Banning

[Steel God]

Is this a decision, made in secrecy, by one person?

Ultimately yes one person makes the decision, that would be Brian the Ladder Commander, but the decision he made was after some 150 email exchanges; involving over 6 of the PzC community's most involved and talented people. Such decisions are subject to an appeal process to me as Brian's boss. One of the parties has requested an appeal which is on going, the other party has opted to not request an appeal and has moved on.

I believe that you have made a grave error in judgment in banning someone who has been so very pro-Blitz, ever since I starting Club play with him over 2 years ago.

A members enthusiasm for the Club is not a determining factor in such cases, only the facts that are relevant to the case. If you have new information that could be contributed to this case please email it to Brian and I am sure he would be willing to look at it, but if it's only a character reference, well you can save your effort as we have plenty of those for both parties and it's evident they both have loyal friends and opponents.

It is your loss, and a disservice to the Blitz Club, to have done what you have done. I am disappointed and ashamed that such an unfair, unjust, blind unilateral decision has been madewithout any apparent concern for the consequences for the rest of us.

So now we can't register on the Blitz any games played with one of the finest players, not to mention finest friends, I have ever known. While you hide behind the anonymity of your policy of secrecy, akin to the Spanish Inquisition, I strongly resent any suggestion that Walter Model would ever do anything that would reflect dishonor upon the Blitz Club. He cares for it too much!.

I do what I do at the behest of the owners of this Club. I do the best I can with what I have to work with. I confess that I am but an imperfect tool for such a large task, but I am limited in my judgments by what I know and what is presented to me. If you find yourself abused by the policies and procedures of the Club, or my handling of them, you are free to complain to the owners, and if they find me lacking in any way I shall gladly, without any reservations, and with full apologies to any who require them, vacate this position and the Club immediately. The owners names are Jim Mays and mark Higgins you can contact them through the Chain of Command Section of the Club.

Please review the proven facts, not the biased allegations, and please reconsider your decision.

Once more, for the record, allegations are one thing, hard evidence and data are what the decisions are based on. That data was reviewed by people skilled enough to interpret it, and the decision rendered by Brian based solely on that evidence. Character references were considered only as potential mitigating facts and were not directly related to the verdicts. The verdict was reached after a week of deliberations, and were anything but easy. A request for appeal was submitted by one of the banned members and not the other. That is being worked through.

Paul