12-08-2014, 11:25 AM
Pat, if complying with the guidelines puts a little extra effort on an organiser so what?
I am fairly sure that tournament organisers can speak to the guidelines themselves, if and when they want to, without assumptions being made about the extra workload the guidelines would entail.
Again, any tournament organiser I know would and does their utmost to accommodate anyone.
If any such situation arises, which, as far as I am aware, it hasn't yet, then the guidelines are there to help both sides reach a solution.
I don't see any onerous, extra or vast difference in what happens now as to what would happen in the future.
The point must be made again, seemingly, that these are just guidelines, not laws, not rules and, as such, the only onus on any organiser in a situation which requires them is to follow as closely to them as is possible.
As regards to the Vineburgh Community centre venue a wheelchair user had entered in one of the first events held there and was accommodated successfully, as far as I was aware, without the minimum 3 metres between tables. While this meant that he could not go around the boards and spectate he was able to play without any special effort on his or any other players part.
Also if clubs play in FIDE graded tournaments then the disabled guidelines are there to help the teams decide where would be suitable to play, it may be that a neutral venue has to be sought but that happens already so no extra work required there.
I don't see a requirement for a register of disabled players either as the guidelines puts the onus on the disabled entrant to inform the organiser well before time of the requirements that he or she has.
And where would you draw the line with a register, I wear glasses and, technically, that makes me disabled so would I have register?
I would hope not, I like to think of everyone who plays this game as chess players, its just that some of us need a little more support than others.
Now I don't think that's too much to ask, especially as it's something we already do, this just formalises a procedure to be gone through to accommodate them.
I am fairly sure that tournament organisers can speak to the guidelines themselves, if and when they want to, without assumptions being made about the extra workload the guidelines would entail.
Again, any tournament organiser I know would and does their utmost to accommodate anyone.
If any such situation arises, which, as far as I am aware, it hasn't yet, then the guidelines are there to help both sides reach a solution.
I don't see any onerous, extra or vast difference in what happens now as to what would happen in the future.
The point must be made again, seemingly, that these are just guidelines, not laws, not rules and, as such, the only onus on any organiser in a situation which requires them is to follow as closely to them as is possible.
As regards to the Vineburgh Community centre venue a wheelchair user had entered in one of the first events held there and was accommodated successfully, as far as I was aware, without the minimum 3 metres between tables. While this meant that he could not go around the boards and spectate he was able to play without any special effort on his or any other players part.
Also if clubs play in FIDE graded tournaments then the disabled guidelines are there to help the teams decide where would be suitable to play, it may be that a neutral venue has to be sought but that happens already so no extra work required there.
I don't see a requirement for a register of disabled players either as the guidelines puts the onus on the disabled entrant to inform the organiser well before time of the requirements that he or she has.
And where would you draw the line with a register, I wear glasses and, technically, that makes me disabled so would I have register?
I would hope not, I like to think of everyone who plays this game as chess players, its just that some of us need a little more support than others.
Now I don't think that's too much to ask, especially as it's something we already do, this just formalises a procedure to be gone through to accommodate them.