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Re: ECF Finance Meeting

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:39 am
by NickFaulks
Matt Mackenzie wrote:
Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:23 pm
Is it planned to revert to even numbered years afterwards?
At the moment I would have to say yes, but nothing is certain.

Re: ECF Finance Meeting

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 5:18 am
by Alan Kennedy
John Reyes wrote:
Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:39 pm
i hope everyone here in the forum will support the ecf by paying their membership early please
Well said John. It is good to see such positivity.

Re: ECF Finance Meeting

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2021 1:03 pm
by Paul Robert Jackson
Is there a date pencilled in for this years (2021) Finance Meeting?

Re: ECF Finance Meeting

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2021 7:27 pm
by Michael Farthing
24 April

Re: ECF Finance Meeting

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:19 pm
by Nick Grey
are they looking at online only offer as it may be a hard sell for members?

Re: ECF Finance Meeting

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:53 pm
by Paul Robert Jackson
Nick Grey wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:19 pm
are they looking at online only offer as it may be a hard sell for members?
Online chess is predominantly free
....an "Online Membership" category may be a possible short term solution.
Hard to say what the % uptake would be
....but an ever increasing number of cheats, engine users, dishonest individual's (call them what you like) may deter some individual's from joining.

Re: ECF Finance Meeting

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:49 pm
by Roger de Coverly
Paul Robert Jackson wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:53 pm
Online chess is predominantly free
....an "Online Membership" category may be a possible short term solution.
I thought they had already done this. You aren't allowed to play in ECF online graded events unless a "supporter" of the ECF which is charged at £ 10 a year.

Over the board chess as generally known isn't going to be possible in the UK until such time as freedom of movement and freedom of association are restored. Doom mongers in SAGE seem to want to retain restrictions for ever, not withstanding a supposedly successful vaccine campaign.

Re: ECF Finance Meeting

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 8:00 am
by RobWillmoth
Re comment by Nick below

are they looking at online only offer as it may be a hard sell for members?

Added to the package is the go membership scheme. You have to pay a small extra fee extra for this. However it can literally save you thousands of pounds in discounts over the course of a year.

Re: ECF Finance Meeting

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 8:48 am
by Paul Robert Jackson
Roger de Coverly wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:49 pm
Over the board chess as generally known isn't going to be possible in the UK until such time as freedom of movement and freedom of association are restored. Doom mongers in SAGE seem to want to retain restrictions for ever, not withstanding a supposedly successful vaccine campaign.
......looks like freedom of association is going to be restricted until autumn (end of the year).
Making OTB Chess Congresses impossible.

Re: ECF Finance Meeting

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:35 am
by Paul Robert Jackson
RobWillmoth wrote:
Fri Feb 12, 2021 8:00 am
Added to the package is the go membership scheme. You have to pay a small extra fee extra for this. However it can literally save you thousands of pounds in discounts over the course of a year.
Some of the companies look like they may not be trading in 12 months.

Re: ECF Finance Meeting

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:46 pm
by Angus French
Roger de Coverly wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:49 pm
Paul Robert Jackson wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:53 pm
Online chess is predominantly free
....an "Online Membership" category may be a possible short term solution.
I thought they had already done this. You aren't allowed to play in ECF online graded events unless a "supporter" of the ECF which is charged at £ 10 a year.
ECF- and 4NCL-organised online events which are ECF-rated require participants to be ECF Supporters or ECF Members but I think it's possible other events may not. (So far as I can see, no stipulations for the rating of online events are given on the membership pages of the ECF website.)

Re: ECF Finance Meeting

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:33 pm
by Paul Robert Jackson
Angus French wrote:
Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:46 pm
Roger de Coverly wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:49 pm
Paul Robert Jackson wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:53 pm
Online chess is predominantly free
....an "Online Membership" category may be a possible short term solution.
I thought they had already done this. You aren't allowed to play in ECF online graded events unless a "supporter" of the ECF which is charged at £ 10 a year.
ECF- and 4NCL-organised online events which are ECF-rated require participants to be ECF Supporters or ECF Members but I think it's possible other events may not. (So far as I can see, no stipulations for the rating of online events are given on the membership pages of the ECF website.)
I wonder if the ECF are planning a specific category of "Online Member" for the 2021-2022 Season?

Re: ECF Finance Meeting

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 3:15 pm
by John Reyes
Nick Grey wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:19 pm
are they looking at online only offer as it may be a hard sell for members?
you have to speak to the membership officer, but robert is doing a good job

Re: ECF Finance Meeting

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 3:43 pm
by John Reyes
Paul Robert Jackson wrote:
Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:33 pm
Angus French wrote:
Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:46 pm
Roger de Coverly wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:49 pm


I thought they had already done this. You aren't allowed to play in ECF online graded events unless a "supporter" of the ECF which is charged at £ 10 a year.
ECF- and 4NCL-organised online events which are ECF-rated require participants to be ECF Supporters or ECF Members but I think it's possible other events may not. (So far as I can see, no stipulations for the rating of online events are given on the membership pages of the ECF website.)
I wonder if the ECF are planning a specific category of "Online Member" for the 2021-2022 Season?

i know there was a ecf meeting with delegates last Wednesday 10/2/21 and two weeks ago about online grading and votes and also about term of roles

Re: ECF Finance Meeting

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 4:34 pm
by Matt Mackenzie
Paul Robert Jackson wrote:
Fri Feb 12, 2021 8:48 am
Roger de Coverly wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:49 pm
Over the board chess as generally known isn't going to be possible in the UK until such time as freedom of movement and freedom of association are restored. Doom mongers in SAGE seem to want to retain restrictions for ever, not withstanding a supposedly successful vaccine campaign.
......looks like freedom of association is going to be restricted until autumn (end of the year).
Making OTB Chess Congresses impossible.
Autumn is not the "end of the year" save in a strict scientific sense.

By around September, all vulnerable groups should have been vaccinated twice and most restrictions will surely be lifted as a result.