Brent Klaus for International Gymnastics Camp withdraws sponsorship of USA Gymnastics.
Category: ethics
Aly for #InternationalWomensDay
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promoting Muslim women in sport
Nike set to launch the ‘Pro Hijab’ for female Muslim athletes
‘Fearless Girl’
The stunt, timed to International Women’s Day on Wednesday, is meant to symbolize the power of women in leadership. More specifically, it’s part of a campaign by SSGA to emphasize that companies with women in top positions perform better financially. …
The new campaign also calls on more than 3,500 companies—the ones that SSGA invests in on behalf of clients—to take steps to increase the number of women on their corporate boards. …
Why McCann Dropped a Statue of a ‘Fearless Girl’ Next to Wall Street’s Charging Bull Overnight
#DayWithoutAWoman
Statue of Liberty gone dark in support of Day Without A Woman. 🙂
USA Gymnastics court records released
A Georgia judge, at IndyStar’s request, released more than 5,600 pages of court records Friday detailing how USA Gymnastics handled sexual abuse allegations against coaches over a 10-year period.
… sexual abuse complaint files on 54 coaches, revealed that some coaches weren’t banned from the sport until years after they were convicted of crimes against children. …
USA Gymnastics fought the release for nearly nine months, including in two appeals to the Georgia Supreme Court. …
The GymCastic audiocast has been updating this case week-by-week.
Nikki Hanley judging Men’s American Cup
Hanley is the only female Category I FIG judge for Men’s Artistic Gymnastics, meaning she’s certified to judge the sport’s biggest competitions. She attained the rank this past winter, after acing the exam given at the Men’s Intercontinental Judges Course in Bratislava (SVK) …
In company with Women’s judge Gordon Bennett (CAN) and Rhythmic judge Ariel Alejandro Milanesio (ARG), Hanley hopes to dispel any gender stereotypes …
FIG Intercontinental & International Judges Courses
I’ve seen a memo from Morinari WATANABE, President, dated February 24, 2017.
Dear Presidents,
Dear members of the FIG Authorities,The FIG President, TC Presidents, the Secretary General and many of you have received numerous complaints from judges who participated at the Intercontinental and International Judges’ courses.
We are alarmed and deeply concerned about the errors, delays and lack of timely information which occurred and sincerely apologise to all member federations and judges who were affected by these issues. These issues are not acceptable and have caused mistrust in our family.
The FIG Executive Committee has therefore unanimously approved the following measures taken immediately by President Watanabe:
After a thorough analysis of:
– what happened,
– the problems encountered and their reasons
– a list of solutions to the problemsand to restore the trust in our organisation while guaranteeing corrections of the judges’ exams, information about exam results and assignment of the Judges’ Categories without any mistakes, the Executive Committee has unanimously decided to employ a procedure to generate and obtain accurate results and assign the correct categories by rechecking all data and results calculation with a complete recheck and verification performed by the Technical Committees as soon as possible. …
Needless to say that such a complete review and the outcome of the meeting mentioned above will lead to a few corrections of results, which could also lead to category changes. …
Brooks, Whittenburg training
Training some COOL stuff. There are some other random unattributed clips here, as well. That’s often a problem on this YouTube channel. Where do the originals come from?
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my coaching “Police Check”
Where I live a criminal records check is required every 3 years.
Though it was possible to apply online, I went instead in person to the nearest “Police and Intervention Record Check” office with driver’s licence and passport in hand.
Application was short and simple. I paid my $30 and was told it would take 3 weeks for my report to be mailed.
All coaches and support staff should check what’s required where you live.
All clubs should require Police Checks from their staff that work with children.
Truly the police checking process should be ongoing. At first criminal infraction the employer should be notified. Immediately.
American Twisters Florida has an excellent Child Safety page listing their policies. Compare your club with Twisters.
related – IndyStar – OUT OF BALANCE
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