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I.C.S.D. or C.I.S.S.?
JANUARY 4, 2005 CISS "FUNERAL" SESSION ( PHOTO )
DEAF SPORTS ANARCHIST JERALD JORDAN IS LYING
AGAIN!
By Rafael PINKHASOV PINCHAS, CISS Ombudsman
SUMMARIES:
*APRIL 6, 2006 ANNOUNCEMENT BY JORDAN
*CISS OMBUDSMAN ISSUES REBUTTAL AND PRESENTS
QUESTIONS
* THREE FOOLS - JORDAN, AMMONS AND SONDERGAARD - "BURY" CISS FLAG ON JANUARY 4, 2005 - AND PREMATURELY ( SEE PHOTO )
*JORDAN RESURRECTS NAME OF CISS
*UNCONSTITUTIONAL PRESENCE OF CISS HOME OFFICE
IN USA SINCE 2001
*ICSD/CISS IS NEW RULE VIOLATION
*FOUR ( 4 ) DIFFERENT NAMES FOR ONE ORGANIZATION
New York, USA - Read the following announcement posted on www.deaflympics.com on April 6, 2006:
ICSD ? CISS ? DEAFLYMPICS ?? Which One?
Some confusion has resulted from the use of ICSD
(International Committee of Sports for the Deaf)
to identify our organization. What happened to
DEAFLYMPICS?
At the Melbourne Congress in January 2005, many changes were passed in our Constitution to change the name of our organization from CISS (Comité International des Sports des Sourds) to DEAFLYMPICS, pending approval of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Then, in the summer of 2005, the IOC reminded us that their permission to use “Deaflympics” only applied as a substitute for “World Games for the Deaf” and that we could not use it in any other way. We were unable to persuade them to change this so we had to change our name back to CISS.
However, since our organization is incorporated with a home office in the United States (USA), our name must be in English, so we now use the English translation of CISS. This is similar to the case of the IOC which is also known as the CIO. Our legal name is now International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) in English and also Comité International des Sports des Sourds (CISS) in French.
We hope that this explanation removes all confusion. Nothing has changed except that our name has gone back to ICSD/CISS. We hope that at some future date, the IOC/CIO will be more flexible in allowing us greater use of the term "Deaflympics".
At the Melbourne Congress in January 2005, many changes were passed in our Constitution to change the name of our organization from CISS (Comité International des Sports des Sourds) to DEAFLYMPICS, pending approval of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Then, in the summer of 2005, the IOC reminded us that their permission to use “Deaflympics” only applied as a substitute for “World Games for the Deaf” and that we could not use it in any other way. We were unable to persuade them to change this so we had to change our name back to CISS.
However, since our organization is incorporated with a home office in the United States (USA), our name must be in English, so we now use the English translation of CISS. This is similar to the case of the IOC which is also known as the CIO. Our legal name is now International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) in English and also Comité International des Sports des Sourds (CISS) in French.
We hope that this explanation removes all confusion. Nothing has changed except that our name has gone back to ICSD/CISS. We hope that at some future date, the IOC/CIO will be more flexible in allowing us greater use of the term "Deaflympics".
Jerald M. Jordan
Chairman,
Legal Commission
Chairman,
Legal Commission
The above announcement apparently appeared
following this Ombudsman's latest March 27,
2006 Press Release, in which the issue of an
acronym change for the International Committee
of Sports for the Deaf such as ICSD was raised
and questioned
www.deafsportlawsuit.com/update94.htm
www.deafsportlawsuit.com/update94.htm
Mr. Jordan's announcement is perceived as his
another sophisticated and masterful act to
cover up his new wrongdoing or new rule
violation/s inside the still-messy and
disorganized structure of the International
Committee of Sports for the Deaf.
There are four different statements made by Mr.
Jordan, which this Ombudsman views as
questionable, inaccurate and untruthful ones.
First, Mr. Jordan states that "at the Melbourne
Congress in January 2005, many changes were
passed in our Constitution to change the name of
our organization from CISS ( Comite
International des Sports des Sourds ) to
DEAFLYMPICS, pending approval of the
International Olympic Committee ( IOC )."
Ombudsman's rebuttal and questions:
See a historic photo below taken at the floor of the last, 39th CISS Congress, in which a smiling Mr. Jordan, standing up along with his cronies Ms. Ammons and Mr. Sondergaard and holding up a wrapped CISS flag, managed to arrange a propaganda showcase - "a funeral" session for the acronym of CISS. That is, the CISS and its green-blue-yellow flag have now become obsolete and that the "CISS flag is being taken to the Museum" ( source: Minutes Report of the 39th CISS Congress ). Argumentatively, if this name change - DEAFLYMPICS - was "pending approval of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC )," as Mr. Jordan stated, then why and for what purpose did Mr. Jordan himself hurriedly arrange and participate in "a funeral" of the name of CISS and its flag at the very floor premises of the 39th CISS Congress in Melbourne on January 4, 2005? Because the IOC had not yet approved or disapproved the name change - Deaflympics, was it wise, necessary and obligatory for Mr. Jordan to organize the most obnoxious event in organization's 82 year-old history - the "funeral" of the CISS and its flag on January 4, 2005, was not it?
Ombudsman's rebuttal and questions:
See a historic photo below taken at the floor of the last, 39th CISS Congress, in which a smiling Mr. Jordan, standing up along with his cronies Ms. Ammons and Mr. Sondergaard and holding up a wrapped CISS flag, managed to arrange a propaganda showcase - "a funeral" session for the acronym of CISS. That is, the CISS and its green-blue-yellow flag have now become obsolete and that the "CISS flag is being taken to the Museum" ( source: Minutes Report of the 39th CISS Congress ). Argumentatively, if this name change - DEAFLYMPICS - was "pending approval of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC )," as Mr. Jordan stated, then why and for what purpose did Mr. Jordan himself hurriedly arrange and participate in "a funeral" of the name of CISS and its flag at the very floor premises of the 39th CISS Congress in Melbourne on January 4, 2005? Because the IOC had not yet approved or disapproved the name change - Deaflympics, was it wise, necessary and obligatory for Mr. Jordan to organize the most obnoxious event in organization's 82 year-old history - the "funeral" of the CISS and its flag on January 4, 2005, was not it?
Second, Mr. Jordan makes another
statement such as, "however, since
our organization is incorporated
with a home office in the United
States ( USA ), our name must be in
English, so now we use the English
translation of CISS."
Ombudsman's rebuttal and questions:
How and under whose orders could the relocation of the organization to the USA be officially and properly done if this organization established its home office in this country in 2001 illegally, that is, in violation of its own CISS Constitution rules 7. 2, 9.2.7 and 9.2.7.10 ( previously known as CISS Constitution rules 8.2, 10.2.7 and 10.2.7.11 )? The fact remains that Mr. Jordan as the Chair of the Legal Commission allowed to set up the CISS Home Office in the USA without advance knowledge, consent and approval of the CISS Congress, which is the supreme governing body of the organization. Mr. Jordan also ignored the fact that by 2001 the USADSF did not ( and still has not ) meet its financial debts before the CISS Treasury in full. In addition, Mr. Jordan evaded to explain whether the USA Trademark and Patent Office requires the organization to have its organization's acronym - such as ICSD - in English. Could Mr. Jordan post up in the website a scanned document from the USA Trademark and Patent Office by supporting his claim that an English acronym is required for the organization, etcetera? In any case, this Ombudsman's steadfast position has been that before officially incorporating organization's new home office in the USA, first and foremost the USADSF must fully comply with all CISS Constitution rules, then the CISS Congress delegates must debate and vote on whether to accept the USA as a new home for its organization's office.
Ombudsman's rebuttal and questions:
How and under whose orders could the relocation of the organization to the USA be officially and properly done if this organization established its home office in this country in 2001 illegally, that is, in violation of its own CISS Constitution rules 7. 2, 9.2.7 and 9.2.7.10 ( previously known as CISS Constitution rules 8.2, 10.2.7 and 10.2.7.11 )? The fact remains that Mr. Jordan as the Chair of the Legal Commission allowed to set up the CISS Home Office in the USA without advance knowledge, consent and approval of the CISS Congress, which is the supreme governing body of the organization. Mr. Jordan also ignored the fact that by 2001 the USADSF did not ( and still has not ) meet its financial debts before the CISS Treasury in full. In addition, Mr. Jordan evaded to explain whether the USA Trademark and Patent Office requires the organization to have its organization's acronym - such as ICSD - in English. Could Mr. Jordan post up in the website a scanned document from the USA Trademark and Patent Office by supporting his claim that an English acronym is required for the organization, etcetera? In any case, this Ombudsman's steadfast position has been that before officially incorporating organization's new home office in the USA, first and foremost the USADSF must fully comply with all CISS Constitution rules, then the CISS Congress delegates must debate and vote on whether to accept the USA as a new home for its organization's office.
Third, Mr. Jordan goes further by stating that
"our legal name is now International Committee
of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD ) and also Comite
International des Sports des Sourds ( CISS ) in
French."
Ombudsman's rebuttal and questions:
There is no problem with the three wording items - International Committee of Sports for the Deaf, Comite International des Sports des Sourds and CISS since all these three names knowingly received attention, blessings and approvals of the delegates at various CISS Congresses before. However, the newest wording item in question is ICSD. Who did give Mr. Jordan the right to use an acronym such as ICSD? Did the delegates of the last CISS Congress in 2005 ever propose, debate and vote on such an acronym - ICSD, did not they?
Ombudsman's rebuttal and questions:
There is no problem with the three wording items - International Committee of Sports for the Deaf, Comite International des Sports des Sourds and CISS since all these three names knowingly received attention, blessings and approvals of the delegates at various CISS Congresses before. However, the newest wording item in question is ICSD. Who did give Mr. Jordan the right to use an acronym such as ICSD? Did the delegates of the last CISS Congress in 2005 ever propose, debate and vote on such an acronym - ICSD, did not they?
Fourth, Mr. Jordan concludes that "nothing has
changed except that our name has gone back to
ICSD/CISS."
Ombudsman's rebuttal and question:
Now note the three differing and confusing versions.
1) On its March 11, 2006 USADSF e-Newsletter release in www.usadsf.org there is a headline APPLY FOR 2007 US CURLING TEAM, which refers the statement such as "per regulation of the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf ( ICSD, formerly CISS )" ( note the three words "ICSD, formerly CISS" );
2) On March 26, 2006, this Ombudsman attended the celebratory luncheon in honor of the 100 year anniversary of the Gallaudet University Alumni Association New York Metropolitan Chapter, in which he met and conversed with one high-ranking Gallaudet University official who has close links to Mr. Jordan and Ms. Ammons. That official, in the presence of many luncheon attendees, informed this Ombudsman that the acronym of CISS is no longer in use and that, instead, the organization is now officially and briefly called as ICSD;
3) Now, Mr. Jordan brings up in his announcement the other and new acronym - a joint one - ICSD/CISS.
Who did present the right version: the USADSF website or Gallaudet official or Mr. Jordan?
Again, Mr. Jordan chose not to explain in his announcement as to who did give him the right to use the new joint acronym - ICSD/CISS - and why such an acronym is being now used in spite of the fact that this was not proposed, debated and voted at the last Congress in 2005 yet? Introduction of a new acronym - ICSD/CISS - into light is another violation of the CISS Constitution rules because the issue of this new acronym was never brought up in front of the Congress for debate and approval yet! Moreover, since Mr. Jordan, a slow learner in the international sports administration matters, was the one who publicly "buried" the CISS acronym and flag on January 4, 2005, it was again him who, strangely and amazingly, resurrected or brought back into existence the wording such as "CISS" recently!
Ombudsman's rebuttal and question:
Now note the three differing and confusing versions.
1) On its March 11, 2006 USADSF e-Newsletter release in www.usadsf.org there is a headline APPLY FOR 2007 US CURLING TEAM, which refers the statement such as "per regulation of the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf ( ICSD, formerly CISS )" ( note the three words "ICSD, formerly CISS" );
2) On March 26, 2006, this Ombudsman attended the celebratory luncheon in honor of the 100 year anniversary of the Gallaudet University Alumni Association New York Metropolitan Chapter, in which he met and conversed with one high-ranking Gallaudet University official who has close links to Mr. Jordan and Ms. Ammons. That official, in the presence of many luncheon attendees, informed this Ombudsman that the acronym of CISS is no longer in use and that, instead, the organization is now officially and briefly called as ICSD;
3) Now, Mr. Jordan brings up in his announcement the other and new acronym - a joint one - ICSD/CISS.
Who did present the right version: the USADSF website or Gallaudet official or Mr. Jordan?
Again, Mr. Jordan chose not to explain in his announcement as to who did give him the right to use the new joint acronym - ICSD/CISS - and why such an acronym is being now used in spite of the fact that this was not proposed, debated and voted at the last Congress in 2005 yet? Introduction of a new acronym - ICSD/CISS - into light is another violation of the CISS Constitution rules because the issue of this new acronym was never brought up in front of the Congress for debate and approval yet! Moreover, since Mr. Jordan, a slow learner in the international sports administration matters, was the one who publicly "buried" the CISS acronym and flag on January 4, 2005, it was again him who, strangely and amazingly, resurrected or brought back into existence the wording such as "CISS" recently!
Although Mr. Jordan's statements were
vaguely-worded and unspecific, it is this
Ombudsman's opinion that Mr. Jordan, a sly
manipulator and skillful Gestuno orator in the
CISS politics, failed, on the whole, to clarify
the still ongoing and highly-questionable
status of an ICSD acronym.
The April 6, 2006 announcement by Mr. Jordan is
clearly viewed as his another new tactic of
deception in most recent times.
Several months ago, for example, Mr. Jordan
adamantly denied his role in the 2005 CISS
Congress election procedure, in which over 270
votes were missing or went unused.
For details, visit
www.deafsportlawsuit.com/update82.htm
http://www.deafbase.com/article-print-1141.html
www.deafsportlawsuit.com/update82.htm
http://www.deafbase.com/article-print-1141.html
Because of Mr. Jordan's inept, unintelligent,
imprudent and not prophetic handling of the
issue of organization's name change, our world -
deaf and non-deaf - is still in a state of
confusion or misunderstanding, that is, many
people and organizations do still use the four
different names - CISS, ICSD, ICSD/CISS and
Deaflympics - in identifying one and same
organization called International Committee of
Sports for the Deaf.
P.S. It is this Ombudsman's sincerest hope that
National Deaf Sports Associations - Nation
Members of the CISS, including Liga Portuguesa
de Desporto para Surdos ( LPDS ), after reading
this relevant Press Release, will bring up a
proposal motion about the appropriate and
official acronym use of the organization to the
floor of the coming 40th CISS Congress in 2007.