| Mike Nolan 2004-11-29, 5:46 pm |
| parrthenon@cs.com (Parrthenon) writes:
quote:
>Mike Nolan is likely trying to prepare you folks for what's coming next. I
>don't know what non-profit for which Mike claims he was offered a job, but I do
>know the political culture of the USCF. Eighteen months to two years is about
>the right period between Board service and moving into a Federation job.
I never said I was offered the job. I was a member of the board and was
encouraged to apply for the position of ED when our ED left to work for her
church. I was one of the finalists but was not offered the job. The
organization, for what it's worth, is the university Place Art Center
in Lincoln Nebraska.
I don't know whether Tim has any intentions of applying for the editorship,
though I would be somewhat surprised if he did apply. I am not at all
surprised (nor is Tim) that he is being assaulted here for being laid off.
I doubt he wants to move his family to Tennessee, and since I think the
Board is hoping to have a very hands-on editor also serving as the
director of publications I don't think it would work for that person to
work from home.
As to TIm's qualifications for the job, I will agree is is a better-than-
average chess writer, but that's not the primary skillset required of
the editor. His two stints at Chess Horizons were IMHO too short
to really indicate how he would do at Chess Life, and his other chess
publication, when it finally came out, was great looking, but the budgeting
and scheduling issues it had raises concerns about his ability to direct a
team of full-time employees with deadlines looming around corner.
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Mike Nolan
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