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24-08.-2006, 05:54 AM
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Re: CCA Legacy Fund: What project funded?
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You want things to be as they were. What's your plan to achieve this? Other then sending emails and annoying every one, what positive steps are you making? I would like to see how you have laid out your plan to return Canadian Cycling to its' glory days. Would you be willing to share that with us or is it a secret? Maybe you just work hap hazardly, waking up in the morning and sending out annoying emails to the cycling governing bodies. But your goals must have a plan, they are so lofty and encompassing. But why worry about Canadain cycling when you are now an American? Why worry about Canadian cycling when you are too fat to ride a bike? Why worry about Canadian cycling when you don't have a friend up here who actually cares about you or who wants you to do this? Again, you seem to lack some clear motivation, or at least the ability to articulate it. Is it that you lack the intillectual capacity to state your opinions? All we get are insults. Is there anything going on in your head other then anger at being fired? |
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24-08.-2006, 06:10 AM
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Re: CCA Legacy Fund: What project funded?
P Boy ... you have to realize - this is his life. This is all that is left. This is as close to having any type of career in cycling as he will ever get.
His only constituents now are people that insult him, and belittle his past. ... and he pathologically comes back for more because without it he is lost. |
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24-08.-2006, 06:24 AM
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Re: CCA Legacy Fund: What project funded?
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I lack the "intillectual" (sic) capacity to express myself, huh????? Maybe intillects in Saskatchewan spell differently than the rest of the world because for the rest of us intellects we spell with only one "i"!!!!!!! Shite, Prairie Child, I'm embarrassed for you. You must be a proud graduate of U of Saskatchewan! |
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24-08.-2006, 06:27 AM
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Re: CCA Legacy Fund: What project funded?
Here you go, Prarie Kid, here is some of the plan, you have to pay for the rest:
From: Ed Arzouian [mailto:edatarzouian.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 5:19 PM To: 'blanchardatcanadian-cycling.com'; 'andrewatBicycle.ns.ca'; 'ahestlerataol.com'; 'hershoffatsympatico.ca'; 'kevanatthebikeshop.com'; 'Tolkampatcanfor.ca'; 'lestomlinsonataol.com' Cc: 'steve.lacelleatcanadian-cycling.com' Subject: CEO Selection Committee August 23, 2006 To the Canadian Cycling Association, Again, for the sixth time in three years (Hutsebaut, Mercier, Hutsebaut, Stewart & Lacelle, for those unaware of the background), the CCA finds itself in need of administrative leadership and looking for a new Executive Director or CEO/COO. Again, I will offer my services to you, the sport and the country. Again the CCA has the opportunity to do the right thing, to hire someone with the necessary experience in cycling, management and with a passion for the sport untainted by personal commercial interests or insider politics. That being said, there is little reason to expect the CCA to make a good choice. After all you allowed the biggest cycling event in the country in 29 years to be run by people without any cycling experience whatsoever (Braley, Lumsden & Co.). You elected a President for your association with a track record of leading the long-time worst cycling province in the nation. He, in turn, filled the two top positions in the governing body of the sport in the country with individuals who had no cycling experience either. It is time for cyclists to take to back their sport. It is time for radical change. I assume Bret Stewart will be given some consideration for this position as he should. Brett is a valuable asset to the CCA and does a good job. That being said, Brett was also on staff for the last 10 years or so and witnessed the decline of the CCA and either could do nothing about it or chose not to. It would be the status quo at best if he was to take charge. BTW, The same is true of Lister Farrar another likely candidate. On the other hand, I would want to work with Brett. In fact, given that is it unlikely the CCA could afford to hire both a CEO/Executive Director and Events/Public Relations person, as I believe it eventually should, I would want to divide the current tasks and mandate of the CEO with Brett Stewart. I have been proposing this change to the CCA for awhile. The current job of the CEO should be divided with both people reporting to the Board of Directors. There is the need for a person in the office who is familiar with the procedural work and who has well-established contacts with Sport Canada and the provinces. There should be some continuity, especially given how many changes there have been at the CCA in the last few years. Yet there has to be someone from the office to represent it at major events and to look after CCA interests. One person cannot do it all and the CCA lacks funds to hire two more people. That would be the first change I would implement. I would also fire Kim Sebrango. She has done nothing of consequence in more than a year on the job. She doesn’t know the sport and she cannot speak passionately about it so how can she sell it. My focus would be to revive inner-city and point-to-point road racing. That is key to reviving the sport. That is not to say I would neglect MTB (I raced MTB in the past) or BMX but anybody that thinks those disciplines will save the sport cannot read the writing on the wall. They will only further marginalize the sport. Media, sponsors and the spectators want to see pro road racing. Grassroots development is not the key either. Soccer Canada has 500,000 grassroots participants yet it is in worse shape here commercially than cycling and Canada is ranked worse in international competition in soccer than in cycling. Show the youth pro racing and they will want to race. It really is that simple. Another objective would be to have each province hold at least one major ( i.e. National or International sanctioned) event per year. If a province is not up to doing it on its own the CCA should assist until the province can. As for experience, after 34 years of involvement at every level of the sport in every capacity (tourist, racer, mechanic, coach, manager, writer, photographer, organizer, sponsor, retail sales, wholesale, manufacturing and more, everything except commissaire), I am obviously qualified. The CCA’s new President has known me for more than 20 years, so he can vouch for my experience. As far as I know, I’m the only person in all of Canada that has worked for a Road World Cup (1999) and a World Road Championships (2003). I am fluently bilingual. I have years of experience in the not-for-profit sector and in dealing with all levels of government (Municipal, Provincial and Federal). In fact, I am currently working with all these three levels and obtaining their funding at my current employment. So, once again the CCA has a chance to do the right thing and bring a cyclist to run cycling, or not. Either way I will continue to voice my opinion on how to improve the sport in Canada. I welcome discussion on any of these topics, either public or private Sincerely, Ed Arzouian PS For the sake of transparency, something else currently lacking at the CCA, this letter has been posted on www.cyclingforums.com |
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24-08.-2006, 06:44 AM
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Re: CCA Legacy Fund: What project funded?
Just a quick comment. Ed is notorious for writing the most illegible, poorly-spelled forum posts (yes yes we know you are/were a journalist for 17,000 newspapers all over the world) that are full of mistakes. So it's just plain funny he criticizes you for one spelling mistake (especially because he is always telling us to "stick to the issues " and he won't let up with his continued hatred for Saskatchewan, simply because Bill Kinash came from there.)
Goad Dey Siirs ps. Ed...Fausto (are we still pretending Fausto is not you Ed? Can you let us know which lie you'd like to stick with, for the "sake of transparency?"), what, oh what, did the CCA respond with? We know you bombard them with emails. What do they say, apart from the sound of a keystroke ("delete")? Quote:
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24-08.-2006, 07:49 AM
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Location: Saskatchewan
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Re: CCA Legacy Fund: What project funded?
The tide sways. Has there ever been a female cyclist as dominant at nationals as Alex was this year? A U23 rider who beat all the elite women. 4 gold medals in two races. And the only reason she did not win the crit., after haling another rider with her and lapping the field, was that she clipped a pedal on the final corner.
Ed you would love Saskatchewan. The air is clean and the people are friendly. No gang violence, no worry about walking alone at night. A great place to raise a family, which is why I choose to move here from Alberta (not that Alberta is bad, just that Saskatchewan is better). Still avoiding the questions. Posting your sad job application states nothing. No clear direction. The motivation seems to be 1. hanging on to a perceived injustice, 2. living in the past when you actually were something and people listened to you. I am thinking it is more of those glory days’ memories. You haven't made anything of your life so you dwell in a time when you were not impotent. Is that what you tell the prostitutes, "really, 20 years ago I was able to make that thing work, I don't know what's wrong with it now". |
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