I'm fully expecting a torrent of abuse for this (and the evidence was on the other forum) but during the election campaign you criticised one of the candidates for Director of Home Chess (`the buck stops where`) and posted in support of Phil Ehr. Independence works both ways.David Robertson wrote: The Governance Committee should be purged and cleansed entirely, reconstituted with appropriately independent members under its new Chair. Its independence, thoroughly compromised by past behaviour, must be convincingly re-established. It should never again throw its hand in with a coup organised by a faction on the Board and their allies. Whether the current Board could tolerate such independent integrity will define whether the vested interests of its members can tolerate independent scrutiny.
On a general point it was clear that there were tensions within the previous board which developed into two factions and contested elections. That happens - life would be pretty dull if it didn't. But it's interesting how one side's `legitimate democratic process` is the other side's `coup`.