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The board has officially backed down and the election will proceed under the original rules. I am honestly stunned by how quickly things shifted once you all stepped up to demand fairness. This result belongs entirely to you and I am just so grateful to have been part of this …

March 27, 2018

Allow the WYFCP elections to occur ASAP without changing the by-laws mid election!

Allow the WYFCP elections to occur ASAP without changing the by-laws mid election!

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Started by Shaun Poulton 8 years, 8 months ago

Four current members of the Winfield Youth Football & Cheer Program’s (WYFCP) Executive Board are attempting to change the WYFCP by-laws in the middle of the election process. One of the new by-laws that they are attempting to add would remove the competition that these board members would face in the election. What this means is that the three of them would run unopposed for President, Vice-President and Secretary and continue to be on the Executive Board for another year. Conveniently, Brian Faya, Jim Mullen and Kelly Duncan, who also applied for these positions, would suddenly become ineligible even though their applications have already been accepted by the Board at the December General Board meeting according to current bylaws.

This all comes on the heels of the same four people telling Shaun Poulton that his "gift of volunteering" for Area Football Director would not be accepted this year which allowed the 4th member to run unopposed and be elected to this position.

Please sign this petition in support of a fair election that would not allow such changes to occur in the middle of the election process. Thank you for your support!

Updates

January 11, 2018

I am truly overwhelmed by the momentum behind this because I never imagined so many people would care about the integrity of our youth program. This response belongs entirely to you and your refusal to accept unfair changes during an ongoing election.

Reached 100 supporters

January 11, 2018

41 Comments

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Jeff Reed
8 years ago Featured

Remember, this should be about helping to influence and develop young men and women through sports, not anyone’s personal agendas or power grabs.

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Brian Jorgensen
8 years ago Featured

I am fully supportive of different leadership, particularly given the significant falloff in registrations and the need to think beyond the program for solutions because that is not a Winfield only observation. I also think it is important that we recognize the success that a fresh perspective has brought to the program (eg punt, pass and kick) and not lose that momentum.

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Keith Boore
8 years ago Featured

I have three kids in the Winfield program. Both football, baseball, and cheer. I always want to stay with the "Cavs", however we are not opposed now to moving to another program if this type of immoral actions are occurring. These are "OUR" kids lives that's being played with. Shame on whoever is trying to pull these shenanigans. I would love to have a town hall meeting where I could hear more and voice feedback as my right as a Winfield parent!

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Shirley Easley
8 years ago Featured

I will follow Shaun Poulton, Brian Faya, Jim Mullen and Kelly Duncan to another program if I have to. We have been with WYFCP for 8 years with two sons going thru the program. Let’s have a fair process.

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Mark Pressimone
8 years ago Featured

At this point it's pretty clear that new leadership is needed. The once proud and strong Winfield brand, is now a shell of its former self. The board should just save all of us the time, and for them to be able to hold onto a little bit of pride, and step down. They are not the future. With Brian Faya as President, the families will come running back. GO CAVS!

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Cati Childers
8 years ago Featured

I have coached not only Cheerleading but Dance Team/Poms as well for almost seventeen years. I brought my girls to Winfield because of the program. I became a Coach at Winfield because of the program. I am sadden to see people try and "fix elections" by trying to change the bi-laws after applications were accepted. In the programs I have coached for, amending bi-laws happens before or after elections, not during the time when elections are held. To me, that is bringing the focus off of building a better program.

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Mark Pressimone
8 years ago

Jake, you should try doing some thinking for yourself instead of being a parrot for your dad. The "juice head" or "meat head" (real classy by the way - most people reading your post will ignore your opinion after that) did nothing wrong, which is why Poulton made that decision. The great man that were speaking of has dedicated countless hours to this program and decided to give even more of his time to put on a conditioning program once a week for any kid that showed up. Not just for football players and not an "extra practice". Instead of inquiring about it, your daddy reported him to the board. Not only did Poulton find nothing wrong, but CCFL investigated and found nothing wrong. And about the stacking the teams. Are you confused? The last 3 years our numbers have plummeted. We went from having 2 teams at every level to not even bring able to field a team at every level. Poulton is not power hungry, your dad and Mike are. That's why they are trying their last ditch effort of changing the by laws. If they weren't power hungry, why wouldn't they just step away after watching the fall of the Cavs? And this petition is just to get the word out. That county board of recs is already aware of what is going on. It's over. Tell your dad to leave the keys to the Gator on the desk. He won't be needing them anymore.

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Jake Brown
8 years ago

And after reading these comments it’s clear that no of you idiots have a clue what’s going on so here’s the story they’re changing the bylaws to state you can not be on the executive board and coach at the same time because since they changed the rule to say that you could coach and be on the executive board Sean has used his power to try and stack his team and Jim Mullen’s team so because they won’t have that power anymore they want to fight it. So all you dumbasses commenting about how bad this is for Winfield learn you facts cause youth football is about teaching these young kids the life lessons that can be taught through football not so 40 year old man trying to relive his glory days.