On 11 Dec 2004 12:26:22 GMT, chessdon@aol.com (Chessdon) wrote:
As far as I am aware, back in 1966 when Edmonson became Executive
Director, there was no Policy Board. Edmondson created the position of
Executive Director which was approved by the delegates in the 1966
meeting in Seattle. I was one of those delegates. I remember Jerry
Hanken calling across the room "Who will it be?" when Edmonson
proposed the creation of the post of Executive Director.
That situation was completely different from the situation now. At
that time, Roland was riunning against Schultz for President. Roland
won. If Schultz had been elected who knows what would have happened.
At least the voters decided.
I think it was similar!
Jerry Spann, Fred Crame , I and a few others started Operation Hi-Gear. Hi-Gear
was to raise money to support the high annual salary that would be required for
a new position "Executive Director."
The ED salary was set at $10,000 because Edmondson had told us that if he would
not be paid at least that much, then he would not accept the job and he would
not retire from the Air Force
Fortunately, all went according to plan. Ed 's presidency ended at the same
time as his career with the Air Force did. He immediately moved from Mather Air
Force Base in Sacramento to NY and became USCF's first Executive Director at a
salary of $10,000.
Don
Thank you for providing information about this important point of USCF
history.
However, there are more differences than similarities. In 1966,
Edmondson was at the conclusion of his three year term of office. He
had been a very effective though unpaid president. He was popular with
the members. If he had not taken the position of USCF Executive
Director, he would have just continued as a colonel in the Air Force.
Beatriz is a volunteer president now. She wants to move to a paid
position. If the board does not agree to this in advance, she will
continue as president until August and as a member of the board until
2007.
So, if we want to get her off the board, we have to agree to her
demands. That is called blackmail or perhaps extortion.
Sam Sloan .
