Ken Fuchs writes:
>Basicly, your question asks where in Australia is there a qualified
>examinator and when does (or could) he administer some IUF skill
>levels tests?
>
>I'm not aware of any examinators in Australia, although it should be
>relatively easy to authorize one. (A qualified candidate could be
>authorized to do the IUF Achievement Skill Levels by any IUF officer,
>i.e. IUF President John Foss.) Otherwise, I understand that Jan
>Layne has been authorized by the USA to test riders via video tape.
>I'm sure she would test riders outside the US. They should sent her
>an unedited VHS tape of all levels to be tested with the elapsed time
>displayed in a corner.
>
>The Achievement Skill Levels document says an examinator may be
>"authorized by the IUF, the USA or by a connected organization".
>A connected organization must have an official affiliation with
>either the USA or IUF. For example, many unicycling clubs in the US,
>have an official affiliation with the USA, which allows them to
>authorize their own examinators. Other national unicycling
>organizations with an official affiliation with the IUF, can authorize
>their own examinators as well.
>
What this all boils down to is the fact that Australia needs to have a
national unicycling organization. Would you like to form one? Then the
rest would be easy! We have some few unicycling contacts around the
country, but I don't know where clubs may be, though they probably exist.
Without a national unicycling organization, and especially if you don't
have other unicyclists around, it's less important that an actual "Official
Examinator" (I think "examiner" would be the approprite word) test you.
You can test yourself, and live by your own honesty.
For USA members (of which you are welcome to be one), the membership
registration form asks riders their skill level. There is no way to
determine if people are being truthful here, but statistics are kept
just the same. Former USA VP Constance Cotter kept a separate list of
riders who had passed levels in front of an official person, which she
does at the National Unicycle Meets.
Your third solution is to come to a USA convention, or to a UNICON, or
better yet to host a UNICON in Australia. I for one would love to go
there, but not without some kind of unicycling event!
Stay on Top!
John Foss, President
International Unicycling Federation
unifoss@cerfnet.com