5.E Discussion Item with regard to youth membership, YCC and youth rating fees

[Michael Barron]

I don't think it's been suggested that the Youth Committee should have power to set fees and I for one would oppose that. I'd be happy to listen to their recommendations and take their input very seriously but the national Executive and the Assembly are the CFC's legislative bodies (for different issues).

You're right, Lyle - it's never been suggested that the Youth Committee should have power to set fees.
Youth Committee should discuss all matters related to youth chess in Canada and prepare Motions and recommendations for the national Executive and the Assembly.

I would DEFINITELY welcome a list of major national and international youth events linked to the top of the CFC home page. I really like what the USCF (uschess.org) does with their 'announcements' block though I would prefer ours higher on the page than that.

Their current announcement block covers
US Chess Transgender Policy »
US Chess Announces World Cadet Qualifiers [UPDATED] »
World Youth Qualifiers Announced [UPDATED] »
2018 Pan-American Junior, June 19-24 in Ecuador »

which I think is what Michael is talking about.

In fact, I was talking about Youth Coordinator Report.
Sorry, if I missed it.
The Assembly needs to know:
What's going on in Canadian youth chess?

In particular, the registration for 2018 Pan-American Junior, June 19-24 in Ecuador should be closed by this time.
Who will represent Canada there?
How players were selected?
We already discussed such issues previously, and decided that it should be a transparent process.
Unfortunately, the lack of information - still is the main problem of Canadian youth chess.

[Vladimir Drkulec]

You're right, Lyle - it's never been suggested that the Youth Committee should have power to set fees.
Youth Committee should discuss all matters related to youth chess in Canada and prepare Motions and recommendations for the national Executive and the Assembly.

Again they cannot prepare motions unless someone in the Executive (ie the president) is remiss in their duties.

In fact, I was talking about Youth Coordinator Report.
Sorry, if I missed it.
The Assembly needs to know:
What's going on in Canadian youth chess?

In particular, the registration for 2018 Pan-American Junior, June 19-24 in Ecuador should be closed by this time.

Quite a bit is going on in Canadian youth chess. With regard to the Pan-Am junior registration, it was closed some time ago. I believe our deadline was May 1st. There was some interest by one individual to register after the deadline but it turned out that the flight tickets had become too expensive on short notice.

Who will represent Canada there?
How players were selected?

http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/sh...ction-Criteria

We already discussed such issues previously, and decided that it should be a transparent process.
Unfortunately, the lack of information - still is the main problem of Canadian youth chess.

[Michael Barron]

Thank you, Vladimir, for your response!

Again they cannot prepare motions unless someone in the Executive (ie the president) is remiss in their duties.

If Saskatchewan Association can prepare motions, why CFC Youth Committee can't?
Could you please clarify:
who could prepare motions?

Quite a bit is going on in Canadian youth chess. With regard to the Pan-Am junior registration, it was closed some time ago. I believe our deadline was May 1st. There was some interest by one individual to register after the deadline but it turned out that the flight tickets had become too expensive on short notice.

http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/sh...ction-Criteria

This link is for April's post with announcement of upcoming PanAm 2018 in Santiago Chile between July 21st-July 29th.
It's not the same event as mentioned in this thread 2018 Pan-American Junior, June 19-24 in Ecuador, right?

Anyways, where can we see a list of selected Canadian players for both events?
And Youth Coordinator Report?

[Vladimir Drkulec]

I am not aware of any selected players for the 2018 Pan Am Junior. Fide America has a habit of not publicizing events until the last minute. I will let our youth coordinator announce the team for Pan Am Youth Festival.

The Saskatchewan motion was drafted by voting member from Saskatchewan Tom Boshoff and posted by myself. I disagreed with portions of the motion but not enough to decline to post it to the meeting.