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Graham Banks wrote:

Terry McCracken wrote: I think you've said enough Graham, and it doesn't reflect good judgement.

Tough - I'm sick of the crap that's been going on and the members have a right to know not only what's been happening, but how I feel about it.

dj wrote:Larry wrote:

A few are defecting

As there have from CTF - unfortunately not always the right people.

Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:

dj wrote:Larry wrote:

A few are defecting

As there have from CTF - unfortunately not always the right people.

Albert Silver wrote:

Terry McCracken wrote:I didn't bring it up....Graham did!

Think About It!

Actually, he is quite correct to do so. One cannot expect the membership to know these things without being told, and as this is a CCC issue.

I hadn't realized it had reached the point of harassment though, and will discuss suspensions with him.

Albert

Tony Thomas wrote:

Graham Banks wrote:

Terry McCracken wrote: I think you've said enough Graham, and it doesn't reflect good judgement.

Tough - I'm sick of the crap that's been going on and the members have a right to know not only what's been happening, but how I feel about it.

I agree with you Graham, I like your kick ass moderation style.

Tony Thomas wrote:

Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:

dj wrote:Larry wrote:

A few are defecting

As there have from CTF - unfortunately not always the right people.

I wish you could find a pic were three or four guys are trying to beat a single person.

Tony Thomas wrote:

Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:

dj wrote:Larry wrote:

A few are defecting

As there have from CTF - unfortunately not always the right people.

I wish you could find a pic were three or four guys are trying to beat a single person.

Graham Banks wrote:
However, I'm disappointed that Terry brings up the issue of them choosing not to post time and time again, and would certainly hope that he's not in collusion with anybody else in his actions which are nothing else than mud raking.
Perhaps an apology from him will suffice and we'll leave it at that.

Regards, Graham.

Graham Banks wrote: To be honest Albert, I'd made peace with both Harvey and Steve in private, despite agreeing to disagree over some issues.

If they're innocent in all this mischief making, I'll be the first to apologise here in public, as I hold both in high regard.
I'd like nothing more than to have them still feel welcome here.

Graham Banks wrote:

Daniel Mehrmann wrote: Well, for some reasons i believe the CCC is dead, at least for me.

Best,
Daniel

Yes, but I believe your reason is mainly related to the Strelka poll which showed that more than 50% of those who responded were okay with including Strelka in their tournaments.

Terry is referring to my moderation, in particular to the thread below which I removed temporarily at the time to clean it up.
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15295

It led to the following threads as reactions:
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15352
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15417
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15494

But I believe it started further back with a series of threads which culminated in this thread:
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13709

I've restored them so that you can get the picture, but they're now locked.

It has also led to harassment via pms which only stopped recently when I said that if it continued, I would change my mind and stand for re-election if I was nominated in the next moderator elections (something which I'm now considering if only to prove a point).

The disaffected parties are now posting quite happily on the new Hiarcs forum, with more than one stating that they will not post here again until after moderator elections are held.

Sorry to bring all this up, but one can only be attacked and harrassed for so long without saying something.
All I do is try to be part of a team that voluntarily moderates this forum to the best of our ability.
I've made mistakes along the way (as I'm sure all past and present mods have), but I don't feel that I deserve this treatment.

Regards, Graham.