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    Quote Originally Posted by Victor Itkin View Post
    This is not ChessTalk. Trolling is not welcome here.
    Hi Victor,

    Might I gently comment -

    You might be missing a fundamental point here.
    Both this "CFC Forum" and "ChessTalk" are owned by
    private individuals! This "CFC Forum" does not
    belong to the CFC, who have no 'power' over it!

    AFAIK, ChessTalk is now moderated with an iron
    hand in the background by the Dark Knight, who
    keeps his distance and allows 'free discussion' -
    'trolls' by your definition keep away from CT.

    This Forum on the other hand, has become the
    Wild West. If you read the absolutely appalling
    post from one "Mahmud Hussain", I rest my case.

    As far as we are concerned, all 3 Fide rep
    candidates aim to climb Everest - the one who has
    already done his homework, built the route and
    connected with the top, is the one to succeed!

    I hope you are well, and David flying high!

    Stay safe,
    Francis

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    Quote Originally Posted by Francis Rodrigues View Post

    Both this "CFC Forum" and "ChessTalk" are owned by
    private individuals! This "CFC Forum" does not
    belong to the CFC, who have no 'power' over it!

    Francis
    This is certainly news to me Francis, who do you think owns the CFC Forum ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fred McKim View Post
    This is certainly news to me Francis, who do you think owns the CFC Forum ?
    Good question Fred

    Let's start with who owns the domain?

    Step-by-step we'll try to find who controls this Forum

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    Quote Originally Posted by Francis Rodrigues View Post
    Good question Fred

    Let's start with who owns the domain?

    Step-by-step we'll try to find who controls this Forum
    The CFC owns the Domain

    For some reason our name isn't filled in on the Domain certificate
    https://ca.godaddy.com/whois/results...esscanada.info
    but, we do pay the annual bill to CirrusHosting. Bob or Don should look into this.

    Here is an example of chess.ca's certificate
    https://ca.godaddy.com/whois/results...omain=chess.ca

    I feel like you're trying to play a little game with me here, so just get to the point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fred McKim View Post
    The CFC owns the Domain

    For some reason our name isn't filled in on the Domain certificate
    https://ca.godaddy.com/whois/results...esscanada.info
    but, we do pay the annual bill to CirrusHosting. Bob or Don should look into this.

    Here is an example of chess.ca's certificate
    https://ca.godaddy.com/whois/results...omain=chess.ca

    I feel like you're trying to play a little game with me here, so just get to the point.
    Hi Fred,
    I'll be short.
    If the CFC really owns this Forum, why are so
    many from the chess community blocked from
    posting here - and I'm given to understand
    there's nothing your Executive can do about it?

    No reflection on your good self, but with the
    Fide rep election a couple of days away, I know
    there are good folk who'd like to express their
    opinion here - can you approve them to post asap?

    Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Francis Rodrigues View Post
    Hi Fred,
    I'll be short.
    If the CFC really owns this Forum, why are so
    many from the chess community blocked from
    posting here - and I'm given to understand
    there's nothing your Executive can do about it?

    No reflection on your good self, but with the
    Fide rep election a couple of days away, I know
    there are good folk who'd like to express their
    opinion here - can you approve them to post asap?

    Thanks!
    First of all, I will probably move these posts to their own thread as they don't belong in this one.

    Second, there are exactly 0 people waiting for approval to post.

    Third, there are only 6 "banned" users, and all of them were banned due to hacking attempts. And none of them are likely to be anyone you know.

    Finally, I'm not sure who might have given you an understanding about any of this, but you clearly do not have an understanding about it.
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    Something odd happened recently that I noticed. Both Michael Dougherty and David Filipovich were within a few days welcomed as the latest member to this discussion board. Yet in the FIDE rep thread Vlad had to post on their behalf. Not only that, but Michael and David do not show up listed as members to this discussion board in the 'Community' link. Is there some defect with registration procedures somewhere? Also, Bob Gillanders is now posting (and registered) as Bobby Gillanders, which is curious.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin Pacey View Post
    Something odd happened recently that I noticed. Both Michael Dougherty and David Filipovich were within a few days welcomed as the latest member to this discussion board. Yet in the FIDE rep thread Vlad had to post on their behalf. Not only that, but Michael and David do not show up listed as members to this discussion board in the 'Community' link. Is there some defect with registration procedures somewhere? Also, Bob Gillanders is now posting (and registered) as Bobby Gillanders, which is curious.
    There have been anomalies. One of the voting members had their password suddenly stop working. Their display name had also been slightly changed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Christopher Mallon View Post
    First of all, I will probably move these posts to their own thread as they don't belong in this one.

    Second, there are exactly 0 people waiting for approval to post.

    Third, there are only 6 "banned" users, and all of them were banned due to hacking attempts. And none of them are likely to be anyone you know.

    Finally, I'm not sure who might have given you an understanding about any of this, but you clearly do not have an understanding about it.
    Not true. Would you like me to send you a list of some
    of those still waiting to be approved? You could start
    with Henry Lam. I could email you their names, though
    I'm given to understand, this is not acceptable to you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vladimir Drkulec View Post
    There have been anomalies. One of the voting members had their password suddenly stop working. Their display name had also been slightly changed.
    Interesting that such anomalies have not been mentioned to me?

    Quote Originally Posted by Francis Rodrigues View Post
    Not true. Would you like me to send you a list of some
    of those still waiting to be approved? You could start
    with Henry Lam. I could email you their names, though
    I'm given to understand, this is not acceptable to you.
    Sure you could post a list, I'm not sure what you expect that to get you however. There are still 0 people waiting for approval.

    They might be waiting for email confirmation. Or are you suggesting that we should just approve everyone based on display name only and not wait for them to confirm even their email address? Pretty soon we'll have Bobby Fischer trying to get involved, or maybe five different variations on Francis Rodrigues from 5 different cities across Canada?
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