It's early days yet, but perhaps you should look at the results of your own poll.TimWall wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:21 pmDavid, with all due respect (and bearing in mind the phrase, "[He/she] who does not learn the lessons of history is doomed to repeat it") online playing servers in 2020 have solved virtually all the problems faced by telephone matches in the 1950s-70s. It's like comparing chalk and cheese.
The problem we have to solve is here and now, not in the dim and distant past. If we don't organise chess activities that keep the members paying their dues, how will the ECF survive?
I like nostalgic trips down memory lane as much as the next person, but can they wait a bit until we have solved our current crisis? Just a thought
I have responded to three posts on this thread, including your initial one, by providing relevant information.
I would be quite willing to stop responding to your posts.