It has been pleasant to see the traffic slowly grow at the CFC Chess Forum. And we have dealt with a number of CFC issues over the last while, as well as other normal chess event notices, etc.. There have been discussions on:
1. The Nature of the Can. Junior Prize;
2. Concern about public criticism of the CFC on chess chat sites by Governors and others;
3. The new CFC Procedure's Committee, and its subcommittees, the CFC AGM Modernization Committee and the Governors' Voting Modernization Committee;
4. The new CFC Fundraising Committee;
5. This topic of ordinary member/governor dialogue;
6. CFC Website security and a possible new CFC Website;
7. Progress of the CFC in the first couple of months of the new van Dusen administration.
These are valuable topics for the ordinary members and governors to dialogue on. I think they prove the worthwhileness of this CFC members' board.
If there is improvement in making use of this board that might be considered, it would be that members/governors express their own opinions on things more often. There are often many " views " of topics, but I find that many viewers do not respond to requests for personal opinions, or for them to state a position on a difficult CFC issue. Replies need not be elaborate, nor lengthy. But giving a precise statement of where you stand on an issue does have influence on others' thinking, and sometimes helps show in what direction something is moving. I hope we all will recognize that this board's usefulness is increased as more and more often we can read about the views and positions of other members.
Bob