CFC Book and Equipment Deal

[Ken Craft]

Has the successful contractor to provide books and equipment on behalf of the CFC been made public yet?

[Larry Bevand]

Re: CFC Book and Equipment Deal

The contract was awarded to FEN (Formation Echecs Nadeau) in Kapuskasing, Ontario. This is a company which belongs to François Nadeau the son of Ellen Nadeau (CFC Junior Coordinator) and Denis Nadeau. To the best of my knowledge, his sales to-date have been mainly to the school board that the Nadeau's work for (both Ellen and Denis are school teachers) as well as the tournaments which the Nadeau's organize in the region.

David Lavin contacted the CMA initially. At the end of the day, our offer on the table was the same as the one we had made to the previous CFC President, Hal Bond. I assume that David then asked around and FEN came forward with an offer which was better than the CMA offer. Did the Nadeau's know what the CMA offer was...before they made their offer...I have no idea.

Since then, I have simply indicated to David that the CMA is still interested in handling the CFC book & equipment sales, should for any reason the deal with FEN falls through in the near or distant future.

The CMA made what I consider to be a fair offer, based on our knowledge of the market. That David wanted more and was capable of getting more...I say more power to him.

The only caveat I have: When the USCF outsourced their book & equipment business a number of years ago, a newcomer to the table outbid everyone else. A year later, he was unable to respect his contract....and the USCF ended up renegotiating for less than what established vendors had offered a year earlier.

Obviously I have pointed this fact out to David.



Larry

[Peter McKillop]

Re: CFC Book and Equipment Deal

Something certainly smells unpleasant about this deal (conflict of interest?; possible unethical behaviour?; lack of transparency with respect to bidding process [was there one?]; has the deal even closed yet?). Clearly this is unfortunate for a number of reasons. Hopefully David Lavin will allow publication of the full particulars to clear the air.

[Kerry Liles]

Re: CFC Book and Equipment Deal

Something certainly smells unpleasant about this deal (conflict of interest?; possible unethical behaviour?; lack of transparency with respect to bidding process [was there one?]; has the deal even closed yet?). Clearly this is unfortunate for a number of reasons. Hopefully David Lavin will allow publication of the full particulars to clear the air.

It was made clear to the Governors that Ellen abstained from the vote the Executive had on the deal (of course!) and that she had nothing whatsoever to do with the arrangements or negotiations... that is all I know/have heard.

[Peter McKillop]

Re: CFC Book and Equipment Deal

Thanks, Kerry, for clarifying that part of the transaction.