‘It’s in the hands of the clubs’
-Says AAG General Secretary Mayfield Taylor Trim of tomorrow’s AAG elections
It is that time again when Track and Field clubs direct their attention to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) as they vote for an executive for the next four years.
Will the incumbent president, Aubrey Hutson and the executive members remain at the helm or will there be changes when the clubs vote in the much talked about elections tomorrow?
The nine clubs will decide whether there is a need for changes or continuity especially for the presidential post which will be a two horse race with Hutson and Guyana Defense Force Major, Shen Fung. As is always the case, the decision rests on the shoulders of the affiliates.
This was reiterated by the AAG’s General Secretary, Mayfield Taylor-Trim yesterday.
“It’s in the hands of the clubs, they decide who they want in office” said Taylor Trim who then spoke on the transparency of the voting process.
“It is very transparent and simple, there is Returning Officer, the nominations which comes from the floor are seconded and then there is a vote by secret ballot.
Taylor-Trim added “The votes are then counted by the Returning Officer and then they are declared.
When quizzed on the identity of the Returning Officer, TaylorTrim stated that Dr. Karen Pilgrim, one of the Vice Presidents of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) will be tasked with the duty.
Tomorrow, the AGM gets underway at 10:30hrs at the National Resource Centre.
The nominees for office bearers are as follows: PresidentAubrey Hutson and Shen Fung.
Vice President-Colin Ming, Godfrey Washington, Cheryl Hermonstine, Hector Edwards, Colin Boyce, Lyndon Wilson and Mark Scott.
Treasurer -Simone Gaskin, Latoya Archer, Kwabina Griffith, Nial Stanton (present) and Silus Brummell.
Assistant Treasurer - Nial Stanton, Carlotta Abrams, Carla Roberts, Elton Bollers, Raymond Daw
Committee Members- Five persons from each of the nine clubs. Constitutionally, nominations closed two weeks prior to tomorrow’s election on January 6.