Chess One wrote:
From the USCF Forum:

"Tim Redman gets my vote for brilliant idea of the day. He has suggested
that the USCF should recognize that the Forums are (now) essentially a
political arena and make the job of Moderator that of the USCF's chief
political officer, ie the USCF President." // Mike Nolan.

Having joked this week about Pravda-in-Connecticut, at least USCF are
admitting Redman's point, that the forum is effectively a political one:
which is to say that it is at best a discussion group of chess managers, and
at worst a propaganda machine Pravda-in-Crossville.

The Candidate for political officer will need the skills of an Aleksandr
Nikitenko combined with Bakunin. I suggest they call the new forum,
Constitution, Autocracy and the Zemstvos.

or simply; The [18] '62.

Comrade Nolan, who also wrote "At this point I don't honestly care what the
Board decides to do, as long as I don't have to have anything more to do
with it. Not surprisingly, the Board is trying to kick this issue back to
the ED rather than dealing with it themselves, " might look into Nikitenko,
who did indeed have to walk this talk, twixt the devil [people, citizens,
writers] and the deep white taiiga, and its severe and beautiful
perfection - the quality of vast emptiness.

Comrade Zhivago

On USCF Forums, Bill Goichberg just posted the following regarding the
suspension of Beatriz Marinello from posting:

DECISION MADE BY MIKE NOLAN, SERVING AS A MODERATOR OF THE USCF FORUM;
BILL HALL, USCF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; AND BILL GOICHBERG, PRESIDENT OF
THE USCF


I was not aware of the above headline in advance and do not agree with
it. I expressed my personal opinion (that the info was confidential)
before any other Board member commented, and I did not claim that my
opinion was necessarily that of the whole Board.


Bill Goichberg


(remainder snipped)


What is going on here is that Bill Goichberg was gung-ho to suspend
both Beatriz Marinello and myself from posting to the USCF Forums, but
now that he is being challenged on this, he is saying that it was not
his fault, and that Mike Nolan should be blamed for the whole thing.


Mike Nolan is going to be made the fall-guy.


For those who have been wondering whether Goichberg is a man or a
mouse, now we know the answer. Goichberg is a mouse.


Sam Sloan