The Handbook is offline

[Pierre Dénommée]

The CFC Handbook is no longer online. That's a very bad time to remove it because it contains information vital to prospective bidders on National Championships. For instance, the organiser's portion on each registration, the minimal number of rounds, the expected prize fund, the time control, the tiebreaks...

If we are expecting bids at the AGM, the Handbook must go back online soon.

[Bob Armstrong]

Hi Pierre:

It is not offline - I just tried it.

I believe it is David Cohen, as a volunteer, who has reformatted ( nicely I must say ) the CFC Website, and updated it.

To get to the Handbook now, you click on Products and Services on the sidebar. Then you get the menue with Services - Information. Under it is the link to the CFC Handbook.

Thanks to David for his good effort.

Bob

[Pierre Dénommée]

Thank you! It is not offline, it has been moved to another section. I believe that it should have a greater visibility

[David Cohen]

Thank you! It is not offline, it has been moved to another section. I believe that it should have a greater visibility

Pierre,

I disagree. What needs to be visible is your photo on "Contact Us". Why is it not on the CFC web site? Are you ashamed to be part of the CFC? If not, then please send me your photo, and I will ask Gerry to upload it.

As for the Handbook and the rest, this is not as important as you think. One or two clicks extra can be eliminated by bookmarking the Handbook. Much more important is to keep the front pages clean for newcomers and for potential sponsors.

(Also: I organized all of the services into one place so members would see how much they get for free or for their membership.)

Regards,

David

[Kerry Liles]

Pierre,

I disagree. What needs to be visible is your photo on "Contact Us". Why is it not on the CFC web site? Are you ashamed to be part of the CFC? If not, then please send me your photo, and I will ask Gerry to upload it.

As for the Handbook and the rest, this is not as important as you think. One or two clicks extra can be eliminated by bookmarking the Handbook. Much more important is to keep the front pages clean for newcomers and for potential sponsors.

(Also: I organized all of the services into one place so members would see how much they get for free or for their membership.)

Regards,

David

Elsewhere, Chris Mallon made what I thought was a reasonable observation: that the ratings lookup page was the most popular page at some point in time when he was compiling such stats. I don't see any harm in having some "quick links" available from the front page (perhaps in a less prominent box called "quick links to popular pages" or something like that). In any case, thanks for working on this long-needed re-jigging of the web site; of course, there can never be consensus on what is obviously a subjective matter as 'style'.

[Pierre Dénommée]

Pierre,

I disagree. What needs to be visible is your photo on "Contact Us". Why is it not on the CFC web site? Are you ashamed to be part of the CFC? If not, then please send me your photo, and I will ask Gerry to upload it.

The CFC has misplaced my photo. A photo from 2008-08-14 has been sent to the office. I am proud to serve the CFC but if the CFC is like the Montreal Chess League, the rules is most read section of the web site.

Yous should have the photograph before reading this.

Do you believe that all the persons on your list are ashamed to be part of the CFC ?

ela Kosoian
Francisco Cabanas
Terry Fleming
Peter Stockhausen
Bruce D. Thomas
David Moore
Ronald Hinds
Rick Pedersen
David Steer
Ken Einarsson
Stephen Lipic
Garvin Nunes
John Erickson
Chris Risi
Patrick McDonald
Gordon Ritchie
Egidijus Zeromskis
Richard Keep
Hugh Brodie
Ken Craft
Ken Duff
Fred McKim
Albert Ede
Barry Thorvardson

[Pierre Dénommée]

I was trying to bid on something, as I did three times in the past.

Many rules have changed since my last bid, so I need an access to the Handbook. I find it unclear in the handbook, so I have sent a private message to the Junior Coordinator in order to get the missing information.

If the Handbook cannot be found, nobody will ever bid on anything.

[David Cohen]

The CFC has misplaced my photo. A photo from 2008-08-14 has been sent to the office. I am proud to serve the CFC but if the CFC is like the Montreal Chess League, the rules is most read section of the web site.

Yous should have the photograph before reading this.

Do you believe that all the persons on your list are ashamed to be part of the CFC ?

ela Kosoian
Francisco Cabanas
Terry Fleming
Peter Stockhausen
Bruce D. Thomas
David Moore
Ronald Hinds
Rick Pedersen
David Steer
Ken Einarsson
Stephen Lipic
Garvin Nunes
John Erickson
Chris Risi
Patrick McDonald
Gordon Ritchie
Egidijus Zeromskis
Richard Keep
Hugh Brodie
Ken Craft
Ken Duff
Fred McKim
Albert Ede

Pierre,

Yes I do - and the only way they can prove me wrong is to send me their photo and bio for publication on the CFC's web site.

Look at the web page Contact Us - it is both a symptom and a cause of what is wrong with the CFC as an organization. Symptom - it shows who does not care about the CFC. It shows who is inactive, doing nothing for the CFC at the national level. Cause - how are you going to attract support (money, sponsors) from outside of the Canadian chess community, if half the Board of Governors is missing? We need to show outsiders who we are, and that we are united in our passion for chess.

David

[David Cohen]

I don't see any harm in having some "quick links" available from the front page (perhaps in a less prominent box called "quick links to popular pages" or something like that). In any case, thanks for working on this long-needed re-jigging of the web site; of course, there can never be consensus on what is obviously a subjective matter as 'style'.

Kerry,

I do see the harm in it - the front page links must be meaningful to outsiders, i.e., potential sponsors.

In any event, making small quick links was beyond my technical ability. Next time someone wants to volunteer, or when the CFC finds the money to hire a designer...

David

[Ken Craft]

I shan't be sending a photo, David and I consider the toe of your admonitions to do so to border on bullying.