CARLETON MEN'S BASKETBALL BID SELECTION APPEAL NOT TO BE HEARD
The decision to grant the next two editions of the CIS Final 10 to the AUS was made on December 1, 2004. The decision was communicated to Carleton University on December 2, 2004 by CIS CEO, Marg McGregor. Carleton University submitted a request to consider an appeal over four months later on April 14, based on the following grounds: bias and a failure to follow proper procedures.
The decision not to allow Carleton University an exemption to the 21-day timeline in order to hear an appeal was made by CIS Parliamentarian and Chair of Constitution Committee, Aubrey Ferris, who indicated Carleton University possessed all the information necessary to launch an appeal within the 21-day period required in the CIS appeal policies.
Whenever a request for an appeal is submitted to the CIS beyond the 21-day timeline, the decision to allow or not the appeal to be heard is at the sole discretion of the CIS CEO, who in this situation declared a conflict of interest as she was involved in the Bid Selection process, and delegated her authority to Mr. Ferris.
"Although CIS feels that Atlantic University Sport presented the better bid to host its 2006 and 2007 men's basketball championships, Carleton's notice of appeal raised issues that CIS will review and address regarding the bid selection process," commented McGregor. "An independent review of the CIS bid book has been initiated and it is expected that revisions will be in place for the next call for bids scheduled for December 2005."
(Source: Michel Belanger, CIS Communications)