Originally Posted by
Kevin Pacey
Presumably the CFC would have on its website a record of those people who have such titles (AND have paid their Licence fee on time). If someone didn't pay their Licence fee, presumably their name would be removed from the list of people with titles.
In the case of RTDs and NTDs, sponsors, organizers, players, parents, the media or anyone else can verify whether their title is still valid by looking on the website. In the case of organizers with titles, sponsors, TDs, fellow organizers, players, parents, the media or anyone else can verify whether their titles are still valid. Otherwise, the CFC won't always be able to do much to prevent someone with a TD/organizer certificate that is no longer valid from showing it around, it seems to me.
TDs and TOs already create income for the CFC by selling memberships and generating rated games. I have a really, REALLY big problem with the CFC running a cash grab against them.
If the CFC was providing some kind of service in return, that would be different, but your name being on some list on the website that virtually nobody will look at anyway doesn't quite cut it in my book.
Christopher Mallon
FIDE Arbiter