Moo Yong Lee
669 Burnside Avenue
East Hartford, Connecticut 06108 U.S.A.
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September 6, 2003

Sang Chul Lee USTU President &
Executive Committee of the United States Taekwondo Union
One Olympic Plaza
Colorado Springs, CO 80909

Re: Call for Immediate Resignation of Sang Chul Lee and Executive
Committee

This letter is a call for the immediate resignation of Sang Chul Lee
as President of the USTU and for the immediate resignation of the
Executive Committee of the USTU. This letter seeks Sang Chul Lee and
the Executive Committee of the USTU to resign
prior to the September 12‑13, 2003 meeting of the USOC Membership and=

Credentials Committee to be held in Denver, Colorado.

The basis for this call for resignation is the fact that the USOC
Membership and Credentials Committee has found that serious problems
exist within the USTU. These problems result from the USTU's
governance structure, the USTU's inability to effectively manage its
sport, including the inability to plan and execute its obligations as
an NGB, and the USTU's failure to operate in a fiscally sound manner
with financial controls and accountability. These problems are
serious and pervasive within the governance of the USTU.

This letter calls upon Sang Chul Lee and the Executive Committee of
the USTU to admit their failures in the operation of the USTU and to
resign effective immediately. o­nly through the resignation of Sang
Chu] Lee and the Executive Committee of the USTU can the past
problems of the USTU be put to rest and a new governance system for
the sport and art of Taekwondo come into place. All of those who care
about the heritage and future of Taekwondo in the United States of
America should now seek to acknowledge the problems of the past and
to create an effective program for growth in the future.

Those who have professed for so long and so loud of their devotion to
the heritage and future of Taekwondo should now profess long and loud
their failures within the USTU. These individuals must remove
themselves from the future governance of the sport and art of
Taekwondo and should do so voluntarily for the benefit of the sport
and art o f Taekwondo in the future.

To date, the governance of the USTU has resulted in. continual
disputes between the USTU and its membership. Problems have been
created due to the presidential control of appointments to the Board
of Directors. The Board of Directors allows the USTU officers to
micromanage the day‑to‑day activities of the USTU. U.S. progra=
ms and
the interest of U.S. athletes have been forsaken for an allegiance
and. adherence to the Kukkiwon. certification process and a failure
to develop a U.S. Dan Certification program.
The USTU has completely and utterly failed in developing any
financial standards or controls for the use of monies allocated to
the USTU and its financial records are in
complete disarray. Embarrassingly large cash transactions have been
allowed by management without an adequate process for safeguarding
assets. Funds have been used to provide loans to employees and
payments have been made of questionable volunteer expenses. The USTU
has failed to utilize: fully the USOC grants for the last two years.

Current President Sang Chul Lee and his Executive Committee should
not even attempt a defense of their deplorable governing record. at
the September 12‑13 meeting of the USOC Membership and Credential
Committee in Denver, Colorado. These individuals should cooperate in
the investigation into the operation of the USTU and withdraw
themselves from any position of authority for the governance of the
sport and art of Taekwondo in the United States.

Very truly yours,



Moo Yong Lee
USTU Past President


cc: Thomas L. Satrom, Chairman, USOC MCC
Jeffrey G. Benz, USOC General Counsel
Gary Johansen, USOC Deputy General Counsel
Jennifer Gabrius, USOC Counsel
Kelly Skinner, Managing Director, Sport Partnerships
USTU Officers
Bruce Harris, USTU Executive Director
Juan Moreno, USOC AAC Representative
Non-EC- Committee Chairpersons
USTU State Presidents
Other USTU Member Association
Members at Large
AAC Members
USTU Past Presidents