World Team Meeting Minutes - St. Louis 2025

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Team Canada Policy Meeting ? St. Louis 2025
Minutes

1)   Note that Finland has withdrawn from 2027 hosting and the 2027 will now be held at the Volmerange facility in France, which was where the 2011 Championship was held. For 2029 Australia has indicated they would like to host the WBC.
2)   Nominate and Vote for Delegate for 2027. Rick Pollock is stepping down as delegate and the new delegate is Bob Richards by acclimation. Bob has been to several WBC events and is past President of APRA and has extensive experience in organizing club activities. WBSF to be notified of our new delegate.
3)   Bank Account Balance after expenses is $2,380.97. Total of $12,950 in sponsorship raised. Thanks to all our sponsors:
 a)   Rosebud
 b)   Plenty O Patches
 c)   HWP
 d)   Lake of the Woods - Kenora
 e)   March Scopes Canada
 f)   APRA
 g)   ORSA
 h)   BRSC
4)   What to do with funds remaining from 2025 event? These will be carried over to 2027 event and provide seed money for the team.
5)   Re-affirm Qualifying procedure for 2027:
 a)   Qualifying to take place in 2026 Calendar year. Agreed by shooters.
 b)   Top 6 grand aggregates are counted towards points total. Discuss reducing this to 4 grand aggs? It was agreed to reduce the qualifying events to a total of 4   Grand Aggregates in order to increase participation in the qualifying process.
 c)   Points are earned by number of competitors you beat in each grand aggregate. This stays the same.
 d)   No cap on points, since there are no really big shoots anymore. Agreed by shooters and stays the same.
 e)   any LV, HV, SP match anywhere will count.
 f)   Indicate interest by the end of January 2026. Agreed.
 g)   Qualifying order to be finalized and published by end of year 2026.
 h)   BRSC membership required in qualifying year and in Championship year. This will carry on as there is a requirement to support Canadian benchrest and shoots  to get on the team.
6)   Re-Affirm that current World Team members set policy for 2027 WBC. Agreed to by shooters.
7)   Old Business? None.
   New Business? None.