On Nov 8, 9:48 am, "Chess One" wrote:
"samsloan" wrote in message

oups.com...

This has never been done before. Holding the meeting over the Internet
so that the general membership cannot be present and participate
defeats the very purpose of having these meetings.

Laugh - no, it just eliminates potential inclusion of member's
contributions.

In an interesting thread I began, Jack LeMoine volunteered this comment:

"I spoke to this issue at last weekend's USCF Executive Board Meeting. The
USCF is close to forming a program to certify chess coaches. It will only
certify to their chess knowledge, however. I asked the EB about criminal
background checks in connection with certification and they were quite
against it - and on legal grounds. Their position was that checks would
expose them to greater liability, not less. I don't understand this."

Which of course is quite true. Pretense you have no responsibility is
absurd. And How Absurd!

Here is the one place where USCF could take the responsibility already
granted to it, to act for the betterment of chess players - and it sticks
its head in the sand!! ROFL.

And on a more general note, without a timed agenda, if the President wants
to talk for an hour with no seconder for any clearly stated motion, or even
without a motion - and if even Sam Sloan thought Paul Truong spoke
consistently to a topical point, while others wavered in the wind... this
could only politely be termed discussion at all.

What is the name for a topic-less discussion?

Otherwise, the
meetings could just be held by telephone conference call.

Which they will be. Which has to be cheaper than flying everyone to
Crossville to discuss...? What exactly had anything at the past meeting of
import to chess players?

Phil Innes



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Phil

The Pope would not agree with the USCF about the legal ramifications
of background checkes. The Cathlotic Chruch
has all kinds of legal rights (including diplomatic and soverign
immuntiy that they used a bunch) and they still paid
hundreds of millions, for lack of background checks on priests that
molested children.

The EB has admitted the gulit of Paul Troung. For them, it is easier
to meet in secret than be mocked in public.

I am making some telephone calls with my money people. I'll make these
mother ****ers meet in person.

Marcus Roberts
the rich dude who can't play chess due to a drug test for atenolol