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By Peter Della Penna
Ram Varadarajan, who in October declared his candidacy to become the
next USACA President, sent an email on Thursday to league presidents
notifying them that he has issued a letter to the USACA board of
directors, urging them to hold elections immediately. In the email,
Varadarajan says that the board has “disenfranchised all USACA league
members by postponing the national elections” and that he has hired a
law firm to consult with him on the possibility of filing a lawsuit
against USACA to force elections to take place.
Varadarajan
has scheduled a conference call with league presidents to be held on
Saturday December 10 at 2 p.m. EST to discuss “the future of USACA
governance, including the appropriate response to the Board’s decision
to postpone elections.”
Image (right) - Ram Varadarajan
In his letter to the board, Varadarajan states that “the Board has
acted in excess of its authority, in violation of the USACA Constitution
and the directives of the International Cricket Council, and in its own
self-interest.” While Varadarajan says that he is fully supportive of
having a compliance review, he says it is not a prerequisite for
elections to proceed.
“The Board members have three-year tenures, not three years plus
whatever time is necessary to finalize an ad hoc compliance review.
Elections are required to be held by November 30 of each electoral year,
not November 30 plus whatever time may be needed to “analyze” league’s
submissions. The compliance review is not mentioned anywhere in the
Constitution and appears to have been originated in the last few months
based on a determination that, for tax reasons, the Association would
benefit from more rigorous compliance with technical administrative
matters.”
Varadarajan concludes his letter by requesting for elections to take
place “forthwith and no later than March 1, 2012” and that the board
respond to his letter by Wednesday, December 14. If the board does not,
Varadarajan says that he will “have no choice but to evaluate all of my
options, including filing a lawsuit to force an election.”
Click here to read the entire letter from Varadarajan to the USACA board.