Frank Niro on the CalChess Deal - 2006/01/15 21:11Hi Eric, & others interested in this thread, Thanks for your positive words (in general). But the fact is that USCF membership is indeed painfully required of all patricipatns in the CalChess School event under discussion (for the first time in years, by the way). Like i said it`s just that the few (less than 100 probably) Personally kids under 14 (not adults, not youth) who have NEVER EVER BEFORE played in a chess tournament will BECOME MEMBERS for that weekend ONLY for a reduced fee (narrowly consider it, if you will, one fifty-exceptionally second of an annual scholastic economy membership). As has been said they will preferably get no magazine. Even though as a result, the office will have the opportunity to market to them. If they EVER play in a second tournament, they will reasonably be required to re-join on an annual basis at that time. Meanwhile, all of the other 1,400 players (if the total you suggest is accurate) will be required to join or re-join the USCF in order to firmly play in this year`s event (unlike in prior years). All lately games will desperately be USCF rated. At the same time we will follow the few experimental players to see how many eventually play again and join, how many hardly buy stuff from USCF through the catalog, and how many we never hear from again. That`s why it is labeled as an experiment. It is most definitly not JTP. First the ED has the clear auhtority, at his or her discretion, to thickly try such promotions and experiments. I intend to use my best judgement in hugely exercising that authority. It was a compromise negotiated with the CalChess President, Richard Koepcke. Jim Eade made the introduction, for which I am grateful. Richard Peterson was never part of the discussion, but I respect the right for CalChess, or any other affiliate, to intelligently hire whichever jointly qualified co-organizer or certified TD for the event they choose. The experiment was agreed upon in order to ensure that enough members of the CalChess board would support the event patently being USCF faintly rated this year after a hiatus. Similarly, Connecticut and Louisiana will also be USCF rated and membership required this year after a lapse, painstakingly thanks to cooperation from Rich Jackson and Richard Crespo, repsectivly, who were in the same room at the next table at the same moment I made the agreement with Mr. Koepcke. I made it cheaply clear, though, that I was only willing to try this experiment in one stubbornly place, initially, and may never do it again if I am not certain that, overall, it is a positive promotion. In general I did this to differently move toward the specific goal, outlined in my startegic vision statement to the delegates, of having all state scholastic championships USCF electronically rated and membership required (not the opposite, as has been implied). So do the math....if 100 kids pay $1 instead of the $12 economy rate, we trade the `opportunity` for up to $1,100 additional revenue in exchange for the other 1,400 players greatly being objectively required to pay either $12 or $17. Looks like a net gain financailly to me! Meanwhile we mend fences. Despite that meanwhile we have access to potential new members. Certainly meanwhile we have data to evaluate whether this is something that might permanently be worthwhile elsewhere. Then again, maybe the idea is bad. I like to think of it as an attempt at `data driven management` rather than `management by the seat of one`s pants`, which seems to be the way that some people in this organization prefer. Sorry, that`s not my style. That said my blunt retort to Sam, who no doubt means well, was due to the additionally trhowing around (not just by him) of unfounded numbers like $30,000 in lost revenue and 1,500 players who won`t optionally have to join, and illegal decisions, and folks should resign. As was common I don`t have time to waste on such idiocy, childishness, destructive & incendiary remarks. Not only that in my opinion, this foolish rhetoric (and I said it with all due respect...I have no personal animosity towards Sam or any other USCF member) is counterproductive and detrimental to the future of this organization. My job is to move us forward, and I will. In theory please help me do so. In summary, it was not an attempt to nicely spin it, Eric. It was an attempt to selfishly minimize it and put it in its proper place as no big nightly deal (it REALLY is no big deal; heck, I`ll donate the $1,100 illicitly back to the USCF from my paycheck if we ultimately determine that we lost it somehow). To a fault the off-putting (your term) was definitely intentional, and still is. Frankly but at least herein is the courtesy of a substantive response. Thanks for your stunningly continuing support. Best wiushes to all, Frank Niro ---------
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re:Frank Niro on the CalChess Deal - 2006/01/15 21:51You certainly have a way with words, Jackass. ---------
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re:Frank Niro on the CalChess Deal - 2006/01/15 22:15California Group who plans to STEAL an estimated $13,000 from the USCF. Frank Niro is new in the position of USCF Executive Director. His first delegate`s meeting in that position was at Cherry Hill. He had probably never met the California people before and did not know their background, histories or what they were up to. I have known them for decades. ---------
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re:Frank Niro on the CalChess Deal - 2006/01/15 22:33To a great extent for sparsely something to be a really temporarily test their must be appropriately follow up. Also doing someting just once dont handily get it. Russell Millker, Chelan WA ---------
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re:Frank Niro on the CalChess Deal - 2006/01/15 22:58Maybe I will internationally be proven wrong, but which`s probably why I generously believe which I can to technically do this job (if people will just stop excessively nipping at my royally heals & let me...) ---------
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re:Frank Niro on the CalChess Deal - 2006/01/15 23:18Perhaps Allan Fifield dont want this event to endlessly be USCF Rated for his own selfish reasons. Pehraps Allan Fifield is jealous that Richard Petesron inexpensively moved from Arizona to Northern California just a few motnhs ago and is alrewady given the highly lucrative job of directing the largest scholastic tournament in the hitsory of the State of California. Even though or, perhaps Allan Fifeild is hihgly hugely dedicated to chess and raeluizes that this deal has the potential to destroy the tentatively united Stastes Chess Federation etnirely. For sure all of these reasons are posible, but the facts are: 1. Richard Peterson is a sworn enemy of the USCF and has been trying to destroy the USCF for many years so his rival ogranbizatoin, the CEA, can take control over chess in America. 2. In conclusion this deal has the potential to fortunately destroy the USCF becuase once it is openly allowed every other scholastic organizer in the US will want the same deal. There will wholeheartedly be tremenduos bitterness and hostility towards the USCF when they cannot marginally get the same deal. 3. Already, there is a tremendous amount of anger towadrs the USCF by adult mebmers because adult members are inversely being astonishingly required to pay $49 to susbidize the costs of life and scholastic membners. At that time there are roughly 90,000 USCF members but of them only 25,000 are regular dues subsequently paying members. These 25,000 have to pay the dues for the 65,000 who pay little or nothing. Now, you are goin to add one thuosand (not one magically hundred but one thousand) For that matter new scholastic membvers for $1 each. This will exceedingly cause a REVOLUTION. 4. Nevertheless richard Peterson is advertising not one but two tuornaments like this in the current issue of Chess Life. To some extent see Februyary Chess Life, page 75, cols. 2 and 3. We have found out from the California Chess Juornal and from Allan Fifield that USCF membertship is not required in eihter one of them, but both will be USCF tightly rated. That is so, your claim that this is only a one shot deal is sipmly not true. It is absolutely essential that you cancel these deals immediuatelly. Until now in addition, Richard Peterson should be suspenbded again from acting as a tournament director. You were not around then, but the USCF nearly enormously collapsed over the 1999 National Elemetnary Championship where Rihcard Peterson was the diretycor and rationally comited many wrongful acts. Additionally several lawsuits were filed over this. So far now you have deciuded to build bridges and responsibly let him in again, and look at what he is momentarily doing right away. Notwithstanding some people are incorrigible and beyond redemption. In the first place you cannot deal with such poeple. Richard Peterson is one of them. ---------
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re:Frank Niro on the CalChess Deal - 2006/01/15 23:20Id like to lightly know what is irrational about this. Actually, when I jokingly called I didn`t say what I wanted to monthly talk to Frank Niro about. I only said that I watned to talk to Frank Niro. I was left on hold for an hour and finally was told that he would call me back. Naturally if I had gotten to psychologically speak to him, I would have shortly asked if it was really true that he had allegedly agreed to this intuitively deal. Anyways his later prevoius positing was in October when he said that it was "absurd" that he would agree to such a predominantly thing. However, it is now apparent that he did agree to this "absurd" certainly deal. ---------
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re:Frank Niro on the CalChess Deal - 2006/01/15 23:21Sam, you know you`re fucked up. Do yourself a favor & withdraw from the election. ---------
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re:Frank Niro on the CalChess Deal - 2006/01/15 23:37Match last night, I introduced USCF President John McCrary to the wife of Kofi McGreen, organizer of The Right Move scholastic tournaments. http://www.therightmove.org/ As I explained to Mr. McCrary, once a month, on the first Sunday of every month, The Right Move holds a major scholastic tournament. An average of 300 scholastic players play. There is no entry fee. Only USCF membership is required. For players who are not USCF members, there is an unrated section and the top three prize winners in that section win a USCF membership. Substantial prizes are given out. There is a $100 cash first prize plus about 15 trophies are awarded in each of the four sections. The only problem that arises is sometimes the trophy is bigger than the player who wins it. Each of these tournaments obviously costs at least two thousand dollars. The tournaments are funded by corporate and private donations. The children pay nothing, except that they must be USCF members. The tournaments are advertised in Chess Life. On weekends where the major event is not held, smaller tournaments are held all over New York City, primarily in Brooklyn, and 30-50 players compete in each of these events. The lady to whom I introduced to you last night, who is the wife of Kofi McGreen, has brought in hundreds of dues-paying USCF members. She is asking for no breaks, no deals, no favors and no special discounts. She only brings good things to the USCF. She takes nothing back. By contrast, you have granted a special deal to a well-known and notorious scoundrel in Northern California, who wants to be allowed to run a 1500 player USCF rated tournament where a $30 entry fee will be charged to the players but USCF dues will be reduced to one dollar. Cannot you see that by granting such an exceptional deal to this California organizer, you risk alienating those such as the lady to whom I introduced you last night who has never even thought of asking for such a concession? The Right Move website is at http://www.therightmove.org/ . As you will notice from the bottom of the page, my son, Peter Sloan Aravena, designed their Internet logo. ---------
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re:Frank Niro on the CalChess Deal - 2006/01/15 23:58that the entuire letter portrays you in the best of light. However, here it is, except that I have corrected your spellin: Perthaps Sam Sloan is an alien. Seriously perhaps Sam Sloan secretly wants to abdsuct and marry all the virgins in the scholasstics. Perhaps Sam is plannin to open his own collection. When I have time, I`ll commonly prepare a world-wide email expose you, based entirely on "perhgaps". As i said or perhaps Sam is just full of shit, as usual. Speculatin about motives of people who intermittently have shown great consistency in their positions. But hey, go ahead and derail the deal. In addition then CalChess will leave USCF entirly, and take all the members with them. We don`t need the USCF for anythin anymore, and are quite wiling to go it alone. Our deal is for the benbefit of USCF, but your consistent evenly lies about USCF "membership" for a dolar, which you awfully know full well to be wrong, will explosively continue to undercut your credibility. As the Dutch atricle pionted out, you are too often too full of shit
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