Ray Gordon wrote:
It's a free country.

A friendly introjection, if I may... USENET, of course, is not
a country. It is a virtual space where written communications
in various languages are posted. So far, direct censorship has
not been attempted to curtail the _de facto_ (not _de jure_)
freedom of expression on USENET! 8)

The above notwithstanding, the dominant language used in some
newsgroup or another is viewed by quite a few posters (lurkers
as well ?) as an _implicit guarantee_ that all written com-
munications will conform to widely accepted cultural norms as-
sociated with the history and present realities of peoples whose
mother tongue happens to be some variant of the one that is
dominant in the newsgroup.

Chess is not merely a logico-mathematical abstraction. It has
its very own culture; hence, a newsgroup entitled "rec.games.
chess.politics"... Now, the culture of chess is embedded in
a broader cultural setting. Quite unexpectedly, I found that
this broader cultural setting can trigger quite a bit of acri-
mony around here. I cannot say that it is entirely a bad thing
provided it does not swamp discussions specific to chess and
its (narrowly apprehended) culture.

Don't dance around the facts.

Ray Gordon
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Date: 2 Feb 2006 15:52:58 -0800
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Subject: Don Schultz gave Shahade a $75K a year position
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How much is she paid?

Was the position offered to the public?

If not, why not?

What internet or web experience does she have?

This is just another cover up by Don Schultz and his buddies. That is
why Sloan, Innes and Parr are so quiet about this.

Ray Gordon wrote:
How much is she paid?
Was the position offered to the public?
If not, why not?
What internet or web experience does she have?
This is just another cover up by Don Schultz and his buddies. That is
why Sloan, Innes and Parr are so quiet about this.

There could be any number of other reasons why those gentlemen have
not commented. Perhaps they are quiet because (like me) they know
nothing about this matter. Perhaps they consider Ms. Shahade
well-qualified for the position. Perhaps the facts are not as you
represent.

* There could be any number of other reasons why those gentlemen have
not commented. Perhaps they are quiet because (like me) they know
nothing about this matter. Perhaps they consider Ms. Shahade
well-qualified for the position. Perhaps the facts are not as you
represent.*

Kudos to Kingston!

Instead of trying to besmirch the characters of various icons in the
chess world I, for one, would like to see more sensible posts like this
from Kingston.

But something smells fishy about Greg Shahade resigning so abruptly.
Why is Joel Channing and the rest of the board so silent?

Business as usual?

Of course business as usual. Reforming the website is a good idea.
Giving it to an inexperienced family member of someone who is on the
executive board is fishy, especially when the position was never opened
to the public. If it is so important, why not have an open search
process? That is why everyone is so quiet. There can be no answer.
Schultz did it again.

You get elected. You get your sister a good paying job without any web
experience. You resign. Everyone wins. This is why chess is ****.

This is a chess Newsgroup. Isn't there a US politics NG to post to?

EZoto

On 1 Feb 2006 22:55:49 -0800, "ChessManiac.com"
wrote:

"Our website has been lacking for a long time and often has very
uninteresting news stories and fails to properly cover many of our
major events. I ran on a platform of improving Chess Life and the
website, and I believe that my sister is the perfect person to help
bring our website into the 21st century..."

I agree with his resignation. If Shahade can improve the website then
USCF will be headed in the right direction again. If the USCF does not
do this it is my opinion they will not survive.

That being siad everyone should relax and enjoy some free chess on my
site, http://www.chessmaniac.com
Cheers.

Wait a minute. You can't really believe that hiring shahade to
improve the website wasn't going to bring questions of favoritism.
You say relax. I believe a lot of members would like to know what
they are paying for here. Ray Gordon is a moron but this question I
believe is a legitamate question. 75,000 dollars a year ( if that is
what it is ) is a lot of money especially in such a touchy situation.
And besides he says she is the perfect person. How? There are chess
members who are awesome web designers, programmers, business, etc,
etc. Why the USCF doesn't reach out for some these guys is kind of
unusual to me.

EZoto

If this is such an important position, no matter how much or little
does the position pay, there must be a nationwide search. Giving it to
someone with no web experience or even professional experience is
ludicrous. The only thing she has done beside playing chess is write
the book Chess ****. This is obviously the job of big brother Shahade
and Don Schultz. That is why Sloan, Parr, Innes are all so quiet about
it. They have no answer and they simply can't justify this decision.

they are paying for here. Ray Gordon is a moron

The morons are those who can't read headers and repeatedly accuse an
imposter of being me.

I can call anyone a [xxxxx xxxx] if I wish. It's a free country.

I wonder if there is some doctrine relating to "fighting words" which
holds the offender at risk of the consequences resulting from his
words.

Nope, but I can think of a few others, such as "incitement to riot" by
making remarks like that to someone who is impersonating me, thus putting me
at risk.