David Kane wrote:
"johnny_t" wrote in message
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wrote:
Fortunately, for practical purposes you can ignore the current state
of the USCF. Go to your chess club, play chess, enter tournaments, and
have fun.
I don't, nor do I allow my children, and advise my friends to participate in
USCF events or Susan Polgar Foundation events which there is one in Washington
state in March. I had just recently signed up for three year memberships for
my son and myself, went to the National event with my son, and was prepared
for full reintroduction into the organization.

Currently we do not participate in ANYTHING to do with the USCF. As the
organization, and especially the EB behaves in no fashion that I would let my
family associate with.

There are numerous non-USCF chess events for school age kids
in Washington.
http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars...s&&jsenabled=1
Though personally I would not boycott USCF events over the Truong
issue, as a practical matter most of the scholastic events are NWSRS-rated
anyway.

Thanks, and yes we play in many of those. But I had been working with
and being an example for USCF play in Washington. We had gone to the
nationals participated in the Washington state USCF tournaments, and
even the USCF rated Quads, bought the 3 year memberships.

So yes we play in the WSHCA events. But realize that organizations
like Chessplayer.com and Chess4Life have been trying to bring about USCF
rated play back to Washington and trying to bring presence to Susan
Polgar and her organization. There are many families in Washington
state who are thrilled that their girls are getting recognition, with no
clue of the train wreck that is happening.

And I only have the ability to boycott since the organization is
continuing to behave in such a way as to be not acceptable to me. That
is a long turnaround to frontrunner to boycotter, but that is where I am.

As to the Washington state stuff, you will see us at state, and I and
many of our friends will be on the circuit. But no more USCF events for
me, and for those that ask and care about why we don't go anymore, I
tell them and they can decide.