Frank, [excuse the top-post everyone else].
I never liked you.
I never thought you did anything amiss with the stupid lap-top.
Such is the sometimes void of comprehension between how it must be to the
person in the driving seat, and how others [passengers and voyeurs]
celebrate how you 'seem', or rather, how they wish to portray you. USCF is
not working on this problem, since it is a useful one to them still to sac
their Ex Dir, for the non-initiative.
Have a good tournament in Dallas, and do not play the KID against any GMs!
Phil Innes
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On Feb 20, 11:20 am, samsloan wrote:
On Feb 20, 1:57 pm, wrote:
This is my first time back to rcgp since 2003. I reluctantly came here
to do some research for my book.
Among other things, I found this:
Mr. Frank Niro (Chess Safari)
Address for legal service available
from:http://www.blogger.com/profile/11858781138703849298
Last online: Saturday, January 19, 2008
Online activity indicator (last 90 days): 23/90
Email address: withheld
Would anyone be surprised that Mr. Niro has been very easily
contactable
at all times since he was discharged from hospital? Even Yahoo
correctly
lists his current address in Oregon City. Not locatable? Think again.
Want a copy of Mr. Niro's December mail to PR? Reply here to ask.
Think Bill G. did not have this address during the last 2 months?
Think
again. Think I cannot prove this? Think again.
Mr. Niro should never have been named in this suit. It is shameful he
was
dragged in. I know why the mistatements were made. To protect
innocents.
Similarly all should understand why the FSS statements were made.
To protect innocents.
I'm not hiding from anything or anyone. I can be reached at:
Frank Niro
1114 Washington Street
Oregon City, Oregon 97045
Chess
Recently I published my resignation letter (that supposedly doesn't
exist) in my Archives Blog.
Go here to see
it---http://csarchives.blogspot.com/2008/...on-letter.html
Also, please visit my regular blog at:
http:www.twchesssafari.blogspot.com
As for my laptop, it was reasonable compensation (worth about $500 at
the time) for the time I wrked without pay (December 2001 to August
2002). It was taken by Susan and Paul, with permission, at my request.
In any case, it had a hard drive crash in June 2005 and was replaced.
I kept nothing related to USCF business...except the Starategic Vision
outline presented at Cherry Hill in 2002 and my resignation letter.
As for the Sloan suit, I'm available to anyone who needs me. Since I
am a life USCF member, the office has continuously had my address. My
copy of Chess Life comes every month in the mail.
Best wishes,
Frank Niro
Great.
Now just return the laptop computer (which you state is worthless
anyway) and our Internet experts will try to recover it.
We would also like for you to explain in detail why you feel that
taking the USCF's laptop computer was "reasonable compensation". Also,
kindly explain why you wrote a check for $3,000 to yourself your last
day on the job and why you did not tell the USCF Board that you were
not coming to the 2003 US Open in Los Angeles. Also, explain under
what theory you get to decide what your "reasonable compensation" was
for the volunteer work you supposedly did.
You should be sure to contact your assigned counsel, Jeremy Brown at
Proskauer Rose, right away, as he has been searching for you.
Sam Sloan- Hide quoted text -
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Right, Sam. Give me a call some time and we'll chat. Same for Jeremy.
Send me a private e-mail and I'll send my cell phone number.
Reasonable compensation...hmm. $500 for 2,000 hours is about 40 cents
an hour. In any case, that decision was made in 2002 by Board
leadership when they purchased the laptop for me.
I never wrote a check to myself. Maybe Linda did to reimburse me for
actual expenses. I never received anything without proper
documentation. And when I left I had about $8,000 in unreimbursed
travel expenses which I never submitted for reimbursement.
I made the decision not to go to L.A. at the last moment based on
Doctor's orders (and the advice of Board member Dr. Wagner, who I
confided in about my health...he even suggested a specific procedure
that I should have before I could consider flying). Out of respect for
physician-patient confidentiality, I presume, he never publicly
revelaed his knowledge of my specific health situation. I have always
appreciated that courtesy. Shawn Pealor came to pick me up and take me
to the airport on the day we were supposed to depart for L.A. Sadly, I
wrote a resignation letter while he waited and he took it, along with
my envelope of USCF papers, with him to L.A. while I stayed in NY with
my unused ticket.
The resignation was entirely related to my health, not USCF finances.
The audit results surprised me, too. The multi-year membership issue
was new and there were a number of accounting errors that were
reversed the following year. I was even more shocked when the new
Board members (Schultz, Marinello and Hanke), all people I respected
very much, decided to push the situation out of control for political
leverage. Such is the legacy of USCF politics.
I will not get in a debate with you over these things, Sam, especially
with potential litigation in the works. I would appreciate it,
however, if you would remove me from your current fishing expedition
(i.e. legal complaint). My days in chess politics are over.
My wife and I will be in Dallas for the US Open...but only as a player
and old friend to some. Thanks for being the first to respond.
Best wishes,
Frank