The links to both articles on in this article:
http://tkdtoday.50.forumer.com/wtf-referee-vice-chair-t432053.html
Sorry, I couldn't find that bible anywhere but a reference in one of the two articles. Hate to say it, but bringing in another organization is problematic in itself. Right now I would love to see them chuck the whole USAT and allow them to file bankruptcy. However, the USAT while poorly managed, rife with cronyism, saddled with debt and just plain ...... has a couple of assets that would take another organization or group too much time in an Olympic year to re-create. Information. The reason the USOC didn't decertify USTU in the first place is the database. USAT has the referees, coaches and athletes. While many would migrate to whomever becomes NGB, it makes more sense to remove the leadership of USAT and replace with someone who like Bob G can dig it from its current morass. I hear that Eric Parthen is saying his job is a "sh*tstorm" and as far as light at the end of the tunnel, he can't even find the tunnel. Rushing as they are to have a new election using the current candidate selections is not the answer either. My personal opinion is that the slate needs to be wiped clean - kick out Marty, kevin and the rest, and replace with an Oversight Committee appointed of experienced business and TKD people. Give them a year to change the bylaws and hold elections - but also to recruit the kind of talent we need on a board right this minute. There are a lot of USAT members who want to be BOD members, just to put it on their business cards. However, this is an emergency situation and USAT does not have time for on the job training. We need leadership with strong ties to the WTF to return it to the USTU glory days. USTU may not have been able to manage money for anything, but it did have the respect of the world competition community. We will see what this weekend's mediation brings. My personal bet is no matter what compromises or solutions that come up, a certain CA City Councilman will scuttle the whole thing anyway - because he can. IMHO.