a Victoria Soccer Supporters Group for fans of Pacific FC and the Victoria Highlanders
The Lake Side Buoys Society met tonight for their Annual General Meeting. One of the highlights of the annual meeting is to determine who will serve on the Board of Directors for the following year. The Lake Side Buoys are proud to present the following members who will serve on the board for 2021:
President:
Michael Geldreich
Vice President:
Ryan Arrowood
Secretary Treasurer:
Andrew Fitzsimmons
Members-at-Large:
Jacob Burnley
Dallas Killian Arrowood
Blake McStravick
Allison Armond
Victoria, BC (Thursday, December 10, 2020) – Pacific Football Club is pleased to announce the re-signing of attacker Marco Bustos for the 2021 season.
“Bustos is a player who has tremendous ability and is working hard every day to become a better player,” said Pa-Modou Kah, Head Coach, Pacific FC. “He has shown qualities of an MVP player in this league and hopefully he will take the progress from this year into next season.”
The 24-year old had a stellar season at the 2020 Island Games on Prince Edward Island with five goals and 10 assists. He joined Pacific FC after a season of playing for his hometown of Winnipeg in 2019, the inaugural year of the Canadian Premier League. In his tenure with Valour, Bustos made 25 appearances and was the team’s top scorer.
Known for his fitness and work ethic, Bustos has been capped six times for Canada and has a total of 100 professional appearances featuring for the Whitecaps, Whitecaps 2, Mexican Side Zacatepec and USL side Oklahoma City Energy. He is consistently a fan favourite.
At 5-foot-6, Bustos is one of the quickest players on the pitch. Kah refers to him as an integral part of what Pacific is building as a club. He joins a full roster of new and re-signed players looking forward to the 2021 season.
Hello everyone!
At the last meeting of the Lake Side Buoys board of directors, we discussed how the oddities of this year have affected our organization and came up with a few strategies that should help grow our membership and make it easier for our current members to stay members.
The board has decided to:
For the 2021 membership, we’re decoupling merchandise with memberships. A new member signing up in 2021 will receive just the Lake Side Buoys membership/Yates Street Taphouse discount card. (which will pay for itself after a visit or two) Scarves and stickers and whatnot will be available separately.
We’re hoping that lowering the price of admission will get more people interested in joining us and supporting local soccer. It will also bring us more in line with what other supporters’ groups in the Canadian Premier League are doing for their memberships.
2020 Annual General Meeting
For last year’s AGM, we rented a conference room at the Victoria Public Library and it was well attended – thank you to everyone who was able to be there! This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, we’ve decided not to have an in-person gathering and will conduct a virtual meeting instead. Our Annual General Meeting is very important for determining what the board will look like the following year and we are counting on your participation.
The 2020 Annual General Meeting
of the Lake Side Buoys Society Board of Directors
has been scheduled to take place on
Saturday, December 12th, 2020
A link to join the meeting and an agenda will be sent to all members in good standing closer to the event. The time for the meeting is currently 4PM to 5PM (Pacific Standard) but that is subject to change at this time.
At the AGM, we elect the board of directors who are volunteers that do a lot of the heavy lifting that keeps our organization running. We are always looking for new faces and talent to represent our membership and we are currently accepting nominations for positions on the board. You can nominate yourself, or another member in good standing.
We are currently taking nominations for the following board positions:
No prior board experience is necessary. You can nominate yourself for multiple positions if you’d like. If you are passionate about soccer and love supporting our teams, then you are more than qualified to be on our board.
The deadline for nominations for the board of directors is December 7th, 2020.
The earlier you get your nominations in, the better! All nominations must be submitted to before the deadline. The official list of nominees will be made available in our Facebook group as they come in.