17-08-2013, 11:25 AM
Agree entirely with Matthew. What we need is keen, committed directors with good ideas about how to promote chess, and volunteers who are willing to give up their time to help them do this. I hope we have both of these. Someone with conflict resolution as their primary remit... I mean, we're organising chess tournaments here, not trying to keep the Northern Irish peace process on the rails. This shouldn't be difficult.
I think it's a good idea to have a Standards Committee, or at least to have some kind of avenue independent of the CS council for complaints to be raised, but using it should be seen as a last resort. I worry that increasing the amount of measures aimed at dealing with conflict could further normalise conflict, which we don't want.
I think it's a good idea to have a Standards Committee, or at least to have some kind of avenue independent of the CS council for complaints to be raised, but using it should be seen as a last resort. I worry that increasing the amount of measures aimed at dealing with conflict could further normalise conflict, which we don't want.