I have not received the May Chess Life yet. (Perhaps they decided not
to send it to me.) However, an email just apeared on one of my Yahoo
Chess groups which states that an article in the May Chess Life
describes lesbianism, prostitution and other sexual acts.

The majority of Chess Life readers are children. Such an article is
more than merely objectionable. It is especially significant that the
May Chess Life, unlike any previous isue of Chess Life, was produced
under the direct supervision and control of Beatriz Marinello.

The reason for this is that Beatreiz Marinello had the Chess Life
Editor, Kalev Pehme fired on January 22, 2005. He was replaced by
Glenn Petersen, the long time editor, but only one month later
Petersen had two major heart attacks right after being ordered by
Beatriz Marinello to remove my candidates statement from the April
Chess Life.

Petersen was replaced by Gerard Dullea, but then he had to be
hospitalized for angioplasty.

This left Beatriz, who is still working in the New Windsor office
where Chess Life is produced, in charge.

If the Chess Life article (which again I have not seen yet) is at it
is described below, I demand that Beatriz Marinello resign or be
removed immediately. There is simply no excuse for this kind of
material appearing in a magazine that is read by our children. I am
the father of six children who are or have been members of the USCF
and readers of Chess Life. I am sure that all parents will be outraged
if the article is as it is described below.

Sam Sloan

In a message dated 5/9/2005 5:11:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

Hello Chess Life,

IM Tim Taylor is a good storyteller and annotator (May 2005 Chess
Life) but something's real wrong. Did you not consolidate School
Mates into Chess Life? An editor who thinks chess parents would like
their kids to read about prostitution, seduction, late night porn,
kissing techniques, lecherous dogs, 'the best lesbian show in town',
Hustler magazine, etc. should be fired immediately. Please don't
degrade our publication and directly contravene the USCF Mission
Statement with further fare of this sort.

Randy Kaech
USCF Life Member, scholastic tournament director, parent
Ferndale, Washington

The majority of Chess Life readers are children.

This would appear to be incorrect. Chess Life includes a School Mates
insert sent to scholastic members every other month. They would be
included in the April and June issues, but not in the May issue.

Lets take the latest membership numbers off of:
http://detroitchess.com/USCFmem2.htm

Adults receiving the May CL fall in the:
L/Z: 10747
R: 21142
E: 2978
S: 306
B: 842
V: 105

Total: 36120
(There may be a small number of children who are Life or Sustaining
members, but I would assume it is inconsequential.)

Adult Affiliates:
A: 657
P: 14
T: 50

Total: 721

Children receiving the May issue:
J: 10755
W: 1137
(I'm not sure about where the family category should be included, but
will include it here in order to be entirely fair.)

Total: 11892

Children Affiliates:
H: 620
G: 60
(Again college affiliates might be more properly included with adults,
but I want to be fair.)

TotalL 680

So, we have for the May issue:
Adults: 36841, 74.55%
Children: 12572, 25.44%

This is the number receiving the issue in question. From the
complaints over the years that I have heard from Scholastic organizers,
I would strongly suspect that adults read their CL in at least the
percentage of children.

For the months including School Mates, add to the children U 19631. So
for the April and June issues:
Adults: 36841, 53.36%
Children: 32203, 46.64%

In all cases, the majority is adults.

- Tom Martinak

"Tom Martinak" So for the April and June issues:
Adults: 36841, 53.36%
Children: 32203, 46.64%

So the total membership for the USCF is down to about 49,000??

That is much less than the 93,000 which Marinello claims are members in the
Affidavits which she signed to the Court. Now do you see how easy it is to
fudge votes?? She literally can vote for thousands of others if she wants
to. The CPA is expecting up to 93,000 votes, just like Marinello told the
Federal Court.

Isn't her affidavit FRAUD? A difference of 43,000 less than what she claimed
is a major lie.

"Tom Martinak" writes:

(I'm not sure about where the family category should be included, but
will include it here in order to be entirely fair.)

Family members (type W) do not receive a magazine. However, under the
new family membership plans passed last August, in order for someone to
be a 'W' member there must either be an adult family membership (type R)
or a youth family membership (type J) in the same household, so that the
family receives Chess Life every month.
--
Mike Nolan

Seems to me that this objection to an unsubstantiated article by
someone who's:

1. Run for public office;
2. Runs for USCF Executive Board annually; and
3. Brags about his exploitation of "young girls" on his own website

is truly laughable. The article in question may, in fact, be
objectionable, but using the old adage "let he who is without sin cast
the first stone," Sloan would have to wait to pitch his after Michael
Jackson and a few hundred Catholic priests.

You're nobody's moral-compass, Sammy. Can it.

MN


Sam Sloan wrote:
I have not received the May Chess Life yet. (Perhaps they decided not
to send it to me.) However, an email just apeared on one of my Yahoo
Chess groups which states that an article in the May Chess Life
describes lesbianism, prostitution and other sexual acts.

The majority of Chess Life readers are children. Such an article is
more than merely objectionable. It is especially significant that the
May Chess Life, unlike any previous isue of Chess Life, was produced
under the direct supervision and control of Beatriz Marinello.

The reason for this is that Beatreiz Marinello had the Chess Life
Editor, Kalev Pehme fired on January 22, 2005. He was replaced by
Glenn Petersen, the long time editor, but only one month later
Petersen had two major heart attacks right after being ordered by
Beatriz Marinello to remove my candidates statement from the April
Chess Life.

Petersen was replaced by Gerard Dullea, but then he had to be
hospitalized for angioplasty.

This left Beatriz, who is still working in the New Windsor office
where Chess Life is produced, in charge.

If the Chess Life article (which again I have not seen yet) is at it
is described below, I demand that Beatriz Marinello resign or be
removed immediately. There is simply no excuse for this kind of
material appearing in a magazine that is read by our children. I am
the father of six children who are or have been members of the USCF
and readers of Chess Life. I am sure that all parents will be
outraged
if the article is as it is described below.

Sam Sloan

In a message dated 5/9/2005 5:11:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

Hello Chess Life,

IM Tim Taylor is a good storyteller and annotator (May 2005 Chess
Life) but something's real wrong. Did you not consolidate School
Mates into Chess Life? An editor who thinks chess parents would like
their kids to read about prostitution, seduction, late night porn,
kissing techniques, lecherous dogs, 'the best lesbian show in town',
Hustler magazine, etc. should be fired immediately. Please don't
degrade our publication and directly contravene the USCF Mission
Statement with further fare of this sort.

Randy Kaech
USCF Life Member, scholastic tournament director, parent
Ferndale, Washington

Sam,

It's pretty much as described. I would have found it a good read in an
adult magazine as the sorry hard life of an American chess
professional. It is out of bounds for a magazine with a heavy youth
audience. I would expect parents of young kids to go nuts as word gets
around. Bad editorial decision to not assist author in making an
interesting article more suitable for the entire Chess Life auidence.

Allan Fifield

Sam,

It's pretty much as described. I would have found it a good read in an
adult magazine as the sorry hard life of an American chess
professional. It is out of bounds for a magazine with a heavy youth
audience. I would expect parents of young kids to go nuts as word gets
around. Bad editorial decision to not assist author in making an
interesting article more suitable for the entire Chess Life auidence.

Allan Fifield

"FiFiela" Bad editorial decision to not assist author in making an
interesting article more suitable for the entire Chess Life auidence.

Keep in mind that the current Editor is bulldyke Marinello

What I said

"Sam Sloan" wrote in message
...
I have not received the May Chess Life yet. (Perhaps they decided not
to send it to me.) However, an email just apeared on one of my Yahoo
Chess groups which states that an article in the May Chess Life
describes lesbianism, prostitution and other sexual acts.
snip
In a message dated 5/9/2005 5:11:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

Hello Chess Life,

IM Tim Taylor is a good storyteller and annotator (May 2005 Chess
Life) but something's real wrong. Did you not consolidate School
Mates into Chess Life? An editor who thinks chess parents would like
their kids to read about prostitution, seduction, late night porn,
kissing techniques, lecherous dogs, 'the best lesbian show in town',
Hustler magazine, etc. should be fired immediately. Please don't
degrade our publication and directly contravene the USCF Mission
Statement with further fare of this sort.

Randy Kaech
USCF Life Member, scholastic tournament director, parent
Ferndale, Washington


I did receive my May Chess Life today, and have to acknowledge that Sam has,
unfortunately, benefitted from his unconfirmed scoop. I say unfortunately
because this tends to reinforce the position that "first to press,
regardless of truth" sometimes bears fruit. That this constitutes an
objectionable act on the part of Chess Life within the cultural environs
within it publishes is without doubt. Apparently, while beauty is in the
eye of the beholder, irony can be found in the hands of the quickest
keyboardist.

If anything, Mr. Kaech's description of the article is tame, as it misses
the menage-a-trois imagery of the punchline w/respect to the best "lesbian
show in town," and fails to point out the final editorial lines of the
article: "Tim Taylor's story of his adventures in Hungary will be
continued." O Joy. I cannot wait.

Regardless of whether this article falls in an issue received by scholastic
members, the article is written in a style, and with content, outside the
scope of what is expected of Chess Life and the USCF. Does this demand the
resignation of elected board members? I say, "No." Does it highlight the
problems associated with the lack of leadership in the vacant ED (and
Editor) position(s)? "Yes, it does." That failure to fill these vital
positions can be laid at the doorstep of no one else than the current board.
The fruit has ripened, and "..will be continued soon." To our board: please
prevent this while you can.

To our board: Public perception is a key ingredient in the extent to which
chess is viewed as a mainstream rather than a fringe activity. Please
manage that perception in a responsible manner in your selection of key
staff.

To our editorial staff: Please provide writing guidelines to our authors.

To our members: Please manage that perception through your election of
responsible board members who represent your viewpoint, and speak with a
voice that you wish was your own. Once, the question of interest was, "Who
would you invite to dinner?" Given the apparent lack of common sense
displayed in the publication of this article, in the context of today's
chess demographic, we must add, "What do you display on your coffee table?"

David

--
without the block