Prior to the Executive Board meeting in Los Angeles, I asked Bill Hall
to bring to the meeting information about all the Free Ads for Polgar
that keep appearing in Chess Life.

For example, on page 68 of the February 2007 Chess Life there is an ad
that lists Polgar as a "Gold Affiliate".

Under the rules, to be a "Gold Affiliate" one must pay $350.

However, the CD that was distributed to the board and the finance
committee at my insistence fails to show that Polgar has ever paid any
money at all to the USCF. Not only has she never paid this money, but
she has never paid ANY money. She has never even paid rating fees for
events held at her club.

The CD shows that the USCF has paid 50 or 60 checks to Polgar, often
for large amounts, but Polgar has never paid the USCF anything at all.

Bill Hall replied that these ads were in exchange for services. The
services include signing autographs and posing for pictures with
scholastic players, while rarely or almost never playing a single game
of chess.

In other words, Miss Polgar has become like Anna Nicole Smith, who was
famous for being famous.

As to Donna's objection that these free ads in exchange for "services"
should be recorded on the books, Bill Hall stated that he will start
doing that in the future. He did not explain why he has not done it in
the past.

Sam Sloan