19-12-2012, 11:38 AM
amuir Wrote:Adam
You are using emotive words like "totally sick" and "man up".
Why didn't you vote with your heart and not your head at the SNCL AGM then ?
As much as I would have loved to, it had to be a team vote, not my vote as captain. I asked everyone present what their thoughts were, and as a unit we did not have a clear majority one way or the other. Some teams may have collectively felt more strongly one way or another, so best leave it to them. We were happy to go with the majority.
Your analogy with football is true, and although it is hard to say if club voting vs individual voting is better; as long as every club and indeed every member is involved then that is fine. The only problem I have with the club vote is that you don't know if the vote being cast is made on behalf of everyone in the team, a vocal minority, or how many people actually care within that single vote.
Yes, they are emotive words, because it is how I feel personally. I feel passionate about the game in Scotland, so things like this do bother me. Reducing FIDE games/events in Scotland feels like a step backwards. I do get though that you are between a rock and a hard place on this, Andy. It doesn't matter how well you do a job, you can only please some of the people some of the time.
As an interesting thought, why not just scrap the CS gradings all together and FIDE rate everything. Then there will be no issues
