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Just to let everyone know, I will be hosting a stall at the ECF AGM Workshop on behalf of Andy's Man Club, promoting awareness and support around mental health. Following further discussions with Yury, this could be the beginning of a wider collaboration and partnership opportunity in the future, so...

Just to let you know, the Gold Members Representatives will be meeting on Teams this Sunday. If you have any questions, please let us know. Will the two Gold Member reps who submitted the comfort break proposal be belatedly gathering opinions on it from Gold members? Will they vote against the prop...

I was not particularly supportive of this due to the number of members who were consulted, but what do I know What was the number of members who were consulted? Has BF informed you of this number? did you not read this section on page 1 This was raised by Barbara Farrar. I can confirm that the matt...

Just to let you know, the Gold Members Representatives will be meeting on Teams this Sunday. If you have any questions, please let us know. An email will be sent to members outlining the preferred voting position, along with some additional questions, similar to the process followed last year. Watch...

here is the council papers on the ECF Pages

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/council-papers/

Some might argue that if the proposer of a motion can’t be bothered to consult on it seriously or to draft it seriously they can hardly expect it to be discussed seriously :roll: I was not particularly supportive of this due to the number of members who were consulted, but what do I know? I have my...

ECF AGM Agenda 14 November 2026 C43 12 Motion by Barbara Farrar – Direct Member Representative – Gold [C45.12] Proposed request to the Board That the ECF Board appoint an arbiter with relevant experience to lead a review, with input from organisers, arbiters and interested players, of whether and u...

Agenda for the ECF Annual General Meeting of 14 November 2026 commencing at 12.00 midday To be held at t h e Crowne Plaza hotel Leeds , Wellington Street , LEEDS LS1 4DL ; There will also be video conference access for representatives via Zoom. Details are provided in the covering notice of the meet...

Brian Valentine wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2026 11:00 am

All three sections of the Rhyl congress will be rated and submitted before month end.

thanks and the members will be happy

really nice person and great to talk to

Hi all, Just to let you know that Jenny Mulholland, Julian Morrison, and I have emailed the Head of ECF Ratings regarding this matter. Brian has advised that discussions are currently taking place and asked for a few days to provide an update. I will keep you informed of any response we receive. Man...

I've explained my position on gold members representatives at some length in another thread recently. So obviously I'd rather they did nothing, in line with my view the role should not exist. But on selection generally, we usually have borderline cases for one or two boards in our teams. It require...

I cannot see the relevance of the Cheshire and North Wales County Association to a congress (as opposed to a league). It's a long standing convention that the domicile of a Congress is that of the local county association. As far as I can establish the Rhyl Congress has always been ECF graded or ra...

I find myself agreeing with both Kevin's and Alex's comments.As Kevin points out, one of the purposes of the Gold Members' Representatives is to act as a bridge between members and the ECF. If a significant number of members have concerns about an issue, it makes sense for those concerns to be gathe...

here the list for october and i do think they got it right

https://ratings.fide.com/rankings.phtml?country=ENG