17-12-2013, 06:24 PM
I'll venture into this thread with a few observations/thoughts.
1. Don't underestimate the impact on this forum. There may be a relative small number of regular contributors, but in my experience postings diffuse more widely within the chess community than you would expect. As a corollary of this I think Directors should be encouraged to post.
2. E-mailing is a very good way of contacting Directors, you can be concise and thoughtful. The vast majority of the time there is no reason why a Director shouldn't respond in timely fashion (see below for clarification), four days is plenty as a guideline.
3. It is impossible to respond to some E-mails because of legal issues. There is no point sending an E-mail if it is impossible for the respondent to respond, think about what you actually want in reply before sending (controversial) E-mails.
4. 2014 is a very important year for Chess Scotland with the Commonwealth Championships and the Glorney, personally I would have thought those events need to take priority over Constitutional Reform. That said the AGM approved the setting up of a Committee on Constitutional Reform, there is really no reason not to get on with that and the prevarication is annoying people.
Matt
1. Don't underestimate the impact on this forum. There may be a relative small number of regular contributors, but in my experience postings diffuse more widely within the chess community than you would expect. As a corollary of this I think Directors should be encouraged to post.
2. E-mailing is a very good way of contacting Directors, you can be concise and thoughtful. The vast majority of the time there is no reason why a Director shouldn't respond in timely fashion (see below for clarification), four days is plenty as a guideline.
3. It is impossible to respond to some E-mails because of legal issues. There is no point sending an E-mail if it is impossible for the respondent to respond, think about what you actually want in reply before sending (controversial) E-mails.
4. 2014 is a very important year for Chess Scotland with the Commonwealth Championships and the Glorney, personally I would have thought those events need to take priority over Constitutional Reform. That said the AGM approved the setting up of a Committee on Constitutional Reform, there is really no reason not to get on with that and the prevarication is annoying people.
Matt