27-03-2014, 09:16 AM
I have been reluctant to post on this as I'm clearly not privy to the facts or half-truths as I see flying around this thread.
Can anyone confirm or deny the preference from the players was to appoint a 'foreign' GM as Captain? someone who has made no contribution to scottish chess. I have to say, when finances are as tight as they are, our scarce resources should be focussed on those who actually make a contribution to scottish chess and not on paying for friends of players on our Olympiad team to go on a jolly paid for by CS! [-x
I appreciate the above may be controversial and will retract it if it is incorrect as I said there is so much incorrect information flying around this thread already and I don't wish to add to it.
Andy M maybe shouldn't have appointed himself as Captain, however, I think Joe makes a reasonable point that top players shouldn't be appointing themselves either! My view is that International chess has been a bit of a closed shop for too long and a bit of transparency and accountability needs thrown on this whole process. I think this needs looked at either by the Constitutional working party as suggested by Jim or CS Council needs to look at the whole process in its entirety.
I think Andy M deserves some credit to counter his “dictatorial” appointment as Captain as he has tried to keep costs down and had to proactively chase the players to book flights. I think this should be considered before the man is condemned. Also, I’m no apologist for Andy M, I tried to bump him at the AGM because of his conduct last year and on that score I also think he has improved.
Can anyone confirm or deny the preference from the players was to appoint a 'foreign' GM as Captain? someone who has made no contribution to scottish chess. I have to say, when finances are as tight as they are, our scarce resources should be focussed on those who actually make a contribution to scottish chess and not on paying for friends of players on our Olympiad team to go on a jolly paid for by CS! [-x
I appreciate the above may be controversial and will retract it if it is incorrect as I said there is so much incorrect information flying around this thread already and I don't wish to add to it.
Andy M maybe shouldn't have appointed himself as Captain, however, I think Joe makes a reasonable point that top players shouldn't be appointing themselves either! My view is that International chess has been a bit of a closed shop for too long and a bit of transparency and accountability needs thrown on this whole process. I think this needs looked at either by the Constitutional working party as suggested by Jim or CS Council needs to look at the whole process in its entirety.
I think Andy M deserves some credit to counter his “dictatorial” appointment as Captain as he has tried to keep costs down and had to proactively chase the players to book flights. I think this should be considered before the man is condemned. Also, I’m no apologist for Andy M, I tried to bump him at the AGM because of his conduct last year and on that score I also think he has improved.
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