Hinckley Visit
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Hinckley Visit
Yours truly will be at Hinckley on Saturday if you want to either thank me, criticise me or suggest anything the forum should or should not be doing.
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Carl Hibbard
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Ben Purton for Moderator?
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I would die happy if I beat Wood Green in the Eastman Cup final - Richmond LL captain.
Hating the Yankees since 2002. Hating the Jets since 2001.
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Carl Hibbard wrote:Yours truly will be at Hinckley on Saturday if you want to either thank me, criticise me or suggest anything the forum should or should not be doing.
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I won't be at Hinckley (I will be at Daventry), but I wanted to add my support here for Carl and the work he does with this forum. Carl, if you ever need more than support (i.e. any actual help with anything), I am sure you only have to ask. It can't have been easy over the past few weeks - hopefully things will settle down somewhat.
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Carl,
There is no doubt that your forum is a great success. One only need to see the traffic it generates and the range of subjects it broaches to appreciate how well it serves Chess enthusiasts.
The light touch that Jack Rudd and yourself apply in moderating posts encourages meaningful debate. Long may it continue.
There is no doubt that your forum is a great success. One only need to see the traffic it generates and the range of subjects it broaches to appreciate how well it serves Chess enthusiasts.
The light touch that Jack Rudd and yourself apply in moderating posts encourages meaningful debate. Long may it continue.
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We had 8,912 unique users during the month of April as reported by the frankly scary Google analytics.
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Carl Hibbard
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That'll be because everyone, just everyone in the active ECF membership wants to know exactly when, and perhaps why, you plan to visit Hinckley Island
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Indeed. Maybe not an entirely helpful thread from Mr H.
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Probably just a courtesy call - after all the craic is legendary.
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See the other place, I will not be commenting further on the matter but I will not be registering their either.Chris Fegan wrote:I can report that a meting took place yesterday at 4NCL between Bob Kane and Chris Fegan from the ECF and Carl Hibbard and Jack Rudd of the EC Forum. This meeting was arranged and chaired by Mike Truran.
A series of propositions were put by the ECF to Carl on a joint way forward but Carl said that he felt all of them were unacceptable to him and he preferred to remain with the current situation. Therefore although the meeting was not unhelpful, it was inconclusive and the ECF will continue to search for ways to improve the workings of the ECF Forum, better to serve the ECF Membership.
The ECF will not be discussing publicly any of the details of what was a confidential meeting.
The ECF would like to thank Mike Truran for arranging and also chairing the meeting and to also thank Carl and Jack for attending.
At the end of the meeting and as a gesture of goodwill the ECF lifted Carl's suspension from the ECF Forum.
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Carl Hibbard
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How was your trip otherwise?
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Fine, the ability to wander around watching the stars was a little limited due to some space constraints and some big screens showing the internet coverage might of helped but otherwise as well organised as you can hope for.David Sedgwick wrote:How was your trip otherwise?
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Something set off the fire alarm. Perhaps it was all the hot air from the meeting with the ECF.David Sedgwick wrote:How was your trip otherwise?
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It rather sounds as if the ECF read out a list of demands.Carl Hibbard wrote: See the other place, I will not be commenting further on the matter but I will not be registering their either.
Any discussion of English chess has to be capable of discussing the ECF and that implies independence from the ECF. A forum whose existence is dictated by a perceived need to protect ECF Directors and Officials from hostile comment cannot provide that independence.
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