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| BrotherNehoc 2005-07-28, 3:31 am |
| There is already speculation about staying in Crossville and about Bill
Hall remaining as Executive Director [ED]. I recently happened to pull
out the November 2004 Chess Life. On page 6 is an article that
includes a "Nationwide Search for Applicants". Listed at the end of
the section for ED was a subsection entitled "Desired Qualifications"
These were as follows:
"A Masters in Business Administration, an advanced degree in a related
field or related experience (required); knowledge and experience in the
private sector; non-profit experience strongly preferred.
Highly motivated, entreprenurial, inspiring and effective team player
with outstanding leadership, management, team facilitation,
interpersonal and training skills.
Demonstrated knowledge in the field of chess and a passionate
commitment to the organization.
Excellence and achievement in one or more of the following:
Fundraising, sales, strategic planning, resource generation and
allocation, management of teams, projects, programs, and technlogy
development, marketing and communications.
Ability to understand, develop and manage a multi-million dollar
operating budget.
Highly ethical professional standards and values with a demonstrated
commitment to diversity and a culture where differences are welcomed
and respected."
My question of/for Mr. Hall is where was his "excellence and
achievement" and in which of the above fields that were listed?
I will admit I have no knowledge of Mr. Hall or any of the other
candidates that were interviewed for the ED position. I will say that
from this list of "Desired Qualifications" it might be hard to find
someone that 'fills the bill'. On the other hand if Randy Bauer had
resigned from the executive board, I do believe that his backgroung
'fills the bill' 100%.
Lawrence Cohen
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| Jürgen R. 2005-07-28, 6:32 am |
| On 27 Jul 2005 21:43:07 -0700, "BrotherNehoc" <ChessNehoc@aol.com>
wrote:
quote:
>There is already speculation about staying in Crossville and about Bill
>Hall remaining as Executive Director [ED]. I recently happened to pull
>out the November 2004 Chess Life. On page 6 is an article that
>includes a "Nationwide Search for Applicants". Listed at the end of
>the section for ED was a subsection entitled "Desired Qualifications"
>These were as follows:
>
>"A Masters in Business Administration, an advanced degree in a related
>field or related experience (required); knowledge and experience in the
>private sector; non-profit experience strongly preferred.
> Highly motivated, entreprenurial, inspiring and effective team player
>with outstanding leadership, management, team facilitation,
>interpersonal and training skills.
> Demonstrated knowledge in the field of chess and a passionate
>commitment to the organization.
> Excellence and achievement in one or more of the following:
> Fundraising, sales, strategic planning, resource generation and
>allocation, management of teams, projects, programs, and technlogy
>development, marketing and communications.
> Ability to understand, develop and manage a multi-million dollar
>operating budget.
> Highly ethical professional standards and values with a demonstrated
>commitment to diversity and a culture where differences are welcomed
>and respected."
>
>My question of/for Mr. Hall is where was his "excellence and
>achievement" and in which of the above fields that were listed?
>
>I will admit I have no knowledge of Mr. Hall or any of the other
>candidates that were interviewed for the ED position. I will say that
>from this list of "Desired Qualifications" it might be hard to find
>someone that 'fills the bill'. On the other hand if Randy Bauer had
>resigned from the executive board, I do believe that his backgroung
>'fills the bill' 100%.
>
>Lawrence Cohen
Obviously there is little overlap between the stated requirements and
Mr. Hall's resume. However, he was hired. So let him show what he can
do - remember this is not a tremendously difficult job, and remember
that it shouldn't be very hard to do better than the last few
predecessors.
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| Randy Bauer 2005-07-28, 8:35 pm |
| In article <1122525787.858817.108880@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, BrotherNehoc
says...
quote:
>
>There is already speculation about staying in Crossville and about Bill
>Hall remaining as Executive Director [ED]. I recently happened to pull
>out the November 2004 Chess Life. On page 6 is an article that
>includes a "Nationwide Search for Applicants". Listed at the end of
>the section for ED was a subsection entitled "Desired Qualifications"
>These were as follows:
>
>"A Masters in Business Administration, an advanced degree in a related
>field or related experience (required); knowledge and experience in the
>private sector; non-profit experience strongly preferred.
Bill is on track to receive a Master's degree in education. He had been a
manager in the private sector at one time.
quote:
> Highly motivated, entreprenurial, inspiring and effective team player
>with outstanding leadership, management, team facilitation,
>interpersonal and training skills.
I think Bill has several of these qualities.
quote:
> Demonstrated knowledge in the field of chess and a passionate
>commitment to the organization.
He's an expert rated player, a former scholastic champion, and I believe his
commitment to the USCF is very real -- he gave up a tenured teaching position to
take this job.
quote:
> Excellence and achievement in one or more of the following:
> Fundraising, sales, strategic planning, resource generation and
>allocation, management of teams, projects, programs, and technlogy
>development, marketing and communications.
He was very successful in sales and has a good background in marketing and
communications.
quote:
> Ability to understand, develop and manage a multi-million dollar
>operating budget.
Probably not his strongest point.
quote:
> Highly ethical professional standards and values with a demonstrated
>commitment to diversity and a culture where differences are welcomed
>and respected."
From discussions with those who know him, I think he fits this description.
quote:
>
>My question of/for Mr. Hall is where was his "excellence and
>achievement" and in which of the above fields that were listed?
>
>I will admit I have no knowledge of Mr. Hall or any of the other
>candidates that were interviewed for the ED position. I will say that
>from this list of "Desired Qualifications" it might be hard to find
>someone that 'fills the bill'. On the other hand if Randy Bauer had
>resigned from the executive board, I do believe that his backgroung
>'fills the bill' 100%.
Thanks for the vote of confidence, but the amount budgeted for the position
wouldn't have been attractive to me and likely wouldn't have been attractive to
most candidates who fit the above description to a T. The other final candidate
was probably closer to the mark in that respect, but he wasn't as strong as Bill
in some other areas, such as chess background and understanding of the USCF as
an organization. He also was seeking a salary higher than the amount budgeted.
Randy Bauer
quote:
>
>Lawrence Cohen
>
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| politikalhack@gmail.com 2005-07-28, 8:35 pm |
| One of my clients--qualified to overqualified for the ED position in
all areas except nonprofit experience--had recently sold his startup
business for a tidy sum & was seriously considering applying for the ED
position.
I talked him out of it: why would any sane person want to depend upon
USCF politics for his or her livelihood? He started another business
instead.
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| Randy Bauer 2005-07-29, 12:31 am |
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<politikalhack@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1122585797.347483.67940@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
quote:
> One of my clients--qualified to overqualified for the ED position in
> all areas except nonprofit experience--had recently sold his startup
> business for a tidy sum & was seriously considering applying for the ED
> position.
I recall your mentioning him to me, and I was pretty excited at the prospect
of his applying for the position -- I think I even mentioned him to some
other Board members.
quote:
>
> I talked him out of it: why would any sane person want to depend upon
> USCF politics for his or her livelihood? He started another business
> instead.
And now I learn WHY he didn't apply. If you weren't otherwise a pretty good
guy, I'd probably be upset with you -- but I can't really disagree with your
analysis.
Randy Bauer
quote:
>
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| recmate@aol.com 2005-07-29, 12:31 am |
|
Sam Sloan wrote:
quote:
> I have met Bill Hall and I feel that he is a good choice and will make
> a good executive director. He certainly could not be worse than a few
> of the others we have had.
>
> He seems to understand clearly who his new boses are and he made the
> shift in allegiance quickly.
>
> The real question will arise if and when the new board decides to move
> out of Crossville. That will not happen for a while, however.
>
> Sam Sloan
The new board will not move USCF out of Crossville.
Bill Goichberg
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| Catalan 2005-07-29, 3:32 am |
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<recmate@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1122605635.343043.176360@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
quote:
> The new board will not move USCF out of Crossville.
That would be real expensive. So would not constructing the building.
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| parrthenon@cs.com 2005-07-29, 3:32 am |
| THE TWO BALEFUL B's
<One of my clients--qualified to overqualified for the ED position in
all areas except nonprofit experience--had recently sold his startup
business for a tidy sum &was seriously considering applying for the ED
position. I talked him out of it: why would any sane person want to
depend upon USCF politics for his or her livelihood?> Bill Brock
<And now I learn WHY he didn't apply. If you weren't otherwise a pretty
good guy, I'd probably be upset with you -- but I can't really disagree
with your analysis.> Randy Bauer
Two of the Baleful B's are talking USCF cutesy-poo with each
other.
Max Dlugy and I had a similar, more interesting experience with
an international-level lawyer and businessman with wealth well into
eight or nine figures.
This chap was thinking about running for USCF president back in
the 1990s. He was a tremendous candidate with a long record of
bringing public many companies. He told us he had spent his life in
boardrooms with cut-throats. So I was to limn the
politico-intellectual terrain, send him some of the stuff on the old
Leisure Linc forum so he could get a feel for chess politics, its
people and the modes of expression. He would loan us his credit card
for the campaign, and he would duly become USCF president.
I put together a 20-page report. A few days later, an anguished
Max Dlugy phoned to say that I had scared the man away. He had never
read the like in his entire life.
As for the two Baleful B's -- Bill Brock of f-word dexterity and
Randy Bauer of infinite moral dexterity -- they appear to have
retreated into the cloisters of colloquia.
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| Sam Sloan 2005-07-29, 8:31 pm |
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On 29 Jul 2005 00:40:54 -0700, "politikalhack@gmail.com"
<politikalhack@gmail.com> wrote:
quote:
>This is the only listed property that looks suitable:
>
> http://www.cimls.com/data_sale/full...property_review
>
Excellent. One of the two Crossville nudist colonies is for sale and
can be had for a mere $1.7 million.
http://www.tannude.com/tti1.htm
Now that naked girls are no longer popular, we can combine that with
scholastic chess and hold the first nude national elementary chess
championship, after Beatriz brings back the money from Chile so that
we can use it for a down payment on the nudist colony.
Sam Sloan
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| Mike Murray 2005-07-29, 8:31 pm |
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On 29 Jul 2005 00:40:54 -0700, "politikalhack@gmail.com"
<politikalhack@gmail.com> wrote:
quote:
>This is the only listed property that looks suitable:
>
>http://www.cimls.com/data_sale/full...property_review
As electronic devices get smaller and smaller, and the problem of
electronic assistence during tournament games grows larger and larger,
this may help set the standard for fixing the problem.
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| Mike Murray 2005-07-29, 8:31 pm |
| On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:18:38 -0700, Mike Murray
<mikemurray@despammed.com> wrote:
quote:
>On 29 Jul 2005 00:40:54 -0700, "politikalhack@gmail.com"
><politikalhack@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>As electronic devices get smaller and smaller, and the problem of
>electronic assistence during tournament games grows larger and larger,
>this may help set the standard for fixing the problem.
assistance
OK, that does it. I'm setting my spell checker to fully automagic.
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| Taylor Kingston 2005-07-29, 8:31 pm |
|
Mike Murray wrote:
quote:
> On 29 Jul 2005 00:40:54 -0700, "politikalhack@gmail.com"
> <politikalhack@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> As electronic devices get smaller and smaller, and the problem of
> electronic assistence during tournament games grows larger and larger,
> this may help set the standard for fixing the problem.
ROFL!
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| Sam Sloan 2005-07-29, 8:31 pm |
| On 29 Jul 2005 07:35:05 -0700, "Taylor Kingston"
<tkingston@chittenden.com> wrote:
quote:
>
>Mike Murray wrote:
http://www.cimls.com/data_sale/full...property_review[vbcol=seagreen]
>
> ROFL!
>
I did not catch this at first, but now I got it.
Yes. Requiring tournament chess players to play in the nude in big
money tournaments would certainly help solve the very serious problem
of players using pocket computers to help them with the moves, of
receiving moves via cell phone and, since the toilets would be open to
the public too, of receiving and transmitting chess moves while
sitting on the toilet.
Sam Sloan
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| BrotherNehoc 2005-07-30, 8:32 pm |
| Thank you Mr. Bauer for answering my question as to Mr. Hall's
experience, excellence, and achievement in Sales, Marketing, and
Communication. However, please note that my only question about Mr.
Hall and his qualifications was in this specific area. I did not
question any other area, and from what I had heard second hand I was
not questioning any the other "qualifications" of Mr. Hall (as listed
in the original article). However, the added information was nice.
Once again thank you for the enlightenment.
-Larry Cohen
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