This thread is open for discussions on any other youth related topic. As always if there are enough postings on a particular subject we may move them into a thread of their own
This thread is open for discussions on any other youth related topic. As always if there are enough postings on a particular subject we may move them into a thread of their own
Last edited by Vladimir Drkulec; 12-16-2018 at 01:37 PM.
The rules for CYCC Regional qualifiers are not clear, those regional qualifiers are no longer mentioned in the Handbook.
I have guessed that anybody can organized a Regional qualifier and that all participants with a score superior to 50% can go to Regina. The financial considerations are unclear, are all participants to the qualifier required to be CFC or FQE members ? How much of each registration is to be contributed to the Youth Fund ?
Last edited by Pierre Dénommée; 12-16-2018 at 02:14 PM.
This is the kind of thing that DEFINITELY needs clarified - we simply cannot have organizers in doubt and risk their events not being rated as a result. This was the single reason I thought the waiver was a bad idea (e.g. that it was too vague)
If that requires a motion - great. If it can be done as a clarification of existing policy - great.
But for sure something that basic needs to be crystal clear.
The regulations seem pretty clear to me. You have to pay $2 per player with a cap for large events. $0.50 of that is a rating fee and is HST taxable. $1.50 is a youth fund contribution and no tax. No memberships are required.
Voting items require three weeks of notice so we could vote at the next meeting but we really need a coherent strategy for our youth events and fundraising to send teams to various tournaments.
The original CYCC format was that qualifiers were SUPPOSED to fund travel costs for the next stage.
This was a critical element for organizers in BC / AB where our travel costs are the highest in the country barring the rare times they're held out our way. This is why I've always so opposed well-heeled parents buying their kids' ways to national events - it completely subverts the self-funding plan that in my view is fundamental to the CYCC concept. If a kid can bypass the qualifier they'll avoid the qualifier and I >don't< buy the argument that kids might not be able to play on a particular date - as a junior I couldn't play in all the events I was eligible for nor especially expected to. There was certainly no question of playing out of town unless someone arranged transport - my parents' participation in my junior career was that of chauffeur.
But for sure you want the maximum possible turnout for your qualifiers - CYCC is the direct descendant of (and was modelled after on a national scale) Lynn Stringer's C-FAX radio events of the 60s and 70s where the events collectively involved 2000-3000 kids a year with no event being significantly bigger than 50-60. You need to bear in mind the population of Victoria to realize what an achievement that was in the day.