On Apr 14, 5:32 am, samsloan <samhsl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Bill Brock states on the New York Times Gambit Blog, "Mr. Channing had
> a vision, and a sense of the concrete steps USCF needed to take". I
> would like Mr. Brock to tell us what his vision was and what those
> steps were, because I never heard Mr. Channing state those things. In
> his nearly three years on the board, Mr. Channing never made a motion
> that failed to pass. The board repeatedly deferred to his wishes,
> based on his supposed superior business experience and judgment. For
> example, the USCF changed its entire accounting system to the way Mr.
> Channing wanted it done. This all had to be changed back after all the
> accountants stated that this was wrong. Mr. Channing supervised the
> construction of the new USCF headquarters in Crossville, Tennessee,
> which we were subsequently informed we are not allowed to sell. All of
> Mr. Channing's motions involved spending money on some aimless
> boondoggle, flying 20 USCF insiders to Florida being one example. In
> three years on the board, Mr. Channing never made a proposal either to
> reduce expenses or increase revenues, even though the USCF was
> suffering horrific financial losses. Meanwhile, during my one year on
> the board, I made many proposals both to increase revenues and cut
> expenses. Every motion I made for those purposes was voted down,
> because Mr. Channing openly stated that he would vote against anything
> that I was for, thereby nullifying my presence on the board.
>
> The two things that I accomplished that definitely would not have
> happened had I not been on the board were getting all the old Chess
> Life newspapers going back to 1946 scanned and preserved on CD and
> getting the Expulsion of Bobby Fischer that had taken place before I
> got on the board vacated. However, due to the strong opposition of
> Mr. Channing, I was never able to get Bobby Fischer fully reinstated
> as a USCF member, so Mr. Fischer died without being a USCF member.
> Every other proposal I made, such as making and broadcasting videos of
> our national scholastic champion****ps featuring thousands of screaming
> kids, failed because of the knee-jerk opposition of Mr. Channing.
>
> The remarks by Jim Eade, a former USCF Board member, are right on
> point. The insistence of Mr. Channing on buying something called
> "internet insurance" cannot have been the real reason he resigned. The
> real reason was that the board finally stood up to Mr. Channing and
> refused to go along with yet another expenditure of USCF member****p
> dues money that Mr. Channing wanted to make. Mr. Channing realized
> that he would no longer be given carte blanche on anything he wanted
> to do, and so he resigned.
>
> Sam Sloan
Because of the screwed up mess people of your ilk have made of things.
Congrats!
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