13-03-2014, 02:04 PM
A compulsory membership system would require extensive accurate admin with a set of rules of what is the procedure for when and how you join, an accurate computerised system to display membership status, a structure for billing procedure, collection and reminders, rules on sanctions to apply if a game
processed for a non-member, each game to be dated to know when the 3rd game membership due kicked in.
ECF still have their own office and properly paid part-time staff. Relying on volunteers on a much extended admin task could create disarray if future admin folk are not up to the job.
A little while ago data was provided on adult activity levels - it attracted no comment. <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://chessscotland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=919&p=9849#p9849">viewtopic.php?f=4&t=919&p=9849#p9849</a><!-- l -->
The figure of 1200 active adults last season should be reduced by about 150 visitors. (Do visitors need to be CS members?)
At the end of last season there were 139 adult players with 30 games or more, 111 were members = 80%.
There were 529 adult players with 1-10 games, 81 were members = 15%.
The changed impact of a new compulsory policy would be felt mainly by those for whom the game is a more peripheral hobby. The unit cost per game would be highest for the players who play least.
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The current level of about 540-560 members is about the same as the level of membership 20 years ago -
despite there being almost 1000 fewer adults playing. i.e. the current membership percentage is the best it has ever been, i.e. people are choosing to voluntarily sign up.
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Compulsory membership was mooted 20 years as a policy of then new SCA president Donald Holmes. It failed when some of the larger league paymasters threatened to disaffiliate. The idea was then dropped.
processed for a non-member, each game to be dated to know when the 3rd game membership due kicked in.
ECF still have their own office and properly paid part-time staff. Relying on volunteers on a much extended admin task could create disarray if future admin folk are not up to the job.
A little while ago data was provided on adult activity levels - it attracted no comment. <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://chessscotland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=919&p=9849#p9849">viewtopic.php?f=4&t=919&p=9849#p9849</a><!-- l -->
The figure of 1200 active adults last season should be reduced by about 150 visitors. (Do visitors need to be CS members?)
At the end of last season there were 139 adult players with 30 games or more, 111 were members = 80%.
There were 529 adult players with 1-10 games, 81 were members = 15%.
The changed impact of a new compulsory policy would be felt mainly by those for whom the game is a more peripheral hobby. The unit cost per game would be highest for the players who play least.
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The current level of about 540-560 members is about the same as the level of membership 20 years ago -
despite there being almost 1000 fewer adults playing. i.e. the current membership percentage is the best it has ever been, i.e. people are choosing to voluntarily sign up.
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Compulsory membership was mooted 20 years as a policy of then new SCA president Donald Holmes. It failed when some of the larger league paymasters threatened to disaffiliate. The idea was then dropped.