We recruit a lot of new junior CFC members out here in BC and probably everywhere else too.
I feel that the lower cost for annual and tournament memberships helps us get kids into chess and I'd like to see the discount maintained.
The junior rating fee is another matter. Rating all-junior events for 50 cents a player makes no sense. Given the labour involved, the CFC probably loses money by doing this.
My sense is that there would be no resistance to raising the rating fees because they are covered by entry fees and my experience is that entry fees are of less concern to players than membership costs, also easier to collect.
Why should we be selling a $3 service, for which there is great demand, for 50 cents? Make it $3 for everyone.
Paul Leblanc
Treasurer, Chess Foundation of Canada
CFC Voting Member