The CCC Post ( Week of July 1 - 7/11 ).

[Bob Armstrong]

The CCC Post ( Week of July 1 - 7/11 ).

Q: Chess clubs provide a fun place for members, where they play casual and tournament chess, kibitz, and meet with their friends. So does it really matter how the club is governed to do this – autocratic or collegially?

A: CCC says it does matter. Club members have to see they not just receiving a “ service “ they paid for, like at a restaurant. Most ( all ? ) clubs are non-profit – the executive are volunteers, and there is no paid club manager. The executive should not be seen as “ club slaves “, to deal with everything. The members are all part “ owners “ of the club, and should do more than just pay a membership. Nor should a President be elected as a “ dictator “ for a year, who decides everything. Executive should be collegial. This would emphasize the nature of the club as a whole as “ collegial “.

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[Garland Best]

The CCC Post ( Week of July 1 - 7/11 ).Club members have to see they not just receiving a “ service “ they paid for, like at a restaurant.

This sounds nice in theory, but fails in reality. My experience is that the majority of players who attend our club are there so they can get a good game of chess, and that's it. They consider their membership fee to be their contribution. A VERY SMALL fraction feel they can tear a strip off the ones who do volunteer to run club events for poor service, without even considering that those people are doing their best to make the club work. Fortunately there is that 10-20% of the club who run tournaments, update websites and help put out and retrieve equipment that makes any club run.

For some doing the extra work is rewarding. For others it's not, and they are simply not interested. To expect anything else would be ignoring human nature.