MACA Support for Stuart Finney

The board of directors of the Massachusetts Chess Association voted unanimously to contribute up to $1,000 from MACA’s Living Memorial Chess Fund to be used to defray Stuart’s travel expenses to Turkey this November.

An initial motion made by George Mirijanian to provide a $100 gift to Stuart was increased to $1,000 on my friendly amendment to George’s motion .

Stuart is a great kid and well deserving of the financial help although I’m not quite sure how this is a USCF issue, unless you are replacing $1,000 of the money USCF will spend on the event.

However, for those who are interested further, here is a recent article in the Providence Journal about Stuart - projo.com/news/content/BARRI … ae726.html

Well, let’s see. If the USCF had not been forced to spend more than $1/2 Million on frivolous legal actions by Susan Polgar, the USCF would have much more money available to help kids like Stuart. :slight_smile:

Aside from the formal relationship between MACA and USCF, anything that advances chess in the US should be considered a USCF issue, shouldn’t it?

This is something positive. I for one would welcome a few dozen “local interest” threads. We don’t have to read them all, and we might discover some new ways to cooperate and share resources.

I agree, and congratulate Brian on his work at fundraising for Chess purposes. Good job

I also agree “local interest” might be a good forum. We can always learn better ways things are being done.

A very positive thread!

Except for the unneeded Polgar jab.

Would “local interest” have a large overlap with “Chess Clubs”?