Cycling Ireland nominate McQuaid > EGM Rejects

tailwindhome

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news ... president/

iainf72

Told ya.

RichN95.

Surely nobody with any common sense thought they wouldn't nominate him

iainf72

RichN95 wrote:

Surely nobody with any common sense thought they wouldn't nominate him

Exactly. And Mr Kimmages recent behaviour appears to have improved his support.

People underestimate what a savvy politician McQuaid is.

blazing_saddles

Read this on another forum this morning.

3. The following proposals are to be put forward to UCI Management Committee for tabling at the 2013 Congress at:
a. A limitation on the period for which a president or vice president can serve in the UCI as follows effective after the 2013 Congress:
i. The maximum number of two four year terms.
ii. No president, vice president or management committee member can serve the UCI for more than 16 years in total over their life time, in any capacity (paid, voluntary or other).

This, having just nominated him for a 3rd term.
Doesn't just run in the family, then.

emadden

From what I am hearing, a substantial number of Cycling Ireland members are pretty disgusted by this. The Board of CI nominated PMcQ directly without convening an EGM to take a vote of its members (as far as I understand). The rules of CI didnt require an EGM. There was some hope that the Board members wouldve given McQ a harder time, but it didnt happen. The Board wasnt unanimous in its support however. An anonymous member of the Board posted the following on another board:

Let me give you context

We started at 5 and did the ordinary business until 6.30 We then started and The president came in at 7 and gave 30min reason why we should back him. He was asked about governance, Why he didnt contact Emma O'Reilly ( there you go kimmage!) Why did the UCI advise contador that his positive was from food contamination and stuff like that.

He left and there was a lot of robust discussion and colour full language but he was backed with a big majority (sorry astonished face emoticom) Let me give you context

We started at 5 and did the ordinary business until 6.30 We then started and The president came in at 7 and gave 30min reason why we should back him. He was asked about governance, Why he didnt contact Emma O'Reilly ( there you go kimmage!) Why did the UCI advise contador that his positive was from food contamination and stuff like that.

He left and there was a lot of robust discussion and colour full language but he was backed with a big majority (sorry astonished face emoticom)

Pretty sad really.

Richmond Racer

Iain is spot on. Some seem to get so taken by the disaster that occurs every time he opens his mouth in public that they neglect to realise that he knows his way around the politics. Sports governance at the very top is all about the politics.

For sure, being patronised by the likes of Fuller demanding to go and lecture to them, and being sworn at and verbally pummelled by Kimmage etc, did the anti movement no favours.

But do people really think that a majority of the Irish board members would have readily relinquished the benefits and influence that surely comes with having PMQ as UCI Pres?

symo

The blokes needs tomatoes thrown at him, eggs and bottles of piss. A la Daphne & Celeste. That way that idiot irishman who has slept through his entire tenure (although I forget his passionate defence of cycle ball funding (which is probably looked after by a friend of McFnckwit), can know what the whole world thinks of him.

tailwindhome

Paul Kimmage ‏@PaulKimmage 1h
To the board member of @IreCyclingFed who voted for the sport, my respect. To the MUPPETS who voted McQuaid, my contempt

Mikey23

It's thatcher's fault ...

iainf72

TailWindHome wrote:

Paul Kimmage ‏@PaulKimmage 1h
To the board member of @IreCyclingFed who voted for the sport, my respect. To the MUPPETS who voted McQuaid, my contempt

Yeah PK, coz you didn't alienate anyone who might have taken your side in the last week in Ireland

iainf72

It's extra hilarious that Cycling Ireland only got 23 emails telling them not to vote for Pat.

Yes, 23, despite all the campaigning.

inkyfingers

iainf72 wrote:

It's extra hilarious that Cycling Ireland only got 23 emails telling them not to vote for Pat.

Yes, 23, despite all the campaigning.

That's twitter for you. Lot's of talking, not much doing.

mike6

If it wasn't so astonishing it would be funny. The Irish being, well, Irish, I suppose. I wonder what Pat has on the other members of C.I.

tailwindhome

mike6 wrote:

The Irish being, well, Irish, I suppose.

Would you like to elaborate there?

thomthom

inkyfingers wrote:

iainf72 wrote:

It's extra hilarious that Cycling Ireland only got 23 emails telling them not to vote for Pat.

Yes, 23, despite all the campaigning.

That's twitter for you. Lot's of talking, not much doing.

While the force of angry mails caught in the spam filter is a damning importance of the matter? :P

mike6

TailWindHome wrote:

mike6 wrote:

The Irish being, well, Irish, I suppose.

Would you like to elaborate there?

Not being racist there. I love the Irish, well....the ones I have had the pleasure of meeting anyway. So you have not heard the term "That's a bit Irish" in regard to something that is strange, or off the wall?

tailwindhome

mike6 wrote:

TailWindHome wrote:

mike6 wrote:

The Irish being, well, Irish, I suppose.

Would you like to elaborate there?

Not being racist there. I love the Irish, well....the ones I have had the pleasure of meeting anyway. So you have not heard the term "That's a bit Irish" in regard to something that is strange, or off the wall?

No. I haven't.

tailwindhome

Paul Kimmage ‏@PaulKimmage 28m
The board member of @IreCyclingFed who voted for the sport was Anto Moran. Shake his hand if you happen to bump into him. Respect.

ddraver

Whoever got Kimmage on to twitter had an absoloute 'mare! Unfortunately without an editor all his stupidity is revelaed.

It's sad now, and I don't mean sad as the insult I mean genuinely sad, like watching the decrepit family dog trying to chase a stick or an old man sitting on his porch shouting that the neighbourhood used to be so much better before the darkies/wops/insert racist word here all moved in...

yourpaceormine

Mikey23 wrote:

It's thatcher's fault ...

Godwin's Second Law?

tailwindhome

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news ... t-mcquaid/

emadden

mike6 wrote:

TailWindHome wrote:

mike6 wrote:

The Irish being, well, Irish, I suppose.

Would you like to elaborate there?

Not being racist there. I love the Irish, well....the ones I have had the pleasure of meeting anyway. So you have not heard the term "That's a bit Irish" in regard to something that is strange, or off the wall?

Hmm... not being racist, but certainly beingf ignorant.

The term ' thats a bit Irish' is deeply ingrained and in widespread use in England to describe someones actions as stupid. It is typically an anti-Irish racist comment used regularly throughout the country in a derogratory manner. Perhaps its sed so much that its anti-Irish origins are forgotten. When used with respect to a person who is established as actually Irish, then the comment is even more offensive. Say something comparable about any other ethnic group and it would be a court matter in the blink of an eye. End of rant.

mroli

The only member who voted against McQuaid has resigned (Moran) according to cycling news. One other member abstained apparently.

ilm_zero7

I applaud you Anthony Moran - the only member of Cycling Ireland to vote against McQuaid steps down

"Anthony Moran, the only member of Cycling Ireland management board not to back Pat McQuaid’s presidential campaign at the UCI, has resigned from his post.

Moran was the only member of a seven-body panel to turn down McQuaid’s request for support – a necessary step in McQuaid’s campaign stipulated that he needed the support of his national federation in order to seek a third term as the UCI President. The election of a president will take place in September and McQuaid is the only candidate currently in the running.

Cycling Ireland voted 5-1 in favour of supporting McQuaid’s controversial bid, with one member of the panel abstaining from the vote, which took place on Friday evening.

In statement released on the Cycling Ireland website, the federation said, “Cycling Ireland today has accepted the resignation of Anthony Moran from the Board of Cycling Ireland. Moran, who was Vice-President of the Board, has been an active Board member since his election in 2009, and Cycling Ireland would like to acknowledge his work, specifically in the area of High Performance and Development.”

mike6

TailWindHome wrote:

mike6 wrote:

TailWindHome wrote:

mike6 wrote:

The Irish being, well, Irish, I suppose.

Would you like to elaborate there?

Not being racist there. I love the Irish, well....the ones I have had the pleasure of meeting anyway. So you have not heard the term "That's a bit Irish" in regard to something that is strange, or off the wall?

No. I haven't.

Well there you go, you have learned something new. Result.

mike6

emadden wrote:

mike6 wrote:

TailWindHome wrote:

mike6 wrote:

The Irish being, well, Irish, I suppose.

Would you like to elaborate there?

Not being racist there. I love the Irish, well....the ones I have had the pleasure of meeting anyway. So you have not heard the term "That's a bit Irish" in regard to something that is strange, or off the wall?

Hmm... not being racist, but certainly beingf ignorant.

The term ' thats a bit Irish' is deeply ingrained and in widespread use in England to describe someones actions as stupid. It is typically an anti-Irish racist comment used regularly throughout the country in a derogratory manner. Perhaps its sed so much that its anti-Irish origins are forgotten. When used with respect to a person who is established as actually Irish, then the comment is even more offensive. Say something comparable about any other ethnic group and it would be a court matter in the blink of an eye. End of rant.

Fortunately I dont subscribe to the thought police maxim. Neither do the large number of Irish guys I am happy to call friends. Like me they have a sense of humor and dont take themselves too seriously. Unlike some on here.

tailwindhome

mike6 wrote:

emadden wrote:

mike6 wrote:

TailWindHome wrote:

mike6 wrote:

The Irish being, well, Irish, I suppose.

Would you like to elaborate there?

Not being racist there. I love the Irish, well....the ones I have had the pleasure of meeting anyway. So you have not heard the term "That's a bit Irish" in regard to something that is strange, or off the wall?

Hmm... not being racist, but certainly beingf ignorant.

The term ' thats a bit Irish' is deeply ingrained and in widespread use in England to describe someones actions as stupid. It is typically an anti-Irish racist comment used regularly throughout the country in a derogratory manner. Perhaps its sed so much that its anti-Irish origins are forgotten. When used with respect to a person who is established as actually Irish, then the comment is even more offensive. Say something comparable about any other ethnic group and it would be a court matter in the blink of an eye. End of rant.

Fortunately I dont subscribe to the thought police maxim. Neither do the large number of Irish guys I am happy to call friends. Like me they have a sense of humor and dont take themselves too seriously. Unlike some on here.

You have 2 Irishmen telling you that you're being a d1ck and should think about what you're posting.

You may chose to ignore this. That's your call. But you're still being a d1ck.

mike6

Well....we all have our own point of view. I maintain, no offence was intended, the thought never crossed my mind. I have no axe to grind with anyone. The term is merely banter, between friends, some, as I have said, very much Irish. If this banter has not translated well to others I can only apologize.

As I say, no offence was intended.

confused@BR

The Irish Sea seems to work as a huge distorting lens when events on the island of Ireland are viewed from Britain (don't bother to explain the definition). Many decisions or actions which appear unfathomable from here make perfect sense within context. The real culprit for the lack of understanding is the slight regard the media pay to events 'over there'. Much more time and effort expended on the U S of A than on a neighbour with such close relations with England, Scotland and Wales.

danlikesbikes

Just reading this with some comments from Anthony Moran who resigned & thought I'd share - http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... ation.html