BJA Dojo-2 – Online grading – Status & Updates

Get the “Dojo-2” status update:

The British Judo App – “DOJO-2”

 

Updated – July 1, 2023

Content:

Update Summary.  

Dojo-2 & MyMA App information.

BJA Governance

Contract & External Supplier information.

Updated – July 1, 2023

GBJC Updates

Author:  SBE 

Members & Parents (Dojo-2) Coaches/Clubs (NEST myMA)
Public Access
App information.

BJA Governance

Where does the Buck stop?

A tendering process for companies to “pitch for the contract” was announced, 15th December 2021:

INVITATION TO TENDER – DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP SERVICES

From the BJA’s tendering process:

The responses to this Tender to be received by 5.00 p.m. on 12 January 2022 by email to: Colin McIver, Sport Director colin.mciver@britishjudo.org.uk

Colin McIvor has since left his employment with the bJA.

Assessment of Tender

Upon receipt, the BJA Chief Executive [Andrew Scoular] and the Sport Director will consider all submissions received on or before the deadline and carry out an initial review to confirm completeness and compliance with the requirements of the ITT and may, at their discretion reject a Tender which is incomplete and/or non-compliant. The final selection will be made by the BJA’s Audit & Risk Committee.

The BJA Audit & Risk Committee consists of:

 

Click for the full document

In effect, with Colin McIvor no longer employed by the BJA, the BJA CEO, Andrew Scoular, would be the person to have brought the Dojo-2 contract bids to the BJA Audit and risk committee for the decision who to contract.

When the recent tender process to develop the BJA website was announced, the BJA contact person was:
 
Sajid Hussain, BJA Finance and Operations Director. 
From the Charity he started during the Covid lockdown period, MSF (Muslim Sport Foundation) he describes his work ast the BJA:
  
 
It is believed, but not confirmed, that BJA CEO, Andrew Scoular, and Sajid Hussain, BJA Finance and Operations Director, are both members of the BJA SLT (Senior Leadership Team) and now an unknown BJA “Executive Team” that since Ronnie Saez became BJA Chair, 2017, have been entitled to remuneration payments.  
These payments have totalled over £2 million pounds since 2017.   

 

The BJA CLUB FINDER

The BJA club finder has been partially restored after being shut down since 25 June 2022 and the main link on the BJA website hadn’t worked for over 60 days.  

Check the details of your Club & Coaches.  

INFORMATION
DOJO-1

INFORMATION
DOJO-2

BJA Dojo-2

aka the “BJA App”


Software type:  
CRM*Customer Relation Management 

Launch date:  Monday 18 July 2022

Initial funding: £255,000+ (click)

Supplier:    NEST Management – website

NEST MANAGEMENT LIMITED 
Company number 03928678 – click for UK.GOV company details

Support:  support@britishjudo.org.uk

Approved & commisioned by:  BJA CEO, Andrew Scoular, BJA Sport Director, Colin McIvor, and the BJA Board of Directors at the time of commissioning. 

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Tender Specifications:

 BJA 21 December 2021:

INVITATION TO TENDER – DIGITAL MEMBERSHIP SERVICES

 From the specifications:

We are issuing this Request for Quotation to source the best candidate to
achieve our objectives. The RFQ process allows for the gathering of indepth knowledge of Tenderer’s abilities and strategies with respect to
this opportunity and affords the most comprehensive analysis.

Outcome
– BJA branding (Logos, imagery, colours etc)

– Digital barcode/QR code which is scannable for membership card

– Secure log-in for members (2FA/Face recognition/fingerprint
recognition)

– Information to seamlessly sync with CRM [BJA DOJO-1]

– ‘Offline’ use for membership card

– Family feature for parents/guardians to manage multiple
memberships

– Member profile area (user can update details, display photo etc)

– Event calendar feature, to sync with online calendar on the BJA
website

– News/Comms dashboard, latest news or BJA information

– Push notifications feature (Promote announcements, medal wins,
association news, membership updates e.g. renewal coming up)

– Members area/forum where members can safely contact each
other through the app

– IOS & Android compatible

– Event competition/history tab (to show the user’s journey)

*CRM:
Customer Relation Management is technology for managing all your organisation’s relationships and interactions with members and potential members.
The goal is simple: Improve business/membership relationships. 

BJA Contacts:

BJA Directors (click for info)  & BJA council members (click for info) can be contacted via:
The BJA council is responsible for overseeing the BJA Board of Directors. 

Justine Lynch – Executive Officer 0121 728 6920 – justine.lynch@britishjudo.org.uk

Or the BJA email contact page – click  

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BJA Dojo-1 support:  THEDOJO@BRITISHJUDO.ORG.UK

BJA Dojo-2 support:   support@britishjudo.org.uk

British Judo Welcomes Appointments of Two New Board Members

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*CRM:
Customer Relation Management is technology for managing all your organisation’s relationships and interactions with members and potential members.
The goal is simple: Improve business/membership relationships. 

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