Southern California Division Membership Meeting

There will be a meeting of the members of the Southern California Division on Saturday, July 19, 2025, 12:00 pm. The meeting will be conducted online, through Zoom. All USFA Southern California Division members are invited to participate. If you are unable to attend, you may submit a vote by proxy. (Instructions below)

When: Jul 19, 2025, 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Please register in advance for this online meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_haQ4hHHTpa9JzEM26Vz5A

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers and directors for the Division year 8/1/2025 to 7/31/2026.

The members of the Division met in March for the semi-annual meeting. At this meeting, the following members were nominated to serve as officers of the Division for the 2025-2026 fiscal year:

Officers Nominated: (Vote for one for each position)

The election slate for 2025/2026

Current Board running for re-election:

Chair: James Beihold (Swords/UCLA)
Vice Chair: Karl Jordon (UFA/Points West)
Treasurer: Eric Speicher (Ace/Conejo)
Secretary: Karen Lieu (Avant Garde)

Additional nominations:

Chair: Tigran Shaginian (Swords)
Vice Chair: Nana Demerchian (Swords)
Treasurer: Swan Kim (Swords)
Secretary: Shelby Kim (Swords)

Executive Committee running for re-election:

Liz Geyer (KAFF)
Phil Hareff (Conejo)
Anna Jordon (UFA)
Tim Robinson (Presidio)
Greg Schiller (Bridgeport/VAPA)
Rudy Streitz (KAFF)
Daryl Taylor (Fortune)
Mike Vazquez (Elite)

These nominations, and any additional, will be subject to the membership vote in July. The time for nominations for officers for the 2025-2026 has expired. However, additional nominations for Directors (also known as Executive Committee members) may be made from the floor, at the July meeting, or by written nomination submitted to the Division Secretary, Karen Lieu, at email address kblieu@pacbell.net.

To be eligible to vote at the July meeting, Voter must be Southern California Division members, at least 18 years old, and have USA Fencing membership current as of February 2025. You may vote during the meeting or submit a Proxy (complete Proxy form from link below and submit to Southern California Division Secretary Karen Lieu by email at kblieu@pacbell.net Proxies must be received by Wednesday, July 16, 2025).

Proxy Ballot

We hope to see you at the July meeting, and we hope you will consider volunteering to join the Southern California Division leadership!