May I please repeat, I wrote these answers - not Graham, alto he and all other commission members, save Donato, agreed to them. I find it abhorent (sp?) to follow rules and regulations blindly. The regs about double registration, age 35 max for elite, no mixed gender teams, and so forth were presented to the commission presidents as final. There was no input, no discussion, no consultation, nada. The regs were made, supposedly by BOD, but really by President and Sec General. There is no method or process to change them. When regulations are detremental and final, it is totally frustrating. The Sports Committee, where perhaps we mite (but not likely) get a hearing, has not met in several years. CMAS thinks fin swimming only. They claim all are Olympic standards yet there are mixed teams in the Olympics in both individual and team sports. All President Ferrero does is scream, literally scream, 'you must follow the rules.' That sort of attitude got tea tossed in Boston Harbor in 1776 and is unacceptable.

Carol

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Carol Rose