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Age Ineligibility for Division 2 and Division 3 Championship Events at Summer Nationals 2019

Age Ineligibility for Division 2 and Division 3 Championship Events at Summer Nationals 2019

Donna MeyerJuly 18, 2019Qualifying paths for fencing Division 2 and Division 3, Summer nationals 2019, Age eligibility for fencing Division 2 and Division 3 championships Comments

Congratulations to Newly Elected US Fencing Board Members Ann Senic and Donald Alperstein

Congratulations to Newly Elected US Fencing Board Members Ann Senic and Donald Alperstein

Donna MeyerMay 31, 2019US Fencing Board elections, Ann Marsh Senic, Donald Alperstein

Michael Aufrichtig, Board Candidate, offers to facilitate communications to resolve issues

Michael Aufrichtig, Board Candidate, offers to facilitate communications to resolve issues

Donna MeyerMay 15, 2019US Fencing elections, US Fencing Board elections, Michael Aufrichtig, Michael Aufrichtig US Fencing Board Candidate

Donald Alperstein, Board candidate, gets what it takes to tackle the challenges at US Fencing

Donald Alperstein, Board candidate, gets what it takes to tackle the challenges at US Fencing

Donna MeyerMay 11, 2019US Fencing Board election, Donald Alperstein, US Fencing Board Candidates, US Fencing Board of Directors

Ideas for US Fencing to tighten Y12 and Y14 Qualifications for Summer Nationals 2020

Ideas for US Fencing to tighten Y12 and Y14 Qualifications for Summer Nationals 2020

Donna MeyerMay 10, 2019US Fencing, US Fencing Y12 and Y14 events, Fencing Y12 and Y14 Summer Nationals, Cut for Y12 and Y14 at Summer Nationals, Fencing Summer Nationals Youth Qualifying Paths Comment

CALLOUS ALERT: US Fencing Plans to Institute Cuts in Y12 and Y14 at Summer Nationals 2020

CALLOUS ALERT: US Fencing Plans to Institute Cuts in Y12 and Y14 at Summer Nationals 2020

Donna MeyerMay 8, 2019US Fencing Youth Fencing, Fencing Y12 events, Fencing Y14 events, Cuts in Y12 and Y14 fencing events, Y12 events at Fencing Summer Nationals, Y14 events at Fencing Summer Nationals Comments

Review of the 3 Candidates Running for 2 US Fencing Board Seats this May

Review of the 3 Candidates Running for 2 US Fencing Board Seats this May

Donna MeyerMay 7, 2019US Fencing Board of Directors, US Fencing Board Elections, US Fencing Board Candidates, Michael Aufrichtig, Donald Alperstein, Ann Marsh Senic, US Fencing Board members

How the US Fencing Bylaws bypass the membership, and create an unaccountable Board

How the US Fencing Bylaws bypass the membership, and create an unaccountable Board

Donna MeyerMay 1, 2019US Fencing bylaws, US Fencing Board of Directors, US Fencing Board, US Fencing elections, US Fencing membership, US Fencing Officers, US Fencing Vice PresidentsComment

Problematic Questions in the April NAC Survey

Problematic Questions in the April NAC Survey

Donna MeyerApril 20, 2019April NAC Salt Lake City, Fencing April NAC 2019, Fencing in Salt Lake City, US Fencing April NAC Survey

Who Goes to NACs and Pays the Fees 2017 - 2019?

Who Goes to NACs and Pays the Fees 2017 - 2019?

Donna MeyerApril 20, 2019US Fencing NAC registrations, US Fencing fencing tournaments, US Fencing competitors

How Much Did It Cost US Fencing to Send 21 Representatives to the Junior and Cadet World Championships 2019?

How Much Did It Cost US Fencing to Send 21 Representatives to the Junior and Cadet World Championships 2019?

Donna MeyerApril 14, 2019US Fencing, US Fencing Board of Directors, Fencing Cadet and Junior World Championships 2019, Torun, US Fencing Cadre Comments

Why should parents care about who is on the US Fencing Board of Directors?

Why should parents care about who is on the US Fencing Board of Directors?

Donna MeyerApril 5, 2019US Fencing Board of Directors, US Fencing Referees, US Fencing fundraising, US Fencing Financials, US Fencing leadership, Senior Team USA, NAC Registration Fees, NAC Entry Fees, NAC Host Cities Comments

What worked at the Anaheim SJCC 2019

What worked at the Anaheim SJCC 2019

Donna MeyerMarch 24, 2019

The risks of booking flights to NACs before check-in times are announced

The risks of booking flights to NACs before check-in times are announced

Donna MeyerMarch 21, 2019

Water Shortages and Bad Calls at the Denver Junior Olympics

Water Shortages and Bad Calls at the Denver Junior Olympics

Donna MeyerFebruary 23, 2019Fencing Junior Olympics Denver, Cadet fencing championship, Juniors Fencing Championship, US Fencing, US Fencing leadership, US Fencing Board of Directors, US Fencing ticketing policies, US Fencing NAC event fees, US Fencing Referees, Fencing Referees

NACs Will Generate An Estimated $1.9 Million Surplus This Year, So Why Did US Fencing Raise Event Fees?

NACs Will Generate An Estimated $1.9 Million Surplus This Year, So Why Did US Fencing Raise Event Fees?

Donna MeyerJanuary 11, 2019US Fencing, US Fencing Financials, NACs, North America Cups, Fencing Team USA, US Fencing Board, NAC Host Cities, NAC locations, North America Cup, Fencing Referee Training, US Fencing Board of Directors, US Fencing fundraising, US Fencing NAC event fees Comments

Email to Board and Management of US Fencing Regarding NAC Organization

Email to Board and Management of US Fencing Regarding NAC Organization

Donna MeyerNovember 20, 2018US Fencing, NAC Schedules, NAC Host Cities, Travel costs to NACs, Long flight times to NACs

US Fencing is Exploring New Cities for NACs

US Fencing is Exploring New Cities for NACs

Donna MeyerNovember 16, 2018US Fencing, NAC, October NAC 2018, November NAC 2018, December NAC 2018, January NAC 2018, NAC host cities, national fencing competitions, travel to national fencing competitions, Milwaukee NAC, Kansas City NAC, Cincinnati NAC, Charoltte NAC, Charlotte NAC, Fencer jet lag Comments

October NAC Milwaukee Debrief for Parents - Security Lines and Flight Times

October NAC Milwaukee Debrief for Parents - Security Lines and Flight Times

Donna MeyerOctober 20, 2018October NAC 2018, October NAC Milwaukee, Fencing host city, fencing cadet events, fencing division 1 events, fencing division 2 events, US Fencing ticketing policies Comments

Respect the referee, always!

Respect the referee, always!

Donna MeyerMay 2, 2018