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Post by John Milne on May 23, 2011 9:50:12 GMT -5
Only the executives get to vote?? That needs to change. I did not realize. Must be my "head up a%s syndrome" "HUA". Members should nominate, executives select top nominees, and every OAA member votes. Stop this Taliban regime! ( whispers to the President in his best clandestine voice) "This sounds like an anarchist ... let's get rid of him" |
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Post by Jason Manjin on May 23, 2011 12:03:47 GMT -5
OFFICAL LIST OF NOMINEESPromoter of the year # of VOTES Joseph P Gould Allan Aubin Mike Gould John Osiekei Guy Windover Mark Zalepa Eric Roussin Big Luke Rookie of the year # of VOTESJakes Charles Dave Jackson Dan Kadlec Braden Riehl Jay Wilson Tyler Robinson Ryan Sobhie Most Improved # of VOTESJake Charles Shane Oppersma Matt Goldfarb Joel Goodsell Andrew Scott Stephan Straub Guy Windover Janet Riehle Jay Riehle Janek Kwais Bill Cameron John Milne Ryan Sobhie Murray Park # of VOTESMark Zalepa Allan Aubin Eric Roussin Joe Gould Rob Graham Joel Goodsell Don Sample Tony Brooks Mike Haigh Rick Baarbe Any more additions? Now should I make an offical ballot? 
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Post by John Milne on May 23, 2011 13:14:05 GMT -5
Ryan Sobhie could be considered as Rookie and Most Improved
He did take the belt from Mr. Windover and will be defending it this Saturday.
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Post by Jay Riehle on May 23, 2011 13:29:15 GMT -5
Thank you very much for the nomiation however I feel I have not improved as much in the way of armwrestling, just rather got down to a weight category that I feel I should have been at in the first place (198lbs) 255lbs last September to 198lbs for the North Bay tourney was a big loss but looking forward to some big wins at the table!!!!! 2012 will be known as THE YEAR OF THE MADNESS!!!!! Thx for the support guys. I will not be cutting to 187 for the Arm Melter want to pull the big boys!!!!!!!!!!! lol Hey you never know maybe me & Milne wll take Manjin's money.............that is after he goes through a 10min war with Mike lol...........and then goes to the strap with Wild Bill............and then..........hey you never know......lol can't wait!!!!!!!!!
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Post by John Milne on May 23, 2011 13:53:11 GMT -5
Wow Jay, congratulations on such a weight loss. I had no idea you did that, amazing.
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Post by Jay Riehle on May 23, 2011 13:59:07 GMT -5
Promo of the Year- Joe Gould (Taken Arm Melter Series to the EXTREME!!!!!!)
Rook of the Year- Tyler Robinson (nuff said)
Most Improved- Janet Riehle (Nearly flawless year of pulling, started pulling mens 155'sthis year, I know she's my wife but really who else do you know that goes around lifting tractor tires off the ground!!!!! except maybe crazy george. lol
Murray Park- Al Aubin (Al has spawned enough armwrestlers in this sport to create 3 very successful armwrestling teams and doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon with new additions every couple of months. Al's devotion to the sport of armwrestling on & off the scene is unmeasurable and that is why he has my vote)
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Post by Eric Roussin on May 23, 2011 14:35:58 GMT -5
How should the votes be collected?
By polls on this message board? This excludes OAA members who are not on the board. Also, some board members are not current OAA members.
By write-in votes (e-mail and/or snail mail)? This could work, but would not be completely anonymous -- but I'm not sure if this is much of an issue.
By vote at the Provincials using the ballot developed by Jason? This could be the best way. The engravings wouldn't be ready ahead of time, but I guess this isn't a big deal. I don't think the process of voting at the Provincials is ideal, because of the potential of regional bias, but for this type of thing there's probably not much danger. I think this is a bigger issue for votes regarding locations of future Provincial Championships.
What method do you guys prefer? I don't think any members of the Executive are currently too attached to the current system, so if there is a better way to do this we would likely be open to changing it.
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Post by Jason Manjin on May 23, 2011 18:16:56 GMT -5
What is the list of current OAA members? If you are on the list, vote. How many possible voters do we have? These people could vote on the board here. Eric , I think if we had 80% of the members voting on a poll, on the board, that would be more diverse than any in person provincial vote we have ever had (with the exception of this year likely). Done way ahead of time and with the least amount of time and effort. We have a good mix of the regions on the board. This could work well also for voting new executives and future provincial locations so they don't get lopsided by the present location. Should we have a poll to see if we should have a poll?  Better Ideas? ? |
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Post by Jay Riehle on May 23, 2011 19:50:13 GMT -5
That sounds cool but how would you control people out-of-province from voting? ? |
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Post by Jay Riehle on May 23, 2011 21:40:21 GMT -5
Thanks John, I have Janet to thank for the diet. Ran enough stairs to make it to heaven lol. Aerodyne bike helped as well. Thanks to The Grippler for inspiring me, Gobby for the nutrition and exercise tips & thanks to everyone else for kicking my a$$ to get down to 198lbs.
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Post by Bilal Kreidieh on May 23, 2011 22:19:37 GMT -5
OFFICAL LIST OF NOMINEESPromoter of the year # of VOTES Joseph P Gould Allan Aubin Mike Gould John Osiekei Guy Windover Mark Zalepa Eric Roussin Rookie of the year # of VOTESJakes Charles Dave Jackson Dan Kadlec Braden Riehl Jay Wilson Tyler Robinson Ryan Sobhie Most Improved # of VOTESJake Charles Shane Oppersma Matt Goldfarb Joel Goodsell Andrew Scott Stephan Straub Guy Windover Janet Riehle Jay Riehle Janek Kwais Bill Cameron John Milne Ryan Sobhie Murray Park # of VOTESMark Zalepa Allan Aubin Eric Roussin Joe Gould Rob Graham Joel Goodsell Don Sample Tony Brooks Mike Haigh Rick Baarbe Any more additions? Now should I make an offical ballot? How can someone be in the rookie of the year category and most improved at the same time? Rookie is someone new to the sport and most improved is someone who's had an improvement the last year (i..e has been arm wrestling before, but just started improving) A number of people in the rookies should go into the most improved category...my 2 cents... What's the definition of rookie anyways?? You want rookie? Dan Kadlec. Never arm wrestled. Made a huge impact. That's a rookie. |
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Post by Jason Manjin on May 24, 2011 14:15:31 GMT -5
Good points Bilal. I don't think we've ever had a clear definition of what a rookie is? Almost like trying to figure out who should pull an amateur class and who shouldn't. I think of someone in their first 2 years or so of pulling as a rookie. I think it would be harder in this sport, the way it is currently, to define a rookie the way every other sport does. Maybe this should change?? Specific qualifications should be met??? I am not sure. |
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Post by Bilal Kreidieh on May 25, 2011 11:10:56 GMT -5
Good points Bilal. I don't think we've ever had a clear definition of what a rookie is? Almost like trying to figure out who should pull an amateur class and who shouldn't. I think of someone in their first 2 years or so of pulling as a rookie. I think it would be harder in this sport, the way it is currently, to define a rookie the way every other sport does. Maybe this should change?? Specific qualifications should be met??? I am not sure. Exaclty, amateur is another story. Take the MGC for example. Most of the amateurs in the amateur segment are far from amateur, and just because they've never won an MGC, they can still pull amateur. They could have been pulling for 8 years but never won and would still be pulling amateur. |
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Post by Fayez Moutassem on May 25, 2011 12:06:45 GMT -5
I've pulled someone with 20+ yrs of experience at MGC amateur lol
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Post by Joey Costello on May 28, 2011 8:25:01 GMT -5
I think Promoter of the year should go to.
Big Luke has been a promoter for over 30 years, 25 years of that has been supporting the O.A.A.
He has held 133 tournaments Sanctioned, circuited, provincials and National events.
That's where my vote would go.
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