granfire
Sr. Grandmaster
Or so it always seems to turn out timing wise....
I am left speechless....with the only advice popping to mind is cut your losses and run...
Makes the USAT look almost mature and normal...
Until next round that is.
I am compleltly baffled by the handling by TRMAI of the issue that popped up at this last event in Baton Rouge. We (instructors) were told that we all HAD to compete in order to get credit for the event. This was told to us AFTER the competition was over, but we were told we would be OK if we just signed up (late) and PAID! It is a cold hard fact that there is NO documentation that specifically states that competition is required for a world event credit. It was assumed by every instuctor that I spoke to that it was only required for Instructor level 4 TESTING. for the last several years instructors have renewed, tested for rank who did not have a competition within 2 years. This "requirement" was ignored. We were even told that it didnt matter if you had an injury preventing you from competing, if you just PAID, you would be credited. So the obvious thought that this was all about the money went around like wildfire at the tourney. Then later after what I understand was a much heated debate, TRMAI decides to "fix" the "all about the money" impression by making us perform a "Makeup" tourney at our local academies.. What???!! We all know the right thing to do is to admit that the TRMAI fell short in thier explaination of world credit requirements, refund the money that some instructors paid in fear after the competition was over, and not implement that "rule" this year. Where is the INTEGRITY? I don't want to believe that TRMAI is screwing thier instructors and students to the wall for money, but what is the alternative explaination?
Anybody?
I am left speechless....with the only advice popping to mind is cut your losses and run...
Makes the USAT look almost mature and normal...
Until next round that is.