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FULL DISCLOSURE

I have two school age chess-playing daughters, and I would never
support a partnership that suggests that the way to improve your chess
is through taking drugs. Period. End of story. Randy Bauer

I asked about the facts surrounding the Natrol decision, and
Randy Bauer responds that he was opposed to the deal from word one.

No, you didn't just ask the facts, you presumed a cover-up. You wrote "The
issue here is not the
substance per se but the big clam up by Beatriz Marinello, Randy Bauer and
their cohorts."

That is why I wrote that "I have stated over and over, and from the very
beginning, that the Natrol partnership was a mistake, and I favor a Board
policy that limits our involvement to organizations or groups who wish to
market chess as a social, recreational, or educational activity. I had
absolutely no prior knowledge of the partnership -- the first I knew of it
was when the press release was quoted on the newsgroups, and I originally
thought it was a hoax."

I did not write differently.

The issue is not the wisdom of the deal (I take no position on
that question) but full disclosure about how it happened.

I have fully disclosed my knowledge on the subject. As soon as the deal was
made public (which is how I learned about it) I started getting emails on
it. I immediately and consistently labeled it a mistake and said I would
work to get the policy reversed. It was, and it has, and I fail to see what
more I can contribute to this discussion.

Randy Bauer