I fail to see the advantage of English chess of making such arguments so personal. Can we not stick to positive campaigning (tell us what you would do) and then it should be self evident how much you can (or cannot benefit) from your policies. Your description Mike Truran as unprofessional is not something a recognise. Indeed i would suggest the way he has brought a degree of decorum to the governance of the English chess federation is very professional. I would be interested to know the view of the chairman of the governamce committee on whether your disclosure of the nature of discussions breaches the implied duty of confidentiality of a board member. Did you take advice on the issue before publishing? I suspect your approach lies near the bottom of Graham's hierarchy of disagreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Grah ... sagreement - Chris any thoughts on how elections should be conducted professionally.Chris Fegan wrote: ↑Fri Aug 20, 2021 1:51 pmI and other Board members have had to put up with tantrums, numerous threats to resign and a litany of other unprofessional interactions with some members of the Board and the latest of these is the subject of a formal Official Code of Conduct Complaint under ECF Regulation 4 and ECF Regulation 5 which has been submitted by a fellow Director.
In respect of the election, members of the ECF may well want to read the excellent blog around the time of the toxic discussion http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.c ... thing.html to remind themselves what English chess used to be like before Mike Truran became chief executive. I would be concerned if returned to the former days of washing dirty linen in public. Chris did you agree with the toxic comment?
Finally, for those of you do not know Mike Truran well you might like to see what he does for chess when the spotlight is not on him. The first few minutes of a video I published at the start of the pandemic might be helpful https://bit.ly/2xU0QsN. Also there is some background about his activities in Witney chess club in our English chess federation club of the year submission in 2013 https://bit.ly/ecf2012coty