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**Just2Good** · 07-25-2007, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by Iconoclast

The fact that the ACF has not said this anywhere in regard to the 2008AC bids, shows how secretive it is. Ad hoc blabbering for the Newsletter editor is not good enough .... It is a simple matter of the ACF treating the chess players of this country like mushrooms.

I agree that it does absoluely nothing for transparency. If Sydney gets to host the event, other competing bids might draw the conclusion that the process was a closed shop where their bid wasn't properly considered.

07-25-2007, 10:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
Just2Good Tin Cup Champ 2004 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cairns Posts: 6,233 ICC Handle: Advantage FICS Handle: Advantage	Perceptions of a Closed Shop Originally Posted by Iconoclast The fact that the ACF has not said this anywhere in regard to the 2008AC bids, shows how secretive it is. Ad hoc blabbering for the Newsletter editor is not good enough .... It is a simple matter of the ACF treating the chess players of this country like mushrooms. I agree that it does absoluely nothing for transparency. If Sydney gets to host the event, other competing bids might draw the conclusion that the process was a closed shop where their bid wasn't properly considered.