31-12-2011, 11:34 AM
Gary,
Let me explain the process as I understand it.
The Finance Director (Mac) circulates ALL the Directors and some others (when I was Manager of the Scottish for example) asking them to supply budgets for the forthcoming year.
These are then looked at, compromises made, and fees proposed to cover the expected expenditure.
It is up to a Director to ensure that a budget covers all eventualities (obviously there will be the occasional unexpected item for which a special application may need to be made).
If a Director is not happy about what has happened to his/her proposed budget then the Director must decide to either continue with the reduced figures or to step down. These are the economic facts of life.
If every chess player in Scotland took out CS membership then there would be sufficient income to provide travel for all team events and some individual events as well as for the general promotion of chess in Scotland. For example, 200 extra members could mean that a full time coach could be employed to train up grass roots players. It is also possible that current chess players could find sponsors for these teams. Often a company will get involved because one of its workers is playing. A very simple example of what can happen - A local company gets a mention in the local paper as employing a chess player who won some event and as a result that person is allowed leave to take part in a major event. Such things have happened!
Let me explain the process as I understand it.
The Finance Director (Mac) circulates ALL the Directors and some others (when I was Manager of the Scottish for example) asking them to supply budgets for the forthcoming year.
These are then looked at, compromises made, and fees proposed to cover the expected expenditure.
It is up to a Director to ensure that a budget covers all eventualities (obviously there will be the occasional unexpected item for which a special application may need to be made).
If a Director is not happy about what has happened to his/her proposed budget then the Director must decide to either continue with the reduced figures or to step down. These are the economic facts of life.
If every chess player in Scotland took out CS membership then there would be sufficient income to provide travel for all team events and some individual events as well as for the general promotion of chess in Scotland. For example, 200 extra members could mean that a full time coach could be employed to train up grass roots players. It is also possible that current chess players could find sponsors for these teams. Often a company will get involved because one of its workers is playing. A very simple example of what can happen - A local company gets a mention in the local paper as employing a chess player who won some event and as a result that person is allowed leave to take part in a major event. Such things have happened!