08-07-2015, 09:19 PM
When I was younger, very, very much younger (say around 14 or 15), the debate on the finer points of a changing constitution would have held absolutely no interest for me. Nor for that matter would I have ever bothered to attend a boring meeting with all these old (30 +!) folk rabbiting on about stuff I knew nothing about. BUT if someone came up to me and said “They are trying to steal your vote!”, then I would have been up in arms. It would not matter a hoot that I had never used it and had no intention of using it: it’s MY vote!
Now I think it is highly likely that something like that may well be the message being delivered right now. I also think that all the reasoned arguments in the world will not sway those whose voting rights are going to get chopped! And their proxy vote is being gathered, be sure of that.
So, unless adults in Chess Scotland vote in numbers a lot higher than they have ever done, that part of the constitutional reform at least, may take less than 5 minutes to complete at the SGM.
Mike Scotts final paragraph is spot on. More people, more involved. Then, you may see changes.
Now I think it is highly likely that something like that may well be the message being delivered right now. I also think that all the reasoned arguments in the world will not sway those whose voting rights are going to get chopped! And their proxy vote is being gathered, be sure of that.
So, unless adults in Chess Scotland vote in numbers a lot higher than they have ever done, that part of the constitutional reform at least, may take less than 5 minutes to complete at the SGM.
Mike Scotts final paragraph is spot on. More people, more involved. Then, you may see changes.