News

07/08/05
  • Minutes for the following Board of Director meetings have been posted: Feb 23, 2005, Mar 23, 2005, May 18, 2005, and (provisionally) Jun 23, 2005.
07/01/05
  • The Official Numbers Rules & Schedule for the Davenport festival have been posted.
05/13/05
  • The May 2005 roster is now available to members in the Members Area.
04/09/05
  • The IJA year-end Financial Statement for 2004 is now available via a link from the Business page.
03/07/05
  • The March 2005 roster is now available to members in the Members Area.
02/23/05
  • The January BoD Minutes are posted.
02/19/05
  • Nominations are open for three seats on the IJA Board of Directors that are up for election in the summer of 2005. Deadlines for submitting nominations and candidacy statements have been posted.
01/29/05
  • World Juggling Day (WJD) is Saturday, June 18, 2005. Register to win WJD prizes including clubs and DVDs and to announce your own World Juggling Day event.
01/29/05
  • December BoD Minutes are posted.
01/17/05
  • The January 2005 roster is now available to members in the Members Area.
12/26/04
  • November BoD Minutes are posted.
12/05/04
  • IJA 2Q04 and 3Q04 financial statements are now available from the Business page.
11/30/04
  • The IJA's IRS Form 990 for 2003 is now available from the Business page.
11/19/04
  • The November 2004 roster is now available to members in the Members Area.
11/18/04
  • Dues for members outside the US have been reduced to be the same as dues for members in the US. Annual dues are: $30 for members 18 or older; and $23 for members 17 or younger.
  • Minutes are up for the October 20, 2004, meeting of the Board of Directors
10/21/04
  • Minutes are up for the August 31, 2004, meeting of the Board of Directors
09/13/04
  • The September 2004 roster is now available to members in the Members Area.
09/11/04
  • For you history fans, Martin Frost has posted images of IJA Newsletters from 1978 with articles announcing and reporting on the first European IJA mini-convention — also known as the first European Juggling Convention — held in Brighton, England, in April 1978.
09/04/04
  • Sandy Brown, 2004 Buffalo Festival Director, has posted her report.
09/04/04
  • Minutes are now available for four recent Board of Directors meetings, starting at Jun 6, 2004 and ending at Jul 27, 2004.
08/27/04
  • Two financial reports are now available for the 2004 IJA Juggling Festival in Buffalo, NY: Income and Expense Summary and Registration and Income Details.
07/27/04
  • The new IJA DVD The Jugglers That Jugglers Watch as well as the 2004 Festival DVDs can now be ordered from the IJA Online Store. DVD prices have been reduced, and even lower prices are available to IJA members.
07/26/04
  • The IJA Awards page and the 2004 Championships & Games results have been posted.
07/05/04
  • The July 2004 roster is now available to members in the members section.
06/27/04
  • Minutes from the May 4 Board of Directors meeting are now available
06/24/04
  • For information on voting and finding the ballot in JUGGLE or online, see The Election: Voting.
06/04/04
  • To encourage new jugglers to continue juggling, the IJA now has online Juggler Certificates which can be printed, signed and given to new jugglers that you've verified can juggle.
06/02/04
  • Minutes of the March 2 meeting of the Board of Directors have been posted.
05/17/04
  • The May 2004 roster is now available to members in the members section.
05/14/04
  • The Board has recently appointed Bob Neuman to fill out Greg Phillips' term as an IJA Director. Check him out on the .
04/06/04
  • Greg Phillips has resigned his position on the IJA Board of Directors. See his post on the discussion forum and the followup messsages for more information. The chairman of the board has announced his intention to replace Greg.
03/20/04
  • The March 2004 IJA Roster is now available for download in PDF format from the members-only section of the web site. Instructions on how to log in are on the members section page. The online Roster is expected to be updated every two months.
03/03/04
  • Added Minutes of the February board meeting and IJA 2004 Pre-Election and Election Regulations
02/16/04
  • Added Minutes of the January board meeting.
02/16/04
  • World Juggling Day (WJD) is Saturday, June 19, 2004. Register to win WJD prizes like torches and DVDs and to announce your own World Juggling Day event.
02/08/04
  • Posted a letter from the Communications Director: Reasons to Join the IJA.
01/23/04
  • Added info about the IJA archives and linked the page into the 'About the IJA' page.
01/16/04
  • Added minutes of December 16, 2003 board meeting.
12/21/03
  • Nominations are open for four seats on the IJA Board of Directors that are up for election in the summer of 2004. Deadlines for submitting nominations and candidacy statements have been posted.
12/01/03
  • Added minutes of November 18, 2003 board meeting.
11/27/03
  • The letter certifying the 2003 elections results from the Reno festival is now available online.
11/21/03
  • Added minutes of October 21, 2003 board meeting.
10/23/03
  • Added minutes of September 18, 2003 board meeting.
10/21/03
  • Added minutes of board meetings held on: December 9, 1999, January 25, 2000, March 21, 2000, May 9, 2000, June 26, 2000, and (notes only) July 25, 2000.
10/04/03
  • Renew your IJA membership for two years by Dec. 31, 2003, and you may win a third year of membership free.
09/22/03
  • You can now join the IJA, renew your membership, donate to the IJA or buy videos on the IJA web site via secure transations using a credit card.
09/19/03
  • Added minutes of August 27, 2003 board meeting.
09/17/03
  • DVDs: Updated the videos listing to note that the 2003 IJA Highlights and Championships videos are available on DVD as well as VHS tape. (The Youth Showcase and Numbers Competition videos are only available on VHS tape.)
09/13/03
  • The IJA's IRS Form 990 for 2002 is now available from the Business page.
  • Added information about the 2004 IJA Festival in Buffalo. More info will be posted when available.
08/29/03
  • As of July 20, 2003, the IJA no longer has a paid staff to manage its affairs. So we need you to help us out. The Board has made some appointments to critical positions on an interim basis, but now we need to select volunteers to fill these roles on a longer-term basis. Please have a look at the volunteer position descriptions and consider volunteering for a role that you would enjoy.
  • Added new IJA phone number on the Contact page.
  • Added minutes of August 14, 2003 board meeting.
  • Added minutes of August 19, 2003 board meeting.
08/18/03
  • Added minutes of July 30, 2003 board meeting.
08/3/03
  • Added photos of the 2003 Reno Cascade of Stars Show (photography by Mark Bakalor)
07/31/03
  • Added minutes of July 19, 2003 board meeting.
  • Added minutes of July 24, 2003 board meeting.
07/25/03
  • Added results from 2003 Championships, including the Stage Competitions and Numbers. The results for Joggling and the Games are still to come.
  • Added minutes of July 17, 2003 board meeting.
  • Added minutes of July 18, 2003 board meeting.
  • Note: Some older minutes had been added by the previous webmaster without notations here.
07/21/03
  • Updated the Awards list with the addition of the 2003 winners of the Bobby May Award and the People's Choice Award.
07/17/03
  • New directors have been elected to the IJA Board: Andrew Conway, Greg Phillips and Todd Strong. Welcome aboard. Dave Davis has been elected Chair of the Board of Directors.
04/06/03
  • World Juggling Day (WJD) is Saturday, June 14, 2003. Register to win WJD prizes like juggling props and juggling videos and to announce your World Juggling Day event.
04/01/03
  • The names and statements of current Board candidates are now available. The ballot can be found in the May/June JUGGLE. You can also vote at the IJA festival in Reno.
02/14/03
  • The IJA year-end Financial Statement for 2002 is now available via a link from the Business page.
  • Nominations are open for three seats on the IJA Board of Directors that are up for election this year. Statements of candidacy must be received by email, fax or mail no later than March 31, 2003 in order to appear in the IJA's printed election material along with the mail-in ballot.
12/08/02
  • Added minutes of October 15, 2002 board meeting.
  • Added minutes of November 12, 2002 board meeting.
11/14/02
  • Added minutes of June 25, 2002 board meeting.
11/12/02
  • The IJA's IRS Form 990 for 2001 is now available from the Business page.
10/15/02
  • Added minutes of July 18, 2002 board meeting.
  • Added minutes of July 19, 2002 board meeting.
  • Added minutes of October 1, 2002 board meeting.
09/22/02
  • More information is now available for the 2003 IJA Festival in Reno, including hotel info.
08/02/02
  • Added results from 2002 Championships, including the Stage Competitions, Numbers, Joggling and Games.
  • Updated the Awards list with the addition of the 2002 winners of the Historical Achievement Award, the Excellence in Education Awards, and the People's Choice Award.
06/25/02
  • Added minutes of May 28, 2002 board meeting.
06/17/02
  • The World Juggling Day 2002 prize winners have been announced.
06/13/02
  • The time of the IJA Business Meeting (aka the IJA Forum) at the Reading festival has been changed (but the day is still the same). The new time is: Wednesday, noon-2pm. This change has also resulted in some time changes in the Workshop Schedule.
06/08/02
  • The Reading festival Workshop Schedule is now online.
05/29/02
  • Reading festival notes added: Joggling has been rescheduled to Wednesday 8-11am, and Teams/Individuals Championships starts at 7pm Thursday.
05/28/02
  • Added minutes of May 14, 2002 board meeting.
05/14/02
  • Added minutes of November 27, 2001 board meeting.
05/08/02
  • More information is now available online for the IJA Festival in Reading, including the schedule and pricing. Make your accommodation plans now.
04/19/02
  • World Juggling Day (WJD) is Saturday, June 15, 2002. Register to win WJD prizes and to announce your World Juggling Day event.
04/14/02
  • Statements of some Board candidates have been updated on the web (statements on the web are allowed to be up to 350 words). Nominations will be open until June 15, 2002.
04/01/02
  • The names and statements of current Board candidates are now available. Nominations will be open until June 15, 2002. The ballot can be found in the May/June JUGGLE. You can also vote at the IJA festival in Reading.
02/20/02
  • IJA year-end Financial Statements for 1998 (corrected), 1999 (corrected), 2000 and 2001 (preliminary) are now available via links from the Business page.
  • The IJA's IRS Forms 990 for 1998, 1999 and 2000 are now available via links from the Business page. (The 2001 Form 990 has not been filed; it should be available on the web by June or July, 2002.)
02/18/02
  • Nominations are open for four seats on the IJA Board of Directors that are up for election this year. Statements of candidacy must be received by email, fax or mail no later than March 31, 2002 in order to appear in the IJA's printed election material along with the mail-in ballot.
01/26/02
  • Added accommodation information and some other info and links for the 2002 IJA Juggling Festival (July 15-20).
01/23/02
  • You can now support your organization of jugglers by becoming a Life Member of the IJA.
01/15/02
  • Added minutes of October 23, 2001 board meeting.
11/28/01
  • The IJA winter fest in the Grand Bahamas has been canceled for lack of sufficient preregistrations.
  • Added minutes of June 26, 2001 board meeting.
  • Added minutes of July 17, 2001 board meeting.
  • Added minutes of July 26, 2001 board meeting.
  • Added minutes of July 27, 2001 board meeting.
10/20/01
  • The IJA presents a Grand Bahama Vacation, January 8-12, 2002.
09/08/01
  • Improved the change-of-address form.
  • Updated the Awards list with the addition of the 2001 winners of the Historical Achievement Award, the Excellence in Education Award, and the People's Choice Award.
08/26/01
  • Added results from 2001 Championships, including the Stage Competitions, Numbers, Joggling and Games.
  • Added preliminary information about the 2002 IJA fest in Reading, Pennsylvania.
  • Added preliminary information about WJD 2002, June 15, 2002.
  • Updated the WJD and IJA fest dates/links at the tops of most pages.
08/13/01
  • Here from The Insider are: the Jul/Aug 2001 Chair's Report, the Sep/Oct 2001 Chair's Report, the July 2001 Annual Report, and the June 30, 2001 Financial Statement.
08/11/01
  • Win an IJA festival Events Package or other prizes! Get as many people to join the IJA (or renew their membership) as you can, and you may win one of several great prizes. New colorful brochures are available to help get new members. [Note: Contest is over.]
  • Because the IJA has been able to obtain better international magazine mailing rates, IJA dues have been lowered for members outside the US. The new rates are: $30 for the US (US is unchanged), $34 for Canada, and $39 for all other countries. Youth Members (under 18) pay $7 less in all countries.
08/05/01
  • Read the rag from IJA Festival 54: The Daily Mooovement
08/02/01
  • Updated IJA Contact Info, with new board members listed and photos of all the board members.
07/18/01
  • Added minutes of May 22, 2001 board meeting.
  • Added minutes of June 26, 2001 board meeting.
07/12/01
  • The Bylaws have been updated with new wording from a motion passed at the June 26, 2001 board meeting. The new wording is in Article III, paragraph 3, about voting for directors. The change makes the language in the Bylaws correspond to the way voting has been done all along, so it has no effect on the elections -- it just fixes the bylaws. The new wording is indicated in red.
06/27/01
  • Added minutes of Feb. 26, 2001 board meeting.
  • Added minutes of Mar. 26, 2001 board meeting.
06/23/01
  • Want to be on National Public Radio during the fest in Madison?
  • The World Juggling Day prize winners have been announced.
06/09/01
  • Added Madison 2001 festival workshop schedule.
  • Reorganized and added new Related Links.
  • Added minutes of Jan. 29, 2001 board meeting.
05/26/01
  • The 2001 Madison festival schedule and prices are now available.
05/09/01
  • After reviewing the 2000 Numbers video of the Solo Clubs competitors, the Numbers Director has changed the official catch count for Darin Marriott. The final result is a tie for the Gold Medal in Solo Clubs between Jason Garfield and Darin Marriott, each with 15 catches of 7 clubs.
05/04/01
  • From The Insider comes the May/Jun 2001 Chair's Report.
04/20/01
  • The names and statements of current Board candidates are now available. Nominations will be open until June 15, 2001. The ballot can be found in the May/June Insider.
  • From The Insider comes the Mar/Apr 2001 Chair's Report.
03/26/01
  • The Board changed the name of its CAO volunteer position to General Manager and appointed Norman Schneiderman (our long-time CAO) as General Manager (still a volunteer position). To assure that there is no conflict of interest, Norman has resigned from the IJA Board of Directors. The board is still working to refine the General Manager's job description.
03/01/01
  • The World Juggling Day web pages are now live. You can list your WJD events there as well as register for prizes from the IJA and Todd Smith Products.
02/26/01
  • Read the great article by Wisconsin juggler Ann Marie Ott about What To Do in Madison before, during and after the 2001 IJA festival.
  • The latest version of the Bylaws has been posted, with changes for the new Family Memberships that were announced on 2/11/01 (see below).
02/17/01
  • Here are some photos from the Montreal 2000 IJA fest, courtesy of Thomas B. Kinsman.
02/11/01
  • Our new Introductory Offer allows you to try out JUGGLE magazine and The Insider for a short time without becoming a member. If you're already a member, tell your juggling friends to give us a try.
  • After listening to our members' comments, the board has approved a change in Family Memberships, including a change to clarify the terminology.
  • Nominations are open for three seats on the Board of Directors that are up for election this year. Statements of candidacy must be received by mail or fax no later than April 2, 2001 in order to meet publishing deadlines for The Insider.
  • We now ask for all members who love the IJA to lend their help. If we each get one person to join or re-join, we will double our membership and make it more feasible for us to continue the kind of benefits we provide and hope to provide.
02/01/01
  • There's a very good article online about Montreal IJA Three Ball Open champ JoAnn Swaim in the February Mechanical Advantage.  (JoAnn's winning routine is on the 2000 Highlights videotape.)
01/25/01
  • Information is now available on festival accommodations (including camping, hotels and motels) at the Madison festival this summer. Early booking is suggested as accommodations will probably sell out.
01/12/01
  • The current term expiration dates for all the directors have been added under board contact info. Three directors' seats are up for election at the 2001 festival.
01/08/01
  • The life members were fully reinstated at the Nov. 27, 2000 board meeting. The minutes of that meeting are available.
  • The IJA has a new Youth Membership with lower-priced dues.
  • Also at the Nov. 27, 2000 meeting, the board agreed to release annotated financial statements for year-end 1998 and 1999 and for third quarter 2000. The year-end 2000 statement will be published when it has been audited.
  • The Bylaws changes from the Nov. 27, 2000 meeting are online and highlighted.
  • From The Insider comes the Jan/Feb 2001 Chair's Report.
  • The website has been redesigned, including: direct links at the top of most pages; a menu at the end of each page that no longer requires JavaScript; juggling photos on various pages -- most photos are links to bigger images of the same picture; a consistent background on the web pages; online images of all JUGGLE covers and tables of contents; a new website plan showing all the site's pages; improved pages for business, local juggling clubs, store and merchandise; a separate page for special videotapes; a new membership form; improved non-JavaScript change of address form; new IJA festival venue requirements; and this News page, which has replaced the What's New section.
  • Other web changes include: updated 2000 festival videotapes with a little more detail now that the tapes are available; updated membership pricing for youth members; and an updated list of Affiliates meetings.
  • Thanks to the following people for critiques during the redesign: Woody LaBounty, Joyce Howard and Teej (Stacey Goldsmith Nathanson). Thanks to the following people for technical help with the new web pages: Bruce Fields, Woody LaBounty, Scott Seltzer and Paul Southworth. Thanks to the following photographers for allowing the use of their photos: Paul Arneberg, Steve Bell, Qarin Van Brink, Vince DeLaughder, Ray de Groat, Joyce Howard, Chuck Lowry, Teej (Stacey Goldsmith Nathanson) and Paul Southworth.
12/08/00 Updated list of Affiliates Meetings. Recently: added Kathy Kalvan as Insider Editor under Contacts; added a link to the EJA under Related Links; updated 2000 Championships Video info, with Parental Advisory; added new JUGGLE cover and table of contents under Magazine; updated Bylaws under IJA Business; updated World Juggling Day info; updated hall name for Madison 2001 fest.
09/23/00 Added display of the time and date of latest message at the top of the Forum. Revamped, and reversed order of, quarterly lists of Forum messages, and added links between quarterly lists. Added new link to reverse chronological list of latest messages from the Forum. If you previously bookmarked discussion/archive.shtml (which no longer exists), you probably now will want to bookmark discussion/latest.shtml instead. Some other cleanups on Forum pages (font sizes, etc.). Added results from 2000 Joggling and Games. Added footnotes to 2000 Numbers results showing some preliminaries runs. Revamped the Championships list by year, and fixed titles on all the yearly Championships pages.
09/16/00 Add new JUGGLE cover and table of contents on magazine page.
09/09/00 Corrected the 1989 People's Choice Award winner to Sergei / Jeffrey Daymont. Changed most of the web pages (except for individual Forum messages) to use *.shtml files for easier maintenance; people may find their old bookmarks or links broken if they specified .../index.html for a directory -- just remove the "index.html" to fix such bookmarks and links. For broken links to individual files at www.juggle.org, just change .html to .shtml in the link. Cleaned up the pages for festival videos. Added a link back to the IJA home page from the top of most IJA pages. Added a background to the home page.
08/26/00 Cleaned up Affiliates page and listing of Affiliate clubs. Added: 2001 fest dates on home page; 2000 Numbers results on the Championships page; link to JIS festivals page at top of the IJA festival page; link to Mini's worldwide list of juggling clubs on the Affiliates page. Improved layout for followups on the Discussion Forum.
08/19/00 Added: minutes of Montreal Board meetings; September 2000 Chair's Report; report from the Montreal 2000 member meeting; from the Montreal 2000 member meeting, a statement on life memberships by Walter Szeezil ; report from the Montreal 2000 Clubs & Affiliates meeting; link to Flamingo Club; directions for getting email address added to the roster; main page mention of the request in Chair's Report for members to tell the board what needs to be fixed first; links from main page to Championships and to Awards; 1999 and 2000 IJA awards; results of the 2000 Championships; preliminary information and links for the 2001 festival in Madison, Wisconsin. Made a better scanned version of the IJA logo and made some stylistic changes to the site.
07/30/00 Added a second, more sophisticated Search Function.
01/22/00 Added the January 2000 Chairman's Report from the Insider.