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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:03:18 GMT, "irvin" <noone@none.com> wrote:
Very good, pertinent questions.
I agree: the personal stuff should be put aside, so we can concentrate on
the real issues.
Hopefully, we will see some answers to your questions. Hopefully, the
answers will come from the people directly involved with the move to
Crosville.
I can envision a profitable, modernized USCF where transparency is the rule
and employees make good money serving the membership. Everyone should get
paid and held accountable. The days of "volunteer" work must come to an end.
Let's behave in a professional manner: pretending that an adult, with
personal financial needs, will work for an extended period of time for the
USCF without expecting to (somehow) be financially compensated is foolish at
best.
There's nothing wrong with people making good money from running the USCF as
long as the produce more than they take home. That's a simple rule of
business.
There's no reason why the USCF can't be extremely profitable to both members
and administrators.
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Irvin
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http://www.pixel69.com
Obviously, you do not understand, so I will try to explain again.
Beatriz was elected to the Executive Board, which used to be called
the Policy Board. The Executive Board is supposed to meet four times a
year and decide questions of policy. That is all. The Executive
Drector runs the office. The President of the Executive Board has no
authority to run the affairs of the federation on a day-to-day basis.
The Exective Board is only supposed to decide policy. It cannot do
anything else except that it can fire the Executive Director. If the
Executive Board wants something specific done, it gets this task
accomplished by threatening to fire the Executive Director unless he
carries out their directives. This is why we have had eight executive
directors in the past eight years. These are Lawrence, Filippone,
Cavallo, Dullea, DeFeis, Nolan, Perks and now Goichberg. These was
also a period of several months in 1966 when there was no executive
director and Barbada DeMaro was Acting Executive Director. I believe
that Barbara VanDerMark and Judy Misner have also been Acting
Executive Director at times.
In any case, it has never happened that a member of the Executive
Board or the Policy Board has managed the office on a day to day basis
or has received a salary of any kind from the USCF.
Sam Sloan
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I understand the issues, Sam.
If you read my post carefully, you'll notice I'm not talking about any
particular person. I'm not for or against Beatriz Marinello. I'm not for or
against you.
I'm not interested in personal vendettas or in waging war on any one.
Whenever I post, I do with a positive and (hopefully) fair topic. I
sincerely hope somebody (I don't care who) can straighten the USCF. That's
all.
I will not be goaded into attacking you or anyone else. That's not of
interest to me. On the other hand, I appreciate you taking the time to
explain the situation's background for me. Thanks!
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On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:03:18 GMT, "irvin" <noone@none.com> wrote:
Obviously, you do not understand, so I will try to explain again.
Beatriz was elected to the Executive Board, which used to be called
the Policy Board. The Executive Board is supposed to meet four times a
year and decide questions of policy. That is all. The Executive
Drector runs the office. The President of the Executive Board has no
authority to run the affairs of the federation on a day-to-day basis.
The Exective Board is only supposed to decide policy. It cannot do
anything else except that it can fire the Executive Director. If the
Executive Board wants something specific done, it gets this task
accomplished by threatening to fire the Executive Director unless he
carries out their directives. This is why we have had eight executive
directors in the past eight years. These are Lawrence, Filippone,
Cavallo, Dullea, DeFeis, Nolan, Perks and now Goichberg. These was
also a period of several months in 1966 when there was no executive
director and Barbada DeMaro was Acting Executive Director. I believe
that Barbara VanDerMark and Judy Misner have also been Acting
Executive Director at times.
In any case, it has never happened that a member of the Executive
Board or the Policy Board has managed the office on a day to day basis
or has received a salary of any kind from the USCF.
Sam Sloan
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Why Not!!! Most of us don't live in New York, or care to visit the USCF
offices. We are happy submitting our dues,and letting the national HQ take
care of itself. Maybe you should consider relocating, and therefore see how
rediculous your arguments are. Chess is already in trouble. Competition
from Video Games, Cheating, Postal Mail Chess is a joke, since it is too
easy to cheat using computer, and Million Move databases. Just like you
cannot get a Mail Order Degree, you should not be able to get a Mail Order
GM. I would love to see a Postal GM vs. OTB GM. No notes, just strategy.
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 02:46:48 GMT, "Randy Bauer"
<randybauer2300@yahoo.com> wrote:
These "crackerjack wise guys" include a former ....... participant in international chess olympiads.
I am not sure that the fact that Elizabeth Shaughnessy plays for the
Irish Woman's Team in the World Chess Olympiad is a qualification for
being on the USCF Board. It seems that she is not a US Citizen.
She is not a former participant either. She plays in every Olympiad.
She was in Spain this year too, but she did not play.
She also almost holds the record for weakest player. Have you ever
tried to play over one of her games? They are published, you know.
Often, diagrams from her games appear in the "amazingly weak moves"
sections of chess magazines.
Sam Sloan
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 02:46:48 GMT, "Randy Bauer"
<randybauer2300@yahoo.com> wrote:
I am not sure that the fact that Elizabeth Shaughnessy plays for the
Irish Woman's Team in the World Chess Olympiad is a qualification for
being on the USCF Board. It seems that she is not a US Citizen.
She is not a former participant either. She plays in every Olympiad.
She was in Spain this year too, but she did not play.
She also almost holds the record for weakest player. Have you ever
tried to play over one of her games? They are published, you know.
Often, diagrams from her games appear in the "amazingly weak moves"
sections of chess magazines.
Sam Sloan
Has anyone tried to play through Sam Sloan's Damiano's Defense analysis? It
is published, you know. I would gladly place it in the "amazingly weak
analysis" section of a chess magazine if I thought anyone was interested. I
blithely refuted a couple of his feeble attempts, ending up in endgames up a
stray 3 or 4 pawns. Interestingly, he never replied to that analysis.
Randy Bauer
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Randy,
Where were they published?
Rob
Randy Bauer wrote:
Has anyone tried to play through Sam Sloan's Damiano's Defense
analysis? It
is published, you know. I would gladly place it in the "amazingly
weak
analysis" section of a chess magazine if I thought anyone was
interested. I
blithely refuted a couple of his feeble attempts, ending up in
endgames up a
stray 3 or 4 pawns. Interestingly, he never replied to that
analysis.
Randy Bauer
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:58:24 GMT, sloan@ishipress.com (Sam Sloan)
wrote:
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 02:46:48 GMT, "Randy Bauer"
<randybauer2300@yahoo.com> wrote:
I am not sure that the fact that Elizabeth Shaughnessy plays for the
Irish Woman's Team in the World Chess Olympiad is a qualification for
being on the USCF Board. It seems that she is not a US Citizen.
She is not a former participant either. She plays in every Olympiad.
She was in Spain this year too, but she did not play.
She also almost holds the record for weakest player. Have you ever
tried to play over one of her games? They are published, you know.
Often, diagrams from her games appear in the "amazingly weak moves"
sections of chess magazines.
Sam Sloan
Someone who knows her well informs me that Elizabeth Shaughnessy is a
US citizen and she voted for Kerry.
I guess that explains it.
http://www.samsloan.com/shaughnessy.htm
Sam Sloan
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