1. Literature announcing the Florida event was distributed to all attendees of the USACA EGM last November. All members of the board and executive attended, not all of whom were close friends of Mr. Miller or Mr. Khan! (Affiliation of USJC was also on the agenda for this meeting, but was tabled due to time spent on other items). The event was not 'purportedly' given the blessing of the President, it was 'actually' given his blessing, in the form of a letter to that effect. Mr. Weekes was never given the impression that it was a USACA event, but seeing the president's letter, naturally assumed that it was a USACA approved event.(Why in heaven's name would he think USACA would not approve such an obviously beneficial project?)

2. This is of course nonsense, there is a significant difference between sanctioning an event and supervising it. This event, like the India A and Australia A event would be held under the auspices of USACA, but certainly not supervised by it. An association with no junior program would hardly be expected to supervise a children's event.

3. The event held in San Francisco last year, which Mr. Rai tried so hard to prevent, was not 'touted' as a USACA event. It was clearly advertised and held as a USJC event sanctioned by authority of the USACA president, once again in writing. The ICC was not misled onto believing anything but this. Their decision to send an ambassador was therefore highly appropriate and much appreciated by all attending.

4. Mr. Miller has never 'dubbed' any program as 'his'. USJC is a public membership non profit, it 'belongs' to no one. The Southern California Youth Development Program is not part of SCCA, it is an independent affiliate. USJC publications and web site have routinely given S.Cal the kudos for initiating the first in school coaching program. For the record, the program began when Atul Rai and the late Gene Wong invited Malcolm Nash to reproduce the program he was running in British Columbia. Gene Wong was the architect and progenitor of the fabulous cricket fields at Woodley Park in LA. . A separate junior development program was started with Tony Verity (A founder of USACA) as chairman and Lance Alexander and David Sentance as board members. Mr. Rai is correct in saying that by dint of his position with SCCA, he is an executive member of the S. Cal program, it would also be correct to say that he has not attended a meeting of that body in the past two years! The Chairman of the S. Cal program, Dr. Tony Verity, was at the inaugural meeting of USJC and has been an architect of the national program. With Malcolm Nash only employed two and a half days a week in S. Cal, The N. Cal association offered to take up the slack by employing Malcolm's services for the balance two days. Mr. Nash is now actively assisting programs in Colorado, New Jersey and Utah.

5.The need to explain why it was deemed necessary to start a separate junior program, can only be for those few who are not aware of the 'baggage' carried by USACA which makes it a fundraising nightmare.
USACA's relationship with the IRS is to say the least tenuous and to say the most precarious. Having (Until this year) produced no accounts for seven years and having made no tax returns in spite of a very substantial cash flow, over the same period, it is not in a position to supply any of the basic documentation required by regular granting or donor bodies. (NOTE: Mike Miller is the Treasurer of the USACA-- DKD.) Add to this the dysfunction exhibited by this very exchange of correspondence between members of the same executive and ask yourself, "would I put my children in the charge of such an organization?" There is also the simple pragmatic point that many donors make money available only to youth programs.
USJC has always envisaged itself as a partner and affiliate of USACA. It has applied, or tried to apply for affiliation at every meeting of the USACA for more than a year. It has never been offered affiliation and has certainly never refused the offer. Affiliation was indeed discussed and rejected by some directors in their meeting last July, although no resolution was proposed nor vote taken. It must be made clear here, that although USJC has offered its services gratis to USACA since its inception, it has not received a single penny in funding from either USACA or the ICC. Much has been made of the fact that USACA recognized donors to the junior program on its web site. This was simply a courtesy and the idea that these donors benefited more than the USACA did by this name association is laughable. The web site postings were made when it was considered a good thing to be helping the junior program. Under the new board, they have been removed.

6. USACA has had 40 years to establish a national youth policy. The first sentence of this plan has yet to be written.

7.The New Jersey program has been assisted continually by USJC. Programs in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Colorado, Utah, the Carolina's and Florida have all benefited from affiliation or assistance from USJC. Not bad for "a private northern California program".

If the reader has had the patience to compare the above to Atul's epistle, I commend you, and I hope all the questions have been answered to your satisfaction. I am available to present written supporting evidence to all the above.

Sincerely, Mike Miller