I just got this from a race director. Thought I'd pass it along.
STATEMENT FORM JACK WEISS AND STEVE LOCKE
Steve Locke(At Large candidate) and Jack Weiss (Central Region Candidate) need your vote to win this very important and decisive election. This is a mandated USOC rerun of the 2003 elections because as noted below in our campaign platforms, 3 incumbent Board members cheated in the last election. Steve, our former illustrious Executive Director resigned over the Board's conduct in this matter and today is
candidate for that very same Board.
Ballots will be mailed directly to each of you by June 14 and must be returned by June 28. There will be NO OTHER BALLOT. You can not obtain one on line nor can you fax it to someone or have them fax it to you. Your ballot will contain a control number and your address. You must fill it out and send it back yourself. Faxes and e-mailed copies are unacceptable! This is serious stuff. Steve and I need your support if we are to clean up this mess and return integrity and function to our National Board.
Thanks,
Jack & Steve
For the Membership: To Bring Back Integrity and Order to USA Triathlon
A new Board election has been required by the United States Olympic
Committee due to the past USAT Board's creation of election rules (quoting
the USOC) "under which the USAT's Board election were ill conceived,
contrary to normal election practices and allowed for improper election
practices by candidates."
In this election, WE pledge to bring integrity, and order back to USA
Triathlon, and operate USA Triathlon for the betterment of the membership.
During our combined 18 years as a member of the USAT Board of Directors for
Jack and Executive Director for Steve, we have accomplished the following:
***(Jack's Record)
* Authored over 35 resolutions for USA Triathlon dealing with Federation
funding, the improvement of safety and streamlining rules of competition
* As Treasurer 1999-2001 raised over 1.5 million dollars in revenue
* Orchestrated a number of programs that increased the number of sanctioned
events from 450 to just under 1,100
* Wrote the Ethics Code for USA Triathlon
* Created the Duathlon Commission and the Present Race Directors Commission
* Developed numerous age group initiatives including the Clydesdale/Athena
categories
* Worked with Steve Locke, Executive Director and Brad Davison, fellow Board
member to produce the most protective insurance plan in sport to protect
athletes and race directors.
***(Steve's Record)
In the past twelve years, Steve Locke and the USA Triathlon staff have:
* Served twelve years as executive director of USA Triathlon
* Built the membership from 9,000 to 53,000
* Built the number of sanctioned events from 375 to just under 1,200
* Built the budget from $300,000 to $5,100,000
* Built a reserve fund of $2,000,000 for the eventual rainy day
* Developed numerous age group initiatives
* Developed the USA Triathlon National Training Center
* Developed the number one ranked triathlon team in the world
* Developed the most protective insurance plan in sport to protect athletes
and race directors.
Together, lets return USA Triathlon to our membership.
STATEMENT FORM JACK WEISS AND STEVE LOCKE
Steve Locke(At Large candidate) and Jack Weiss (Central Region Candidate) need your vote to win this very important and decisive election. This is a mandated USOC rerun of the 2003 elections because as noted below in our campaign platforms, 3 incumbent Board members cheated in the last election. Steve, our former illustrious Executive Director resigned over the Board's conduct in this matter and today is
candidate for that very same Board.
Ballots will be mailed directly to each of you by June 14 and must be returned by June 28. There will be NO OTHER BALLOT. You can not obtain one on line nor can you fax it to someone or have them fax it to you. Your ballot will contain a control number and your address. You must fill it out and send it back yourself. Faxes and e-mailed copies are unacceptable! This is serious stuff. Steve and I need your support if we are to clean up this mess and return integrity and function to our National Board.
Thanks,
Jack & Steve
For the Membership: To Bring Back Integrity and Order to USA Triathlon
A new Board election has been required by the United States Olympic
Committee due to the past USAT Board's creation of election rules (quoting
the USOC) "under which the USAT's Board election were ill conceived,
contrary to normal election practices and allowed for improper election
practices by candidates."
In this election, WE pledge to bring integrity, and order back to USA
Triathlon, and operate USA Triathlon for the betterment of the membership.
During our combined 18 years as a member of the USAT Board of Directors for
Jack and Executive Director for Steve, we have accomplished the following:
***(Jack's Record)
* Authored over 35 resolutions for USA Triathlon dealing with Federation
funding, the improvement of safety and streamlining rules of competition
* As Treasurer 1999-2001 raised over 1.5 million dollars in revenue
* Orchestrated a number of programs that increased the number of sanctioned
events from 450 to just under 1,100
* Wrote the Ethics Code for USA Triathlon
* Created the Duathlon Commission and the Present Race Directors Commission
* Developed numerous age group initiatives including the Clydesdale/Athena
categories
* Worked with Steve Locke, Executive Director and Brad Davison, fellow Board
member to produce the most protective insurance plan in sport to protect
athletes and race directors.
***(Steve's Record)
In the past twelve years, Steve Locke and the USA Triathlon staff have:
* Served twelve years as executive director of USA Triathlon
* Built the membership from 9,000 to 53,000
* Built the number of sanctioned events from 375 to just under 1,200
* Built the budget from $300,000 to $5,100,000
* Built a reserve fund of $2,000,000 for the eventual rainy day
* Developed numerous age group initiatives
* Developed the USA Triathlon National Training Center
* Developed the number one ranked triathlon team in the world
* Developed the most protective insurance plan in sport to protect athletes
and race directors.
Together, lets return USA Triathlon to our membership.