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Found this article in the Wednesday edition of the online Indianapolis Star Newspaper : October 5, 2005
Softball lobbies for IOC support Associated Press LONDON -- The president of the International Softball Federation knows what needs to be done to get his sport back in the Olympics -- drum up IOC support for another vote. Don Porter and six players met with International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge in Lausanne, Switzerland, in an effort to reinstate softball for the 2012 Games. The IOC voted in July to drop softball and baseball from the Olympic program after 2008. Porter said Rogge told him the "door is open" for another vote, but only if the IOC members request it at their session in February on the eve of the Winter Games in Turin, Italy. "It was all very positive, a very good meeting," Porter said. "He outlined eventually what the process would be as far as reconsideration." Under IOC rules, at least one-third of the 115 members would need to submit a motion to consider a new vote. If the motion passed, softball would require a majority in favor to win reinstatement. Softball, introduced at the 1996 Atlanta Games, came within one vote of keeping its place in July. It received 52 votes in favor and 52 against, with one abstention. The U.S. has dominated, winning three straight gold medals. "We're going to have to go out and lobby on behalf of our sport to get the support," Porter said. Porter said he believed some members were confused by the voting procedure, and softball was hurt by a perception that it was part of baseball. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...510050409/1004 
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Wed Oct 05, 2005, 02:28pm
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not the fault of Don Porter
It is not Don's fault that it didn't pass. If you are into blame, a better target would be Jim Easton, who abstained.
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John An ucking fidiot
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Wed Oct 05, 2005, 03:21pm
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It is not Don's fault that it didn't pass. If you are into blame, a better target would be Jim Easton, who abstained
No kidding. He didn't want to there to be an appearance of conflict of interest so he abstained. Softball teams everywhere should boycot Easton products for this ______ decision.
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Wed Oct 05, 2005, 04:28pm
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There was no conflict of interest here as any vote does not insure any generated income for his company as the competition in this field is fierce. But the question still at the top of my list is if Mr. Easton truly believes there would be a COI, why did he accept a position where decisions on many sports must be made on a continual basis? Also, if he knew this was going to happen, was the USOC informed and, if so, is there a provision for a proxy in the IOC code? From what I understand, the ISF and other softball factors were comfortable with their position and did not lobby up to the last second, but left to return home.
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The bat issue in softball is as much about liability, insurance and litigation as it is about competition, inflated egos and softball.
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Thu Oct 06, 2005, 03:57pm
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Greetings
I've been lurking around this board a while. (I'm a fan, not an umpire, and its nice to be able to know the rules and the myths.) If you go to the IOC website, you can find their meeting/parliamentary rules in their charter. I copied the links below. The parliamentary rules look basic, unless they have more un-posted. (But they don't mention any other rules of order authority.) You cannot proxy. Not voting (for what ever reason) is abstaining. Only the votes cast are counted in calculating the majority. Looking at the reasons to refrain from voting, business interests (at least sporting good sales) do not appear to be one of them. And the Chairman can make the call. (An interesting rule in and of itself.) http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_122.pdf Charter (see page 41 for proxy and situations when not to vote.) http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_942.pdf Summary of meeting rules Joe
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