5.4 New Business

[Michael Barron]

As far as junior memberships, I would focus less on raising membership fees and more on perhaps making more players join the CFC.

Thank you, Vladimir!
I agree - more members and more tournaments is a way to grow.

[Paul Leblanc]

I'd like to make two points:
- it's better to increase rates by a small amount to keep up with inflation rather than leave it until a large increase is necessary some time in the future.
- we have national championships that need financial support; few organizers are able to put on a Canadian Open or Canadian Closed without CFC support.

[Vladimir Drkulec]

I think in the case of the Canadian Open we need to award the tournament two or three years out which will give the organizers time to raise any money that is required. When we wait until the last minute we are asking for complications as happened in 2015 when there was no tournament. Governments and tourism bureaus will often be able to offer incentives for holding events but their horizon is several years in the future and not the next six months.