Sarcasto
They didn't want to say anything in advance because then the entire convention would know the fix was in and maybe they would do something about it. I don't know if the bylaws would allow us to impeach the president or recall the board members (who we can't even select) on a few hours notice, but I'm sure there is some legal avenue of recourse from the assembled membership that could have thrown a monkey wrench into the scam. But we fell for the sham election--an election they put so little thought into they couldn't even conduct it properly and we thought we had sent our message. They waited until most of us were on the way out of town to pull this. Now it will be a full year before we have an opportunity to do anything about it. In that year, a lot can happen. In that year, a lot can be forgotten. The value we have with Bob Hersh's senior position with IAAF is lost forever. Now, at best, we could hope for Stephanie to be an ineffectual low (wo)man on the totem pole. More likely, she will be the overbearing, undiplomatic, obnoxious, lying American politician, which will set our position within the world body back decades.