"Sam Sloan" wrote in message
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Will Bauer replace Hanke as VP of Finance?

Randy Bauer has just been elected to the USCF Executive Board and will
take office next month. Bauer is the Budget Director of the State of
Iowa and is eminently well qualified to be the USCF VP of Finance. He
is also a master chess player.

Tim Hanke is the current VP of Finance. He has no qualifications for
the job. He got the position by being the co-leader of a coup to throw
out John McCrary as USCF President.

Hanke has strongly implied that he will resist any efforts to
"impeach" him as Hanke puts it before his two year term is up. It
seems likely that Hanke will resign from the board if he is replaced
as VP of Finance.

Nevertheless, I hope that Hanke will voluntarily step aside and allow
Bauer to become VP of Finance. For many years the USCF has had
hokus-pokus accounting. Nobody knew what the numbers really
represented. Hanke is not to blame for this. This has been the
situation for a long time, since at least the early 1990s and probably
for a lot longer than that.

I think Tim Hanke has done a fine job so far in his role as VP of Finance.
It makes no sense whatsoever for me to seek that position. I was elected to
fill a one-year term; there would be absolutely no assurance of continuity
were I to take over now and only serve the one year.

However, as long as Hanke is VP of Finance, nobody will have much
confidence in the figures. With Bauer in as VP of Finance, we will
have confidence in the figures and the USCF will be much stronger as a
result.

The confidence will come when the figures are audited and released in a
timely fashion. From what I hear, that is proceeding. There are several
good signs, such as improvement in accounts payable, that suggest finances
are improving somewhat.

However, Bauer has already committed his first blunder. On Thu, 22 Jul
2004 01:17:46 GMT, "Randy Bauer" wrote:

"I'm obviously pleased by the results (and making plans to fly to
Dallas)."

What a whopper! The USCF Executive Board will be meeting in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, not in Dallas.

Yes, Sam, thanks for being the SECOND person to point that out. Scooped
again, right? I purchased tickets for Fort Lauderdale, but thanks for your
obvious concern.

Nevertheless, I hope that Hanke will do the right thing and step aside
as USCF VP of Finance and allow Bauer to take that position.

Sam Sloan

Randy Bauer