KEEPING YOU INFORMED

The legal battle is heating up. I intended to sue ASPA(Vic), but instead inadvertently sued Marjorie Miller, being the current Secretary. But that is alright. She is the main character in this defamatory affair. Her friends on the committee would be quick to help. It takes only a couple of signatures to dip into the Associations' funds.

While both our colleague Harry Malcolm and myself tried in vain for six years to convince the incompetent committee to seek proper legal advice, they were now quick to hire a firm of solicitors in order to try to fight a lost case and inflate the legal cost.

They now have a last chance to consider coming to terms with reality and raise the white flag at the forthcoming pre-hearing conference on 30/07/2014. Failure would result in progression to a hearing, which means extra cost to the losing party. 

The legal system is a minefield of legal technicalities. I am negotiating it with extreme caution. Will post some good news after 5 weeks.

SEPARATED UNDER THE ONE ROOF

- If you have a nice venue for a three-day tournament, would you be happy?

- yes!

-  If that venue has a large hall for playing and another adjacent smaller room for coffee and refreshments, would you be happier?

- certainly!

- On the third day, would you run an extra minor tournament in that quiet smaller room?

- Maybe.

- Can you imagine how noisy and crowded it would be?

- Dunno.

- But you would give it a try though?

- Yes, I would certainly give it a try. It might create a pleasant carnival atmosphere on the third day of the major function, when players would be too tired to notice.

- If you trialled it four times in four years, and it turned out to be too noisy for the major tournament, would you still run two separate tournaments under the same roof?

- Dunno, I think next year might be one year away. Numbers might go further down anyway. We try to save on hiring halls.

- But you are losing thousands very soon on litigation with one disenchanted member, who claims that he already got you legally by your proverbial testicles.

- What? Who said that?

- There are claims that your committee is incompetent, especially the stagnant permanent members, and is sure to be refurbished for 2015.

- Rubbish! conspiracy theories abound. There is no Hurry for any change.  We are certainly competent beyond our own imagination.