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Robin Williams
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Pay to play fee

Post by Robin Williams » Tue Nov 25, 2014 3:16 pm

If a non ECF member plays in a congress and then subsequently joins the ECF within the membership year, would the congress organisers still need to pay the £6 'pay to play' fee?

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Re: Pay to play fee

Post by JustinHadi » Tue Nov 25, 2014 4:21 pm

Best to ask in the other place - http://www.englishchess.org.uk/Forum/

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Re: Pay to play fee

Post by Martyn Harris » Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:35 pm

As Justin says, definitive answer from the other place, assuming that you can get an answer there.

I'm all but certain that the answer is yes, the congress organiser still has to play the pay to play fee. Indeed they may already have paid it as they pay shortly after submission of the grading file and before it is added to the grading database.

On a similar theme, if a bronze member plays congress, paying pay to play fee, then their membership is automatically upgraded to silver after a short period. However if they play a second congress before the upgrade is made the second congress will also be liable for pay to play. Moral, do the upgrade yourself before the first congress.
On the other hand if a non-member plays a congress, so that a pay to play fee is paid, and then joins ECF as a bronze member, the two do NOT combine to give the player silver status. So a further congress entry would give rise to a further pay to play fee.

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Re: Pay to play fee

Post by Ian Thompson » Tue Nov 25, 2014 6:46 pm

Robin Williams wrote:If a non ECF member plays in a congress and then subsequently joins the ECF within the membership year, would the congress organisers still need to pay the £6 'pay to play' fee?
Yes - see http://www.englishchess.org.uk/membership/game-fees/, Section 2, which says ""A fixed “pay to play” fee of £6 for adults or £4 for juniors will be charged for each participant who is a non-member or a bronze/junior bronze member at the date of the event."

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