The club director left, the associate director Eric Johnson has gone, and our accountant followed soon after. There is a trend here and it is not a healthy one. There is no intention on the part of the team of Cavallo, Goichberg and Schultz to replace these people. They are simply asking others to do more with less. This policy is already backfiring.
Morale is at or near an all time low.
People are discovering that there are better opportunities elsewhere, and the USCF is simply no longer a good employer. It has long been accepted that we need two executives in the office. We ve been operating with only one, and he is only in the office three days a week on average. We went from two directors and near universe coverage to an environment where Mike s absenteeism has really caused problems. We need to hire a number two person.