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USCF Sued by Board Member; Personnel Budget Cut 20%
By Bill Hall
June 3, 2009
In August of last year, the USCF was sued by current Executive Board
Member Susan Polgar for $25 million (later reduced to $10 million).
This and other suits related to her conduct and the conduct of her
husband and fellow Executive Board Member Paul Truong, have caused the
USCF to incur enormous legal fees over the last 10 months and has made the
budget process for next fiscal year extremely difficult.
As a result, the USCF has had to make some difficult cuts, including a
reduction to personnel costs of 20% for an undetermined period.
Personally, for me, it was a very difficult task to return to the office
and share this with the employees after the last Executive Board meeting.
Naturally, morale in the office was impacted; however, I must communicate
to the membership the pride I felt in watching how the staff ultimately
handled the situation. The staff met and offered solutions for
implementation. Even though this was personally very difficult for each
of them, they rallied together, took ownership of what we faced, and
bought into a plan. I want the membership to know that you have a
dedicated staff in the headquarters that now is making significant
personal sacrifices to continue to provide you with the membership
services that you deserve.
Until further notice and effective immediately, the USCF headquarters will
be operating on a four day work week, with the offices closed on each
Friday. I hope that this is in effect for as brief a period as possible.
Bill Hall
USCF Executive Director |
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Friday, June 12, USCF Legal Defense Fund
Quick
Five Round Swiss G/10 EF$20 All EF money donated to Legal
Defense Fund.....The last time we did this, Oct 2001,
$720
raised for Red Cross
Prizes -
- Wooden Chess Set in drawstring bag (very nice set, used) and
Vinyl Board
- Dvoretsky and Yusupov "Secrets of Opening Preparation" brand new, the
book I won as daily prediction winner at US Championship
- Free entry to the rest of ACC Friday night tournaments run by me in
2009 (Club Quick Champ in July, Blitz Ch in December, plus 3-4 other
Quick/Blitz events, prize worth $100+ in free entries
- Two Roman's Lab CD's
- Mephisto Saitek Competition Pro Clock, unused clock
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