Yes, other standards are possible.

The following was posted on the uschess.org website today:

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samsloan 11115292

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:04 pm
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joelchanning wrote:

tanstaafl wrote:

The ONLY reason the USCF hasn't already been sued for Mr. Sloan's
statements is apparently that the people being attacked care more
about the USCF than Sam Sloan does. He damages the reputation of the
USCF as a whole with practically every statement he makes.

Amen. Joel Channing

It is interesting that Joel Channing supports both Tanstaafl, whose
real name is Herbert Rodney Vaughn, and The Fake Sam Sloan, who posts
obscene messages on rec.games.chess.politics

Tanstaafl has cost the USCF a lot of money by filing a 400 page ethics
complaint IN COLOR, requiring the USCF office to make at least 10 COLOR
COPIES of this 400 page complaint, at great cost to the USCf.

That alone has already cost the USCF about one thousand dollars.

Almost the entire ethics complaint by Tanstaalf a/k/a Vaughn has been
dismissed by the Ethics Committee as frivolous, although five of his
allegations remain. (Those five I will be able to refute easily).

Tanstaafl got admitted as a delegate to the meeting in Chicago due to a
mistake caused by inexperience by Pat Knight. (Had Rachel Lieberman,
who traditionally has handled the delegate certification process, been
on the job, Vaughn would never have been certified as a delegate.)

Having gotten in by mistake, Vaughn then tied up the meeting with
endless motions and speeches. He spoke more than any other delegate.
Two of his motions passed, one more was referred to a committee, and
all of this has cost the USCF money.

Tanstaafl a/k/as Vaughn ties up this group with an average of ten
attacks per day (please go count them) or more than one thousand thus
far, leading the casual reader who will not realize that it is just the
same seven people attacking me over and over again every day to believe
that there is widespread opposition to me.

I am not questioning that here, as this is all well known. What I am
questioning is that Joel Channing, a member of the board, who has thus
far done nothing since he got elected except spend our money
needlessly, supports him.

Sam Sloan

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