| Sam Sloan 2005-08-18, 8:32 pm |
| --- In fide-chess@yahoogroups.com, PTamburro@a... wrote:
quote:
> Sam,
>
> To accuse anyone of election fraud when you were there watching and being
> informed when you walked in as to what we were doing and being able to ask
> questions is why people don't find you credible. As I explained in my email to
> you there were 269 ballots where the uscf member had to fill in his info where
> the printer did not put his name, address, etc. I gave you the vote totals as
> well. If the delegates decide not to count them, that's their prerogative. I
> gave my reasons why I decided to count them in my report to them. . It was my
> decision based on input from other people there, which did differ, in
> varying degrees. I am, however, offended my your insinuation.
>
> Pete Tamburro
There are several interesting things about this outburst. First, I
never accused Pete Tamburro or anybody else of Election Fraud.
Next, at the USCF Delegates meeting in Phoenix, Mike Nolan proposed
that a committee of four be elected to supervise next year's election.
I nominated Pete Tamburro and Ken Thomas to serve on this committee of
four. Mike Nolan and his group became very flustered by my nomination
because they had already selected the four they wanted to serve on the
committee. It so happened that the four they wanted were all people
known to be opposed to me.
After a lengthy debate, Mike Nolan and his crew insisted that there be
an up or down vote on his Gang of Four. In other words, the delegates
would not get to vote for Pete Tamburro and Ken Thomas but would only
be allowed to vote for or against the four on his list.
After first agreeing to my proposal of a simple vote among six
candidates with the top four being elected, Beatriz switched and ruled
in favor of Mike Nolan's up or down vote on his four, which prevailed.
Thus, it seems that Mike Nolan and his gang were not happy with the
way this 2005 election was counted and wants a different and anti-Sam
Sloan Group to count the ballots in next years election.
Sam Sloan
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