"Chess One" wrote in message
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"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

Assuming USCF is incorporated in TN, read the following and ask youself
whether or not financial dealings of the Board can be kept confidential at
all, and if so, for how long.





48-66-102. Inspection of records by members. -







(a) Subject to § 48-66-103(c), a member is entitled to inspect and
copy, at a reasonable time and location specified by the corporation, any of
the records of the corporation described in § 48-66-101(e) if the member
gives the corporation a written demand at least five (5) business days
before the date on which the member wishes to inspect and copy.



(b) A member is entitled to inspect and copy, at a reasonable time and
reasonable location specified by the corporation, any of the following
records of the corporation if the member meets the requirements of
subsection (c) and gives the corporation written notice at least five (5)
business days before the date on which the member wishes to inspect and
copy:





(1) Excerpts from any records required to be maintained under §
48-66-101(a), to the extent not subject to inspection under subsection (a);





(2) Accounting records of the corporation; and





(3) Subject to § 48-66-105, the membership list.





(c) A member may inspect and copy the records identified in subsection
(b) only if:





(1) The member's demand is made in good faith and for a proper
purpose;





(2) The member describes with reasonable particularity the
purpose and the records the member desires to inspect; and





(3) The records are directly connected with the purpose for which
the demand is made.





(d) The right of inspection granted by this section may not be
abolished or limited by a corporation's charter or bylaws.





(e) This section does not affect:





(1) The right of a member to inspect records under § 48-57-201
or, if the member is in litigation with the corporation, to the same extent
as any other litigant; or





(2) The power of a court, independently of chapters 51-68 of this
title, to compel the production of corporate records for examination.





[Acts 1987, ch. 242, § 16.02.]