Bruce Draney wrote in message ...
RSHaas wrote:

"Because it would help irrespective of the model. You have admitted that
resource is the primary issue. (Kevin L. Bachler)
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If you wish to demonstrate that point using only myself as the would-be
resource in the circumstance I described, then the Mensa model applied to Tampa
would gain one human resource that Tampa otherwise wouldn't have.
Score 1 point for the Mensa model for increasing resources however modest
they might be.
Score 0 for the traditional model which will not prod me into USCF based
chess work.
I win, you lose in that limited case.
By the way, I am not totally out of the chess organizational picture... I
don't do USCF stuff.. but I am pushing the Sarasota parks department to install
a "games garden" that would function as a gathering place for chess players.
No luck so far, but maybe someday.

RSHaas

In that case you are committing what is tantamount to theivery by using
the Swiss System, which is the rightful property of USCF. If you use
unofficial ratings which are based in any way off of USCF ratings, you
owe USCF some money based on the principle of value transfer. This is
from page 1,497 of Chapter 7 in the Tome of Agony, one of the giant
books of pain and scripture on Planet Kevin.
Best Regards,
Bruce

Bruce, don't muddy the water. Kevin is correct on the Mensa issue, and
he's always managed to stop up the Mensa-stration that Rhaas suffers
from.