2012 Year in Review Cycling Canada 2012 Annual Meeting Report Page 1 2012 Year in Review INDEX Page 1.1 Introduction ………………………………………………………………………. 3 1.2 President’s Report ……………………………………………………………….. 4 1.3 CEO’s Report …………………………………………………………………….. 5 1.4 Finance & Administration ……………………………………………………….. 6 1.5 High Performance Programs …………………………………………… ……… 8 1.6 Domestic Program Development ……………………………………………….10 1.7 Business Development & Communication ……………….……………………12 1.8 Results ………… ………………………………………………………………….13 Page 2 2012 Year in Review 1.1. Introduction This report will provide an overview of the past year from the Board and management perspectives, a review of the main program thrusts in the high performance, development and business development areas and a comparative financial overview that will set out the year over year progress in this area. Board of Directors & Committee Members The association benefits greatly from the time, experience and passion of committed volunteers that provide leadership and advice in many key areas. They are listed below to acknowledge their contribution and service to the CCA. CCA Board John Tolkamp President Vancouver, BC David Cathcart Director-at-Large Ottawa, ON Bill Kinash Director-at-Large Regina, SK Hannah Parish Director-at-Large Montreal, QC Kevin Baldwin Director-at-Large St. John’s, NF Michael Sarnecki Director-at-Large Edmonton AB Erinne Willock NT Athletes Representative Victoria, BC High Performance Committee John Cools Chair Luc Arseneau Development Team Program Representative Louis Barbeau National Team Program Representative Julie Hutsebaut AWAD Program Representative Marie-Claude Molnar National Team Athlete Representative Jacques Landry High Performance Director – Head Coach Officials’ Committee Louise Lalonde Chair Josée Bédard MTB Representative Wayne Pomario Road & Track Representative Jason Howard BMX Representative Mathieu Boucher Director, Development Events Committee Kevin MacCuish Chair Remi Berube Road & Track Representative Adam Muys BMX Representative Simon Thériault MTB Representative Mathieu Boucher Director, Development Insurance Committee Kevin Baldwin CCA Board Member Heather Lothian Alberta Cycling Association Executive Director Kelly Murray Velo New Brunswick President Jim Crosscombe Ontario Cycling Association Executive Director Brett Stewart Director, Finance & Administration Page 3 2012 Year in Review 1.2. President’s Message By: John Tolkamp, CC President The London Olympics were beyond all doubt the major focus of the organization for 2012. While results didn’t meet expectations the planning, organization and the quality of the team assembled was a huge milestone for Canadian Cycling. The Olympics also provided a great opportunity to engage current and potential stakeholders and Cycling Canada leveraged the opportunity by hosting two formal events which were fruitful in raising the profile of the organization and cultivating further opportunities. The structures which were put in place combined with lessons learned positions us for further success in the run up for the 2016 Games in Rio. Another significant milestone in 2012 was the rebranding of the organization. Based on input from many alumni and advisors, and realizing the organization has changed dramatically in recent years, we undertook to revamp the identity. This new identity, Cycling Canada Cyclisme, modernizes and strengthens the brand, while maintaining a strong connection to our country and the rich history of cycling in Canada. In 2012 Cycling Canada launched a major strategic planning initiative. This included surveys and direct input from the public, license holders, committee members and the Provincial/Territorial affiliates. Mission and Vision statements have been refined along with identification of four strategic imperatives; (1) Resourcing: growing human capital and discretionary funding; (2) Development: Consolidating and strengthening a national development structure; (3) High-Performance: Enhancing and expanding the system of professional-quality support; (4) Profile: Moving Canadians to take pride in Canada’s cycling accomplishments. Further discussion with Provincial/Territorial associations is planned before finalizing goals / KPI’s and beginning implementation in early 2013. On the administrative side, with a constant view to improving governance, the number of directors at large positions on the Board was increased by one to a total of six effective this year. In addition a Finance & Audit Committee and a Business Development Advisory Committee were also established While Cycling Canada has made huge gains in delivering high performance programs and our objective of a world class indoor velodrome is virtually assured, significant progression on a structured, sustainable development program has yet to be realized. The resources necessary to increase our development capacity are currently lacking and are critical reaching our goal of being a leading cycling nation. The Race Clean, Own Your Victory, anti-doping program also continued to grow and recent events only solidify further the need for us as the national federation and our stakeholders to continue to educate and continue to support the fight. Finally, one cannot look back on 2012 without highlighting the Giro d'Italia win by Ryder Hesjedal; the 1st ever Grand Tour win by a Canadian. For three weeks the coverage of his exploits grew and along with it the profile of cycling in Canada reached new heights across all mainstream media channels. In closing, on a personal note, I wish to express sincere thanks to our CEO, Greg, national office staff and to the Board for continued support and commitment. I remain dedicated to improving and growing our sport and am honored to serve as your President. Yours in Cycling, Page 4 2012 Year in Review 1.3. CEO’s Message By: Greg Mathieu, Chief Executive Officer/Secretary General At this time last year we were looking forward with great expectation to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London and the promise they held for Canadian cycling to emerge as a top Canadian summer sport. While there was disappointment there were also many bright spots and a portent to the future in the form of the emerging athletes that will benefit tremendously from their experiences leading up to and at the London Games. I will leave it to the High Performance Director to note the many outstanding achievements over the past year. Early in the year the association’s Board of Directors supported the change of the name and logo to a more contemporary style and wording. As part of this rebranding the website for Cycling Canada has been redesigned resulting in a much cleaner look and increased functionality that can be administered by national staff to maintain content. As we head into the 2012 Annual Meeting we are nearing the announcement of the proponent that will build the permanent indoor velodrome in Milton for the 2015 Pan American Games and to become the home of Canadian cycling with our National Track Program housed there once completed. This is a game changer for cycling in Canada and we are thankful for the support of Toronto 2015, the Town of Milton, the Government of Canada and a number of donors to the capital project for ensuring this opportunity is fully realized. There will be a BMX SX track built for the Games as well and work is continuing on the plans for this venue and its post Games legacy utilization. As part of Cycling Canada’s long term planning we were able to survey our Provincial/Territorial affiliates, members of the national association’s program committees and general membership on a variety of areas. The responses are assisting us in developing a Strategic Plan for the 2013 to 2016 period and to examine roles and responsibilities with our affiliates with a goal of developing a memorandum of agreement with each on the areas we will work together on mutually shared goals. It is going to be increasingly important for provincial/territorial associations to be able to understand and articulate to their government funding agency their role in the pathway to the podium including talent identification and talent development initiatives they will undertake in collaboration with the national association. We are pleased that nine of eleven affiliates have provided us with the requested membership information in order that we can get a composite view of cycling membership in Canada across all jurisdictions that issue membership cards and/or licenses. The form of some of the reporting has not been consistent which is not surprising in this first year of gathering the data. We hope to have some of the summary reports available by the time of the Annual Meeting. The movement to hard card licensing took some additional work by a number of contributors and appears to be working out to the overall benefit of our members which is the key outcome we wished to achieve. We will be discussing license coding at the Annual Meeting as there have been some significant deviations from the UCI mandated template which could cause problems for the license holder. Behind the scenes the association has benefitted from the generous contributions of time and expertise from our Board or Directors and the members of the Program Committees. I would like to recognize and thank them for all they bring to Cycling Canada. Our staff has risen to the many challenges of an Olympic/Paralympic year and I would like to thank each of them for their commitment and contributions. Sincerely, Page 5 2012 Year in