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As the busy tournament season is about to start, Darts Alberta would like to remind participants that if incidents occur, please go immediately to the control desk and report them … instead of having matters escalate out of control. 

Disciplinary proceedings are quite expense and not a good use of Darts Alberta funds. The Board is putting new processes in place regarding our disciplinary policy.

• Asking for incident reports from our tournament organizers
• New requirement in the process being added that if an issue was not reported to the control desk for the organizers to handle, the complaint will be deemed invalid
• Ranked Tournament Director Responsibilities and Guidelines document being created to help organizers understand what their responsibilities are and how to manage issues and conflicts when they occur

Congratulations goes out to Caidynce Rever, Kylie Chapman and Nathan Osmond for achieving 3 of the #1 ranked positions on the year end NDFC youth ranking list. 

Special recognition also goes out to Saylee Blois, who was actually tied in points with Caidynce, but achieved the #2 spot. Caidynce received the #1 spot for achieving a higher position in the 2024 Junior Female Singles National Championship.

Special recognition also goes out to Jaxson Danis, who also achieved the #2 position. Jaxson was the leader in the Junior Male category for most of the season, until Ben Goddard from Western Ontario snuck up and narrowly surpassed Jaxson with his win at the 2024 Find-A-Part this past weekend. 

A special thanks to all of you that organize these youth ranked events in Alberta. 

Full NDFC article: https://www.ndfc.ca/news/156568/Congratulations-to-our-Top-Ranked-Youth-Players 

Darts Alberta has reinstated a policy where our member leagues can bid to host the adult provincials. More details of the requirements are available in the Policy 11. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the President, Tournament Director or Administator for more details. 

Although typically in the future, member leagues must bid 2 years in advance, we will be accepting bids for the 2026 Adult Provincials and the 2027 Adult Provincials by the December 31, 2024 deadline. When submitting your bid, please specify the year you are interested in hosting. 

Darts Alberta has recently increased their adult DA/NDFC membership to $30.00 for league member upgrades, due to a subsequent increase by the NDFC. The full DA/NDFC membership for youth and adult will remain at $50.00. 

Some adult members have already purchased NDFC upgrades to participate in the World Masters at the previous price. No additional fees will be collected this year for those members. 

Darts Alberta would like to update all of our members on some recent changes to the Darts Alberta Board:

• Judi Brown’s term as the Provincial Director has ended and she chose not to reapply for the position
• Fred Seaward has resigned his position as Past President
• Natalie Kalika has resigned her position as Treasurer
• Darryl Walsh has resigned his position as Youth Director, as a result of being appointed to another position
• Kathy Pasjack has resigned her position as Publicity Director

Throughout our lives, priorities change and we would like to thank Fred, Judi, Natalie, Kathy and Darryll for all the years of service that they have put into their positions.

Further to these resignations, Darts Alberta would like to report the following appointments that the Board made at their meeting this past weekend:

• Chris Finch has been appointed as the new Treasurer until June 30, 2025
• Darryll Walsh has been appointed as the new Provincial Director for a 4 year term
• Julie Narain has been appointed as the new Youth Director until June 30, 2025 and since there is no upcoming casino this year, Julie will remain in the position as First Vice President for the time being
• Adrian Broomfield has been appointed as the new Publicity Director until June 30, 2025

Congratulations to everyone in their new positions. Darts Alberta looks forward to welcoming you to the Board!

A special thank you goes out to Judi Brown, as the Provincial Director since the fall of 2018. We appreciate everything you've done since you've been appointed. Judi has chosen to pursue other interests and will be resigning her position once a new Provincial Director is appointed.

The Provincial Director is an appointed position, which includes an application submission and interview process. All members are eligible to submit their application. The deadline for applications is August 23, 2024. A prescreening process will take place and only those deemed to have the necessary skills and experience will be contacted for interviews. Please submit your application to administrator@dartsalberta.com, and include a summary of your skills and experience relative to the position.

Application - https://www.dartsalberta.com/file.aspx?id=632888&dl=1 

Position Description - https://www.dartsalberta.com/file.aspx?id=586018&dl=1

Cory Bowen, President

Darts Alberta is pleased to announce that we have found a new venue for all those events that are typically held in Ponoka. Our new venue is the Innisfail Legion, who are very much looking forward to our events being held there. The first event is the 2024 Pro Am that will be held on Saturday, September 7, 2024. An updated poster will be added to the website for this invitational tournament for all those eligible through our grassroots program and from our elite list. 

The 2024 Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday, March 9, 2024 at the Ponoka Legion. 

As per the Elections Policy, ANY MEMBER wishing to run for a position on the Board of Directors must submit their intent to run for the position(s) by notifying the Administrator no later than 14 day prior to the Annual General Meeting. For the 2024 Annual General Meeting, your INTENT TO RUN and Volunteer Application (if not already on file) must be received by the Administrator (administrator@dartsalberta.com) no later than Saturday, February 24, 2024. Current Board Member applications are on file, so only notification is required for anyone running for their current position. 

At the 2024 Annual General Meeting, the following positions are up for election:

• First Vice President
• Secretary
• Membership Director
• Youth Director

Details regarding each position description can be found by clicking on any of the above positions.

Additional Resources:

Volunteer Application Form (PDF Fillable)

All details regarding the election process are contained within Policy 030. This policy outlines the only exceptions for when nominations will be taken from the floor as well as the timelines of when members must comply with the Volunteer Screening Policy.

Further details about the Darts Alberta Volunteer Screening Process are contained in Policy 022.