News - North-America

It is with appreciation that we announce that Lorna Campbell has stepped down as USA Touch Secretary effective immediately. Lorna has served USA Touch and the game in this official role for the past year, but has been part of the executive USA Touch leadership for over a decade. Lorna has been heavily involved in the huge growth of the game as of late as well as being a solid member of the Touch community for years, in running the Houston Hurricanes. We will miss Lorna as she moves back to her homeland of Australia and wish her every success in her future endeavors. Lorna will continue to help USA Touch until her departure in October and with the transition of the newly appointed secretary. We would like to introduce Jean Miller as the new USA Touch secretary. Jean has been part of the USA Touch wider community for several years. Jean brings a wealth of experience organizing tournaments and building the game in every area she has lived in. Jean helped build Hawaii into a strong member and hosted a USA Touch National Championships in 2000. Jean has been instrumental in the growth of Touch in the Bay Area organizing strong teams that have competed for the Mixed Open Championships as they have made every semi final since 2009, making the final in 2009 and again in 2012. We would like to thank Jean for making this commitment and welcome her to the executive board of USA Touch.

USA Touch is pleased to announce the 2012 US Touch Nationals in San Francisco, California! The objective of USA Touch is to continue to grow and spread this fantastic game — they had 17 teams at Disney in 2010 and are planning on the 2012 event to be even bigger!

The Federation of International Touch is pleased to announce the appoinment of their Board for the year going forward, following the 2011 annual General Meeting this week.

The USA Touch Executive Board announces it has completed drafting their new Constitution and By-Laws. The full document can be viewed, on request, by any registered Affiliate or member. More information on registering your club as an Affiliate will be coming shortly and registration is free to all clubs. The first AGM (Annual General meeting) will be held in Pleasanton, CA. on Friday, June 29th, 2012 (time and location TBA) after the days games. All Affiliated clubs have the right to send one representative to the meeting and have a voice in the ongoing management of the Association.USA Touch have also restructured and are in need of dedicated people willing to assume responsibilities in the organization.Help is needed in areas of:

The FIT Board is reviewing a number of policies & procedures in coming weeks and we ask for your feedback on communications.