Olympic Committee Congress Set For Saturday
By Julu M. Johnson, Jr.
The Liberia National Olympic Committee (LNOC) will on Saturday, April
23, 2005 convene the 9th ordinary session of its General Assembly in
Monrovia.
Included in the agenda of the Assembly will be the election of the
LNOC's corps of officers for the quadrennial 2005-2008. There are 18
member federations, 9 individual members and 6 incumbent elected
officers within the LNOC.
The LNOC Executive Committee has accordingly appointed a committee
to oversee the General Assembly, headed by Mr. Edmond Dagbe.
The General Assembly Committee has already issued its guidelines in
keeping with the By-Laws and Constitution of the LNOC. The guidelines
stipulate that only executives of national federations and
associations as well as individual and current LNOC officials, from
amongst the membership of the LNOC, may apply to contest elections of
the LNOC. It also says that no fee or money is required to apply to or
participate in the elections.
The period for the submission of applications runs from Thursday,
April 7, through Tuesday, April 19.
The positions to be contested for are President, Vice
President/Administration, Vice President/Technical Affairs, Secretary
General, Assistant Secretary General and Treasurer. |
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