07-07-2015, 05:57 PM
Patrick McGovern Wrote:"sigh" this issue of non-members trying to influence CS policy and procedure will only end when we only allow CS members to comment on such policies and procedures. There is an element in scottish chess that seek to make mischief and will not desist until they have their way.
Like Jim the following is how I feel too. :bash:
Pat as a paid up member of CS and close to the corridors of CS power. Would you care to explain to the CS members of this noticeboard
(1) Why the current president of CS wished to reject my membership.
(2) Why I should join such a demonstratively hostile organisation in order to express my views.
(3) Why you apparently think my views carry little weight.
Perhaps if you have the time you would care to answer all the questions posed by me on the thread which have not yet been answered. I suggest that the CS members reading this thread would like to see the answers.
I would also like to point out that the current constitution allows me to join CS on July 13th and vote in person on July 14th. Like it or not this makes me part of the electorate.
Removing the right of non members to post on this threadpost would not only be undemocratic, it would not be in anyone's interest. For one thing it would accelerate the decline in CS membership (ref unanswered question from a CS member). It would hence move us nearer to grading fees for under 14 games. (Ref minutes from junior board meeting in early 2014). Minutes still not published last time I looked even though I was told at the 2014 agm (yes Pat I was a member at the time - even though the chair of that meeting queried my membership status) that they were on the CS website junior page.