Not Sure Championship Relevance?

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Re: Not Sure Championship Relevance?

Post by Peter Turner » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:34 pm

... and junior game fee!!

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Re: Not Sure Championship Relevance?

Post by Peter D Williams » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:41 pm

Adam Raoof wrote:
Peter Turner wrote:I repeat, "ECF does not currenty have funds to support junior chess". The £5,000 available is a grant from the JR Trust!!
Your point is taken, but the JRT is there for the ECF to ask for funds. Therefore the ECF has funds to support Junior chess - just not the whole amount, but some of the interest on the whole amount in the gift of the trustees.
Agree with Adam JRT is there for ECF to ask for funds.
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Re: Not Sure Championship Relevance?

Post by E Michael White » Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:25 pm

Peter Turner wrote:I repeat, "ECF does not currenty have funds to support junior chess". The £5,000 available is a grant from the JR Trust!!
Do you know whether the JRT is a protective or discretionary trust ?

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Re: Not Sure Championship Relevance?

Post by Peter Turner » Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:34 pm

I think it is a Discretionary Trust.

http://www.charitiesdirect.com/charitie ... 16981.html

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Re: Not Sure Championship Relevance?

Post by Adam Raoof » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:45 pm

Paul Sanders wrote:It would be nice to think that a proportion of junior subs could be guaranteed to the junior budget...
Don't worry, I am also in favour of spending more of the ECF budget on juniors, and protecting income from ideas such as a junior only grading list. However there is something called Council, and you have to carry everyone with you...
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Re: Not Sure Championship Relevance?

Post by E Michael White » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:38 pm

Adam Raoof wrote:Don't worry, I am also in favour of spending more of the ECF budget on juniors, and protecting income from ideas such as a junior only grading list. However there is something called Council, and you have to carry everyone with you...
This approach is misguided. Extra expenditure on juniors should come from the JRT until the ECF and Junior part is organised in a more tax efficient way utilising tax advantages discussed and agreed by MPs in the charity bills.

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Re: Not Sure Championship Relevance?

Post by John Upham » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:17 pm

To get rid of "Council" (seems like an Oxymoron but heh!) would "Council" be required to vote for by some crazy margin?

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Post by Alex Holowczak » Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:18 pm

John Upham wrote:To get rid of "Council" (seems like an Oxymoron but heh!) would "Council" be required to vote for by some crazy margin?
I assume it'd be a change to the Articles (as opposed to Bye Laws), and if it were, then it'd need to have a three-quarters majority.

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Post by Roger de Coverly » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:56 am

I did eventually get a tip off as to what the issue at the London Chess Classic might have been about. Given the general cryptic nature of this thread, I'll just supply a visual clue.

http://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/chess/wp-cont ... hnAdam.jpg

If the reaction is "Oh no, not again", you have my sympathy.

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Re: Not Sure Championship Relevance?

Post by Adam Raoof » Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:38 am

Roger de Coverly wrote:I did eventually get a tip off as to what the issue at the London Chess Classic might have been about. Given the general cryptic nature of this thread, I'll just supply a visual clue.

http://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/chess/wp-cont ... hnAdam.jpg

If the reaction is "Oh no, not again", you have my sympathy.
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Re: Not Sure Championship Relevance?

Post by John Upham » Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:28 am

Adam Raoof wrote: Not Sure Classic Relevance?!
Were not similarly witty notices displayed at the London Chess Classic 2011?

I did not witness them myself but learnt of them subsequently.
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Re: Not Sure Championship Relevance?

Post by Roger de Coverly » Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:38 am

John Upham wrote: Were not similarly witty notices displayed at the London Chess Classic 2011?
That joke is wearing a bit thin now, but I don't see the logic of why the ECF should be involved.

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Re: Not Sure Championship Relevance?

Post by David Sedgwick » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:05 pm

Roger de Coverly wrote:
John Upham wrote: Were not similarly witty notices displayed at the London Chess Classic 2011?
That joke is wearing a bit thin now, but I don't see the logic of why the ECF should be involved.
I believe that one person in particular found them upsetting.

One or two others took exception to them, which led to the ECF involvement.

At the risk of being accused of wanting to shut down the thread, could I make a gentle request for people to move on.

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Re: Not Sure Championship Relevance?

Post by Roger de Coverly » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:34 pm

David Sedgwick wrote:One or two others took exception to them, which led to the ECF involvement.
Personally I would have thought a "complaint" to this forum would have been more effective.

What though is the involvement of the ECF in notices which might be considered by some to be in poor taste and by others humorous?

Whilst the main tournaments at the event would have been graded by the ECF and submitted by the ECF to FIDE, I don't see why that gives the ECF intervention rights except in extreme circumstances. Or was the issue, the conduct of an ECF director or officer?

For what it's worth, which is not a lot as I wouldn't have a say, I would be opposed to the notion of an ECF Ethics committee. This is a case in point, that such a body would become a vehicle for triviality and point scoring. We've got the forum for that :) .

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Re: Not Sure Championship Relevance?

Post by Alex McFarlane » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:49 pm

I had hoped to keep out of this but recent postings make that very difficult.

Michael, you do not do yourself or your case any favours by making the comments that you do about David Sedgwick. He is as entitled to his opinion as you are. Could I suggest that you edit your last post.

I certainly agree that the sign "Some Rounds Start Late - Get Over It" was ill advised. It referred to the Blitz event organised by Adam Raoof and not to the FIDE Open but this was not made clear in the sign and certainly further confused by its position next to the result box for the Open.

When the creator of the sign realised that people were taking offence it was removed and he offered to resign.

The length of time the sign was displayed was unfortunate. Humour at events is always to be welcomed. Sometimes that humour can go wrong. When this is the case then a complaint must be taken seriously. There was one player greatly upset by the sign and others thought that it was not in good taste.

I apologise that I did not insist more forceably that the sign be removed immediately it was pointed out to me. Under normal circumstances I would have been more proactive. I have already explained to Michael the unusual circumstances which made that difficult for me at that event.

With regard to Roger's point about an ethics committee. Such a body should only be used as a last resort. It has existed in Scotland for a number of years and I know of no time that it has been called upon, though obviously Chess Scotland is run in a more open manner than the ECF (Eg one member one vote).

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