"Sam Sloan" wrote in message
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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.

I think Marinello has identified 2 different issues, which have to do with
the chess community, and not this silly blaming game of team-USCF.

She said that while the amount of money has always been confidential, the
vendors themselves never have. And since she cited no money, she caused no
offence to precedent, nor to by-laws.

She also said that Bill Goichberg was not authorised by the board to make
any such overture to a vendor, in fact at least 2 board members did not even
know of the apporach, and therefore it cannot be any issue to do with
breaking board confidentiality, instead she asked if Goichberg himself is
out of order?

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

I doubt it. He was instructed as employee/contractor to perform an action,
not decide the basis of the action - there is no basis I can see for any
sanction against Mike Nolan. Directives are an executive function, and
responsibile agents are in this case Bill Hall and Bill Goichberg.

Phil Innes

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