Please vote in the poll above. A subsequent post will recap the proposed amendments and the original motion. Please note that this vote is multiple choice. Select all choices that apply to you.
support amendment 1.
support amendment 2.
support neither amendment.
support Motion 2013-C, if amendment 1 passes.
support Motion 2013-C, if amendment 2 passes.
support Motion 2013-C, if neither amendment passes.
do not support Motion 2013-C, if amendment 1 passes.
do not support Motion 2013-C, if amendment 2 passes.
do not support Motion 2013-C, if neither amendment passes.
abstain.
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To amend the CFC Handbook’s Section 21 from subsections 2106 to 2110, so as to be entirely replaced with the following:
Rationale for motion:2106. CFC MEMBERSHIP SALES AFFILIATE PROGRAM
2107. Description
CFC Membership Sales Affiliation (not to be confused with Provincial Affiliation, where a certain organization in each province is recognized by the CFC as the representative group of chess in that province) is a program to give incentive to local chess organizations and individuals to increase the number of full CFC memberships they collect.
2108. Benefit
For $25 a year (plus HST/GST), a CFC membership sales affiliate receives a 15% rebate on all CFC (not provincial) dues for all full (i.e. not Tournament or Life) CFC membership fees collected which are submitted to the CFC office within 7 days of their collection by the CFC membership sales affiliate.
2109. Method of CFC Membership Sales Affiliation
Any chess organization (or individual) may become a CFC membership sales affiliate with the CFC for a fee of $25 per year (plus HST/GST). Send this fee to: CFC, 356 Ontario Street, Suite 373, Stratford ON, N5A 7X6
(Note: unlike the to-be-replaced old section 21, there is to be no sub-section 2110)
The old Affiliate Program has fallen into disuse. The word ‘Affiliate’ when used alone may have been a cause for confusion, hence ‘CFC Membership SalesAffiliate’ is used instead (‘Club Affiliate’ might also cause undue confusion, differently, if used). Tracking auto-renewals was rejected as being unnecessarily complex. The amount for the fee ($25) was selected to try to provide a more substantial incentive to more chess organizations and individuals than the oldAffiliate program offered. At the current amount for the CFC portion of an adult CFC membership, a CFC Membership Sales Affiliate would need to collect 5 adult CFC membership fees to just about break even, taking into account GST/HST ($36 x 0.15 = $5.40 would be received by a CFC membership salesaffiliate for one adult CFC membership fee collected). The proposed new Program’s success may depend heavily upon advertising. I (Kevin Pacey) offer to contact Canadian chess clubs individually by email as one way of advertising a CFC Membership Sales Affiliate Program, if this motion (or perhaps a similar one) is passed at this meeting.
Michael: I don't think the negatives for the amendments are sufficient.
It doesn't give an option for being against amendment 1 or against amendment 2. They should be totally independent.
Again, I respectfully point out that without full before-and-after texts, that it takes a while to figure out what is actually being proposed. I am accessing this meeting through a cellular-stick, hence pay for every download after a monthly minimum. I must abstain.