TLDR: Don't vote for Jason Liu if you care about fencing. This was super interesting to me. As part of the Board nominating process, the Ethics Committee evaluates COI the nominees may have. This was linked in the announcement with potential COIs. Jason Liu, who petitioned onto the ballot, has a level 6 conflict: Level 6 Conflicts— Recommendation that the Board Take Steps to Remove the Member from the Board or Committee, or Terminate the Employment of the Officer or Employee This is the most serious response and is reserved for situations where the conflict is pervasive, unresolvable, or so serious that it undermines the individual’s ability to fulfill fiduciary duties to USFA, such that there would be an irreconcilable conflict that is impossible to solve with recusal. • Jason Liu – President and CEO of Fair Fencing Organization who is actively affiliated with litigation against USA Fencing.…