99% of them don't have any money, so it isn't worth it?Mick Norris wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:49 pmFor obvious historical reasons, I'm really against threatening to sue people involved in chess
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Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.
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Count me as one of those who had assumed underneath the headline argument, this was ultimately a symptom of a wider conflict between two camps within the ECF.Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 1:19 amIt adds credibility to a theory that the delay in appointing a Development Officer was down to internal feuding between ECF Directors as to who was the favoured candidate.
It’s not obvious why Tim Wall becoming a “women’s recruitment officer” should per se prevent Carl working in that area - or why this would be a terminal problem anyway - but of course there must have been a lot bubbling away behind the scenes that hasn’t been made public.
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I understand that entirely. Carl Portman has not named anybody publicly and in repeating his statements I said that he `considers them to be harassment`. They may or may not be - I haven't seen them myself.JustinHorton wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:49 pm
You did understand, on posting, that to accuse someone of harrassment and libel is a serious matter, and potentially a libel in itself? And you did understand that there are implications if you repeat somebody else's libels?
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Hopefully you won't dispute that you have exchanged words with Carl Portman on this forum and that the offensive began as soon as Carl Portman published his `credo`. My wider point is still valid; that incident such as this which are so needlessly damaging to English chess are just `sport` as far as you are concerned.
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I'm going to flag it to you, Andrew. You've publicly associated me with an accusation of harrasment despite also admitting that you haven't even seen the messages concened, and I expect you to withdraw it and accept that you have literally no evidence that I've done anything of the sort.Andrew Zigmond wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:43 pmI understand that entirely. Carl Portman has not named anybody publicly and in repeating his statements I said that he `considers them to be harassment`. They may or may not be - I haven't seen them myself.JustinHorton wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:49 pm
You did understand, on posting, that to accuse someone of harrassment and libel is a serious matter, and potentially a libel in itself? And you did understand that there are implications if you repeat somebody else's libels?
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I'm going to award that a well-deserved 'LOL'Jonathan Bryant wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 7:24 pmHe might as well have handed that to the interview panel rather than his “credo”.
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Andrew shoots from the lip, Justin from the hip. (Both are crackshots.)JustinHorton wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:24 amI'm going to flag it to you, Andrew... SNIPAndrew Zigmond wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:43 pmI understand that entirely... SNIP
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Hm. I'm also doubting how terminal of a problem it would be. Tim has so far asked me for a list of all the female chess players, and has sent me a circular email encouraging me to hold club meetings at times that are accessible to women - leaving it to the imagination what those times might be.Jonathan Bryant wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 10:02 pmCount me as one of those who had assumed underneath the headline argument, this was ultimately a symptom of a wider conflict between two camps within the ECF.Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 1:19 amIt adds credibility to a theory that the delay in appointing a Development Officer was down to internal feuding between ECF Directors as to who was the favoured candidate.
It’s not obvious why Tim Wall becoming a “women’s recruitment officer” should per se prevent Carl working in that area - or why this would be a terminal problem anyway - but of course there must have been a lot bubbling away behind the scenes that hasn’t been made public.
I don't think I buy this scenario where Carl reads Tim's email and thinks "Damn, he's pinched my only idea, now I have nothing to contribute".
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