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       Noncompliance
       By: Bagehot Date: May 6, 2015, 11:30 am
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       Some of us are so sick of Boards of Directors that can't do
       their jobs.
       From the USOC February 27, 2012:
       Communications with Members and Transparency of Activities
       [quote]95. Section 220524 of the Act provides that an NGB shall
       be responsible to the persons and amateur sports organizations
       it represents. Further, Section 8.7(l) provides that an NGB
       shall be financially and operationally transparent and
       accountable to its members.
       96. USAT was lacking in communicating with its members.
       Financial information was not communicated to members in a
       forthright or timely manner.
       97. Board meetings were conducted for the most part in executive
       session, shielding members from minutes that explained the
       Board’s activities. Board members were warned not to discuss
       Board activities with other members of the organization. This
       conduct engendered a feeling of secrecy by the Board among
       USAT’s membership.
       98. In general, the Board and USAT management became insular in
       its activities and failed to adequately communicate its agendas,
       decisions and activities with those it served.
       99. The Hearing Panel finds that USAT has failed to meet its
       obligations as an NGB as required by Section 220524 of the Act
       and Section 8.7(l) of the USOC Bylaws.[/quote]
       [quote]
       M. Communication with Members and Transparency of Activities
       141. USAT shall take immediate steps to effectively communicate
       with its members and be transparent regarding its actions.
       142. USAT shall post complete and accurate minutes on its
       website within fifteen (15) days of Board meetings.
       143. Further, Board meetings should only be conducted in
       executive session when there is good cause for doing so. The
       Board should not adjourn to executive session when discussing
       non-confidential topics as a way to shield information from its
       members. When the Board adjourns to executive session, it shall
       note the reason for doing so in its minutes.
       144. USAT shall prepare and post year-end financials and IRS
       Form 990s on its website in a timely fashion.[/quote]
  HTML http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Taekwondo/V2-Resources/Board-of-Directors/Latest-Meeting-Minutes
       According to the USAT website, the USAT Board has failed in
       compliance with direct USOC orders, now being late in publishing
       minutes for a period of seven full months, that, is 210 days.
       Further, the 990 Form is due May 15.  There is no reason that
       "timely" does not mean, and should mean, substantially earlier.
       Sarbanes-Oxley suggests that March 15 would be appropriate for
       non-profit organizations as a "best practice."
       This Board is showing even more disdain for the membership that
       the Board that got USAT into Section 10 trouble and finally on
       probation.
       Would you make a donation to an organization that, in essence,
       says that "we don't have to post minutes. It's none of your
       business"? And "we'll post financials when we get around to it"
       and not one minute sooner.
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