<div dir="ltr">Hello, all! <div><br></div><div>Several coaches have reached out asking about proxy voting, so I thought I would send out the guidelines:</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%">Section 4. <u>Proxy
Voting at Meetings. </u>Schools are encouraged to attend the business meetings
of the GFCA, however, general Proxy voting is allowed by the following process
when a member school's coaching staff cannot attend</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">a)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">
      </span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">A general proxy gives the proxy holder the
right to vote as he or she sees fit on any business that may come up at a
meeting. All proxy votes will be recorded and may be reviewed by the absent
member, however, by designating a Proxy, the member cannot “undo” or “change”
the votes put forth by that proxy.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">b)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">
      </span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The member school must notify the Director
of Programs about the choice to use “general proxy voting” via email by the
close of business the day before the scheduled meeting.  The email must
include to whom the member is giving the voting rights and the designated
person must be copied on the email.  Each
member school can only be designated as a Proxy of at most two (2) other member
schools.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">c)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">
      </span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">On the day of the meeting, the designated
person must sign in with the Director of Programs or designee and receive a
proxy voting placard which will be used to signify all votes for the absent
school.</span></p></div><div><br></div><div>Please send Mary Kay Waterman an email informing her of your intent to have a proxy for voting at the Spring Meeting and make sure to ask your proxy to check-in with her on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Mario Herrera</div><div><br></div></div>