23-12-2011, 12:47 AM
I think 4NCL would be a fantastic idea and well worth considering. Entering a team in the Southern section rather than the Northern section, would, I believe, be better from the point of view that there may be more potential coaches, from our side of the border, taking part in the Southern section.
Costs would be similar, I think. Which brings us back to money in Scottish Chess and sort of where this thread started.
I have some ideas (some a bit abstract) on how we could address many of the issues concerning funding and awareness of the game. Unfortunately, I haven’t found an instant fix just yet but I’m optimistic that more money can be brought in and events such as the European Senior Team Championships and perhaps a 4NCL junior team or British Championship Squad could be supported without impacting (too much) on the present CS budget, as it stands.
I would actively encourage the posting of any fundraising, marketing, support ideas on the thread I started on the subject. Let your imagination flow and don’t feel there are boundaries or limits to what can be suggested or achieved (within the law of course). Take the example of the women of the Women’s Institute; the calendar girls. How off the wall and mad was that idea? I wonder how much it actually made.
I am certainly not suggesting our senior team do a 2012 version and I can’t see a version featuring the CS executive or CS arbiters selling out. Besides who would do what month. The point is, well you get the point don’t you?
I'm certainly not afraid of giving things a try and enjoy a challenge. If it doesn't work, it's experience and if it does, then it's job done, what's next?
Costs would be similar, I think. Which brings us back to money in Scottish Chess and sort of where this thread started.
I have some ideas (some a bit abstract) on how we could address many of the issues concerning funding and awareness of the game. Unfortunately, I haven’t found an instant fix just yet but I’m optimistic that more money can be brought in and events such as the European Senior Team Championships and perhaps a 4NCL junior team or British Championship Squad could be supported without impacting (too much) on the present CS budget, as it stands.
I would actively encourage the posting of any fundraising, marketing, support ideas on the thread I started on the subject. Let your imagination flow and don’t feel there are boundaries or limits to what can be suggested or achieved (within the law of course). Take the example of the women of the Women’s Institute; the calendar girls. How off the wall and mad was that idea? I wonder how much it actually made.
I am certainly not suggesting our senior team do a 2012 version and I can’t see a version featuring the CS executive or CS arbiters selling out. Besides who would do what month. The point is, well you get the point don’t you?
I'm certainly not afraid of giving things a try and enjoy a challenge. If it doesn't work, it's experience and if it does, then it's job done, what's next?
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