First I want to say- everything I say here is of my own views and statements NOT an attack on anyone I have been watching all of this take place like everyone else that is reading all the stuff being said here and some other fb accounts and I find it very one sided with the strong views of a select few people. I will simply state some facts that I feel that are very important from what I have been reading. I will not TAG anyone on my views and involve you- it is YOUR personal choice to read and get involved if you wish I have been around this federation for 26 long YEARS both as a competitor for many years and as a judge for a couple. I also have trained 100s of people who have competed in the BCABBA over the years and continue to train many clients from beginners to national level athletes from BC and IFBB pros helping them achieve their goals. Trust me I have seen it all over the years from every aspect and angle in the BCABBA over the last 2 ½ decades and I could probably write a novel. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR that I have no interest in running for any position within the BCABBA I do have the best interest in mind for all the members of this federation who are competing and involved and would like to speak on a few things First and foremost there is always more than one side of a any story and these are mine. There are so many points I would have to bring up on here to cover everything being said on FB that I would be typing for days-so I am just going to point out a couple details and get to the point- In this case- The Past Can Not Be Forgotten –How can we forget how we got to this point-I was not at the last meeting after the SWC but my wife Lara Toma was the one who spoke up and put the issue on the table that there was more than one judge with many clients in classes judging. She made some very valid points because no one else would because of fear of being cut down. So there were various people who did some investigating and it was very obvious that there were cases were more then one judge had clients up in the same class at one time. Some of them didn’t stop judging while there clients were up--In any case if there is more than one judge left out to score a class then there is not enough judges to properly score the class fairly- SO how can we dismiss what happened at the last meeting after the SWC. There were many concerns about all these judging issues that were already happening in the BCABBA. All of these issues that were being addressed at that time and have FINALLY NOW been put in place. ****Some important points leading up to now from after the 2013 SWC meeting On Feb 7th Head judge Chris Parker stepped down only 3 ½ weeks before the first show of the season and Lori Mork (The head judges assistant) also stepped down shortly after the SWC and a couple other judges also did-thus leaving the BCABBA with a shortage of qualified judges. The BCABBA EXECUTIVES had to act very fast to get a proper qualified judging panel together in a few weeks Note ---The head judge does not actually judge the classes he or she has the important role of making the important top 5 callouts and moves athletes around for comparisons with the help of the assistant- The Head Judge does NOT judge the classes on the score sheets only the 5 judges judging _The BCABBA EXECUTIVES had no choice but to bring in a qualified head judge given the situation that they didn’t have a qualified head judge in our province and took the proper actions as far as I am concerned and did a great job./ -The executives brought in a head judge from another province who is defiantly qualified with years of extensive experience within the IFBB the CBBF and OPA (Ontario federation) to ensure that the show was ran properly and she did a SUPER amazing job -They also got in qualified judges in to judge the show on the very short notice not an easy task At the Krack Classic some of the judging tactics that are being used in Ontario and other provinces were finally implemented to ensure fair unbiased judging and a POSITIVE CHANGE.. One of the new rules was if a judge had a client in the show that they must remove them self from the judging table while their client was on the stage. Of all 5 qualified judges there was only ONE judge who had clients in the show and he had absolutely no problem with removing himself from the judging table while the clients were on stage and did so in a professional manner Another rule that was implemented under the new executive was that the final score sheets were to be collected by the executives immediately after the show. This is something else that has never happened in the past before this show another step in the RIGHT DIRECTION -I feel comfortable saying these rules and others will continue to be enforced as the BCABBA moves forward to put in place rules to ensure that the competitors get judged fairly and unbiased from now on. - The test judges that were selected were also excellent choices- at the Krack Classic the ifbb pros that were asked to TEST JUDGE have lots of years’ experience in the industry and I would rather see experienced people in the know test judging rather than someone who has zero experience in the industry. -only one of the pro test judges trains people on a regular basis and after test judging they have decided, as far as I know, not to move forward and judge any shows in the future- The other ifbb pros that were TEST JUDGING DO NOT train teams and TEAMS of clients for shows- -there is a shortage of judges and the bcabba is doing everything to get this fixed since the new rules for trainers not to judge have been enforced unlike before this last show when pretty much every judge on the panel was a trainer with their own TEAMS at recent shows and this was causing problems-hence why the changes are being made -Also the person that was selected by the executives to take over the head judging role in our province is more than qualified to do so and take on the position-she has been involved in this federation for many many years as a JUDGE and is being groomed by the head judge that was brought in to ensure that everything is done properly and in a professional manner. The new appointed head judge who I have known for over 15 years in my mind and in my opinion is perfect for the job. Another issue that seems to be getting thrown around is the financials- For over a decade or ever for that matter no one seems to have cared about asking for them ever and now all of the sudden it’s a big deal- I can understand to ask about this as there are hundreds of members paying into the federation and money being used to run the federation and it’s a very big task. So when asking for this - I would imagine there is a process to get everything taken care of and that’s why there is a time frame to do so for the BCABBA that was already stated by someone I believe it was 21-60 days -Constantly harassing them with threats is not the approach that I would take. Going on FB and painting a picture trying to make it sound as if the BCABBA executives must be hiding something has absolutely zero merit and is simply speculation in this matter and to me a low ball tactic to try to make them look bad. Given the time and proper procedure all the financials I am sure will be produced You people are asking for change and CHANGE HAS HAPPENED the new executive has done nothing but put out fires in the short 6 weeks that they have been in their positions. I think it’s important to point out that these people are volunteers that give their time for the members and the love of the sport and have the best interest of all current members in mind. I believe that in the short period of time the people have been in charge are already doing a great job to work towards cleaning up this federation on issues from the PAST to make things as fair as possible in the FUTURE for all the members involved. There is so much more I could say or bring up but this is enough for me now. If there is a meeting I will be there to share my views and be a part of any decisions being made. Thank-you Darren Toma ᇽ
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:34:47 +0000
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