Update: Pinchas vs. Jordan, Ammons, Lovett - Anarchy Inside the CISS

From: DeafSportLawsuit.com - 13 Dec 2002

ANARCHY INSIDE THE CISS: 35 RULES, 49 VIOLATIONS, WHICH RULES WERE VIOLATED AND WHAT WAS VIOLATED

My website continues to receive many inquiries. Of the many messages I received recently, let me demonstrate on this website the messages from three different readers, which may be of interest to you.

Message from reader A:
"Dear Raphael and other ones, I have been enjoying reading all your messages but I want to tell you that I do not take side with you and neither with Jordan, Ammons and Lovett because I am not involved in the CISS leadership and I hope that the Justice will make good decisions about all of you..."

Message from Reader B:
"Dear Mr. Pinkhasov Pinchas - Since you filed your lawsuit case against the three in autumn of 2001, I have been closely monitoring your website news.
I clearly see that you are the fiercest critic against the way John Lovett, Jerald Jordan and Donalda Ammons handle the CISS business. I applaud your bravery and outspokeness. You revealed many things inside the CISS and its politics that I never knew of before. I hope that your lawsuit case will wake up our slowly-moving and "sleepy" deaf world to the positive side.
As I see, the CISS must change its system, management and workings. The CISS must also dump the old and incompetent leaders. All this must be done in order to make the CISS as the most professionally managed and efficiently run international sports organization. I hope many people and organizations will eventually understand you and rally behind you. I wish you much success in your very uneasy lawsuit case."

Message from Reader C:
"Mr. Pinchas, How do you dare to label Jordan, Ammons and Lovett in such unpleasant ways like "reputed rule violators, inept leaders, illegitimately-elected CISS officials, suspended CISS President and CISS Secretary General, awkward and unsophisticated CISS supervisors, cronies and dependents, medievally-autocratic CISS administrators, well-known abusers of the CISS legal system"? Can you justify your these ugly words aimed at the three, whom I view as very honest and successful international deaf sports leaders? I also believe that Lovett and Ammons never violated a single rule in their work in the CISS. How can you write such bad things about Lovett and Ammons who twice in hard ways won their CISS elections for the top offices of the President and Secretary General by beating many strong deaf candidates from other countries for these two positions in the 1997 and 2001 elections? Many CISS people in USA, Germany, Sweden, South Africa, Australia, France and other countries, do not support you because they believe that Lovett and Ammons did not and do not violate any rule. No one, for example, will believe you when you say that USA and Australia did not pay their 2000 CISS membership dues on time! Where did you get this false information that USA failed to pay its membership dues in 2000? Why do you exaggerate all this? Do you have solid proof that Lovett and Ammons violated any rule? I do still refuse to believe that Lovett and Ammons ever commited any wrongdoing in the CISS!
Lastly, I want you to shut down your website, please!"

Interesting messages!!!

Well, while I am appreciative of the many messages ( including the negative ones ) I received and do still continue to receive from many different persons and organizations, below I am going to justify my position that the three defendants in the still-pending lawsuit case - Jordan, Ammons and Lovett - should also be labeled as the "CISS anarchists".

( For those who may not be familiar with the words "anarchy" and "anarchist", let me define those words according to Webster's New World Dictionary:
"anarchy" - the complete absence of government; disorder; lawlessness; disorder in any sphere of activity;
"anarchist" - a person who promotes anarchy, as by flouting and ignoring rules, duties, orderly behavior, etc. ).

Below is the list of nine ( 9 ) different cases handled ( and mishandled! ) by the CISS officers Lovett and Ammons ( with Jordan acting as their "behind-the-scenes senior advisor" ) in 2000, 2001 and 2002. These nine cases also list 35 different applicable rules taken from the three "Bibles of the CISS" - CISS Constitution, Deaflympic Games Regulations and Deaf World Championships Regulations. I am also providing the facts and my arguments in order to justify that Lovett, Ammons and Jordan, by violating rules en masse in 2000, 2001 and 2002, are indeed the CISS anarchists!

Note: in case you wish to verify the accuracy of applicable CISS Constitution rules, please visit www.ciss.org/about/constitution.html

Case A. The matter of the candidacy of Pinkhasov Pinchas ( "Pinchas" ) for the 2001-2005 CISS EC Member position ( total number of rules applied: 8, total number of rules violated: 14).

1. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 3.1 The objects of the CISS are as follows:

2. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 3.1.11 to promote Deaf Sports without discrimination on the ground of religion, politics, economics, sex or race.

Facts and arguments: Lovett, Ammons and Jordan as members of the CISS Legal Commission made a total of six rule violations because they treated Pinchas with their acts based on discrimination, conspiracy and personality ( including renewed personal animosity between Jordan and Pinchas ) and on the ground of Pinchas' ethnic ( race ) background.
Specifically, they:
a) removed Pinchas as a 2001-2005 CISS EC Member candidate ( two rule violations );
b) did not renew Pinchas' term as the 2001-2003 CISS Awards Commission Chairman ( two rule violations ), and
c) did not consider Pinchas for the newly-created and appointed position of the CISS Sports Director ( two rule violations ).

3. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 4 The powers of the CISS includes:

4. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 4.2 to provide facilities for settlement of disputes, discipline of misconduct and for breach of this Constitution or any other by-law of this Constitution.

Facts and arguments: Lovett and Ammons made a total of four violations:
a) they did not provide facilities for settlement of disputes, that is, they chose to do nothing with the July 29, 2001 petition signed by nearly 40 CISS Nation Members ( two rule violations ) , and
b) Lovett refused to allow the 37th CISS Congress delegates to decide by themselves the matter of the 2001-2005 CISS EC Member position candidacy of Pinchas, pursuant to the CISS Constitution, Rule 15 ( two rule violations ).

5. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 10.4.2 All members of the CISS Executive Committee must be a Deaf person fluent in international signs.

6. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 10.4.3 The Executive Committee shall consist of persons who are members of the National Association of their country of residence admitted to Full Membership by virtue of this Constitution.

7. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 10.4.4 Only one member per National Sports Association shall be elected to the Executive Committee.

Fact: Lovett treated Pinchas as "a persona-non-grata" during the 37th CISS Congress election session.

8. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 15 Dispute Resolution If any dispute arises concerning the construction of this Constitution or any matter arising from it and any disciplinary matters, then such dispute will solely and exclusively be resolved by the Congress. The decision of the Congress will be final and binding on the parties and it is agreed that neither party will institute or maintain proceedings in any court or tribunal beyond the Congress.

Facts and arguments: Lovett, by ignoring the above Rule, decided the matter by himself only at the Congress floor premises. Thus, he did not allow the CISS Congress delegates by themselves to handle ( including debating and voting ) the matter of the 2001-2005 CISS EC Member candidacy of Pinchas at the Congress floor premises.

Case B. The matter of Dogan Ozdemir of Turkey as the elected CISS EC Member ( total number of rules applied: 6, total number of rules violated: 6).

9. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 5.1.2 A national association of deaf sports may apply for Full Membership if it is:

10. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 5.1.2.1 a registered or recognized organisation of deaf sports in its country having a deaf president and a majority of deaf members holding executive positions.

11. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 8.1. The membership of Full members, Associate Members and Honorary Life Members may be suspended or terminated by the Congress on the recommendation of the Executive Committee of the CISS.

12. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 8.1.1 A member from any category of membership may be suspended for:

13. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 8.1.1.1 breach of the terms of this Constitution;

14. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 8.2 A member under suspension loses all rights and privileges of membership. In particular a suspended member shall not be entitled to attend or vote at the Congress or enter athletes in any events or activities organized or sanctioned by the CISS.

Facts and arguments: the National Sports Association of Turkey by having its President in office as a hearing and non-deaf person and, as a result, by obtaining special observer's status after the delegates' vote at the 37th CISS Congress ( Norway was another nation to obtain a special observer's status at such a Congress ), was not still in full compliance of the CISS Constitution rules. Therefore, Lovett unconstitutionally declared Dogan Ozdemir as the elected CISS EC Member.

Case C. The matters of Lovett and Ammons as the re-elected CISS President and CISS Secretary General, respectively ( total number of rules applied: 7, total number of rules violated: 14 ). For details, read
www.deafsportlawsuit.com/update23.html

15. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 7.1.2 Full Members shall pay the annual membership fee as levied by CISS by April 1st of the applicable financial year. Interest will be due and payable at ten percent each month for late payments until October. All other levies and fees are payable within 30 days of their imposition.

16. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 7.1.3 A Full Member shall only be permitted to exercise its rights pursuant to article 7.1.1 if the annual membership fee and any outstanding levies have been paid and received by the CISS.

17. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 8.1 ( already defined above )

18. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 8.1.1 ( already defined above )

19. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 8.1.1.1 ( already defined above )

20. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 8.1.1.2 non-payment or non-renewal of the annual membership fee by October 1st of the applicable financial year or any other levy; or

21. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 8.2 ( already defined above )

Facts and arguments: since the National Sports Associations of Australia and USA, each, failed to pay their annual ( for the year of 2000 ) CISS Membership dues in 2000 plus interest penalty before the start of the 37th CISS Congress, these two organizations were in violations of seven different rules each ( or, two organizations times seven rules equal to a total of 14 ). Therefore, these organizations' nominees for the CISS Executive Committee - Lovett and Ammons - were ineligible to be considered for the elective offices of the CISS President and CISS Secretary General, respectively, at the 37th CISS Congress. Consequently, Lovett and Ammons were illegally re-elected as the CISS President and CISS Secretary General, respectively at a such Congress.

Case D. The relocation of the CISS Home Office to the USA ( total number of rules applied: 2, total number of rules violated: 2 ).

22. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 10.2.7 The responsibilities and powers of Congress include:

23. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 10.2.7.11 to approve any change in the country of location of CISS headquarters.

Facts: The CISS Home Office was opened in the state of Maryland, USA, in the early part of 2001 without prior permission, consent and approval of the CISS Congress delegates.

Case E. The CISS Executive Committee meetings in 2000 and 2001 ( total number of rules applied: 1, total number of rules violated: 2 ).

24. Applicable CISS Constitution Rule 10.4.6 The Executive Committee shall hold at least one meeting per year.

Facts: In 2000 the CISS Executive Committee had two meetings held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in May, and in Taipei, Taiwan, in November ( one violation ); in 2001 the city of Rome, Italy, twice hosted such meetings in the months of March and July ( one violation ).

Case F. The visits to the site of the XIXth Deaflympic Summer Games by the CISS Secretary General ( total number of rules applied: 1, total number of rules violated: 1 ). Note: it is still unknown exactly as to how many visits were made by the CISS Secretary General to the site of the XIXth Deaflympic Summer Games before the start of such a Games, in case we obtain information that the Secretary General made, let's say, 5 such visits, then it would mean 5 rule violations, etc. ) . For details, read www.deafsportlawsuit.com/update14.html

25. Applicable Deaflympic Games Regulations, Rule 17 D ( ii ) The OC ( Organizing Committee ) must pay one visit of the Secretary General to the site of the Deaflympic Games approximately one year before the Games.

Fact: The CISS Secretary General made excessive visits to the site of the Games before the start of the XIXth Deaflympic Summer Games in 2001.

Case G. The Official Results Book of the XIXth Deaflympic Summer Games ( total number of rule applied: 1, total number of rule violated: 1 ). For details, read www.deafsportlawsuit.com/update9.html

26. Applicable Deaflympic Games Regulations Rule 20. E ( i ) A complete result book of the Deaflympic Games shall be produced within three months following the completion of the Deaflympic Games. The result book shall contain results attained in all heats and the final results, arranged at sport and classification level appropriatte for inclusion in Deaflympic Record list.

Facts: The National Sports Association of Italy, the XIXth Deaflympic Summer Games organizer, published and released the Games book results at the end of January, 2002, that is, more than two months after the deadline date of November 1, 2001 ( the Games ended on August 1, 2001 ). Morever, Lovett and Ammons, after reading my material titled 19th DEAFLYMPIC GAMES ROME 2001 RESULTS BOOK, RULE VIOLATION AND 556 MISTAKES disregarded such a book in its entirety.

Case H. The organization of the 1st Deaf World Championship in Basketball, Athens, Greece ( total number of rules applied: 8, total number of rules violated: 8 ). For details, read www.deafsportlawsuit.com/update20.html ).

27. Applicable Deaf World Championships Regulations, Rule 1. F. The duration of the Deaf World Champpionships will be no longer than seven days.

Facts: The CISS publicized the event as the July 18-28, 2002 event ( total number of days : 11 ), while the Deaf International Basketball Federation ( DIBF ) along with the Greek Organizing Committee (HAFD) had the July 19-27, 2002 date event ( total number of days: 9 ).

28. Applicable Deaf World Championships Regulations, Rule 1. G The Deaf World Championships can only take place where there are five or more CISS members from at least three regions taking part.

Facts: at the championship, women's teams from four countries (USA, Greece, Lithuania and the Ukraine) representing just two regions ( the Americas and Europe ) took part; as a result, USA team was "officially" declared as a world champion and its team players received gold medals, while teams from Lithuania and Greece received silver and bronze medals, respectively.

29. Applicable Deaf World Championships Regulations, Rule 2. G. The CISS member bidding for a Deaf World Championship must arrange for a site visit to the city by the CISS President or his representative prior to the Congress at which the bid will be presented. The site visit must take place during the same month in which the proposed Championship is to take place.

30. Applicable Deaf World Championships Regulations, Rule 2. H. In the event that a bid is accepted, the host organizer shall also arrange for a site visit by the CISS Technical Director ( TD ) not less than one year prior to the Championship. The visit must take place during the month in which the Championship is to take place.

31. Applicable Deaf World Championships Regulations, Rule 13. C. ( b ) The National Association ( or its Organizing Committee ) must arrange and fund: (b) one site visit of the CISS TD one year before the Championship.

Facts: the championship took place in July, 2002, the CISS President or his representative never made a visit to the site one year before the start of the championship; instead, a CISS TD ( Kjell Gunna ) made a site inspection visit in December, 2001, that is, seven months before the start of championship.

32. Applicable Deaf World Championships Regulations, Rule 5. A. The invitations to take part in the Championships must be sent out by the National Association ( or its Organizing Committee ) at least two years prior to the Championship.

Fact: the National Sports Association of Greece or its Organizing Committee sent the invitations out in March, 2002, that is only four months before the start of the championship.

33. Applicable Deaf World Championships Regulations, Rule 8. A. The final registration of teams must be submitted two years before the Championships.

Fact: the final registration of teams was submitted to the CISS or National Sports Association of Greece or its Organizing Committee in May, 2002, that is, two months before the start of championship.

34. Applicable Deaf World Championships Regulations, Rule 13. A. The National Association ( or its Organizing Committee ) or any agency must offer accomodation facilities, meals and local transport at reasonable prices for all National Sport Associations participating in the Deaflympic Championships.

Fact: the world championship in basketball was never called as the Deaflympic Championships.

Case I. The non-publication of the Deaf World Championship in Martial Arts Results in the CISS e-News Magazine issue in 2001 ( total number of rule applied: 1, total number of rule violated: 1 ).

35. Applicable Deaf World Championships Regulations, Rule 4. D. The National Association ( or its Organizing Committee ) shall forward to the CISS within thirty days, a provisional result for the Championship, which then will be printed in the CISS e-News Magazine.

Facts: the world championship in martial arts took place in Ostia, Italy, during July 15-18, 2001, and, to date, the Lovett and Ammons-administered CISS had failed to publish its results in the CISS e-News Magazine at all.

Now, you see that with a total number of 35 rules applied, there was a recorded total of 49 violations commited by the troika of Lovett, Ammons and Jordan in 2000, 2001 and 2002. In spite of these massive rule violations, they are still continuing to clowningly showcase themselves in front of the whole world as the "successful and experienced CISS leaders and role models" ( for example, according to the latest CISS e-News Magazine, Number 209 issue, "in the next few weeks" Lovett and Ammons will make their CISS business-related trips to Taipei, Taiwan, Athens, Greece, and Meribel, France )! Not only Lovett and Ammons are still defiantly holding their CISS office positions in the highly-questionable manners, but they are also along with Jordan continuing to masquerade themselves as the "most distinguished members" of the CISS Legal Commission!

Many of you may already know that in 2001 Lovett and Ammons had done an irresponsible and unprofessional supervisory job on behalf of the CISS, for instance, with their:

a) preparation and completion of the 53-mistakes-tainted Minutes Report of the 37th CISS Congress Proceedings
( read www.deafsportlawsuit.com/update4.html );

b) release publicaton of the 196-paged and 202-mistakes-filed book called CISS REVIEW 2001
( read www.deafsportlawsuit.com/update5.html ), and

b) failure to obtain an original of the much-sought May 16, 2001 letter - officially granting the CISS to use the word "Deaflympics" - from the IOC or IOC President before the start of the 37th CISS Congress on July, 20, 2001.

Another state of confusion, information secrecy, disorder or disarray Lovett and Ammons are creating these days. Through their controlled www.deaflympics.com website, they are misleadingly publicizing such a propaganda to the world that "approximately 1,000 deaf athletes from at least 25 countries will compete in four sports" at the coming March 1-8, 2003, XVth Deaflympic Winter Games in Sundsvall, Sweden ( read www.deaflympics.com/about.asp ). To date, exactly three months before the start of such a Games, the CISS Home Office has not yet publicly disclosed through its two different websites the preliminary list of number of nations/regions and sportsmen/sportswomen who have expressed their interest in taking part in the nordic skiing, alpine skiing and snowboarding events in Sundsvall.

In addition, there is a hint that new rule violations may again be broken by Lovett and Ammons soon, in 2003! The two pending CISS issues are still under huge question marks.

Number One: will my Uzbekistani National Sports Association's proposal to entirely repeal the Jordan-Ammons-Lovett-produced Deaflympic Games Regulations, Rule 7. E be approved among the delegates at the coming 38th CISS Congress in Sundsvall, Sweden ( for details, read www.deafsportlawsuit.com21.html )?

Number Two: will one certain National Sports Association continue to remain the organization's member by not paying in due time its $5,000.00 penalty fine to the CISS Treasury for its failure to organize the now-cancelled 2003 Deaf World Championship in Orienteering?

In the sum, by demonstrating 35 different rules, 49 violations, facts and arguments, I can now conclude that my newest labeling of Jordan, Ammons and Lovett as the "CISS anarchists" is a justifiable one!

Finally, as always, I welcome to receive comments and rebuttals from anyone regarding this very relevant material.

Sportingly Yours,

Rafael Pinkhasov Pinchas

www.deafsportlawsuit.com