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Candidates for USCF Executive Board
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| Sam Sloan 2005-01-11, 5:46 pm |
| On 11 Jan 2005 10:40:41 -0800, "George John" <george@neosoft.com>
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>He is also known as Stephen Shutt from PA. Steve was the top vote
>getter in the 2001 Executive Board election and is currently the USCF's
>Vice-President. For many years Steve has been the coach of one of the
>most successful High School chess teams in the US of all time.
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>I first met Steve at the 1998 National High School Championship in Los
>Angeles. His team placed first, the one I helped coach (Bellaire HS in
>Houston) came in 5th. My introduction to Steve was showing him my
>scouting report which I made scraping Web pre-registration data into
>Access, and using a mixture of SQL and VBA code to rank teams based on
>their top 4 boards as well as overall strength. Not altogether
>surprising was the fact that this ranking closely followed the actual
>results, so Steve was very interested in seeing what I had when I saw
>him again at the 1999 NHS in Sioux Falls.
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>SFAIK, Steve has done a good job on the Board. He has certainly been a
>major contributor and supporter of scholastic chess, particularly
>excellence in scholastic chess. I am very glad to learn that he is
>running again, and wish him the best in his bid for reelection.
>Best regards,
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>George John
Please note:
The "Bad Guys" slate consists of:
George John
Steve Shutt
Elizabeth Shaughnessy
Randy Bauer
The "Good Guys" slate consists of:
Bill Goichberg
Greg Shahade
Joel Channing
Robert Tanner
Sadly, Steve Shutt was once a Good Guy but he went bad.
Sam Sloan
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| Jesse Perkins 2005-01-12, 12:46 am |
| When is the voting, and who can vote??
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| Mike Nolan 2005-01-12, 12:46 am |
| "Jesse Perkins" <perkinsfamily@restaurants.com> writes:
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>When is the voting, and who can vote??
Ballots will be in the June issue of Chess Life. USCF membership who
are 16 or older on 6/30/2004 and live in the US can vote.
Please restrict future posts on this subject to rec.games.chess.politics.
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Mike Nolan
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| Bill Smythe 2005-01-12, 12:46 am |
| "Sam Sloan" wrote:
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> The "Bad Guys" slate consists of:
> George John
> Steve Shutt
> Elizabeth Shaughnessy
> Randy Bauer
> The "Good Guys" slate consists of:
> Bill Goichberg
> Greg Shahade
> Joel Channing
> Robert Tanner
Why are you turning on Elizabeth? That's OK, though; it might help her.
I think all eight of those you mention are good guys. That omits only the
one you did not include in either list.
Bill Smythe
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| Frank James 2005-01-12, 9:46 am |
| "Bill Smythe" <> Why are you turning on Elizabeth? That's OK, though; it
might help her.
quote:
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She looks like a fat old dyke. Aren't there enough dykes on the USCF??
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| Sam Sloan 2005-01-12, 9:46 am |
| On 11 Jan 2005 20:47:57 -0800, "Rob" <robmtchl@msn.com> wrote:
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>Sam,
>By what criteria do you assign these people to these two groups?
>Unless you have imperical data to prove your point imperically, it is
>just your opinion. Why is the "platform " of each party?
I know for an absolute fact that there are two slates running in this
campaign. I knew about this line-up more than two weeks ago before any
petitions had been filed.
If you have any doubt that these are the two slates, just wait and
see. They will start writing letters supporting each other.
This is very similar to the 1991 election, when Redman ran a slate
consisting of George John, James Pechac, Bob Holliman and the lady
from South Dakota (I cannot remember her name.) Fortunately, the
Redman slate was wiped out. None of them were elected, and the last
two members of the Redman Gang resigned a few months later.
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>Other than getting elected and holding an office of responsibility, I
>do not see why he would have gone bad.
>I get very disapointed when I see people of such obvious intellect
>involving themselves in childish, immature name calling . It is such a
>waste of talent.
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>I say this with no animonsity. I hope that you won't take it as such.
>You bring many good points to light for discussion. I just think you
>are above all of this.
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>Best Wishes,
>Rob
Steve Shutt has done some very bad things. He introduced the $13
scholastic membership which is ruinously low. Most of the scholastic
members are now joining at the $13 rate. This was Steve Shutt's idea.
He pushed it through. We should be charging the little darlings at
least $19.
Recently, Shutt has provided the extra vote needed to fire 22 long
time staff members in the New Windsor office and move the oganization
to Crossville.
This is an amazing flip-flop because Steve Shutt was the only board
member to vote against the firing of 17 staff members on August 20,
2003.
These are two of the many reasons why I say that Steve Shutt was a
good guy who turned bad.
Sam Sloan
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| Sam Sloan 2005-01-12, 9:46 am |
| On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 23:21:39 -0600, "Bill Smythe"
<chichess@beforeRCNafter.com> wrote:
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>"Sam Sloan" wrote:
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>Why are you turning on Elizabeth? That's OK, though; it might help her.
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>I think all eight of those you mention are good guys. That omits only the
>one you did not include in either list.
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>Bill Smythe
I strongly supported Elizabeth Shaughnessy for election the last time
around. You may recall that I was the first to announce her candidacy
and I stated that she was sure to be elected.
However, since she was elected to the board, she has become the lap
dog of Beatriz Marinello. She just does whatever Beatriz tells her to
do.
I have been made aware that most of the members in Northern California
who supported for election last time are very unhappy with her now.
They will not support her this time around and will probably vote
against her.
I expect her to be defeated, although by a narrow margin.
Sam Sloan
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| Frank James 2005-01-12, 5:47 pm |
| "Sam Sloan" <since she was elected to the board, she has become the lap dog
of Beatriz Marinello. <<
Aren't there rules against that kind of thing?? Two Dykes on one Chess
Board? Seems like something is really really wrong.
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| Sam Sloan 2005-01-12, 5:47 pm |
| On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:12:23 -0500, "Frank James" <James@peaches.com>
wrote:
quote:
>"Sam Sloan" <since she was elected to the board, she has become the lap dog
>of Beatriz Marinello. <<
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>Aren't there rules against that kind of thing?? Two Dykes on one Chess
>Board? Seems like something is really really wrong.
Elizabeth Shaughnessy is married with two children. She takes care of
her invalid husband, who is bedridden. It is very unlikely that she is
a dyke.
Sam Sloan
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| Sam Slone 2005-01-12, 5:47 pm |
| "Sam Sloan" <> Elizabeth Shaughnessy is married with two children. She takes
care of her invalid husband, who is bedridden. It is very unlikely that she
is a dyke.
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She looks like a dyke. If she is so nice, why is she part of the Evil
Empire?
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| Frank James 2005-01-14, 5:47 pm |
| "Bill Smythe" <> Why are you turning on Elizabeth? That's OK, though; it
might help her.
quote:
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She looks like a fat old dyke. Aren't there enough dykes on the USCF??
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| Sam Slone 2005-01-14, 5:47 pm |
| "Sam Sloan" <> Elizabeth Shaughnessy is married with two children. She takes
care of her invalid husband, who is bedridden. It is very unlikely that she
is a dyke.
quote:
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She looks like a dyke. If she is so nice, why is she part of the Evil
Empire?
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