At 07:03 AM 7/21/2003 EDT, wrote:
I am no fan of Tim Henke but he is 100 percent right on this one. He MUST. be
given his expences. Here is a theory as to where his mysterious votes came
from. Folks thought they were voting for yours truly, Jrrry HaNKEn! YHR.


I am very surprised at your remark. Tim Hanke is not on the board yet.
He will not be on the board until the conclusion of the delegate's
meetings in Los Angeles. He is not entitled to have his ticket paid to
Los Angeles. No incoming board member has EVER had his ticket paid.
You have been on the board several times, so you know that.

In this case, there is doubt that Hanke will ever serve on the board.
I am certain that he will not serve out his four year term. He will
drop out, the only question is when.

Hanke is simply an Internet Gadfly who posts a lot. He has been
posting since 1994 that I know of. He has never expesssed an interest
in the serious business of chess governance. His election points out a
serious weakness in the OMOV System. Under the old system, Hanke would
not have received even one vote, not even his own, because he has
never been a delegate or a voting member.

Your theory as to why Hanke got elected has some merit. His name, Tim
Hanke, is similar to your name, Jerry Hanken. I doubt that anybody
voted for you thinking that he was voting for him, however.

Jerry Hanken did not receive even one write-in vote, incidentally. I
have the complete list of 95 persons who received write-in votes. Just
about everybody who is anybody is on that list, except for you.

I have heard that you got Beatriz Marinello elected. You circulated
petitions for her in Los Angeles when she could not get enough
signatures in New York. Is that true?

Sam Sloan