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Vlad, as long as long as CYCCs are business projects, we can't expect the organizers to volunteer losing profits or accepting losses.
If there is no formal requirement to waive the fee and provide a...

Apologies accepted.
As for "completely their decision", I don't think we should ignore the realities: about half of our Slovenian delegation were parents who just wouldn't think of letting their...

To start with, it's PorpEr, Mr.Best. Wouldn't it be polite if you checked my name before mentioning it? :-)
As for the gist of our disagreement, the right to represent Canada is given to almost...

Paul, the gist of the motion has nothing to do with looking into the organizers' pockets and binding their hands.
As far as I am concerned, let them be rewarded for their hard work, indeed.
BUT,...

I still fail to understand why the organizers couldn't try to lodge the current champions with local families?
A typical win-win situation as everybody profits in that or other way.

Is this an automatic governorship position?

The former, Lyle.
I had even bolded the part of the quote I was replying to :-)

As a starting point, it might do a good job - yet what I was talking about are particular business plans covering particular projects.
In any case, it merits discussion...

Bob, I still believe that a professional business plan is key to every successful effort to raise funds. Approaching sponsors will remain a futile effort (and I can understand why people would shun...

Don't be too quick to judge, Lyle...

It has been paid by the ACA.

I have passed a test and become a National Arbiter - and alreadt TDed a tournament (AYCC) in that capacity.
This fact is actually registered in my personal card on the FIDE website.
I am confused...

I am not trying to find an answer before the time comes - and I believe a lot can change in more than a year.
As for benefits, there is only one way to find out - and that is, to try.
As for my...

That's why I suggest to wait until the squad for 2014 has been established, and interested applicant for the captain/coach position step forward.
And that's why I suggested that the choice should be...

It seems like we agree on major points, and that's a good opportunity to combine our efforts and work together for the sake of chess in Canada.
Let's summarize what we do agree upon
1) A training...

Nikolay, in my opinion, a coach is needed to improve the team results.
We don't have the resourses to send both a captain and a coach - so logically the captain should be the coach.
As I suggested...

Did I mention FIDE, Chris?
FIDE doesn't care how Canada fares at an Olympiad - so, of course, FIDE is fine with ANY choice of a Captain for Canada (or any other country).
But the CFC does care how...

Do you really believe that's a way to speak to titled players - like they were inexperienced kids? :-)

It's not _another_ job, Nikolay, it's THE job the very position exists for. All the rest can be done by any literate person.
And of course, preparation and team strategy goes well beyond the...

Frankly, Nikolay, I would absolutely love to have this privilege of watching the best players in the world every single day for 2 weeks while having all my expenses paid and not a real duty to...

Aris, would you mind to specify, what you mean by saying "Mr.Plotkin had his hands full"?
Full of _what_?

True, Nikolay - in that case it would be a choice of 3 out 5.
As you yourself said, Ontarians don't know people from the West too well - so they would always prefer someone from the East.
The...

Well said, I think.
We have all seen how the old system failed to work. Let's give a chance to the new one - and come back to the topic in 2014 if necessary.

We definitely may because the athletes' right to know doesn't depend on WHO chooses them.
The principle state that
1) Athletes have a right to know on what criteria their performance will be...

It definitely is.
That said, let's see:

athletes have a right to know on what criteria their performance will be evaluated (placing or points accumulated at specific events, official rankings,...