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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
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.
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?
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?
If you are unhappy with anything I have said please flag it to Carl Hibbard
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”.
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
If you are unhappy with anything I have said please flag it... SNIP
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.