WTF CSA?

[Eldron]

I did the bike leg at Xterra this weekend, and if you thought CSA commissars were bad, you should meet the Triathlon SA commissars (to be far, not all of them, just one or two).

 

 

Ahh TSA - I have a love/hate relationship with them.

 

Some of the officials are amazing and enforce the rules sternly but fairly.

 

Some are power hungry ego maniacs that take pleasure in treating their customers like dogsh!t.

 

Transition areas are tough places! Helmet on and clipped before you can enter, you must have some kind of number on you that matches your bike race number and you can only go back into it once all the cyclists have returned their bikes.

 

Some rules are enforced more than others....

[Shebeen]

I did the bike leg at Xterra this weekend, and if you thought CSA commissars were bad, you should meet the Triathlon SA commissars (to be far, not all of them, just one or two).

 

Firstly, with more than an hour to go before the start of the team event, we get told that the transition area is closed. Nothing is announced over the loud speakers, and when I ask, I get told that I should know that the transition area closes 15 minutes before the start of the race. I'm a cyclist - I clearly do not know this, and I am only starting in an hour's time. I wasn't the only late one - there were about 30 of us non-knowing MTBers wanting to rack our bikes, and fortunately sanity prevailed.

 

We got an email from Xterra in the week saying that only the swimmer in the team needs to be body marked. In fact we got two emails stating this. Now we're waiting for our swimmers (get your mind out of the gutter, or is it just me) to make their way up the 400m transition run when the same commissar comes along and tells us that we won't be allowed to leave the transition are unless we're body marked. An hour previously, he'd checked our bikes, checked our helmets, given us the lecture that we'll be disqualified if we touch our bikes before touching our helmets etc, but with the swimmers already emerging from the water he's on another power trip.

 

(The was another commissar who was the complete opposite - taking his time explaining how everything worked, answering the same question over and over again with the utmost of patience, and generally just being a nice guy)

 

I never thought I'd say it, but I actually missed the CSA levels of incompetence. At least they are uniformly and evenly incompetent and you always know where you stand with them.

ha ha, nothing new.

 

at knysna xterra once (duathlon run-bike-run) I was in a rush to leave after finishing.

 

The official with his clipboard wouldn't let me get my bike from the transition, as people were still dribbling in from leg 2 (although we were the only two people in the transition) and it wasn't 'closed' yet.

 

Had my race number still on, race number on bike.

 

official says rules are rules

I just took my bike and left

oke tried to stop me

he said he will get me banned...wonder how far that got

 

how to promote your sport on a wider scale in one easy step.

[Frosty]

An apt thread title?

 

 

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[sias]

That should see 100's of people lining up for the job! From the sound of it, most would be from this forum...

[Napalm]

An apt thread title?

 

 

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Hey!  It's difficult to pay people when all has been spent on other salaries. And swimming pools

[Wil6]

An apt thread title?

 

 

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Was Newman paid and how much?

[andydude]

Was Newman paid and how much?

No it's unpaid. Only executives gets paid. But travel and things like that would be reimbursed.

 

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That should see 100's of people lining up for the job! From the sound of it, most would be from this forum...

Tongue in cheek comment, but the truth you speak

 

I want to plead with everyone here.. please if you know of somebody can you put a nomination forward? There has been none to date.

 

Seems we all talk about the problems, but nobody wants to get their hands dirty?

 

#letsmakecsagreatagain

 

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[milky4130]

Only just saw this now, dont recall it being posted anywhere on the BikeHub?

 

[Patchelicious]

Only just saw this now, dont recall it being posted anywhere on the BikeHub?

 

Ja, he was the victim.... 

[milky4130]

Ja, he was the victim.... 

ja shame, I was expecting hubbers  ...I mean concerned members of the cycling community to be fighting for the position & have it filled by now already.

[Wil6]

Only just saw this now, dont recall it being posted anywhere on the BikeHub?

 

His office is as deurmekaar as CSA, no wonder...

[Napalm]

No it's unpaid. Only executives gets paid. But travel and things like that would be reimbursed.

 

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Tongue in cheek comment, but the truth you speak

 

I want to plead with everyone here.. please if you know of somebody can you put a nomination forward? There has been none to date.

 

Seems we all talk about the problems, but nobody wants to get their hands dirty?

 

#letsmakecsagreatagain

 

 

The best that can happen with CSA is for it to die. There are decades of maladministration. 

[Long Wheel Base]

At least they approved disk brakes.

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/172616-cycling-south-africa-allows-disc-brakes-in-local-road-racing/

[Underachiever]

No it's unpaid. Only executives gets paid. But travel and things like that would be reimbursed.

 

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Tongue in cheek comment, but the truth you speak

 

I want to plead with everyone here.. please if you know of somebody can you put a nomination forward? There has been none to date.

 

Seems we all talk about the problems, but nobody wants to get their hands dirty?

 

#letsmakecsagreatagain

 

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Interesting

 

Why is the President not part of the Exec.  What is his role then? And what responsibilities?

[Frosty]

I’m not even a member of CSA, but I still get all their emails...

 

Call for nominations for the position of President of Cycling SA

 

February 23, 2018

The Executive Committee of Cycling South Africa hereby calls for nominations from our members for the position of President of the Federation.

 

Note: This is an unpaid volunteer position.

 

All nominees are required to provide the following information for submission before an appointed panel for short listing.

 

Comprehensive Manifesto including your background and the reasons why you should be appointed, your strategic vision for the Federation, the key priorities that will be addressed during your term and your curriculum vitae.

Letter of support from your Provincial Cycling Structures and or region.

All short-listed candidates will be submitted to Exco for consideration with final presentations to Exco being held at a date and venue to be confirmed in April 2018.

 

Closing date for submission of the documentation above is 12:00 on 26 March 2018.

 

In order to guide nominees in the development of their manifestoes please refer to the points below which outline the roles and responsibilities of this position:

 

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PRESIDENT

 

1. The President shall lead the Executive Committee, and the Executive Committee shall be vested generally with all such powers and authorities as are necessary to promote and obtain the objectives of Cycling SA as set out in Annexure “B” in the Constitution and shall adopt such procedures as are required or necessary in order to fulfil its obligations.

 

2. The president shall chair the following meetings: Executive Committee, Management Committee, Council, General Meetings and Annual General Meetings.

 

3. The president cannot also be a delegate chairing an affiliated body of Cycling SA. If a president is elected representing an affiliate, he/she will immediately resign from his/her position as chairperson of that affiliation to insure independence and representation of all affiliations of Cycling SA.

 

4. The Core functions and Roles and Responsibilities of the President shall be:

 

4.1. To lead the Board through the Strategic Intent and the Purpose of Cycling SA.

 

4.2. To ensure that all long- and short-term strategies should be considered and approved by the Board or the Executive Committee, if so approved by the Board.

 

4.3. To ensure that all long-term plans should result in sustainable outcomes. Sustainability planning is to eliminate and/or minimise adverse consequences for the company.

 

4.4. To lead the Board of Cycling SA to act as the focal point for Corporate Governance.

 

4.5. To lead the Board and Staff of Cycling SA to direct, govern and control Cycling SA through Ethical Conduct, Integrity and by cultivating and promoting an Ethical Corporate Culture.

 

4.6. To provide Leadership, by giving guidance and providing implementation on the sustainability and growth of Cycling as a sport.

 

4.7. To lead Cycling SA through the regulations provided by the UCI, Cycling SA, SASCOC, SRSA, and SAIDS and also ensure that the Policies and Regulations of Cycling SA are updated annually through the assistance of the Commissions.

 

4.8. To lead the Board of Cycling SA to be a link between the Cyclists as stakeholders of Cycling SA.

 

4.9. To lead the Board of Cycling SA to be responsible, accountable and to build Trust and Confidence in Cycling SA.

 

4.10. To oversee a succession and contingency plan for the Board.

 

4.11. To oversee the macro work plan of the Board.

 

4.12. To be the link between the management of Cycling SA and the Board.

 

4.13. To maintain arm-length relationships with Board members and staff.

 

4.14. To adopt a lead-role in removing and replacing non-performing directors.

 

4.15. To monitor new directors and meet on an individual basis with directors once every quarter.

 

4.16. To ensure that members of the Board have the requisite knowledge of their duties and responsibilities.

 

4.17. To maintain good relations with major shareholders and the media.

 

5. Establish and maintain relationships with SRSA, SASCOC, UCI, CAC and SAIDS/WADA.

 

6. The President of Cycling SA shall not chair any other commission of Cycling SA but may at any time be present at any meeting as a consultant.

 

7. Though it is constitutionally possible, due the nature and the extent of providing direction and assistance to achieve the strategic intent of the federation to all the commissions and sub-committees of Cycling South Africa, the president should consider not representing any commission as a commissioner.

 

If you require any further information to aid you in the nomination process, please contact Gregory van Heerden on secretarygeneral@cyclingsa.com.

 

 

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[sias]

I’m not even a member of CSA, but I still get all their emails...

 

I think you are still somewhere on their database from some race's info...