10. Bids for 2023 and 2024 Events and beyond

[Lyle Craver]

Please post any bids for coming events here. Supporting documents may be attached to your postings.

[Vladimir Drkulec]

https://www-files.chess.ca/cfc/bids/2025-co-cycc/

It is a "cover page" that has links to the bid documents themselves. That way if there are any more revisions to bids, the link to "cover page" will stay the same (no need to re-distribute) but the cover page will be changed to point to the latest revised bids.

-------- Don Parakin, CFC Webmaster, chess.ca

Currently there are two bids from BC near Vancouver for the 2025 Canadian Youth Chess Championship and Canadian Open Chess Championship. Hal Bond's bid for Guelph should be available on Tuesday.

[Victoria Doknjas]

Greetings CFC Voting Members! We represent Vancity Chess and Juniors to Masters Chess Academy (JtM) for the 2025 bid to host the Canadian Open and Canadian Youth Chess Championship (CYCC) in Surrey, BC.

Our exhaustive search in the Greater Vancouver area resulted in the best venue in terms of 4-star hotel price ($189/night), space, and quality of life for players. We’re really invested in providing the best possible experience for players and families, which is why we negotiated a deal for much lower in price than almost any other hotel in the city during the summer (peak tourism season). Having the playing venue conveniently inside the hotel is also a huge benefit for players and their families. Finally, we used learnings from previous Canadian Opens and CYCCs to put together what we think are ideal schedules and tournament formats.

The Greater Vancouver area offers visitors easy access to many outdoor activities, including Grouse Mountain, Stanley Park, beaches, and much more. We also have world class restaurants and extensive shopping opportunities.

Vancity Chess and Juniors to Masters Chess Academy look forward to using our team’s decades of collective experience to host these two iconic events, and to welcome players and their families to Surrey, BC. Thank you for your consideration.

Link to full details of our bid: https://www-files.chess.ca/cfc/bids/...uly-5,2023.pdf

Victoria Doknjas
Co-Chair - Organizing Committee on behalf of:
Vancity Chess and Juniors to Masters Chess Academy 2025 bid to host the Canadian Open and Canadian Youth Chess Championship (CYCC) in Surrey, BC.

[Michael Lo]

The most common and proper way to handle late proposal submission in any bidding process is to reject it, especially with the other proposals already went public. Opinions.

[Vladimir Drkulec]

The Guelph proposal is not technically late. It has not been unusual for bids to arrive in the middle of a meeting.

[Michael Lo]

If there is only one proposal, there would be no issue. My concern is accepting a proposal after other proposals went public.

[Vladimir Drkulec]

Under the old rules the bids are actually a year early. We have potentially three good bids for two years in the future. We definitely have two good bids now. The voting members will have a hard decision. We are going to require a 50% plus one vote to accept any bid. If no bid achieves that on the first ballot we will drop the bid with the fewest votes and have a second vote to determine the winner.

[Marc Moisan]

The most common and proper way to handle late proposal submission in any bidding process is to reject it, especially with the other proposals already went public. Opinions.

My opinion is that every bids deserve a chance as long as they are received before the vote. While discussions about the others might have already started and might put them at a disadvantage, that is a risk they take.

Cheers,

Marc Moisan, CD, PLog

[Michael Barron]

It's great that we're discussing bids for 2025 events!

But do we have all events approved for year 2024?
In particular, Excelsior Chess Club submitted bids for 2024 Canadian Closed and Canadian Women's Closed.
What's the status of these bids?
Could we discuss and approve them at this meeting?

[Michael Lo]

My opinion is that every bids deserve a chance as long as they are received before the vote. While discussions about the others might have already started and might put them at a disadvantage, that is a risk they take.

Very interesting view on fairness and proper bidding procedure.

Michael