Originally Posted by
Bob Armstrong
Hi Bob:
As I've mentioned, I have a wish list of " Goals for CFC for 2010-11 ". Some are big, some are small, some are crucial, some are just modest improvements. So I'm lobbing them at you every few days, just to get an idea of some planks of your " Presidential Platform " - I hope others will ask you some questions too, to flesh out some other platform topics.
Here is my Goal # 6 for you to comment on:
6. New CFC Website – The current website is old, unattractive, hard to upgrade, and very vulnerable to hacking. The Executive should deal initially with this as an administrative matter, to develop a Request for Proposals ( RFP ). Eric van Dusen, 2009-10 President, had personally taken on this task, but found it more complex and challenging than anticipated, and made no progress. I initially had arranged for a Toronto Information Technology specialist to contact Eric directly and volunteer to do the Request for Proposals. He is good, and supportive of the CFC, and a chess player and helped me on the Grassroots’ Campaign – he advises that Eric never gave clear instructions as to what he should do this past year , and he made no progress on this file. One of the new Executive must take on this file, and develop a RFP.
Once a RFP is developed, then a Committee of Governors should definitely see the RFP before it goes out, and be given a cost estimate. They should then make a recommendation to all governors, who should be asked to approve the project.
I have been advised that to do the job right, CFC should spend $ 10.000 - $ 15,000 – I am willing to invest this, out of the $ 65,809 office sale savings fund, put into the Chess Federation of Canada.
Anyone else have any thoughts re this " goal " ?
Bob