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There were a few of us that were seeing it then as it is now, even though we were all branded as conspiracy theorists and no names who since we hadn't coached or won worlds we knew absolutely nothing about the industry as a whole. My time in USGF and watching what happened between them and USAIGC is what clued me in to a lot of the potential happenings. I really wish some of those old threads on the old boards could be seen now in light of everything that has and is happening.
Make no mistake I think it can be fixed, but the until the focus changes from the top it won't. We are trying to effect change from the bottom up and there are enough guardians at the gates to keep any radical movement in the industry from proceeding but so far. They will always give crumbs out to appease a few without changing what they want to do structurally. There were two seismic moments since I have been in the industry when this industry could of split and both prospered serving two different core groups of gyms, EP's, vendors, parents and athletes. The first was when Jamfest bought Final Destination. The second was the initial creation of ASGA. Me thinks those times are gone and even if it splits now, it won't have the ability to survive because the tentacles of the monopoly have gotten bigger, stronger and richer.
REVOLUTION.
Question- How does it stand on the 'list of requests' that came out a while ago? I know several were addressed, but have we gotten any more taken care of? (if you know?)Nearly everyone's first wish is for the USASF to fix it's structural flaws and become the type of organization we can trust and depend on to gently shepherd our industry in a positive direction. However, you would be surprised at the number of people who are not opposed to coming up with another option if change happens too slowly.
As it stands, the Board and officers have ultimate power. Several of them are firmly entrenched in positions of power and show no signs of giving up those seats. They justify it to themselves as "ensuring continuity" or "keeping the inmates from taking over the asylum", however it is ultimately about making sure that their own interests are covered. That doesn't make them evil, but they won't simply give those up without significant pressure to do so.
There should be term limits for everyone on the board. No company should "own" a seat or a vote. Board seats and officer positions (including chairman) should be freely elected by the membership. Board agenda and votes should be public information. None of those are unreasonable requests.
There are committees positions that they love to give away for political reasons, but nearly every committee has almost zero actual power.
I wish I could shimmy this more than once. If you really look into that registry, there are people on there who "played Doctor" when they were children and got turned in to CPS. There are 17 year olds who get put on there for sleeping with their 16 YO girlfriends and there are some true sex offenders. The number of true sex offenders is much lower than you would think. Now, I , of course, would not allow a sex offender to work with my child if they truly were offenders. If it was a teen aged boy who was having underaged sex with his consenting girl friend? That is a completely different thing.I'll admit that a registered sex offender wouldn't necessarily put me off. I'd need to know the specifics before getting concerned. There are too many (IMO) relatively innocuous crimes that get you on that list.
I wish I could shimmy this more than once. If you really look into that registry, there are people on there who "played Doctor" when they were children and got turned in to CPS. There are 17 year olds who get put on there for sleeping with their 16 YO girlfriends and there are some true sex offenders. The number of true sex offenders is much lower than you would think. Now, I , of course, would not allow a sex offender to work with my child if they truly were offenders. If it was a teen aged boy who was having underaged sex with his consenting girl friend? That is a completely different thing.
ETA: OK I now see he was 39-40 and doing something with a minor. That is NEVER OK!!
Yeah, there's NO EXCUSE for that.ETA: OK I now see he was 39-40 and doing something with a minor. That is NEVER OK!!
I've thrown around the idea of starting a thread on this for people to discuss how it's effecting their travel plans and competition schedule. My mother is booking hotels for my sister and herself now and I know she is having a miserable time.On Stay to Play - It's not necessarily the EP's choice. It is being pushed on them by city chambers & convention centers to hold dates by proving #'s. IMO there HAS to be a better way to show/prove #'s than forcing people to stay at hotels. This is damaging our industry. Something (and idk what it is) HAS to be done about this.
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Nearly everyone's first wish is for the USASF to fix it's structural flaws and become the type of organization we can trust and depend on to gently shepherd our industry in a positive direction. However, you would be surprised at the number of people who are not opposed to coming up with another option if change happens too slowly.
As it stands, the Board and officers have ultimate power. Several of them are firmly entrenched in positions of power and show no signs of giving up those seats. They justify it to themselves as "ensuring continuity" or "keeping the inmates from taking over the asylum", however it is ultimately about making sure that their own interests are covered. That doesn't make them evil, but they won't simply give those up without significant pressure to do so.
There should be term limits for everyone on the board. No company should "own" a seat or a vote. Board seats and officer positions (including chairman) should be freely elected by the membership. Board agenda and votes should be public information. None of those are unreasonable requests.
There are committees positions that they love to give away for political reasons, but nearly every committee has almost zero actual power.
For me, the big line in the sand is when they start taking memberships away from athletes/coaches for competing at non-USASF-sanctioned events. The USASF event producers have a big incentive to push for this.