07-24-2005, 09:02 AM
TODAY WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM NABBA MEXICO ASKING ABOUT NABBA-2 (NABBA-2 PRESIDENT IVAN DUNBAR).
OUR REPLY:
DEAR CESAR MONTANA,
I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST NABBA-2 (THERE ARE TWO NABBA-INTERNATIONAL IN FACT) PERSONALY. BUT I AM TIRED OF UNSERIOUSNESS IN IT!
WE REPRESENT A REGISTERED NATIONAL ORGANIZATION (NABBA LITHUANIA). THIS IS THE WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE GOVERNMENT (THE GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS AND SPONSORS US), WITH THE NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. WITH PRESS AND TELEVISSION.
I AM IN NABBA 16 YEARS. THE OFFICIALS IN LITHUANIA ARE ASKING ME THE REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF NABBA-INT. NABBA-INT. HAS NOT GOT IT - IT IS NOT REGISTERED. WHEN I WAS TOGETHER WITH IFBB PRESIDENT BEN WEIDER FOR MANY YEARS, HE CALLED SUCH ORGANIZATION "A GROUP OF FRIENDS". NOW I UNDERSTAND THIS.
NABBA-INT. IS NOT LEGAL. NO OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, NO STAMP, NO BOOK-KEEPING.
HOW WE (BEING OFFICIAL) CAN DEAL WITH UNOFFICIAL "ORGANIZATION"?
I REMEMBER THE TIME A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS A "UNIVERSE" CONTEST OF NABBA-INT. THEN 3 NABBA OFFICIALS WERE COLLECTING ANUAL FEE. WHEN I ASKED - NOBODY HAD BOOK-KEEPING PAPERS. THEIR RESPONCE WAS: "I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY FOR TELEPHONE CALLS AND THAT IS THE REASON OF THIS ANUAL FEE...".
THIS IS NOT SERIOUS.
WE NEED TO GO THE OFFICIAL WAY RESPECTING THE LAW.
THERE ARE LOTS OF REASONS WHY WE LEFT NABBA IN 1998. A LOT OF MESS AND INTRIQUES INSIDE IT TOO. FROM 1999 WE STOPPED BRINGING NUMEROUS TEAMS TO NABBA "UNIVERSE'. "UNIVERSE" - IT IS THE CONTEST OF NABBA UK, NOT OF NABBA-INT. NABBA-INT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
AT THE SAME TIME THERE ARE SUCH THINGS INSIDE NABBA, THAT IT WILL BE BETTER NOT TO SPEAK. THEN YOU WILL LEAVE NABBA AT ONCE TOO!
YOUR FRIEND,
EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS
OUR REPLY:
DEAR CESAR MONTANA,
I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST NABBA-2 (THERE ARE TWO NABBA-INTERNATIONAL IN FACT) PERSONALY. BUT I AM TIRED OF UNSERIOUSNESS IN IT!
WE REPRESENT A REGISTERED NATIONAL ORGANIZATION (NABBA LITHUANIA). THIS IS THE WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE GOVERNMENT (THE GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS AND SPONSORS US), WITH THE NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. WITH PRESS AND TELEVISSION.
I AM IN NABBA 16 YEARS. THE OFFICIALS IN LITHUANIA ARE ASKING ME THE REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF NABBA-INT. NABBA-INT. HAS NOT GOT IT - IT IS NOT REGISTERED. WHEN I WAS TOGETHER WITH IFBB PRESIDENT BEN WEIDER FOR MANY YEARS, HE CALLED SUCH ORGANIZATION "A GROUP OF FRIENDS". NOW I UNDERSTAND THIS.
NABBA-INT. IS NOT LEGAL. NO OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, NO STAMP, NO BOOK-KEEPING.
HOW WE (BEING OFFICIAL) CAN DEAL WITH UNOFFICIAL "ORGANIZATION"?
I REMEMBER THE TIME A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS A "UNIVERSE" CONTEST OF NABBA-INT. THEN 3 NABBA OFFICIALS WERE COLLECTING ANUAL FEE. WHEN I ASKED - NOBODY HAD BOOK-KEEPING PAPERS. THEIR RESPONCE WAS: "I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY FOR TELEPHONE CALLS AND THAT IS THE REASON OF THIS ANUAL FEE...".
THIS IS NOT SERIOUS.
WE NEED TO GO THE OFFICIAL WAY RESPECTING THE LAW.
THERE ARE LOTS OF REASONS WHY WE LEFT NABBA IN 1998. A LOT OF MESS AND INTRIQUES INSIDE IT TOO. FROM 1999 WE STOPPED BRINGING NUMEROUS TEAMS TO NABBA "UNIVERSE'. "UNIVERSE" - IT IS THE CONTEST OF NABBA UK, NOT OF NABBA-INT. NABBA-INT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
AT THE SAME TIME THERE ARE SUCH THINGS INSIDE NABBA, THAT IT WILL BE BETTER NOT TO SPEAK. THEN YOU WILL LEAVE NABBA AT ONCE TOO!
YOUR FRIEND,
EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS