AF4C Proposal

#1 June 5th 04, 02:35 PM

On 05 Jun 2004 09:01:24 GMT, (WPraeder) wrote:

PROPOSED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN USCF AND AMERICA'S FOUNDATION FOR CHESS

[snip] ...

BASIC PRINCIPLES

The following are the basic principles any such arrangement should observe:
1) The USCF remains the overall membership organization for any arrangement,
and the governing body for chess in the US. In case of a merger, the
organization continues as the US Chess Federation.

2) Very large donations are arranged by AF4C to stabilize USCF's current
condition.

3) In return for these very substantial donations and future contributions of
resources, a new model for the USCF Board will be established. That model will
allow certain positions to be provided to large donors, while others will be
elected by USCF.

Since you are a candidate for election, we need to know whether you,
Wayne Praeder, are in favor of this.

I will tell you right now that I am opposed. For many years you have
been the strongest advocate of the OMOV or "One Member One Vote"
system. I am surprised to see that now you are suggesting that several
members of the USCF Board be wealthy people who are not elected but
who instead make large donations to the organization.

The USCF has been in existence since 1939. The American Foundation for
Chess has only been around for three years. While you speak of how
wealthy the American Foundation for Chess Board Members are, you fail
to mention the fact that they reneged on the deal they made and could
not come up with the money to hold the US Championship as schedluled
in January 2004. This in turn led to the crisis involving the US
Woman's Olympic Team.

How can we agree to merge with and give seats on our board to an
unreliable business partner? This seems to be one of those half-baked
ideas which will prove unworkable in practice. Your proposal (most of
which I have snipped) involves a major corporate reorganization which
would be almost impossible to accomplish legally.

Sam Sloan
I am also a candidate for USCF Executive Board.

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