USCF Politics
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2001 Election | Debate 2001, Miscellaneous 2001
1999 Election | 1999 Delegate's Meeting
Four USCF Executive Board positions, 9 candidates. Ballots will be mailed in the June "Chess Life" magazine.
The following candidates are running as a slate:
Steve Shutt, USCF Executive Board Vice-President
Randy Bauer, USCF Executive Board Member-at-Large
Elizabeth Shaughnessy, USCF Executive Board Member-at-Large
George John, Texas Chess Association President
Greg Shahade is running as a declared independent.
The remaining candidates are:
Robert Tanner
Sam Sloan
Bill Goichberg
Joel Channing
Tim Hanke, MA: Website
Beatriz Marinello, NY: Reply to Wayne Praeder
Mikel Petersen, FL
Don Schultz, FL: Website, Campaign Brochure
Sam Sloan, NY: Statement, Answers
Joe Wagner, CA
Non-candidate submissions
Wayne Praeder: Back To Basics, Candidate Questions & Answers
Lawrence S. Cohen, IL Campaign Letter
Arnold Denker, FL
Enrique Rios, TX
Sam Sloan, NY Campaign Letter
Joe Wagner, CA Chess Life Message, Campaign Letter #2
Chess Life Article by Jim Eade
FIDE Time Controls by Jim Eade
71st FIDE Congress (abridged) by Jim Eade
Zone President Report on the 72nd FIDE Congress in Halkidiki, Greece by Jim Eade
Quarterly Financial Report by Frank Niro, USCF Interim Executive Director
USCF FIDE Team Report -- USCF FIDE Advisory Committee
From the Top Down and On Dope Testing by Parr and Evans
Short Open Letter to Frank Niro by Larry Parr
Scholastic Chess is Alive And Well by Steve Shutt
Feb 2002 Executive Board Report by Steve Shutt
Frank Brady: letter 1, letter 2
Frank Camaratta, letter 1, letter 2, letter 3
Bruce Draney: letter 1, letter 2, e-letter 1, e-letter 2
George C. John: Election Website, resume, letter 1, letter 2, postcard
De Knudson: resume, letter 1, letter 2
R. John McCrary: letter 1, letter 2, letter 3
Jim Pechac: letter 1, letter 2, letter 3
Steve Shutt, letter 1, letter 2, letter 3
Jim Eade, endorsements
Don Schultz, endorsements
Myron Lieberman, A Few Observations
Selby Anderson's letter to the Texas Electors
Governance
Minutes 2001 Board of Delegates Meeting
ADM Cost Analysis (pdf)
USCF 2001 Delegates Call (1MB pdf)
2001 Delegates Meeting Advanced Agenda
Mike Nolan's USCF Delegate's Guide to Robert's Rules of Order (2001 version)
Online Chess
Hal Bogner Letter #1, Letter #2, Letter #3, Letter #4
Finances & Other Data
Audited 2001 Financial Report & Auditor's Letter
Membership History Sep98-Dec99, Jan00-Jun01 (from Mike Nolan's Excel files).
USCF Demographics Report (HTML). XML version (from Mike Nolan's Excel file).
May unaudited LMA
April LMA
April Operational Summary and Narrative
2001-2002 Proposed Budget, Narrative, and LMA Paydown.
March Operational Summary and Narrative
Helen Warren's office visit report.
Don Schultz's letter to Lewis Cullman
USCF Internet/Computer Committee
Reports
George John -
Office Upgrade Report,
Delegates Call Report
Myron
Lieberman - USChessLive Report One,
Two, and
Three
Susan Strahan
- USCF Website Review
Finances
Stan Booz -- LMA
as of Dec 31, 2000
Stan Booz -- LMA
as of Sept 30, 2000
OMOV
Links:
All
About the OMOV Movement
Proceedings
of the 1999 USCF Board of Delegates Meeting
Other
Links:
DDDE
Committee Presentation
Position Papers:
Eric
Johnson:
A Discussion of the Potential For Real-Time Net Coverage of OTB Chess Events
Hans
Poschmann, N.California
Here's My Contribution
Rules
Position Papers:
Eric
Johnson:
Paper on why liberal clock substitution for
all 14H claims is not a good solution
Bill
Smythe:
Clock
Substitution -- A Rebuttal
TLA Rate Increase
Myron Lieberman -- Letter
to the USCF Board
Bruce Draney
-- Letter to the USCF Board
USCF Executive Board Candidate Submissions
Tim Redman, letter 1, letter 2, letter 3, letter 4, Letter 5, Survey
Tom Dorsch, letter 1, letter 2, letter 3, letter 4
R. John McCrary, letter 1, letter 2, letter 3, Web site
Bob Holliman, letter 1, letter 2
Helen Warren, letter1, letter 2, letter 3, letter 4
Sam Sloan, letter 1, letter 2, letter 3
Jim Pechac, letter 1, letter 2
Doris Barry, letter 1, letter 2, letter 3, letter 4
Non-Candidate Submissions
Myron Lieberman, The Future of the US Chess
Federation
Bill Goichberg,
letter 1, letter 2
Eric
Schiller, editorial
Jim Eade, letter
1, letter 2
Mike
Spohn, letter
Selby Anderson, letter
Bruce Draney, letter
Woody Harris, letter
Eric Johnson, letter
Dr. Leroy Dubeck & Jim Eade, letter
Gary Prince, letter
George
John, letter
Tom Maser, letter
Other Candidates (no submission received)
Ralph
Bowman
Frank
Camaratta
Tony
Cottell
Larry
Eldridge Withdrawn as of June 28, 1999.
Bob
Smith
Bob
Tanner
April 7, 2005 Added an Election 2005 section.
May 6, 2003 Added a link to Don Schultz's Campaign Brochure
Feb 27, 2003 Created a Debate 2003 section and added the USCF Executive Board candidate's names. Added Wayne Praeder's open letter, Beatriz Marinello's reply, and several links to three of the candidate's Websites.
July 23, 2002 Posted three articles by Jim Eade: Chess Life Article, FIDE Time Controls, and 71st FIDE Congress (abridged)
July 18, 2002 Zone President Report on the 72nd FIDE Congress in Halkidiki, Greece by Jim Eade
July 16, 2002 Posted Scholastic Chess is Alive And Well by Steve Shutt and Joe Wagner's Campaign Letter #2
July 12, 2002 Posted Sam Sloan's campaign letter, and Larry Cohen's campaign letter
May 6, 2002 Created a 2002 Election Section. Added Joe Wagner's "Chess Life" campaign message.
March 5, 2002 Posted the 2001 Cramer Awards Annoucement.
February 6, 2002 Posted a report from the FIDE Advisory Committee. Posted From the Top Down and On Dope Testing by Parr and Evans. Posted Short Open Letter to Frank Niro by Larry Parr. Added a link to Frank Niro's Quarterly Financial Report. Updated the Debate 2002 section accordingly.
January 28, 2001 Posted Steve Shutt's Feb 2002 Executive Board Report
October 24, 2001 Posted a FIDE Advistory Committee Drug Testing Report
September 18, 2001 Added link to the Minutes 2001 Board of Delegates Meeting
August 1, 2001 Added a link to the ADM Cost Analysis report (pdf)
July 30, 2001 Added a link to the USCF 2001 Delegates Call. (1MB pdf)
July 27, 2001 Restored a slightly edited version of Jim Pechac's 3rd Campaign Letter
July 25, 2001 Posted USCF Internet/Computer Committee Reports, George John - Office Upgrade Report, Delegates Call Report, Myron Lieberman - USChessLive Report One, Two, and Three, Susan Strahan - USCF Website Review
July 23, 2001 Posted Audited 2001 Financial Report & Auditor's Letter
July 20, 2001 Posted Mike Nolan's USCF Delegate's Guide to Robert's Rules of Order (2001 version)
July 18, 2001 Posted Mike Nolan's Membership History Sep98-Dec99, Jan00-Jun01.
July 17, 2001 Posted Mike Nolan's USCF Demographics Report (HTML). XML version.
July 15, 2001 Posted Helen Warren's office visit report.
July 12, 2001 Posted Don Schultz's letter to Lewis Cullman
July 6, 2001 Posted Selby Anderson's letter to the Texas Electors.
July 5, 2001 Removed Jim Pechac's 3rd campaign letter at the author's request. Posted June LMA information.
July 4, 2001 Posted Myron Lieberman's A Few Observations. Linked to Bruce Draney's 2nd e-letter.
July 3, 2001 Posted May unaudited LMA report. Posted George John's postcard mailing, Jim Pechac's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Campaign Letters, Frank Camaratta's 2nd Campaign Letter, and Don Schultz's letter.
June 29, 2001 Posted Steve Shutt's 2nd Campaign Letter.
June 28, 2001 Created a non-candidate submission section and posted Jim Eade's letter.
June 25, 2001 Posted De Knudson's 2nd Campaign Letter.
June 23, 2001 Linked to Bruce Draney's e-letter (3rd Campaign Letter)
June 21, 2001 Linked to Frank Brady's 2nd Campaign Letter and posted May unaudited and Narrative Financial Reports.
June 14, 2001 Posted a copy (converted to HTML) of the 2001 Delegates Meeting Advanced Agenda
June 8, 2001 Linked to Steve Shutt's 1st Campaign Letter and Mike Goodall's Letter to the Electors
June 5, 2001 Posted De Knudson's resume and 1st Campaign Letter and George John's 2nd Campaign Letter.
June 4, 2001 Posted Bruce Draney's 2nd Campaign Letter and linked to Frank Camaratta's First Campaign Letter.
May 28, 2001 Posted Mike Nolan's USCF Delegate's Guide to Robert's Rules of Order
May 23, 2001 Created new topic "Online Chess" and posted Hal Bogner's Letter #1, Letter #2, Letter #3, Letter #4.
May 22, 2001 Posted April LMA Report
May 16, 2001 Posted Bill Smythe's Clock Substitution -- A Rebuttal.
May 15. 2001 Posted April Operational Summary and Narrative
May 14, 2001 Added links to Frank Brady and John McCrary's campaign letters.
May 12, 2001 Posted George C. John's, resume, first campaign letter, and Website
May 2, 2001 Posted Sam Sloan's campaign platform
April 19, 2001 Posted 2001-2002 Proposed Budget, Narrative, and LMA Paydown. Posted Bob Holliman's first campaign letter, and Bruce Draney's campaign platform.
April 17, 2001 Created Debate 2001 section, added March financial information.
April 1, 2001 Created Election 2001 section, added De Knudson's resume.
January 31, 2001 Posted Stan Booz -- LMA as of Dec 31, 2000
October 15, 2000 Posted Stan Booz -- LMA as of Sept 30, 2000
October 4, 2000 Posted Bruce Draney -- Letter to the USCF Board regarding the TLA rate increase.
October 3, 2000 Posted Myron Lieberman's -- Letter to the USCF Board regarding the TLA rate increase.
June 18, 2000 Posted Eric Johnson's Paper on why liberal clock substitution for all 14H claims is not a good solution
June 13, 2000 Posted the full DDDE Committee Report (different Web site, too)
June 4, 2000 Added Eric Johnson's article "A Discussion of the Potential For Real-Time Net Coverage of OTB Chess Events" to the Debate 2000 section.. Added Hans Poschmann's contribution.
June 3, 2000 Added the Debate 2000 section.
August 10, 1999 Removed the html version of the Perchac Report and adjusted the hyperlink. The file has been posted to the USCF Web site.
August 2, 1999 Removed the USCF Audited Financials for years ending 1997, 1998, and 1999. The files have been posted to the USCF Web site. I have adjusted this site's hyperlinks accordingly.
July 30, 1999 Posted the USCF Audited Financials for years ending1997, 1998 and 1999. I also posted the Pechac Report.
July 27, 1999 Posted Tim Redman's voting member's survey.
July 26, 1999 Posted Tim Redman's 5th letter.
July 19, 1999 Posted Tom Dorsch's 4th
letter. Post two letters of Doris Barry.
Posted Tom Maser's letter.
July 12, 1999 Posted two letters of Doris Barry.
July 11, 1999 Posted my own letter.
July 10, 1999 Posted Jim Eade and Dr. Leroy Dubeck's letter, posted Gary Prince's letter.
July 9, 1999 Posted Tim Redman's 4th letter
July 8, 1999 Posted Tim Redman's 3rd letter.
Posted Eric Johnson's letter.
July 7, 1999 Posted R. John McCrary's 3rd letter,
Hellen Warren's 4th letter
Posted Woody Harris's letter and
updated Mike Spohn's letter.
July 6, 1999 Posted Bruce Draney's letter.
July 4, 1999 Posted Selby Anderson's letter.
July 2, 1999 Posted Tom Dorsch's 3rd letter and Jim Eade's 2nd letter.
June 30, 1999 Posted Mike Spohn's letter.
June 28, 1999 Posted Jim Eade's letter. Larry Eldridge has withdrawn. Created a 1999 Delegate's meeting section.
