The motion to put Ron on the FOC was a surprise motion made by Bill
Goichberg during the meeting in Stillwater.

I was somewhat hesitant, but I believe that I voted for it. I do
object to the fact that Bill Goichberg keeps making these surprise
motions in such a way as to make it impossible to check on the posting
record of the person before voting.

I doubt that Bill will make a motion to put Mark Nibbelin on the FOC,
especially since Mark just stated a few minutes ago that he is opposed
to free speech and is in favor of imposing fines on anyone who makes
negative remarks about chess personalities such as Susan Polgar.

There will be no more board meetings until Cherry Hill. If Bill
Goichberg does try to put Mark Nibbelin on the FOC before then, I am
fairly certain that I can muster the three votes needed to block it.

Sam Sloan

The issue is, of course, that in quite a few cases, Gregory Alexander
pulled a post, the FOC voted that it be restored, and Gregory
Alexander refused to restore it.

In one case, that evil Moderator4, the one who teaches his children to
cheat, restored the post, but then Gregory Alexander, who was
moderator5, pulled it a second time.

That is what started the conflict that led Gregory Alexander to resign
and started the current acrimonious debate.

So, the fact that the FOC voted to restore it does not mean much until
it is actually restored.

Sam Sloan