Now that some of the USCF voting members have received their ballots (most still do not have them), lies, lies and more lies are starting to pop up in the USCF forums and various newsgroups hoping to confuse the voters while trying the hide the troubling state of the USCF.
This is the win at all cost election by the people who are desperately trying to maintain their power and they will do whatever it takes to accomplish this including physical threats to my children and I, legal threats to my husband and I and daily insults and attacks.
None and I mean none of the board members spoke out against this kind of classless tactic. In fact, some even helped fuel the attacks and some even launched these deplorable tactics themselves.
While some of us are busting our behinds to do positive things for chess and the USCF, these people spam the newsgroup with thousands and thousands of posts with derogatory and false information.
The strategy is simple. They believe that if they lie and throw out 1,000 false items, some people will believe in some of these lies and that is what they are hoping for. They know that it is impossible to have enough time in a 24 hour day to respond to all the garbage. This is how the USCF has functioned for years. Instead of doing the right things, they do what is right for them. They use the same tactic for years.
And if people like me who want to be above their tactic and not go back and forth with them, they continue their daily insults and attacks while telling the members that if there is no response, it means that the charges are true. I am sorry to say but my children and students behave better than some of our leaders.
GM Alburt was elected and was not allowed to do much. GM Seirawan, one of the most well known chess ambassador of the US, lost the election. They did the same thing to GM Seirawan. They also attacked, insulted and tried to destroy his reputation.
So what is the bottom line? The bottom line is they are not capable of discussing the accomplishments of their candidates in the past 3-5 years. They are also not capable of discussing real issues such as:
* Shrinking revenues and rising expenses which caused the USCF to lose money in 9 of the last 11 years
* Membership level dipped from the mid 90 thousand to low 80 thousand
* Loss of 3 multi-million dollar sponsorship possibilities in the last 5-6 months due to the USCF politics and incompetence
* Pitiful marketing and promotion of the USCF
* Loss of a $250,000 US Championship and a sponsor which invested more than $1 million in chess
* Lack of support for parents, coaches and the scholastic members
* There is no program or plan to help teach and certify more chess teachers to accommodate countless schools across the country
* Lack of support for Internet, College, Correspondence and professional players, etc.
* Displeasure of the USCF members with the board that they elected a board member with conviction records to keep the current board members “honest”, which directly harm the reputation or what’s left of it of the USCF
* Coming up ideas or plans which can restore the integrity, respectability, professionalism or increase revenues and visibility of this federation
* Creating plans or ideas to promote chess the right way, increase memberships or retaining the current members
* and many more issues…
What they are capable of is throwing out baseless accusations, rumors, innuendos and insults, etc. There is no chance in the world that these people can change their ways. They have no vision, no experience, no understanding and no ability to turn this sinking ship around.
I made my recommendations here and here. You have the power to make this change. The choice is up to you.
We all need to unite to change this federation. Thank you for your support!
I’m quite disgusted with these people in charge. I voted for you and your team. I agree that changes are needed.
Who cares? This is election season. Goichberg and Sloan can lie all they want. So what? So what if Schultz or Channing won’t speak out. Why should they? They want to win the election so why should they help you? If you can’t handle this then quit, drop out, drop dead. We don’t need you anyway. This federation existed before you and it will continue to exist. Take all your kiddies members and go away.
If you don’t like what’s going on then resign your membership and go back to where you came from. Stop whining about the USCF politics. Either you can play against the big boys or withdraw your candidacy.
Susan,
I hope all of this stops after the election, but unfortunately I think (as in the government) the “real politics” (dirty and all) will start after the ballots are counted. Unfortunately, I think this is only the beginning.
This worries me because it will consume too much of your positive energy for making a difference in the Chess World.
🙁 🙁 🙁
Good luck to you and Paul! I think you need all the luck you can get to win this thing and then clean up the mess the USCF has become.
It’s amazing for me to see how a convicted felon like Sam Sloan throwing out garbage and people like Lafferty, Quinn, Payne are embracing it like it’s holly words.
Where did Paul say that he won 11 national championships of Vietnam? He stated before in various places that he won 4 national junior championship of South Vietnam, 5 national championship of South Vietnam, 1 national scholastic team championship in the US and something else which I can’t remember.
But of course Sloan is very honest with facts. Now they’re also challenging the fatcs that Zsuzsa Polgar won 4 women’s world championships. After it was proven that they’re wrong, they said that so what? It’s meaningless anyway because it’s women’s titles.
Nice job guys! It’s nice to have people supporting a lying convicted felon. Way to make the USCF strong!
To anon 12:21pm, but that’s exactly what they want. They want to waste enough of their time so they would eventually give up and go away. They did the same to Alburt and Seirawan. Nothing has changed in 20-30 years.
I am thoroughly revolted and disgusted by these malicious tactics, particularly the personal threats to Susan’s family. Full support to Susan and her team, and I hope they clean house in this election.
Do yourself a favor and drop out and I promise you that all the attacks will stop. Please endorse Joe Lux, Sam Sloan, Stephen Jones and Don Schultz.
As the guy who has been most active in defending Susan and Paul in the USCF Forums, I can second Susan’s statement.
There is nothing that Susan or Paul can say or do that won’t be attacked. One of them could log on and merely say “The world is round” and people would take issue with that statement. Here’s how it would go.
Susan lied. The world is not perfectly round. Modern science has established that it is slightly flatter on the poles and bulges slightly at the equator. So here’s another example of she exagerates.
Happily, the election is coming to an end.
Jack Le Moine
jacklemoine.blogspot.com
y should susan drop out cause u said so shame on u idiots threatim families look at urself wake up every morming would u like ur family to b thresthend go back to where u came frm shame on u r u better then everybody else i dont think so ur afraid n u kno women can du better n u hipicrits dont care shame on u grow up n act responsible
Please don’t let the name calling on the USCF issues forum distract you from all the positive things that you and Paul do for chess in this country. Although there are some reasonable grown ups who post there, there is a handful of whiners with way too much time on their hands who have done nothing to advance chess in this country (and remember that they represent a tiny portion of USCF members). Someone must have an awful lot of time on his hands to be writing to the Vietnamese Embassy (in two languages, no less). I noticed that his preliminary rating has dropped down to 1089. Maybe he should spend more time studying chess and less time bloviating about it.. . Seriously, however, he’s obviously not going away even after you are elected so you need to steel yourself for dealing with him and his ilk. Don’t give him any extra ammunition.
Now look, we don’t want you in charge of the USCF. Don’t you get it? This won’t end until you’re out. I promise you that much. Make it easy on yourself and go away.
Don’t you understand their strategy? If they attack you enough, no one will question about the records and credentials of their candidates.
For your own good, walk away. You’ll never beat Goichberg, Schultz and their attacking machine. That is why guys like Sloan will be around forever. There will always be someone who’ll use him as an attack dog. Now they got Lafferty and others.
Susan I complained about the attacks against you on the uscf forums and they suspended my right to post for a week.
Every time I try to post something more positive they attack me. I said in my opinion, I was tired of the hatred expressed and they suspended me for a week saying I could not say there was hatred expressed. I said that I had clearly stated it as my opinion and I should be allowed to express my opinion.
I say the attacks are false, full of lies and relentless what else can I call them then an expression of hatred. They are certainly not an expression of love. But they banned me for a week.
That place is so very bad. All the reasonable people who try to post are shot down so hard and fast. That allows them to dominate the forums.
Sam Sloan says on the forums that if you think the attacks will end after the election that you are wrong and the attacks will be more and stronger if you are elected. So you better be prepared.
Apparently, you should not complain when you are attacked at 2 am in the morning trying to check into the hotel. Sam says you better get used to it and stop complaining.
Everyone one of us who supports susan must help get all our friends to vote for the team. Susan, Paul, Mikhail, and Randy. Every vote counts.
the uscf kind of reminds me of the world bank. the world bank got a new leader wolfowitz that was trying to clean up the corruption of kickbacks, bribes and no bid contracts. so they found some small violation he did and used that to oust him. the corrupt people always want to keep the status quo and will do anything to keep it that way. if you try and change things they get viscious. lowlifes like sloan and his pack of cockroaches. like public enemy says you gotta fight the powers that be.
Mig Greengard has a perceptive take, at last, on the USCF election at http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/
Worth reading.
Susan writes:
“…they will do whatever it takes to accomplish this including physical threats to my children and I, legal threats to my husband and I and daily insults and attacks.”
Who is Susan’s husband? Did she remarry?
On the other hand, physical threats can be criminal…do you have proof (other than anonymous, off-hand, childish insults in web chat)? Inquiring minds would like to know.
Tip: Amongst many Americans you will be admired as well as recommended if you raise yourself above the childishness quibbling (mud-slinging) part of the election, stick to the issues and specifically why the USCF membership will benefit by electing you.
Currently, I’m leaning toward Randy, Susan, Jim Berry, and number four is up for grabs.
Can this posting be true about Jerry Hanken?
Why I have never known Hanken to ever make one insult to a person.
I can say that truthfully.
He usually makes three or four insults at a time.
J.Williams