For unknown reasons, the ECF website chooses today to highlight an article in the BCM of six months ago. http://www.britishchessmagazine.co.uk/?p=3450Andrew Farthing wrote: If Council supports the idea of the ECF applying for charitable status, International Chess will move to a separate, non-charitable organisation. Responsibility for FIDE rating would stay with the national federation,
This says on charitable status
which is almost the exact opposite of what now may be proposed.BCM article wrote:To minimise the burden on the members, I am working on a radical reorganisation which will see the ECF relinquish its responsibilities for amateur chess, including junior development, to a new charity. International chess and the British Championships would stay within the ECF