Going Public with More Lies to Cover other Lies

RE: [ozscrabble] Lost Basics

Friday, 30 September, 2011 6:07 PM

From:"Trevor Halsall"

To:"Harry Malcolm" ,"Scrabble List"

Hi Harry. Sounds like you're on a bit of a crusade here. Did you read in my last email that the Vic committee did not just rely on one suspected incident of cheating? From memory there were at least five, all from different tournaments. There were also multiple reports of very poor behaviour towards other Scrabblers. In all there were twelve documents submitted to the committee detailing such. We also followed the rules of our constitution assiduously, as well as observing common decency. No-one wants to ban a Scrabble player - we all just want to play Scrabble. Hence we took our job very seriously. And hence I, for one, am not taking your casual utterances lightly! Trevor

RE: [ozscrabble] Lost Basics

Saturday, 1 October, 2011 6:07 AM

From: "Trevor Halsall"

To:"Harry Malcolm" , "Scrabble List"

Oh Harry. He wasn't found guilty of cheating, he was found "guilty of a conduct unbecoming a member" (section 10.1). There were twelve separate documented submissions, not just the one that Mohammed chose to take to the AGM. (And, by the way, in that particular case, it is disputed that there were any others watching at the time.) The 67% threshold that you quote is for appeals made within 48 hours of banning someone - not for the selected one-out-of-twelve-submissions that was taken years later to the recent AGM. And as if I'm going to take into account some accusation that was made against Marj??! I won't be commenting further on this topic on this list. I hope I have done enough to counter the accusations being levelled at the Vic Committee. Here's to some happy future Scrabbling, Trevor PS Some real Scrabble input: I have just spent two days staying in Moustiers, a small town in southern France known as the centre of the technique of FAIENCE (aka FAYENCE).

ozscrabble] Re: Lost Basics - Clarification

Wednesday, 5 October, 2011 12:46 AM

From: "Trevor Halsall"

To:"Scrabble List"

At risk of being thrown off this list (as well as prolonging this topic for everyone), I should quickly correct two things that I misremembered. I wrote: "...the Vic committee did not just rely on one suspected incident of cheating? From memory there were at least five, all from different tournaments." In fact, when I look back, there were two separate incidents that related to Mohammed infracting the rules, not five. One (hiding a tile) had only one witness. The other (claiming oppo went an extra minute over time, to win a game) was not suspected, it was proven; and accepted by Mohammed.
Trevor

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My Comment:

The misunderstanding of adding an extra minute was accepted by me and resolved in a few seconds at the tournament, not at an enquiry. An extra minute would not have won me the game as it finished 374/388. Do you get the same impression reading the lies above?

The threat of Trevor being thrown off the list never existed. It was actually applied only to me by Bob Jackman and his apprentice.