warnick-Ellis
Director of Operations - Richard Leys
Mapquest.com Directions from the Tallahassee area
Merge onto I-10 E toward LAKE CITY.
Merge onto I-75 S via EXIT 296A toward TAMPA
Take the SR 408 TOLL East Exit 256 toward Orlando
Take EXIT 9 toward US-17/ ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL/US 441/US 92
Stay Straight to go onto CARTER ST
Turn RIGHT onto US 17-92 S / ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL/ US 441/ US 92 S
Turn Left onto US 17-92 NORTH / ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL/ US 441 N / US 92 N
Turn RIGHT onto FL 526 W Washington St
Turn Left onto North Parramore Ave
Turn Right onto W Livingston Street
Mapquest.com directions from Miami Area:
Merge onto I-95 N.
Merge onto FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE N via EXIT 12A on the LEFT toward SR-826 W (Portions toll).
Merge onto I-4 E via EXIT 259 toward ORLANDO / DOWNTOWN.
Take the SR-526 / ROBINSON ST exit- EXIT 83A GO WEST AT THE LIGHT.
Turn LEFT onto W ROBINSON ST / FL-526. Continue to follow W ROBINSON ST.
Turn RIGHT onto N PARRAMORE AVE.
Turn RIGHT onto W LIVINGSTON ST.
Please see the flyer for the State Championship at http://orlandojudo.com/FJI_Flyer.pdf for Hotel and Venue Information set up by the Orlando Judo Inc.
I?ve researched Hotels that are MORE EXPENSIVE but closer to the Venue and come up with these 2:
Downtown Orlando Marriott ($159 and up) (next door to venue)
Courtyard by Marriott Downtown ($129 and up) (1 mile from venue)
Hope to see everyone at the meeting and at the FJI State Championship! Questions? Email me at Alitig1@...