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Legal Update

November 28, 2007 6:45 p.m. CST

On November 27, 2007 representatives of the NSCA Board of Directors and representatives of the NSCA Certification Commission Executive Council met with the mediator for a second time in Denver, Colorado. The purpose of this second mediation session was to further explore possibilities for resolving the lawsuit filed by the Certification Commission Executive Council against the NSCA. The parties are pleased to report that the mediation was successful.

The parties agreed that the lawsuit will be dismissed. The NSCA Board and the NSCA Certification Commission Executive Council agreed that the NSCA members will have the opportunity to vote on amendments to Article X of the NSCA Bylaws that are being proposed by the NSCA Board of Directors as well as a process for presenting their respective positions on the Bylaw amendments. The parties have agreed to be bound by the outcome of the membership vote on the proposed amendments to Article X and that the vote will resolve all legal disputes and claims that were raised in the lawsuit. It was also agreed that no changes will be made or sought by the NSCA regarding the existence, governance, management, personnel and operations of the Certification Commission, including any move of the Certification Commission offices from Lincoln, Nebraska or any sale of the Certification Commission headquarters building in Lincoln, Nebraska, until after the outcome of the membership vote is known.

November 9, 2007 10:30 a.m. CST

A legal mediation between representatives for the NSCA Certification Commission and the NSCA Board of Directors took place in Denver, Colorado, on November 8, 2007. At the conclusion of the mediation session, it was determined that another day of mediation was needed, and a second day of mediation was scheduled for November 27, 2007. The NSCA Certification Commission Executive Council remains committed to working with the NSCA Board of Directors to ensure that the high standards that have enabled the CSCS and NSCA-CPT credentials to become the "Credentials of Distinction" are upheld.

September 21, 2007 3:30 p.m CDT

Note that the lawsuit seeks to require the Board to comply with the NSCA's Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and other documents; financial damages are NOT being sought.

September 19, 2007 12:30 p.m. CDT

The NSCA Certification Commission's Executive Council and a member of the NSCA Board of Directors filed a lawsuit against the NSCA Board to require the Board to comply with the NSCA's Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and other documents. The Executive Council filed the lawsuit only after repeated efforts that were unsuccessful to resolve the situation short of legal action.

--NSCA Certification Commission Executive Council

 

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