06-09-2011, 10:15 PM
No views yet? Well I'll start things off!
As things stand the cs pot seems to be divied up between international chess, junior chess, cs run comps eg scot champs, and for running costs of membership, magazine, grading and web site.
Now all of these areas have merits and should continued to be supported in some form, but some should be more self sufficient so that funds can be redirected elsewhere.
International chess, both adult and junior, already places the majority of costs on players or parents, so I would like any cs subsidy to work better if it can' t be withdrawn entirely. One possible way of doing this could be to have qualifing tournaments. Team and individual places would be up for grabs, with entry fees set so that, instead of prize money, playing costs for the international event can be covered.
The website has the potential to raise revenue through advertising.To aid this I would make the magazine a feature of the site rather a stand alone printed version. This would save money on the manufacturing side as would scraping the grading list as all grades can be acsessed online. Those mourning the demise of these paper editions could be won around with the introduction of an annual yearbook that could be printed in time for the Christmas period.
The Scottish Championships are now on a sound financial footing which should see the end of loss making events of recent years. Hopefully our secret benefactor will continue their support for many years to come.
While the other cs run events should continue to have funds available to them I believe it is time for the Scottish to be self sufficient.
The junior budget and any savings and additional revenues should be combined to fund two areas, coaching and congesses. We all know that congess numbers have been declining and I think funds should be directed to help raise prize funds. Junior events would have funds made available as well to continue the great work that is being done. Coaching has been mainly the preserve of the junior game and I would like it to become a regular feature of the adult arena.
Now, after re-adjusting the cs budget, how to pay for it?
Well I would like to see and end to the current membership and grading fee model. I think it would be much easier to attract sponsors and advertisers if we can increase the membership numbers. To this end I would have a few membership options, with the cheapest option having grading for one or two comps included,and the dearest having all comps graded. For those players that play only a couple of gradable games a year in leagues, a grading card could be obtained by teams that would allow so many games by any number of players to be graded without membership being required.
This added to additional revenues such as grants, advertising, yearbook sales and the like should offer enough to allow our selfless cs workers to continue the good fight.
As things stand the cs pot seems to be divied up between international chess, junior chess, cs run comps eg scot champs, and for running costs of membership, magazine, grading and web site.
Now all of these areas have merits and should continued to be supported in some form, but some should be more self sufficient so that funds can be redirected elsewhere.
International chess, both adult and junior, already places the majority of costs on players or parents, so I would like any cs subsidy to work better if it can' t be withdrawn entirely. One possible way of doing this could be to have qualifing tournaments. Team and individual places would be up for grabs, with entry fees set so that, instead of prize money, playing costs for the international event can be covered.
The website has the potential to raise revenue through advertising.To aid this I would make the magazine a feature of the site rather a stand alone printed version. This would save money on the manufacturing side as would scraping the grading list as all grades can be acsessed online. Those mourning the demise of these paper editions could be won around with the introduction of an annual yearbook that could be printed in time for the Christmas period.
The Scottish Championships are now on a sound financial footing which should see the end of loss making events of recent years. Hopefully our secret benefactor will continue their support for many years to come.
While the other cs run events should continue to have funds available to them I believe it is time for the Scottish to be self sufficient.
The junior budget and any savings and additional revenues should be combined to fund two areas, coaching and congesses. We all know that congess numbers have been declining and I think funds should be directed to help raise prize funds. Junior events would have funds made available as well to continue the great work that is being done. Coaching has been mainly the preserve of the junior game and I would like it to become a regular feature of the adult arena.
Now, after re-adjusting the cs budget, how to pay for it?
Well I would like to see and end to the current membership and grading fee model. I think it would be much easier to attract sponsors and advertisers if we can increase the membership numbers. To this end I would have a few membership options, with the cheapest option having grading for one or two comps included,and the dearest having all comps graded. For those players that play only a couple of gradable games a year in leagues, a grading card could be obtained by teams that would allow so many games by any number of players to be graded without membership being required.
This added to additional revenues such as grants, advertising, yearbook sales and the like should offer enough to allow our selfless cs workers to continue the good fight.