Bob Armstrong
03-23-2011, 01:04 AM
The CFC Subcommittee on AGM Modernization must unfortunately announce that the " Trial AGM ", scheduled for Sunday, April 3, from 1:00 – 3:00 PM,EDT, at the Chess Institute of Canada, 918 Bathurst Street ( where Ted Winick, Director, had kindly provided us with free space for the 3 hours, and wireless access to the internet ), must now be CANCELLED.
The Subcommittee originally set out to enter into a small IT contract for a Technological Implementation Plan, for the CFC AGM Model, we had developed. We received no bids.
Then we decided to go part way with the modernization, and use a web-based internet conferencing company - would have been part conference call, and part computer inter-activity. This was to be a “ free “ trial run; if it worked, there was a relatively modest cost for the Toronto July AGM. And we had a 2010-11 budget allocated to us of $ 500 for the Trial and actual AGM costs. We then posted for a volunteer " Trial AGM Coordinator ", for the " Trial AGM ", on the CFC Governors' Discussion Board, the members' CFC Chess Chat Forum, and the CMA ChessTalk. It was up for a full week, with a deadline of Monday, March 14, for any CFC Governor or member, to come forward and volunteer. No one came forward. We are suffering from total lack of support, it appears.
And there was some hostility to our project. One governor went so far as to personally tell me that governors were not interested in AGM modernization, that we were wasting everyone’s time, and that the AGM wasn’t broke, and we shouldn’t be trying to fix it.
The Subcommittee has no Plan B for this eventuality. Someone with minimum experience is needed to coordinate the internet company, the software and the hardware.
Thus I am reluctantly forced to cancel the Trial AGM. This is unfortunate, but it seems necessary.
The Subcommittee will now have to go back to the drawing board as to where we can possibly go from here.
Bob Armstrong, Chair, Subcommittee on AGM Modernization
The Subcommittee originally set out to enter into a small IT contract for a Technological Implementation Plan, for the CFC AGM Model, we had developed. We received no bids.
Then we decided to go part way with the modernization, and use a web-based internet conferencing company - would have been part conference call, and part computer inter-activity. This was to be a “ free “ trial run; if it worked, there was a relatively modest cost for the Toronto July AGM. And we had a 2010-11 budget allocated to us of $ 500 for the Trial and actual AGM costs. We then posted for a volunteer " Trial AGM Coordinator ", for the " Trial AGM ", on the CFC Governors' Discussion Board, the members' CFC Chess Chat Forum, and the CMA ChessTalk. It was up for a full week, with a deadline of Monday, March 14, for any CFC Governor or member, to come forward and volunteer. No one came forward. We are suffering from total lack of support, it appears.
And there was some hostility to our project. One governor went so far as to personally tell me that governors were not interested in AGM modernization, that we were wasting everyone’s time, and that the AGM wasn’t broke, and we shouldn’t be trying to fix it.
The Subcommittee has no Plan B for this eventuality. Someone with minimum experience is needed to coordinate the internet company, the software and the hardware.
Thus I am reluctantly forced to cancel the Trial AGM. This is unfortunate, but it seems necessary.
The Subcommittee will now have to go back to the drawing board as to where we can possibly go from here.
Bob Armstrong, Chair, Subcommittee on AGM Modernization