Action needed: Pat McQuaid - Yes or No

Ok I'm going to keep this as short as possible, because time is of the essence. Pat McQuaid is up for his 3rd Term as UCI President, if nominated by Cycling Ireland

There has been a resignation from the Cycling Ireland board over this - Anthony Moran called it a day after he was the lone voice of discontent:
www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/former-...t-mcquaid-nomination
www.velonation.com/News/ID/14412/Anto-Mo...to-back-McQuaid.aspx

I would like to add to that, and am looking to see what the feelings are from members in order to get a consensus to bring to our Club Secretary - Dave McLoughlin

In order to do this - I am asking EACH and EVERY member of Orwell who reads this to send a quick email TODAY to
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If you agree that Pat McQuaid should go - please send the email entitled 'Pat Must Go'

If you disagree, and think that Pat McQuaid should stay - please send the email entitled 'Pat Should Stay'

We need to act quickly either way - there is a Cycling Ireland Board Meeting this evening - Friday 26th April, and in advance of this our Club Secretary needs to know what way the members feel. Now is your chance to make a change at the very top of cycling.

Please act, and send the email whether you think he should go or stay
Thanks

Thank you to everyone who made their opinion on this issue known.

Just to keep everyone up to date, I received just under 100 e-mails on the subject yesterday afternoon, almost 99% of which were either calling for an EGM, or entitled "Pat must go".

We let Cycling Ireland know that our members felt there should be an EGM on the matter (rather than the club calling for one, which would have required an EGM of our own), as did a number of other clubs. The board of CI then made the decision to hold an EGM on the matter, the details of which are to be announced next week.

We will wait to see what format the CI EGM will take before deciding on our next course of action, but it seems probable that we will be holding our own EGM to have a formal vote on this.

Thanks to all who took the time to send the email - will wait and see now are CI going to let the clubs decide on the nomination

EGM scheduled for 15 June in Red Cow Hotel at 11AM

Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of Irish Cycling Federation (“The Company”), trading as Cycling Ireland.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting of the Company will be held at 11 a.m. on the 15th day of June, 2013 at the Red Cow Moran Hotel, Naas Road, Dublin 22 to consider and if thought fit pass the following resolution which will be proposed as an ordinary resolution:
"That Mr. Pat McQuaid be and is hereby nominated by Cycling Ireland to stand as a candidate for the Presidency of the UCI at the 2013 UCI Congress and that the said nomination be executed and submitted forthwith by the Board of this Company.”
Dated the 30th day of April, 2013.
By Order of the Board.

Dave wrote:

We will wait to see what format the CI EGM will take before deciding on our next course of action, but it seems probable that we will be holding our own EGM to have a formal vote on this.

Any plans to hold a club EGM? Or if not how will the club decide how to vote at the CI EGM?

We will have one principal speaker in favour of the McQuaid nomination, and one speaker against. Thereafter, each member who wishes to address the floor will be allowed to speak once, and given two minutes to do so.

What's the criteria for the selection of these two speakers?

So - rather than leave it to a democratic decision in his home country. Pat McQuaid has decided to get the Swiss Federation to back him.

Velonation story by Shane Stokes

From reading, this appears to raise a few questions:

• Is Pat McQuaid now a member of a Swiss Cycling Club?
• If so - is he still an honourary member of Cycling Ireland?
• Is his nomination by Swiss Cycling valid??

Brian wrote:

The committee have two members in mind who are involved in the club, and have shown both the depth of their feelings on the issue and their dedication to both Orwell and CI by taking action on it in the past. They're also both decent public speakers, who would be used to taking the floor. But we haven't yet confirmed their availability for the night.

If you're interested, you could make a pitch to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Have both speakers confirmed availability for Monday evening?

My understanding is that while the McQuaid Swiss nomination is 'secured', it is not official and will only be used if he fails to secure the Irish nomination at the CI EGM. It seems there are significant arguments against the Swiss nomination being valid and that a dedicated group is at work to ensure that McQuaid is not nominated through an invalid loophole. Basically, even though it may seem right now that the CI EGM vote and the Orwell EGM vote on Monday are not important, your vote could be of the upmost importance in the events of the coming weeks with regards to the UCI presidency. If you feel strongly either way about McQuaid being our UCI leader please show up to cast your vote on Monday.

Just to reinforce Patrick's call for as many as possible to attend the meeting on Monday night, it seems to me that this is a situation where your vote (either way) could genuinely have a huge impact. Pat McQuaid's Swiss nomination may turn out to be invalid, in which case he will depend on a nomination from Cycling Ireland. Orwell are the biggest club in Ireland, with 6 representatives, so how our representatives vote at the CI EGM could easily be the difference either way. Your vote at the Orwell EGM on Monday will decide how our 6 votes will be cast at the CI EGM. So your vote could decide whether Pat McQuaid continues as UCI president or not.

Just checking that the six named delegates are all still available to attend the CI egm next Saturday at 11:00 a.m.?

And don't forget to bring your CI licence.