05-04-2022, 06:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-04-2022, 06:42 PM by Willie Rutherford.)
Fair points Douglas and Walter.
I think something along the lines you propose in your post Douglas is much better than the "Proposal 1 option" (apparently to be adopted whether Proposal 1 is approved or not) of giving lifelong eligibility to folks who pass through Scotland for a year or 2.
I still don't see the checking as a huge burden if we are only going to do it to check eligibility to be selected or to be Scottish Champion.
Give SCO FIDE flag to anybody who plays their first FIDE tournament in Scotland, unless they object, and let them keep it until they don't want it (or, exceptionally, until they do something unseemly which we don't want to be associated with). I think I read above that's what the ECF do with ENG, and probably loads of other federations do similar. Simples.
But Walter's point that we should have options with pros and cons presented to vote on is key.
I think something along the lines you propose in your post Douglas is much better than the "Proposal 1 option" (apparently to be adopted whether Proposal 1 is approved or not) of giving lifelong eligibility to folks who pass through Scotland for a year or 2.
I still don't see the checking as a huge burden if we are only going to do it to check eligibility to be selected or to be Scottish Champion.
Give SCO FIDE flag to anybody who plays their first FIDE tournament in Scotland, unless they object, and let them keep it until they don't want it (or, exceptionally, until they do something unseemly which we don't want to be associated with). I think I read above that's what the ECF do with ENG, and probably loads of other federations do similar. Simples.
But Walter's point that we should have options with pros and cons presented to vote on is key.