Let the scorching begin. It means that I have absolutely zero - nada,
none - no reason whatsoever to politically ally myself with any person
currently on the USCF Executive Board. That's right...all the
political fields are being burned. I have absolutely no desire to play
business as usual with USCF. The forensic reports and the recall
petition will not be confined to just USCF's forums. In order to reach
USCF's membership, the recall petition will be publicized anywhere and
everywhere in the U.S. where chessplayers gather. Yes, this means that
USCF's reputation in the general public will go downhill before it
goes uphill. That's the collateral damage. If that's what it takes to
get chessplayers involved in the governance of USCF, so be it.

This issue began at the end of September. USCF has been damaged in the
public view and the USCF leadership pertaining to this issue has been
abyssmal. Instead of publicly requesting that Mr. Truong step aside
until the lawsuit was settled, USCF management chose to ask Mr.
Mottershead to step aside instead and he has taken a continuous
thrashing on these forums because of it. Instead of producing any sort
of information to the general membership, the Executive Board has been
silent. What was the intention - to wait years for the Sloan lawsuit
to wind its way through the courts?

Since Mr. Mottershead's report has now been validated in writing by a
forensic expert and a second written opinion is forthcoming, Mr.
Bauer, please advise if Mr. Mottershead may now accept his duties and
then he could fix the AOL problem you just complained about.

Mr. Bauer, please do explain whatever happened to USCF hiring the
forensic experts. The concerned members of USCF have taken enough of
an interest in this subject to have taken action on their own.
Ironically, I didn't even know that the report publicized today was
forthcoming. The report I anticipated from another expert should be
here by December 10 as promised.

Mr. Bauer, please explain why USCF is paying to defend Mr. Truong from
the lawsuit by Mr. Sloan. Why is his defense not severed. It is fairly
obvious that Mr. Truong's interests and USCF's interests are not the
same in this matter.

And Mr. Bauer, since Ms. Polgar is a personal friend of yours and you
were instrumental in persuading her to run for the Executive Board,
perhaps now you could be so kind as to persuade her husband that it
wwould be in USCF's best interests for him to resign.

Donna Alarie
Massachusetts Delegate