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**phild707** · 01-15-2008, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by Firegoat7

The great lie from the ACF is that it does not control Chesschat. The "official" policy is one that states Chesschat is a 'private' board, with no ACF involvement. But, the ACF uses Chesschat to provide information. So what!, says the ordinary user! Surely the ACF has the right to place its information where it wants.

Well, the problem is that some people believe that if the ACF was neutral, it ought to conduct its business on numerous boards, not just Chesschat. At the very least it the ACF ought to , as a democratic institution, qualify what its official policy is. Bearing these points in mind, consider this latest official media release from the ACF.

So whats the story? The ACF regards Chesschat as its official carrier of information. Now here is my question. Was there ever a vote at the ACF level that democratically decided that this would be public policy for the ACF?

If not, why not?

cheers Fg7

Yes I noticed that one too. Again ChessChat is the officially annointed "de facto" publicity arm of the ACF.
By the way who were the "Best Regards" actually from in the newsletter?
I couldn't see a claim to authorship anywhere but perhaps I missed something.

Also while we are on the topic of the AustrAiling Chess Federation whatever happened to the much vaunted ACF website upgrade that we were promised last year??

I was there today and semed to be the same old same old web site.
On the links page there the link to the Burnie Club site has been dead for over a year now. I have written to the web master to inform him of this but whether or nor not the webmaster himself is also dead remains to be seen.

I'll let you know when I find out.

01-15-2008, 10:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
phild707 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Burnie International Airport Posts: 298	Originally Posted by Firegoat7 The great lie from the ACF is that it does not control Chesschat. The "official" policy is one that states Chesschat is a 'private' board, with no ACF involvement. But, the ACF uses Chesschat to provide information. So what!, says the ordinary user! Surely the ACF has the right to place its information where it wants. Well, the problem is that some people believe that if the ACF was neutral, it ought to conduct its business on numerous boards, not just Chesschat. At the very least it the ACF ought to , as a democratic institution, qualify what its official policy is. Bearing these points in mind, consider this latest official media release from the ACF. So whats the story? The ACF regards Chesschat as its official carrier of information. Now here is my question. Was there ever a vote at the ACF level that democratically decided that this would be public policy for the ACF? If not, why not? cheers Fg7 Yes I noticed that one too. Again ChessChat is the officially annointed "de facto" publicity arm of the ACF. By the way who were the "Best Regards" actually from in the newsletter? I couldn't see a claim to authorship anywhere but perhaps I missed something. Also while we are on the topic of the AustrAiling Chess Federation whatever happened to the much vaunted ACF website upgrade that we were promised last year?? I was there today and semed to be the same old same old web site. On the links page there the link to the Burnie Club site has been dead for over a year now. I have written to the web master to inform him of this but whether or nor not the webmaster himself is also dead remains to be seen. I'll let you know when I find out. __________________ "It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any." Mae West