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    Default 7B DISCUSSION THREAD motion b

    Motion 2
    Addendum to Article 436:
    Players with FQE ratings will be treated in the same manner.

    Current Article 436

    436. Rating Non-Residents. If a non-resident player or new Canadian resident has a USCF or FIDE rating, the rating system in which the player has played the most recent games will be used to determine his first CFC rating. If a non-resident is inactive in Canada for a year but has a change in his/her USCF or FIDE rating, his/her CFC rating will be adjusted accordingly. [Leblanc/McKim, Oct 2013]A Canadian may have a foreign FIDE-rated tournament count for their CFC rating by sending a letter to that effect in advance to the CFC. (And include $25 in advance with the letter sent to the CFC office. The letter should be received by the CFC office not less than 1 month before the start of the event, and include the $25 flat rating fee. - CFC Office policy effective December 1st, 2003) The CFC will rate the event only to the extent that FIDE does. Results must be reported within one month after the tournament is completed. Failure to submit a crosstable after registering an event bars the player from registering a tournament participation for three years. [see Motion 78-15; GL, April 1978, p. 39]

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    To be clear, this addendum should be numbered 436.a and should have a heading "Rating FQE Members".
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    Do we need the fee? It is difficult to imagine that the amount of revenue involved would warrant the effort - or is there some policy issue here I'm unfamiliar with?

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    The fee is a separate issue from my motion.
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    Fair enough - my attitude on fees (whether CFC or government taxation) is that they exist for one of the following reasons: (a) to raise general revenue, (b) to indicate official displeasure with some act (this is usually called a fine), (c) to raise funds for a specific project, (d) to provide cost recovery for a specified service. Fees for their own sake perform no particular service for the organization unless the reason is one of those above.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lyle Craver View Post
    Fair enough - my attitude on fees (whether CFC or government taxation) is that they exist for one of the following reasons: (a) to raise general revenue, (b) to indicate official displeasure with some act (this is usually called a fine), (c) to raise funds for a specific project, (d) to provide cost recovery for a specified service. Fees for their own sake perform no particular service for the organization unless the reason is one of those above.
    Rating FIDE tournaments for a single player falls under d)

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    After reading this more carefully, I have concerns about the point behind this motion.

    436. "Rating Non-Residents. If a non-resident player or new Canadian resident has a USCF or FIDE or FQE rating, the rating system in which the player has played the most recent games will be used to determine his first CFC rating."

    First, why does "a non-resident player or new Canadian resident" have a FQE rating? Were non-resident players the point behind this motion, or is it intended for players in Quebec who do not have CFC ratings?

    If a non-resident is inactive in Canada for a year but has a change in his/her USCF or FIDE or FQE rating, his/her CFC rating will be adjusted accordingly. [Leblanc/McKim, Oct 2013]

    If the player has a change in their FQE rating, then they are active in Canada. Quebec is part of Canada. Again, is the point behind these changes non-residents, or Quebec players?

    If the point of the motion is Quebec players or more precisely FQE players, then I do not think this motion is the correct way to go. Instead there should be some form of unification of the CFC and FQE rating systems. The current situation, with 2 rating pools is illogical. Currently as a TD I have people playing in my events with only FQE memberships and I assume the reverse is also true. Unifying both systems would eliminate needless duplication. Lumping FQE players in a motion for non-residents or new Canadian players does not make sense.

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    Garland, this is not a change to article 436. It is to be called "436.a Rating FQE Members". It has nothing to do with residency.
    TDs are already using FQE ratings for FQE members that don't have CFC memberships, this brings the CFC into line with what is already happening.
    My attention was drawn to this after the Canadian Open in Montreal when the CFC office had to deal with hundreds of "unrated" players who actually had well established FQE ratings.
    If you have a better suggestion on how to word 436.a please let me know. I'm looking for a practical solution.
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    As per my last posting, I believe that the CFC and FQE should looks at means to combine their separate rating systems into one system, and thereby eliminate the issue at it's source. We would eliminate needless duplication.

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    Garland I agree with you but in the meantime we have a real time problem. The existing policy vacuum on how to treat FQE members when they play in their first CFC event means that they should be treated as UNRATED and they are obviously not.
    Lyle, the expression "in the same manner" means that FQE members will be started at their FQE rating and their CFC rating will be updated in the same way as people with USCF or FIDE ratings. It is a way of including FQE members in this clause without calling them "non-residents"
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