Women of CDN cycling, it is your turn

02-04.-2005, 12:26 AM	#1
Braveheart Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5	Women of CDN cycling, it is your turn Women of Canadian cycling, for more than decade you have been some of the few bright spots in our sport. Your efforts have brought recognition to the sport and financial windfalls for the Canadian Cycling Association (CCA). Your events now represent most of international ones we have and they are best-organized, highest profile with the most media coverage. Despite all this success and your importance in our competitive results you have almost no say whatsoever in the management or organization of cycling in our country. Take a look at this list of association presidents below, there is not one woman elected to head a cycling federation or association in Canada. There is only one woman Executive Director. Of the 22 positions listed below there is only one woman. This has to change. It can and should change now. As the Canadian domestic cycling season begins you should go out on the roads, trails and tracks to spread the message and make your wishes known. You should work to elect Lesley Tomlinson as the next CCA President. Ms. Tomlinson is the most qualified and best placed woman to run the CCA. She is very electable but she needs widespread support to counter the the lack of transparency in the current voting process.. Do not let the good ol' boys make another backroom deal and give us a President for another three years who will do nothing but offer excuses, as has current President Bill Kinash. Remember this is a guy who could not even be bothered to telephone the woman who won an Olympic Gold Medal for two months. Lori Ann Muenzer had some strong words regarding the CCA and its inaction. Her candor was refreshing. Let’s hope Ms. Muenzer and Ms. Premont, Sydor, Bessette, Jeanson, Palmer, Poitras and all the other women leading pelotons across the country and the world will let their voices be heard. Contact your associations and their Presidents. They are the people with the votes to elect the next President. Hold them accountable. We need some changes. You need some changes. You have a unique opportunity to do something about this now. Get it done! Provincial Cycling Association Presidents 1. Harris, Tim / Chair President, ABA 2. Benson, Dave / President, MCA, Manitoba 3. Blanchard, Pierre / President, FQSC, Quebec 4. Brown, Andrew / President, Cycling PEI 5. Fulford, Brad / President, Velo NB 6. Hawboldt, Bob / President, SCA, Saskatchewan 7. Organ, Leon / President, BNL, Newfoundland & Labrador 8. Owen, Grant / CAY Representative, Yukon 9. Pomario, Wayne / President, Cycling BC 10. Trussler, Jim / President, Bicycle NS 11. Crosscombe, Jim / Presidnet, OCA, Ontario Canadian Provincial Cycling Associations and Federations (Note some of the addresses will not work but given that they are from the CCA website downloaded yesterday, that is not a surprise.) 1. Cycling British Columbia, #332-1367 West Broadway Vancouver, BC V6H 4A9 604 737-3034 (B) 604 737-3141 (F) *Tom Fawsitt, Executive Director* assist@cycling.bc.ca www.cycling.bc.ca Pomario, Wayne / President, Cycling BC 2. Alberta Bicycle Association 11759 Groat Road, Percy Page Centre , Edmonton, AB 780 427-6352 (B) 780 427-6438 (F) *Shauna Richard, Executive Director* T5M 3K6 office@albertabicycle.ab.ca www.albertabicycle.ab.ca Harris, Tim / President, ABA 3. Saskatchewan Cycling Association 2205 Victoria Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 0S4 306 780-9289 (B) 306 525-4009 (F) *Warren Lister, Executive Director* cycling@accesscomm.ca www.saskcycling.ca Hawboldt, Bob / President, SCA, Saskatchewan 4. Manitoba Cycling Association 200 Main Street , Suite 309, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 4M2 204 925-5686, ext: 1 (B) 204 925-5703 (F) *Mike McKee, Executive Director* info@cycling.mb.ca www.cycling.mb.ca Benson, Dave / President,MCA, Manitoba 5. Ontario Cycling Association 1185 Eglinton Avenue East, North York, Ontario M3C 3C6 416 426-7416 (B) 416 426-7349 (F) (Hotline) 416 426-7243 Steve Merker, Executive Director info@ontariocycling.org www.ontariocycling.org Jim Crosscombe, Presidnet OCA, Ontario 6. Fédération Québécoise des sports cyclistes 4545 Pierre de Coubertin Montréal, Québec H1V 3R2 514 252-3071, ext : 3523 (B) 514 252-3165 (F) info@fqsc.net *Louis Barbeau, Coordonnateur General* www.fqsc.net Blanchard, Pierre / President, FQSC, Quebec 7. Velo New Brunswick P.O. Box 3145, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3A 5G9 506 474-0214 (B) *Andrew McNair, Executive Director* andrew.mcnair@velo.nb.ca www.velo.nb.ca Fulford, Brad / President, Velo NB Courier address: 165-A George Street, Fredericton, NB E3B 1J2 8. Bicycle Nova Scotia 5516 Spring Garden Rd, 4th Floor Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1G6 902 425-5454 x 316 (B) 902 425-5606 (F) *Ike Whitehead, Administrator* canoens@sportnovascotia.ca Trussler, Jim / President, Bicycle NS www.bicycle.ns.ca 9. Bicycle Newfoundland and Labrador P.O. Box 2127, Station C, St. John’s, Newfoundland A1B 4R3 709 738-8881 (F) 709 738-8889 (B) *Leon Organ, President* bnl@bnl.nf.ca www.bnl.nf.ca 10. Cycling Association of Yukon 4 Chalet Crescent, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 3H1 867 667-3778 (B) 867 668-4456 (F) *Owen, Grant, President* gjowen@uyknet.yk.ca Owen, Grant / CAY Representative, Yukon 11. Cycling PEI P.O. Box 302,Charlottetown, PEI C1A 7K7 1800 247-6712 902 368-4208 (B) 902 368-4548 (F) *Kelsey McIntosh, Executive Director* kmcintosh@sportpei.pe.ca 1-800 235-5687 www.sportpei.pe.ca Brown, Andrew / President, Cycling PEI (Courier: 40 Enman Cres, Charlottetown, PEI, C1E 1E6)

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