Following a conversation in another newsgroup, here are some questions about adult and scholastic rating activities. Can anyone inform our knowledge on either subject? Thx, Phil Innes On more mundane issues I have 2 questions about rating frequency: it seems from previous correspondence that a) about 12,000 adult members played one rated game in the past 12 months -

Susan Polgar wrote: You are free to post my answer. Dear Bill, Sorry but I do not visit rec.games. However, my opinion about Mr. Sloan has not changed. In fact, it has become worse. Mr. Sloan is absolutely unfit to serve on the USCF Executive Board. He is not capable of telling the truth. He is not capable of being civil. He is not capable

See: http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070105/NEWS01/701050329/1002 and http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=62634

Impeach Bush for Closing the Post Office I just came back from the post office. I went there to mail some DVDs that I had sold online. I was outraged to discover that the post office was closed for the Funeral of President Ford. The Post Office nationwide closed for a funeral! Outrageous. I have bills to pay, work to get done, a family to support. Am I supposed to stop everything just because...

Mike Nolan and Bill Goichberg are trying to shut me up. I'm not going to sit back and be muzzled. I'll fight them all the way to the supreme court. I have one vote just like Bill Goichberg. Bill wants to be the next Hitler the Dictator. Vote for me for another 4 years so I can take Bill Goichberg and CCA down. Sam Sloan USCF Executive Board Big Shot

I've just begun reading "The God Delusion," by Oxford professor Richard Dawkins, a noted atheist and author of many books on the subject. What I like most about Dawkins is his evangelical zeal for atheism. Most atheist seem to be rather passive sorts. His web site is www.richarddawkins.net which includes an atheist help and resource center wherein are listed the contact info for many...

Who is going to want to work for the USCF in Crossville, Tennessee" Crossville, Tennessee - a great place to run Chess radio ads. A female voice "Do you know that the FACTS about chess? Do you know that chess officials in FIDE, of which the United States Chess Federation fully supports finically, intend to DRUG TEST you children, that is, make them strip naked and urinate in a cup under...

Dear Mr. Roberts, According to the laws of FIDE, a person can be a member of only one Federation at a time. Does this mean you are know longer associated with St. Kitts and Nevis? Sincerely, Bill Kelleher Vice-President FIDE

They're trying to invalidate my election petition by forcing me to show the names of the people who signed my petition. That's dirty tactic from them. Why should I tell them who signed my petition? It's none of their business. Sam Sloan

I'll do everything I can to help my friend Don Schultz in this election. He's been my loyal friend for many decades. Anytime I needed confidential information, Don was always there to provide it for me. Don and I will be on the same slate along with 2 more people from Leroy Dubeck team. Please vote for us. We must defeat the Polgar machine. Thank you. Sam Sloan

When will RGCP heal itself? When will it be rid of the crazy people who haunt this place? Old Haasie

Gerald Ford, The Greatest President Who Ever Lived I have been watching with a combination of amusement and disgust the gaudy display that his been going on during the past few days, where speaker after speaker has described Gerald Ford in the most laudatory terms imaginable. One would imagine that Gerald Ford was the greatest president who ever lived, and possibly the greatest man in the...

I read an article in Chess Life discussed how all the russian players that immigrated to the US during the 70s and 80s changed tournaments and how they play chess to make a living. I think that this sounds really interesting and the benefits are wonderful. I would just have to play a tournament each weekend with either a 2-day or 3-day schedule and then I also get Monday through Thursday off. ...

My new book on Thomas Jefferson just came out. It just got listed this morning on Amazon. The address is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0923891803/slavesofthomasje Sam Sloan

Marcus Roberts told me that he will sponsor the 2007 US Championship in Wyoming. He will offer $1 million prize funds. The winner would get $250,000! We no longer need the AF4C and Erik Anderson. Sam Sloan

December 31, 2006 Feuding parents move battle off chess boards By Daryl James Tribune Gilbert's chess community will have a chance to shine this Saturday when schoolchildren from across the state gather at Greenfield Junior High School for grade-level championships. The state tournament will be the latest of many chess extravaganzas in Gilbert since the U.S. Chess

To the By-Laws Committee: Here is the email from Grant Perks to Patricia Knight which was deemed to be sufficient by Pat Knight to appoint Herbert Vaughn, Bill Brock, Paul Truong and Jeff Smith as alternate delegates from the State of Ohio. I believe that this email was insufficient for this purpose and that they were not validly appointed for a variety of reasons, including the fact that the...

Last year, Susan Polgar complained on her Blog that there were too many players in the US Championship and that the prizes were too small. If you search, you can still find her complaints unless she has deleted them. Now, by contrast, she has come out against "chess politicians" who attack "sponsors". Here is a quote from Susan Polgar's current Blog on the 2007 US

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Why does this small little clique of people govern the funds of so many? OMOV, the preomov, it doesn't matter. WHY IS MIKE NOLAN always showing up in the background with any sort of USCF complaint. Why is MIKE NOLAN keeping me off the USCF web site. I can't direct a chess tournament, and nobody will tell me why. Marcus Roberts