State of Scottish Chess

[Mike Scott]

CS is a democratic organisation

in theory but not in practice. By this I mean that for something to be democratic in practice you need more than one candidate for each post and you need a significant % of the members to be casting votes on their own behalf. Yes one can vote out someone when there is no other candidate but that it is clearly not a good position to be in.

The first step in activating chess in the wider community is surely for the chess community to activate itself, with more members stepping forward to help out the dedicated long serving few. This would inject new ideas, enthusiasm and energy.