You are perhaps confusing the permanent IOC, the organizing games committees (rotating every two years) and the national Olympic committees... On Friday, July 6, 2012, Nuno Garcia wrote: > I have said this once: The Olympic Committee has a budget that is bigger > than many nations' budgets. They can afford not to be for-profit. The same > goes for other organizations. > > And some statements are pure intellectual arrogance. > > Best, > > Nuno Garcia > > On 5 July 2012 23:16, Joly MacFie <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > But you are not disputing their facts, I take it. > > j > > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Michael Carson <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > Alain, > > > > I agree. This op-ed is just that - the opinion of two individuals. > > Michael Carson > > YMCA of the USA > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Alain Berranger" <[log in to unmask]> > *To: *[log in to unmask] > *Sent: *Thursday, July 5, 2012 3:55:09 PM > *Subject: *Re: NYTimes: International Olympic Committee - "elitist, > domineering, and crassly commercial at its core" > > > NPOC really welcomes national Olympic committees as Members because they > are true notforprofit organizations... > > Alain > > On Thursday, July 5, 2012, Robin Gross wrote: > > As a commercial organization that tried to join NCSG, very relevant… > > No Medal for the International Olympic Committee says the New York Times….. > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/05/opinion/no-medal-for-the-international-olympic-committee.html?_r=3&ref=opinion&pagewanted=print > > > ------------------------------ > July 4, 2012 > **Olympian Arrogance**** By JULES BOYKOFF and ALAN TOMLINSON**** > **** > > Brighton, England > > WHILE Europe roils in economic turmoil, London is preparing for a lavish > jamboree of international good will: in a few weeks, the city will host the > 2012 Summer Olympics. > > But behind the spectacle of athletic prowess and global harmony, > > -- Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA Member, Board of Directors, CECI, http://www.ceci.ca<http://www.ceci.ca/en/about-ceci/team/board-of-directors/> Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, www.schulich.yorku.ca Treasurer, Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation, www.gkpfoundation.org NA representative, Chasquinet Foundation, www.chasquinet.org Chair, NPOC, NCSG, ICANN, http://npoc.org/ O:+1 514 484 7824; M:+1 514 704 7824 Skype: alain.berranger