On Aug 21, 3:20 pm, "Ray Gordon, creator of the \"pivot\""
wrote:
The most annoying thing about your Mensa plan is it pretends to know
the answers to all of these questions and it really addresses none of
them except to make the assumption that if a metro district system was
in place that players would crawl out of the woodwork to pay more than
they currently do to play chess.

I'd be quicker to endorse enhancing the prize money for the state
championships, and strengthing state-level organizations, maybe tying them
in more with USCF.

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I think Haas has had some major issues with the state officials which
is why he has always been hostile to working with a state
organizational format to accomplish the same goals.