The WDC Competitors Commission in June, free of pressure or interference, voted unanimously NOT to support the IDSF Italian members alleged "Professional" events. In so doing, the Professional competitors have demonstrated exemplary loyalty to the WDC and the profession, and we in turn are honour bound to protect them, and their efforts and assets, together with our own.

The recent announcement of IDSF that an Italian non-presidium member, a person therefore NOT internationally elected to any position of authority by the IDSF membership, but simply appointed by a core of the Presidium without recourse nor consultation with member-federations, will be allowed to run IDSF professional World titles in Ballroom and Latin, is a direct attack on our own couples' efforts and an attempt to devalue their titles, ergo an attack on the titles and assets of the profession itself.

Whilst it could be argued that it is not strictly WDC business, the situation of an unelected radical tail waiving the IDSF dog and dragging the dance world down a disruptive road to conflict is great cause for the concenr of all responsible people who sincerely care. ......more