Treasurer Report here.
Treasurer Report here.
I wanted to bring up a problem that seems to be growing in the office. Incomplete tournament reports - it seems more than one organizer across the country feel it's appropriate to submit simply a rating report to the office and expect it to be rated without a reckoning on the CFC fees owing.
Be advised that it is the responsibility of the tournament organizer to ensure that each participant in the tournament is a CFC member for the duration of the tournament and submit this amount with the rating report. Those that are not may only participate if they pay the organizer the appropriate CFC membership or purchase a tournament playing fee.
Events will no longer be accepted by repeat offenders. We are not in the business of having our tournament organizers as having accounts payable with us.
If the problem becomes too serious, we could have a rule that arbiters are not allowed to pair non-members. Such a rule is hardly an innovation because it has been used in many countries but I understand that some clubs would be disturbed by this rule.
I run a fair number of tournaments at a CFC membership required chess club. We are usually 2-4 memberships behind. We chase players to join and renew with the CFC but our tournaments typically last 5-7 weeks. If I miss sombody I do not want to be charged $20 per player.
In practical terms the file you download from the CFC is not always up to date and players tell you during the tournament that they have renewed and by the way they did not bring the receipt so there is some scope for error here. This is what happens on the ground.
Let us get religion on this issue and drive a bunch of guys out of TD-ing.
What is the situation with the 2012 CYCC CFC memberships? I have been encouraging parents to renew their CFC membership when asked about it. Apparently even parents who wanted to renew the CFC memberships for their kids were told by the organizer that it was absolutely not necessary to do so. An email was sent by the CFC office indicating that a renewal was required and within minutes the organizer sent an email contradicting that request. I am not in contact with all the Windsor CYCC participants and it is quite possible that some of them have not paid their membership in light of the mixed messages that they received. If half of the kids have not renewed that still puts a significant dent in membership revenues.
Yes Chris - that is precisely what happened. Our handbook was on the organizer's side, despite years of practice to the contrary.
I could have sworn that I saw regulations quoted in the past which indicated that CFC membership was required for CYCC. Was it a case that the handbook was not properly updated?
If the kids that played in CYCC don't have to be members that puts about a $5,000 to $6,000 hole in the CFC budget.