8D POLICY DISCUSSION Olympiad Qualification

[Vladimir Drkulec]

Given that we have more and more promising young girls playing, I would support raising the number of games. However, I agree with Garland that we need to include FQE rated games. Maïli-Jade Ouellet is now Quebec highest rated female player, with a FQE rating of 2001. She is extremely active (100+ FQE game per year), but out of these maybe only 20 are CFC rated.

If changes are made to include FQE rated games, I will support the motion.

Its only a discussion at the moment but including FQE rated games is quite reasonable since we are supposed to be treating FQE members as equivalent to CFC members. When it does become a motion FQE ratings should be included though perhaps there should be some conversion built in. My understanding is that FQE ratings are slightly deflated relative to CFC ratings.