On Aug 21, 8:22 am, Bruce wrote:
On Aug 21, 7:22 am, "Chess One" wrote:
"Kenneth Sloan" wrote in message
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The stuff the members are getting for their money is not worth it.
So stop sending it, and stop charging them.
Individual members can, of course, implement this well thought out plan
any time they choose.
10,000 did so in 03/04.
No one at ChessHut cared. Paul Rubin cares, which I suppose makes him a
chess player, and if he says USCF have nothing marketable for him, then I
suppose that sort of defines where ChessHut's head is at. no jokes please!
While its nice to have a mission in life, to ignore chess players as such,
Dr. Sloan should beware what happened to his namesake, who also ignored
actual chessplayers.
Phil Innes
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This idea of his has been hashed and rehashed numerous times for 6
years. Someone just pointed out the numerous reasons it won't work
but the main reason it won't work is that redistrubition of wealth
only works when there is wealth to redistribute.
The USCF can't even operate profitably on the members it has now and
the dues it charges them. He basically wants USCF to charge lower
dues than they do now and then give about 1/3 of them back to the
organizers as rebates.
It doesn't take a financial genius to figure out that this would
quickly bankrupt the USCF. It also never addresses the accountability
factor. For example he assumes these organizers will use their
rebates to promote chess in their metro district rather than merely
pocket the rebate and spend it on themselves.
A far better idea would be for USCF to slash dues to encourage
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Rubin has been arguing for $5.00 dues for years, so naturally any
policy to lower member dues would appeal to him.
To be honest I'd rather go with the $5.00/year dues plan than the
Mensa plan. Why does Haas need to send money to USCF and have them
send some of it back? Why not just add the fee that Haas wants to the
entry fee and keep it?