Richardson and Spens Cups

[Jim Webster]

Alex McFarlane wrote...
However, when these questions are put directly onto a public forum without consulting any of the appropriate official ....

Andy Howie wrote...
I am quite frankly disgusted that people will just fire unfounded accusations here without having the common decency to speak to the people involved first.

Ruairidh McKay wrote...
and had you approached us with your concerns we could have filled you in as best we could.

Does this mean that we must only be answerable to officialdom without the right to free speech and asking openly questions on the forum.

Simply answering the questions that raise concerns would have circumvented all of this. 

Raising private questions can be seen as overriding the right to ask public questions on the Forum. 

These are questions, in my opinion, that should be permitted to be asked. I personally was not aware that I have to asked first questions in private emails being asked "disgusting" allegations.

I did not make any allegations, unfounded or otherwise, but is simply presented facts and asked questions of the forum.

Ruairidh McKay wrote...
There is surely space for all of us to be doing our own constructive things to support different chess projects.

There is much great work being done on behalf of Chess Scotland and its Directors/officials - Chess Scotland would not exist without the countless hours by them and I greatly appreciated the work being done on our behalf.

It does not however take away the right to ask questions of interest on the forum when awkward questions are presented there.