Continuation of AGM - motion 1.2

[IMarks]

It is only part of the problem George, the main concern has to be to reverse the trend of falling numbers at tournaments. Remoteness is a serious issue which has to be looked at. Not just remoteness in a geographical sense, but remoteness because of disability. You have to understand the difficulties disabled players face when travelling especially by rail to a tournament. Support at stations is inconsistent to say the least. I can understand people's reluctance to play someone who is not physically present, but if that person cannot be present because of their disability and playing by remote is the only option, then I would say you cannot refuse to play such a player because in that case, you would be refusing to play on the grounds of disability which is contrary to FIDE rules

Steve,

With the greatest respect, you've brought this up before, and, as I indicated (post of Jan. 8th, p.9) at your invitation), there is no breach of FIDE rules. The original motion said:

Motion to create a Working Party to explore the use of live boards and internet to allow players from remote Scottish communities to participate in Chess Scotland congress events.

There is no reference whatsoever to the participation of disabled players, and that is no disrespect to disabled players. (An argument could be made that a disabled player would find it more socially inclusive to actually attend an event, rather than continue to sit in his/her house at a computer screen.) 'Remote communities' clearly indicates geographical location. If you wish to see a w.p. set up to facilitate greater inclusion of disabled players, put a motion forward at the next AGM; please stop trying to lump it in with this one.

It is actually quite interesting to see how the original motion has started to become distorted, following the various posts on the thread.

First, it was as stated - to allow players from remote Scottish communities to participate, then it started to include disabled players, then it was seen as a way to save families money. Whatever our views on the issue, let us hope that the w.p. sticks to its terms of reference, viz. location, nothing more, nothing less.