Council meeting

[Derek Howie]

Derek,

Your second paragraph sounds a little like what you suggested in you first sentence.

Absolutely. However I couldn't find the smiley link to add a cheesy grin to it show I wasn't being completely serious. Has this been removed?

Fundamentally, I believe this is a debate that CS needs to have along with the debate around compulsory membership.

Two totally different things and the fact that the HJD is talking about compusory membership is frightening. If this is something that you believe should be discussed then you should have detailed that prior to your election. It is something that I could never vote for. However that should not derail the subject of fees and should be deferred to a later date.

You asked for my view:
Am I in favour of all scottish junior organisations being affiliated to CS? Yes, definitely, I would hope that all junior organisations see it is a mutually beneficial arrangement. Part of my efforts this year has been talking to all junior organisations to try and get them on-board. For instance, I have spoken to NEJCA and they reserve their position until more details are available on this proposal and the matter has been discussed at the Home Junior Board.

Again, irrelevant to the subject of grading fees. I'd need to understand the benefits of affiliation before commenting further but do have some reservations but will not get into those at this point, and best to leave to a separate thread.

Am I in favour of junior games being charged for grading? Yes, I am of the view there should be a nominal amount per player per game charged. As the grading system is a service provided by CS, I think this view is fairly universal amongst players and organisers in Scotland but I could be wrong.

As I also mentioned yesterday I share a lot of the views on here. I share your fear wrt to schools chess and spoke to a coach who goes into a primary school and teaches on this subject last night. My view is that if the regional league/association is affiliated then schools within that catchment area should be covered by the affiliation of the regional body. My view is that the council proposal should be passed to the Home Junior Board for further consideration however the others on council may not agree with me.

Thanks. This is why I was looking for your views. Some interesting ideas. My initial thoughts are that I don't have a problem in principle with a nominal amount for tournaments organised by chess organisations, but I don't regard 25p as nominal.

The problem with your suggestion on the regional league being affiliated is that what happens if it isn't? It would be best to omit schools chess and similar where incurring any cost may be problematic and prohibitive.

I agree that Council should certainly get input from those who regularly run junior chess events, (including the main junior organisations, school chess events and more ad-hoc, one-off events) as they would know the issues far better than many who will attend Council.