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Date: 14 Jun 2007 05:19:12
From: samsloan
Subject: Dewain Barber: Please Declare Your Intentions
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The following appeared on the Susan Polgar blogspot this morning:
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2007/06/texas-tech-university-sponsors-2007.html
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Texas Tech sponsors the 2007 Denker and Polgar
Mr. Dewain Barber, chairperson of the Denker Committee, received a
complete tour of the magnificent campus of Texas Tech University
today. He was shown a number of places where Texas Tech can host chess
events from 10 - 5,000 or more players! He was thoroughly impressed
with what he saw.
The official sponsorship contract for the 2007 Denker Tournament of HS
Champions and the 2007 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls
will be signed tomorrow, which will include 2 full scholarships to the
2 winners. Texas Tech will also host the Susan Polgar National
Invitational for Girls for the next 5 years! Special thanks to Texas
Tech University for the generous sponsorships and for supporting
chess!
Nothing change for 2007. However, for 2008, the girls and their
families will save more than $50,000 + at least 1 full scholarship and
other goodies.
The Denker has no sponsor in 2008 as of now per the decision of the
USCF EB.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 8:55:00 PM
This has happened because Bill Goichberg wrote that it would be a
"waste of time" to call Susan to find out what her intentions are.
Also, he claimed that I had "misquoted" Polgar when I had provided a
direct link to what she had written.
Dewain Barber has no authority to sign a contract on behalf of the
USCF. Dewain Barber is only a volunteer Committee Chairman and
committee chairmen have no legal authority to bind the USCF.
I think we need to contact Dewain Barber to find out if he really
intends to sign a contract on behalf of the USCF and if he states that
he intends to do so, he should be immediately removed as Committee
Chairman.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 21 Jun 2007 14:11:52
From: Rob
Subject: Re: M.I.Sloan: Please Declare Your Intentions
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On Jun 17, 12:55 pm, EZoto <xeuclid...@yahoo.com > wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:02:33 -0400, "Smegmato"
>
> <smegmato75z...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >"EZoto" <> If it is true then why are you defending him then?
>
> >I don't defend him. I think people should stop attacking him unless someone
> >less incompetent is available to run the USCF. The USCF seems to be run like
> >some kind of boiler-room scam.
>
> There are some good people still in the USCF but unfortunately they
> don't have much say in the way things are run. I don't like the way
> they attack Susan and Paul. They haven't even been elected so how can
> you criticise them? Sam has been elected already and there is plenty
> to criticise. IF Susan and Paul get elected then after one year let
> the criticism begin. But not attack them as if they are elected
> officials. They are not.
>
> EZoto
SAM SLOAN
April Chess Life:
Ever since I took office last August, I have fulfilled or tried to
fulfill every campaign promise I made. I have tried to determine why
the USCF lost two million dollars in past years. I have exposed
payments made by board members to their political allies. I have in
most cases (but not in all cases) stopped wasteful expenditures. Most
importantly, I have opened the doors to the inner sanctum and exposed
political deals and secrets which are not secret anymore.
Tremendous efforts were made to stop me from taking the office to
which I had been elected. Efforts have been made to censure me, to
reprimand me, and to recall me. Big bucks are going to be spent this
year to stop me from being re-elected, and for good reason. It is up
to you, the voters, to decide whether you want to return to the
politics of secrecy, whether you want the door that I have opened to
be slammed shut again.
The delegates, in their wisdom, have voted to give me 100 words to
explain my court case in Virginia. I have eight children. One of them
is Shamema, whom many of you met when I used to bring her to
international chess tournaments. When Shamema was eight years old, she
was kidnapped by persons unrelated to us and taken to Virginia. When I
came to Virginia to try to rescue my kidnapped daughter, I was
immediately arrested, tried and convicted of attempted abduction of my
daughter.
Editor's comment: Sloan has not "exposed payments made by board
members to their political allies," nor have there been any such
payments. I am not aware of any expenditures that he has stopped. As
for exposing "political deals and secrets," he has posted a lot of
misinformation such as charging that "virtually all USCF financial
records have been destroyed" when virtually none were destroyed,
Polgar Chess Club tournaments were "re-rated for political reasons"
when there is not a shred of evidence that any such thing happened,
two Executive Board candidates were allowed to run in 2005 without
paying filing fees when it is clear that they paid these fees, and
many other whoppers.
Regarding Sloan's criminal record, note that the "kidnappers" he
complains about had originally been hired by Sloan to care for his
daughter and continued to do so for two and a half years after his
payments to them ceased. Also, Sloan violated a court order by
removing his daughter from New York in 1982, then did the same with
Virginia in 1986, was jailed for the latter in Virginia in 1990, and
then attempted to abduct his daughter during a supervised visit in
Virginia in 1991. The court order awarding custody to the
"kidnappers" stated in part, "Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roberts have raised
the child in a stable normal middle class lifestyle and the child is
thriving well in school. They have developed a close relationship...
and she views them as her parents. Shamema indicated to the court her
desire to live with Mr. and Mrs. Roberts and that she did not wish to
see Mr. Sloan." Also, "On tember 5, 1991 while Shamema was
visiting Mr. Sloan under the supervision of Mr. Rick Groff of the
Amherst County Department of Social Services, Mr. Sloan tried to leave
with her running to a rental car which he had parked near her home.
In his posession were airplane tickets to Japan and the child's
passport. The child ran from him to Mr. Groff's vehicle and locked
herself in the vehicle. Mr. Sloan was arrested and charged with
abduction in the City of Lynchburg." SEE LINKS BELOW.
May Chess Life:
Ever since I took office last August, I have fulfilled or tried my
best to fulfill every campaign promise I made. I have started an
investigation into how the USCF lost two million dollars. I have
exposed payments made by board members to their political allies. I
have in most cases (but not in all cases) stopped wasteful and
ridiculous expenditures.
Tremendous efforts were made to stop me from taking the office to
which I had been elected. Efforts have been made to censure me, to
reprimand me, to recall me. Big bucks are going to be spent this year
to stop me from being re-elected. It is up to you, the voters, to
decide whether you want to return to the politics of secrecy, whether
you want the door that I have opened to be slammed shut again.
Finances
Prior to the current year, the USCF lost two million dollars since
1999. We keeping being told: "Prosperity is just around the corner".
So far in the first eight months of the current fiscal year, the
USCF has lost a reported $241,682. I believe the true amount is
higher. We are told that we will make it all back in the Super
Nationals in the Spring and will just about break even for the year.
I do not believe it.
I have become the watchdog on the finances. I have consistently voted
against needless expenditures. I have stopped aimless boondoggles.
The Board Vote to Censure Me
When I demonstrated that a board member had rigged his own rating by
submitting fraudulent rating reports involving fictitious players,
causing him to resign, and when I notified the membership that the
USCF had no money and no sponsor to hold the US Championship, the
board voted to censure me the next day for telling the truth. It is up
to the voters to
decide whether they want the Official Secrets of the USCF to remain
secret.
Scholastic Chess
I have a specific plan to bring in one million scholastic members by
2009. My plan is right now being tested in two elementary schools. So
far the results seem promising. If this test program is successful we
plan to expand it nationwide.
One million scholastic members is not unrealistic when you consider
all the millions of kids who play Grand Theft Auto and other video
games which cost more than USCF membership.
US Championship
I am opposed to qualifier tournaments allowing otherwise unqualified
players to get into the US Championship. I am opposed to allowing
players to buy their way into the US Championship.
Do you want your chess federation to continue on its downward spiral?
My detractors and opponents say that I am too extreme. "I would
remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice!" Would
you rather have a board member who looks the other way, or the back-
scratching board members we now have who prefer to overlook the
serious problems the USCF is now facing?
Editor's comment: It is misleading to claim great losses in the
current fiscal year based on an eight month figure, as USCF is a
seasonal business and the first four months (June-t) are the
weakest. Prior to joining the Executive Board, Sloan did file an
Ethics Committee complaint that resulted in the resignation of Robert
Tanner from the board due to rating manipulation that occurred about
14 years before. The board censured Sloan twice, first for falsely
posting that board candidates had been permitted to run without paying
filing fees as well as insulting language and attacking a sponsor, and
the second time for posting a pornographic link and associating it
with a sponsor.
Sloan's "scholastic chess plan" is utter nonsense. USCF is
experimenting with a bulk membership plan in a few school districts,
not a few schools, and Sloan had nothing to do with beginning this
plan.
Regarding Sloan being "opposed to allowing players to buy their way
into the US Championship," that is not what he wrote on March 5, when
the board discussed this issue. He said, "I think we should be very
careful about this. I do not think we should advertise this in Chess
Life." He then mentioned the names of two promising young players and
wrote, "I think these players should be contacted privately and
offered these opportunities, avoiding an ad in Chess Life." Of
course, many would complain that making private deals with players
rather than a public announcement offering standard conditions for all
would be improper.
The Federation is not on a "downward spiral." In the past seven months
(9/1/06 through 3/31/07), USCF has enjoyed the second largest
membership increase of any seven month period in its entire history
(6016 members gained), and the largest gain of adult members (494) of
any seven month period in twelve years. Our total membership of
84,495 is the highest in almost three years.
June Chess Life:
I played in my First USCF Rated Tournament, the North Carolina Open,
in 1956. As a tournament player for more than 50 years, just about
everybody in chess knows me or has heard my name.
The USCF has annual revenues of $3.2 million, down from $6.5 million
at its peak. $3.2 million is enough for us to live very well. Yet, the
USCF has lost money for 9 of the last 11 years. There is no excuse for
this!
Since I was elected to the board, I have been fulfilling a campaign
promise to examine the books and records in detail to find out how and
why we lost this money. I have exposed corruption and improper
payments. One board member was forced to resign because of my
discoveries.
I have opened doors to the inner sanctum, revealing secrets the
insiders did not want revealed. I have received an award for "Shining
Light on the United States Chess Federation 2007".
I have only one vote on the board. I have not been able to stop the
improper payments and the financial hemorrhaging. Optimists on the
board say we will lose ONLY $50,000 this year. I say unless immediate
measures are taken, we will lose AT LEAST $150,000 and possibly
considerably more.
In meetings with the board, I have consistently advocated specific
changes that must be made RIGHT NOW to stop losses by increasing
revenues and reducing expenses. Other board members say it is
POLITICALLY UNACCEPTABLE to make any changes now and this must wait
until after the election.
AFTER THE ELECTION will be too late!!
I am a man of action. Everybody who knows me will tell you I get
things done. Two things we need to do are expand scholastic chess and
elderly chess. As people age, they want to keep their minds active.
Tournament chess would be an ideal way to help them accomplish this.
The baby boomers are a vast pool of potential members.
You will have seen strident attacks by some of my election opponents
and their anonymous Internet trolls. You should ask yourself, "Why do
all these people keep attacking Sam Sloan? Is it because he really is
one of the worst people in the world, or is it because, since he was
elected last year, their gravy train has slowed?"
Most of the other candidates and continuing board members are
insiders, the same people who were there when the USCF lost $2
million. Are you going to keep them there or return them to power? Are
you going to believe they will bring prosperity to the USCF, when
their actual record is one of milking the membership funds for their
own benefit?
I have specific plans and programs which I believe will bring
prosperity back to the USCF. I am available by phone or email to
discuss this any time. Are you going to give the USCF a chance to
prove that it can be done? Are you going to return control of your
federation to the same crusty curmudgeons who lost the $2 million in
the first place?
The delegates have voted to give me 100 words to explain my case in
Virginia. I have eight children. One of them is Shamema, whom many of
you met when I brought her to international chess tournaments. When
Shamema was eight years old, she was kidnapped by persons unrelated to
us and taken to Virginia. When I came to Virginia to try to rescue my
kidnapped daughter, I was arrested, tried and convicted of attempted
abduction of my daughter and failure to appear for trial.
Editor's comment: USCF has lost money 8 of the last 10 years (not 9 of
11), but since the end of May, 2003 we have GAINED well over
$500,000. Sloan has exposed no improper payments. The "Shining Light
Award" is not a USCF award, never existed before, and was provided by
Sloan's most prominent political supporter. I also support reducing
expenses, but it is very unlikely that we will lose $150,000 or more
this year.
Sloan's charges of a "gravy train" and "milking the membership funds"
are unsupported and outrageous. Sloan's reckless charges and the
sexual content of the samsloan.com website have hurt the image of
USCF, and cost us at least one major sponsor during the past year.
Sam Sloan may mean well, and he may really believe that he is exposing
corruption and saving the Federation, but it is a disgrace for USCF to
have on its Executive Board a person who has made so many false
charges and attacked so many people. Please see the links below, and
visit www.uschess.org/forums for more.
Sloan charges, "Virtually all USCF financial records have been
destroyed."
Sloan charges, "Tournament was re-rated for some political reason."
Sloan charges that "insider" candidates did not pay filing fees
Sloan accuses Polgar of computer theft
Sloan recklessly attacks Korenman's credentials
Sloan posts altered emails
Shots at Random: Mike Goodall and Sam Sloan email exchanges with Bill
Goichberg, March 2007
SLOAN'S FELONY CONVICTIONS:
Order of Judge Michael Gamble awarding custody of Shamema to Charles
and Shelby Roberts
Opinion of US Magistrate Judge Marilyn Go regarding Sloan federal
lawsuits
Sloan accuses US Senator John Warner of joining the conspiracy to
kidnap his mother and daughter
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Date: 16 Jun 2007 07:28:58
From: Rob
Subject: M.I.Sloan: Please Declare Your Intentions
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Mohamed Ismail Sloan is not listed as a USCF member
Mohamed Ismail Sloan has never run for USCF office
Mohamed Ismail Sloan has never "legally" participated in ANY USCF
election,tournament or event.
Furthermore, Mohamed Ismail Sloan is not a member of FIDE nor has
Mohamed Ismail Sloan been involved in any legal FIDE event.
I call for the USCF to immediately investigate this matter.
> Sam Sloan
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Date: 16 Jun 2007 13:22:44
From: Smegmato
Subject: Re: M.I.Sloan: Please Declare Your Intentions
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"Rob" < > > Furthermore, Mohamed Ismail Sloan is not a member of FIDE nor has
> Mohamed Ismail Sloan been involved in any legal FIDE event. I call for the
USCF to immediately investigate this matter.
>
Mohammed Ismail Sloan will go Intifada on yo arse if you mess with him. He
is part of the Muslim Sloans and they were all brought up in Iran after Sam
refused to pay child support.
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Date: 17 Jun 2007 01:25:28
From: EZoto
Subject: Re: M.I.Sloan: Please Declare Your Intentions
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On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:22:44 -0400, "Smegmato"
<smegmato75zoid@yahoo.com > wrote:
>"Rob" <> > Furthermore, Mohamed Ismail Sloan is not a member of FIDE nor has
>> Mohamed Ismail Sloan been involved in any legal FIDE event. I call for the
>USCF to immediately investigate this matter.
>>
>
>Mohammed Ismail Sloan will go Intifada on yo arse if you mess with him. He
>is part of the Muslim Sloans and they were all brought up in Iran after Sam
>refused to pay child support.
>
If it is true then why are you defending him then?
EZoto
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Date: 17 Jun 2007 00:02:33
From: Smegmato
Subject: Re: M.I.Sloan: Please Declare Your Intentions
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"EZoto" < > If it is true then why are you defending him then?
>
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I don't defend him. I think people should stop attacking him unless someone
less incompetent is available to run the USCF. The USCF seems to be run like
some kind of boiler-room scam.
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Date: 17 Jun 2007 17:55:17
From: EZoto
Subject: Re: M.I.Sloan: Please Declare Your Intentions
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On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:02:33 -0400, "Smegmato"
<smegmato75zoid@yahoo.com > wrote:
>"EZoto" <> If it is true then why are you defending him then?
>>
>>
>I don't defend him. I think people should stop attacking him unless someone
>less incompetent is available to run the USCF. The USCF seems to be run like
>some kind of boiler-room scam.
>
There are some good people still in the USCF but unfortunately they
don't have much say in the way things are run. I don't like the way
they attack Susan and Paul. They haven't even been elected so how can
you criticise them? Sam has been elected already and there is plenty
to criticise. IF Susan and Paul get elected then after one year let
the criticism begin. But not attack them as if they are elected
officials. They are not.
EZoto
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Date: 15 Jun 2007 06:09:15
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: Dewain Barber: Please Declare Your Intentions
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Very good points.
It is entirely possible that Mr. Barber did not sign anything other
than a receipt acknowledgment.
The real problem is that Paul Truong / Susan Polgar often claim that
documents are "contracts" when they are not really legally enforcible
contracts within the generally accepted meaning of the term.
Here are a few examples:
1. They claim that they have a "legal contract" to run the Polgar
tournament any way they want until 2009. They have yet to produce this
contract and the office has been unable to find any such contract.
2. Susan claims that in October 2002 Frank Niro signed a contract with
her to write a column in Chess Life for the next five years. No such
contract has been produced.
3. They claimed that a contract signed by Frank Niro in 2003 required
the USCF to pay them $50,000 to train the 2004 Woman's Olympiad Team.
The contract that was subsequently found (after I demanded to see it)
does not require the USCF to pay them $50,000.
4. There are still questions about the email contract Bill Hall made
with them in February 2006 to give them 2 1/2 pages of free
advertising in Chess Life in return for which they are going to train
a girls chess team of their own choosing. We have not been able to
figure out what the USCF got out of this contract or why Bill Hall
agreed to this without telling the board.
The list goes on.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 14 Jun 2007 17:38:28
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: Dewain Barber: Please Declare Your Intentions
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[quote="chessoffice"]I spoke to Bill Hall about Barber signing the
contract. He said that he authorized Barber to do so on behalf of
USCF, but only to accept scholarship prizes and not to do any
tournament placement.
Bill Goichberg[/quote]
This seems to have changed since yesterday.
My understanding as of one hour ago was that Bill Hall said that
Barber was authorized to negotiate and bring back a contract for Bill
Hall's signature.
We need to see both the contract that Dewain Barber signed and the
contract that Paul Truong signed supposedly in our behalf.
I also want to know why Bill Hall did not tell the board about this
until after the contracts were signed.
We have had nothing but bad experiences with our executive directors
signing contracts with Truong without notifying the board.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 15 Jun 2007 11:33:57
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: Dewain Barber: Please Declare Your Intentions
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We have had nothing but bad experiences with our executive directors
signing contracts with Truong without notifying the board.
Sam Sloan
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3 things of note
1) i previously challenged board members to their use of the word
'notifying'; which does not mean 'ask permission', so what does it mean?
2) if executive-director contracting problems are actually true, why does
USCF board continue to directly empower it along lines which it considers
problematic? the same issues have arisen with tha past 4 EDs! what the board
can usefully do is adjust the system by which contracts are negotiated,
rather than the usual blaming of the ED for the result. This course of
action would be mature behavior, beyond petty personality politics, and very
resistant to political meddling.
3) this is another -no mention- of benefit to the young players post! [you
have to remember that this is why the conversation is taking place] which
follows Eric Johnson's commentary which chose instead to speak of 'standing'
and made an analogy of the 'war on terror', as his own organisational model
Phil Innes
Vermont
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Date: 15 Jun 2007 07:40:17
From: Smegmato
Subject: Re: Dewain Barber: Please Declare Your Intentions
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"Chess One" <-no mention- of benefit to the young players post! >
Sam Sloan realizes that the ascendance of Susan Polgar will end his days in
the USCF since there is obviously bad blood between them due to the six
months that Sloan spent in Hungary (or whatever shithole she lived in);
mentoring her and sticking his hands down her panties.
So Sloan has gone into a very predictable attack mode where he just attacks
every single thing related to Polgar and continues to erode his credibility
to the point that even his ardent fans will turn against him and he will be
relegated to the obscurity that many believe he deserves.
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Date: 14 Jun 2007 12:59:01
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: Dewain Barber: Please Declare Your Intentions
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Here is another magnificent snapshot which demonstrates the first writer Su
Polgar talking about the substantial incremental benefits to young players,
which are very substantial indeed! And the second writer Sam Sloan who not
only does not mention any benefit to young players at all, he seeks to
remove his own committee man for actually doing something for young
players!!!!
I should say that Dewain Barber is actually carrying out the primary
government function of USCF's mission, which I remind everyone, is to
promote the game, and instead of becoming the sacrificial scapegoat for
USCF's failure to do as well for young players as others have, the gent
deserves a medal!
If the Dewain Barbers of this world were more active at USCF, just think
what confidence would be restored, since the organisation would be seen to
be performing an excellent service to chess, and USCF would gain our
confidence thereby, and with confidence comes money.
Phil Innes
Vermont
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The following appeared on the Susan Polgar blogspot this morning:
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2007/06/texas-tech-university-sponsors-2007.html
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Texas Tech sponsors the 2007 Denker and Polgar
Mr. Dewain Barber, chairperson of the Denker Committee, received a
complete tour of the magnificent campus of Texas Tech University
today. He was shown a number of places where Texas Tech can host chess
events from 10 - 5,000 or more players! He was thoroughly impressed
with what he saw.
The official sponsorship contract for the 2007 Denker Tournament of HS
Champions and the 2007 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls
will be signed tomorrow, which will include 2 full scholarships to the
2 winners. Texas Tech will also host the Susan Polgar National
Invitational for Girls for the next 5 years! Special thanks to Texas
Tech University for the generous sponsorships and for supporting chess!
Nothing change for 2007. However, for 2008, the girls and their
families will save more than $50,000 + at least 1 full scholarship and
other goodies.
The Denker has no sponsor in 2008 as of now per the decision of the
USCF EB.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 8:55:00 PM
This has happened because Bill Goichberg wrote that it would be a
"waste of time" to call Susan to find out what her intentions are.
Also, he claimed that I had "misquoted" Polgar when I had provided a
direct link to what she had written.
Dewain Barber has no authority to sign a contract on behalf of the
USCF. Dewain Barber is only a volunteer Committee Chairman and
committee chairmen have no legal authority to bind the USCF.
I think we need to contact Dewain Barber to find out if he really
intends to sign a contract on behalf of the USCF and if he states that
he intends to do so, he should be immediately removed as Committee
Chairman.
Sam Sloan
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