2022 USA Powerlifting National

Governing Board Meeting

Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino
3000 Paradise Road
Las Vegas, NV 89109, US

Monday June 13^th 9:00am – 5:00pm

All current USA Powerlifting members are invited to attend the 2022 National Governing Board (NGB) Meeting.

The official agenda will be posted on the USA Powerlifting website the week of June 6^th.

Nominations for Executive Committee Members:  Deadline for Nominations May 13^th  

Elected Executive Committee Positions (3-year terms):

• President
• EC Members (2 elected)

2022 Executive Committee Nomination Form

All names submitted as candidates for the Executive Committee will be asked if they are willing to run for the position. If willing to run, they will be asked to provide a resume and letter of interest. Candidates may nominate themselves for election to the Executive Committee.

Nominations for Four (4) Athlete Representatives: Deadline for Nominations May 13^th   

USA Powerlifting will be holding an online vote for the 3 Athlete Representative positions whose terms end this year and an additional position that was not filled in 2021.

Information regarding the Athlete’s Representative position can be found at Athlete Representative Position Description

2022 Athlete Representative Nomination Form

Nominations for Honorary Awards: Deadline for Nominations May 13^th   

Each year, recognition is given to the officials, athletes and coaches who represent the highest standards of service to their fellow athletes and the ideals of USA Powerlifting. These are the Honorary Awards. They are voted on at the National Governing Board Meeting which is held in conjunction with Open National Championships. These awards reflect the highest esteem of the governing delegates of USA Powerlifting. Nomination to these prestigious awards is an honor. The recipients of the Honorary Awards exemplify the values of USA Powerlifting, our sport as a whole and the drug free ethic that is central to our organization.

Information regarding these awards and past recipients can be found at Honorary Award Information

• Brother Bennett Award
• Athlete of the Year
• Coach of the Year
• Referee of the Year

2022 Honorary Award Nomination Form

All nominations for honorary awards should include reasons for nomination and background information. There are places in the form to submit this information.

Per the 2017 NGB vote, the voting for the honorary awards will be held online.

Assigning your vote to a proxy: Deadline to assign Proxy June 6^th        

A reminder to all State Chairs and voting members: If you are planning to assign your vote to another member in 2022, you must notify the USAPL Secretary, Angela Simons, by filling out the form below.

2022 NGB Proxy Form

The form must be completed by June 6^th.

State Chairs must proxy their vote to a member from their state.

Only one vote is allowed per individual. All voting members must have a current membership.

Reminder: the following positions are voting members at the NGB meeting

• Executive Committee Members
• Athlete Representatives
• State Chairs
• Committee Chairs (Collegiate, Masters, Military, Teen/Jr, Women)
• Second Voting Representative to the five states with the highest number of registered members in 2021 (TX, CA, FL, NY, WI)

If you have any questions, please contact any Executive Committee member. Executive Committee members’ contact information can be found at  Executive Committee Contact Information

Committee Reports: Deadline to submit committee report May 13^th

Committee Chairs: Please use the form at  2022 USA Powerlifting NGB Committee Reports to submit your committee report or to indicate that your committee has no report to submit.

Committee reports will be included in NGB materials per NGB vote in 2007. Committee chairs are still encouraged to use their time to thank those they wish and give a brief summary at the meeting.

Important Deadlines:

April 20^th: Deadline for submitting bylaw changes.

May 13^th: Deadline for submitting rule changes. 2022 USA Powerlifting Bylaws and Rule Change Submission Form

(Current by-laws can be found at USA Powerlifting Rules and Bylaws)

Internal updates to the bylaws are being made for removal of references to the IPF and there is no need to submit bylaw changes in reference to the IPF.

Proposals must be submitted in the following format.

• Microsoft Word
• Margins 1″
• Font: Arial
• Font size: 10
• Proposal:
• Rationale:

May 13^th: All nominations (4 Athlete Representatives, President, 2 Executive Committee positions, and all honorary award nominations) and all committee reports.

June 6^th: Deadline to assign NGB proxy.

Assignment of proxies, nominations, amendments, and additions submitted after these deadlines will not be accepted.