Tromso Olympiad 2014

[Alan Tate]

Can't this wait until after the Olympiad?

(I'm in Oslo, no sign of any Syrian terrorists so far).

[amuir]

All this should be discussed at the AGM. I will be there to answer questions and am standing for re-election.

[Derek Howie]

It should be fairly simple. Whose budget has the cash come from and when was it approved by Council?

[robin moore]

Perhaps it's simply because Andy Muir may be coaching a fair number of Scottish juniors at present.

Andy M, how many juniors are you currently coaching that competed at the Commonwealth or have been selected for the Glorney squad?

[David G Congalton]

Good luck to all of the players, in both of our teams.

[andyburnett]

Can't this wait until after the Olympiad?

(I'm in Oslo, no sign of any Syrian terrorists so far).

Since it looks like being another slightly controversial decision rather than a 'simple answer and everyone's happy' kind of thing then of course it can wait Alan

Good luck to both of our teams (and also to Helen Milligan and the NZ squads)

[HelenMilligan]

Thanks Andy!

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[Phil Thomas]

It should be fairly simple. Whose budget has the cash come from and when was it approved by Council?

Which leads onto the obvious set of questions to be discussed at the agm.

Over the last two completed financial years which, if any, directors spent more than they had in their budget?
If any ... who authorised the extra spend?


Worth noting here that Andy Muir is a long standing IM with a history of not charging for coaching.
Lets give him some credit for that.

It also seems likely from Andy Burnett's comment above that Andy Muir will acquire some FIDE generated coaching material as a result of attending the seminar. Be nice to Andy Muir and maybe he'll share that material.

[Jim Webster]

Aren't people being a tad hard an Andy

9. Costs: The costs for travel, board & lodging will be born by the sending federation, club or participant. There will be no participation or FIDE fee (100 euros), as this seminar is sponsored by FIDE in cooperation with the Norges Sjakkforbund. All refreshments and snacks throughout the seminar, as access to Internet and handouts and examination, will be free. A relative book (TRG Syllabus) containing all the lectures will be distributed for free among the registered participants.

This opportunity is there and no travel costs, so why not take it?

In any case paying the 100 euros is not that bad, especially since there would have been no additional travel/subsistence costs to pay.

[Alan Tate]

A somewhat slightly different take than Helen's:

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