By a ringing vote of 219-99 with 18 abstentions, Mario Charpentier has been ousted from the board of directors of the Alberta Soccer Association.
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Other key members of Charpentier's board -- which seized power from elected president Chris Billings last February -- have also been defeated.
The Alberta membership capped the day by passing a reform barring district soccer association presidents from serving on the board of the ASA -- very similar to the sweeping reforms that will be considered by the Canadian Soccer Association at their own Special General Meeting in two weeks' time.
I will be writing a special Onward! to put this all in perspective, and you can expect that tomorrow morning.
I also nabbed a short interview with Billings, and that will be up in a few minutes.
Onward!