From: Kevin Delashmit <KDelash107 <at> AOL <dot> COM>
Date: 23 may 1999
Subject: Re: Shogi-L current subjects

In a message dated 5/22/99 6:10:35 AM Central Daylight Time,
eric.cheymol <at> MAIL <dot> DOTCOM <dot> FR writes:

<< I am astonished that the discussion started by Sam Sloan inspires a such
 huge amount of mails in the shogi list :-) Sam is a genious for beginning
 such a kind of discussion, we already saw it. As Georges Fernandez
 pointed out, this discussion is an internal US Federation problem only. >>

Bravo!!  Bravo!!   Bravo!!   -   Well spoken!!  I too am impressed with Mr.
Sloan's ability to ignore the request to keep these grievences between
himself and the Federation.   Although I am certain that he has reason for
grievence and I sympathize with the aggrevation and disappoint that he
obviously experienced in Chicago and  a certain amount of airing of problems
is legitimate in any forum such as Shogi-L ... enough is enough is enough!!

I am barely a 9k player but enjoy Shogi immensly.  Having to cull through Mr.
Sloan's e-mails (that have been courteously requested by Shogi-L to be
continued in private) is disappointing and tiresome.

I am a Paramedic,  there is an excellent discussion list on the net for
people of our profession.  A very few of that forum decided to flame each
other to the extent that the forum no longer held sufficient proffessionalism
and information to keep my interest... I fervervently hope that this does not
happen here.

Mr Sloan, you certainly have the right to air your thoughts where ever you
please...
would you mind resolving this in private?  This audience has noted your ire
and we hope it is resolved at least to some extent to your satisfaction.
Shogi is bigger than just one problem and I, amongst the many "gaijin"
beginners on this list, are much more in need of encouragement and tutoring
than anything else.

Good luck to the Federation and to you in your quest, sir.....  This will be
my only input to this subject.
  Del