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>BAUER CHANGES THE PARTY LINE
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><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.> -- Randy Bauer
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> We still have not received the detailed cost estimates of the move
>to Cross-to-Bear. Randy Bauer speaks of his own estimates, and he does
>not itemize them, except to say they do not include the "expenses" of
>yet another volunteer; this time it is Beatriz Marinello who is the
>selfless volunteer, and the annualized rate of those "expenses" is at
>least $60,000. (You may also recollect that Bill Goichberg also
>received $25,000 "pay" that was supposed to be "no pay.")
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> Sam Sloan pointed out in a previous post that if "volunteer"
>Beatriz Marinello should get injured on the job, she probably will be
>covered under a USCF insurance policy.
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> Mr. Bauer makes another interesting claim. He justifies leaving
>legal fees off his estimate of the moving costs because there would
>have been lawsuits if the move had not been made. Yet Don Schultz was
>contradicted by no Board member and, indeed, was supported by other
>members, if memory serves, when he stated the move to Cross-to-Bear was
>not made under legal duress. Crossville did not intend to sue if
>circumstances forced the USCF to decline their offer.
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> Is Mr. Bauer now changing the official line? The answer
>would appear to be, ah, yes.

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> Concerning $60,000 in annualized "expenses" for USCF President
>Beatriz Marinello, we were told it was directly for supervising the
>move to Cross-to-Bear, and now we are being told that they are for her
>acting as executive director. If true, then we have a direct violation
>of a Delegate mandate.