| Tom Klem 2005-01-28, 10:21 pm |
| Here's how it really goes:
Schultz and Company nearly destroyed the Federation.
Now they want a say in how to "save" it.
Using name recognition and Goichberg's influence and money to get elected,
with a bunch of brain dead voters, Schultz did manage to get back on the
board.
He tried to corrupt Beatriz (more).
They had a fight.
Now we are getting about the business of pushing the Federation back to
where it belongs: namely, standards and practices. No money in that. Fewer
thieves will be attracted.
I'm afraid that drug testing is not an issue worthy of a stand.
Drug testing is NECESSARY.
Cordially,
Tom Klem
"Parrthenon" <parrthenon@cs.com> wrote in message
news:20050128202357.16015.00000287@mb-m15.news.cs.com...
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> RESPONSE TO BOOZ AND MARTINAK
>
> <I neither say nor allege that you can't discuss these tiresome refrains.
What
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> I do say, as a nonmember, you are not in a position to demand
anything.> --
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> Stan Booz
>
> I demanded nothing, and Mr. Booz does not dispute my points.
>
> <But we were moving in any case, so many of those costs will occur in all
> situations. It is only the differential costs from a move to somewhere
else
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> that needed to be considered. Just like the cost of asbestos removal would
only
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> need to be considered for those moves to older buildings.> -- Tom Martinak
>
> 1. There was no pressing need to sell the building in New Windsor to begin
> with, and it violated a pledge made to members during the fund raising
campaign
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> to pay off the mortgage that it would be a PERMANENT HOME OF AMERICAN
CHESS.
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>
> The money from the sale is going down the drain fast. How much will be
left in
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> the kitty is a topic that the board dares not address.
>
> 2. The board majority voted down a two-week wait to see if the USCF could
> sweeten the Liberty deal. There is no proof of asbestos in the building
and
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> the USCF was not required to purchase it until five years down the line.
>
> Mr. Gerry, a multibillionaire, was anxious for the site to be occupied by
a
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> non-profit organization instead of a commercial entity. The board majority
> refused to explore an offer of FIVE YEARS FREE RENT WITH AN OPTION TO BUY
AFER
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> FIVE YEARS at a fraction of the property's value. Their rush to judgment
> boggles the mind.
>
> 3. Moving 30 miles away in the same state and retaining an experienced
staff
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> cannot be compared to the cost of relocating hundreds of miles away and
hiring
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> people who can't tell the difference between a TN and a TD.
>
> And so it goes.
>
> ________________________________________________________________
> "FIDE has made its decision. Players who refuse to be drug tested will not
be
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> able to play chess." -- Dr. Press, co-founder of the FIDE Medical
Commission.
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