Slippery Sam Sloan didn't cut my post AGAIN.

let us not pretend then, that this is any 'conversation', and Sam Sloan cut
this,

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The purpose of the USCF Executive Board, previously known as the
Policy Board, is to establish the policy of the USCF.

After all these years it doesn't have one? What is the mission statement if
not policy #1?
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I pass on whatever 'standard reimbursement for expenses' are, since they
ain't detailed below - but just so Mr. Sloan can continue to cut out the
very mission of USCF, and if promoting the game was not it, and that isn't
the subject matter here.

Who knows what USCF spends 3 million on a year, but it ain't in promoting
the game!

Sam Sloan cannot endorse promoting the game, but only encourage people to
join USCF. But if you wanted to promote the game, WHY O WHY would anyone do
that?

Phil Innes


"samsloan" wrote in message
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On May 10, 5:17 pm, "Chess One" wrote:
"samsloan" wrote in message


Board members may and often do go out to do things to promote chess,
but if they do that they should do it at their own expense.

Since that's not in the mission statement it is either a current policy
of
the board - which one?
Or an opinion, but not noted as an opinion, and stated more like a
Fuehrer-Order.

Yes, indeed it was passed down as a Feuhrer-Order, an order from the
delegates, which states:

Section 27 (2)(a) under Delegate actions of continuing interest
states:
http://www.uschess.org/org/govern/de...terest_03.html

(a) Except where noted below, no Executive Board member or a
member of his immediate family may receive financial compensation from
the USCF for any reason, except for standard reimbursement of
expenses, during his tenure on the Board, or for two years after
completing his tenure if such compensation results from bids accepted
or agreements made by the Board during his tenure. In claiming expense
reimbursement, a Board member must claim only that portion of expenses
that were incurred in non-political activities that were a legitimate
exercise of the Board member's duties. Any unusual expenses for which
reimbursement is questionable must be referred to the full Board for
consideration. Board members are expected to exercise all reasonable
frugality in incurring expenses to be reimbursed.


After she took office on the board, the first thing that Susan Polgar
did was ask that she be given a budget that she could use to travel
around the world to promote chess.

She was turned down, or at least so I was told.

Okay - if USCF doesn't want to pay expense money to promote the game -
that's okay. But before running off at the mouth as usual, let us not get
too far from the very first point above - What is USCF's reason to exist
as
stated its mission statement?

Do members of USCF want the game promoted?

What is the objection to paying expenses if it gains USCF revenue?

Answer those questions before racing ahead with the scandal of the day,
since otherwise you don't seem to be touching the ground anywhere.

Phil Innes

PS: Since the offer was to bring in sponsorship dollars to USCF, but USCF
won't pay for appearances, surely even Sam Sloan can connect those dots.
But
let us not get too far ahead of ourselves here, since USCF as non-profit
org
exists FOR a REASON. What is it as stated?


As noted above, the USCF cannot pay board members for appearance fees
or for anything else except for standard expenses in attending the
four quarterly meetings of the board.

Susan Polgar was told this before she ran for the board. She was told
that, if elected, she can no longer be paid for writing articles for
Chess Life or for celebrity appearance fees or anything else.

Apparently, she thought that once she got elected with her slate, she
could change the rules any way she wanted.

But, she cannot. She can even be arrested for violating the by-laws.

Susan complains that she is not being paid for writing for Chess Life
any more, but she was told many times during the election campaign
that if she is elected she will have to give up her Chess Life column.

Nevertheless, the board gave her a break at her insistence by allowing
her to write for Chess Life until February, 2008 and to get paid for
it.

That is over now. She will not be allowed to get paid for writing for
Chess Life until two years after she has left the board.

Since you are her semi-official spokesman, I am surprised that you and
she do not seem to know about this.

Sam Sloan