tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594828113702887083.post1229910989977503320..comments2013-12-10T14:19:34.738ZComments on Suffolk Chess: Message from the PresidentSteve Lovellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04707435716956109694noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594828113702887083.post-3645963280505343102013-12-07T13:02:50.987Z2013-12-07T13:02:50.987ZHello All,
I echo every word that Colin says about...Hello All,<br />I echo every word that Colin says about Chess players being a rather insular lot with a small group of under valued volunteers keeping the structures and organisation needed to play league chess and tournaments going.<br /><br />I have dabbled with chess organising, the under 140's Suffolk team capitancy for a few years, the Presidency of my local club, Stowmarket and the captaincy of a team there as well this season( Top of our league after finishing bottom last year!). <br />Now I am getting to the time of my working life where I will have a lot more spare time. What to do with that time, well the model railway in my shed will get some of it but that keeps my fingers rather than my brain busy so what to do with my spare brain time?<br /><br />Congress organiser trying to follow in the gargantuan boots Bob Jones is leaving behind?.<br /> No chance I have none of the skill, endurance, patience nor absolute flair for organisation, presentation and team building that our congress organiser has shown over these many years. So what else. <br />Well 30 years in Quality and environmental management mean I can organise and document regulations working methods and practices, keep good records and get right grumpy with non-compliance. That seems a skill set with which to take a crack at the Competitions secretary role following Mike's resignation. <br /><br />With a view to making myself available for nomination at the AGM I am doing some work now with Mike and more later with Bob Jones, that indefatigable man again, but this time in his role as SCCA sceretary. the work involves getting know what is involved and how much effort I will need to commit.<br /><br /> Here I have run into some concerns for the variety of fixtures we try to squeeze in to a season and our league rule book which really does need some work to tidy it up, clarify its definitions, remove pettiness, define penalties for non compliance and be altogether rmore professional. Much of the rule book trys to define actions obligations and requirements that are overseen by the competitions secretary but fail to give him a firm unambiguous base on which to make his decisions.<br /><br />This rules revision needs addressing before the next competition secretary whoever that may be is landed with a task that Mike has managed somehow but that I could not do as the rules currently stand.<br /><br />That all sounds a bit heavy when what I want to do is understand just what regulations if any the broad massof SCCA affiliated clubs feel they need to be able to play chess over the board and not in the steward's room.<br />Looking forward to some replies. <br /><br />David Green. David Greennoreply@blogger.com