| Randy Bauer 2005-03-08, 9:54 pm |
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<parrthenon@cs.com> wrote in message
news:1110295285.953095.245550@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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> ''MORE THAN ONCE"?
>
> Subj: RE: [fide-chess] Bauer lies
> Date: 3/7/2005 4:27:49 AM Pacific Standard Time
> From: stanbooz@comcast.net
> To: fide-chess@yahoogroups.com
>
> <For those that aren't up on Parr's relentless attacks on me, I'm the
> "guy". The guy that has revealed the cost estimate more than once.
> Intellectual dishonesty is Parr's bailiwick and I for one would never
> choose to intrude.> --With warm regards, Stan Booz
>
> A clear case of projection. Once again Mr. Booz tries to shift ground
> by avoiding the facts. Where and when on this forum did he ever reveal
> the detailed cost estimates of moving to Crossville? Can he provide a
> line-by-line itemization?
>
> So far only Randy Bauer said it was between $150,000 and $200,000 but
> this honest board member never returned to answer whether the figure
> included other costs such as legal fees and Beatriz Marinello's
> "expense money" annualized at $60,000.
I don't believe it includes legal fees and don't believe it should. I think
the best standard is to use a "but for" test -- but for the relocation,
would this or similar expenses not exist? In the case of lawsuits, it seems
likely, given the previous Board's decision to relocate to Crossville and
accept 3 acres of land, that the USCF would have also had to defend a
lawsuit if it did not choose to locate in Crossville. In fact, it's highly
likely that it would have been a more protracted suit involving real lawyers
and ended up costing the USCF more.
I also don't believe it should include Beatriz' expenses. While some of her
expenses (travel to Crossville, for example) meet that test, I believe we
would have hired an executive director more quickly had Beatriz not been
available to act as our temporary chief operating officer. Given that we've
budgeted $75,000 salary for an executive director, when benefits are
included (figure at 20%), we are likely to have Executive Director cost
avoidance of at least $15,000 and probably closer to $22,000 through
Beatriz' hard work in the office. I doubt her expenses will rise to that
level, but if they do, feel free to add that additional amount.
I wold note again, that there is nothing deserving of Larry Parr's use of
quotes surrounding Beatriz' reimbursement for expenses. When you fly from
New York to Crossville and put in for payment of the expense of the airline
ticket, it is just that -- reimbursement. It is not salary, it is not
income. When Beatriz stays at a hotel when she's in New Windsor or
Crossville, repayment of the charges for the hotel is reimbursement. It is
not salary, it is not income. I think Larry Parr's treatment of Beatriz in
this area has been out of line. Even opponents of the move on the Board
have congratulated her on her recent efforts -- she has saved the USCF
thousands of dollars in the process.
In the end, I would also hope that those who look at only a bottom line
dollar amount for the move will appreciate the longer term financial
implications. The USCF is moving to a location with lower property taxes,
lower utility costs, lower insurance costs, and lower personnel costs. It
will also get the benefit of a year's free rent. Those will be significant
one-time and on-going savings. The savings should equal the cost of the
move in just a year's time. At that point, the ongoing savings provide the
USCF the opportunity to either invest in additional member services, reduce
dues, or rebuild the assets lost in recent years. I think all of those are
good choices, and I look forward to the USCF being in a position to have
that discussion.
Randy Bauer
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> And so it goes.
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