ECF meeting reports

[J T Melsom]

John

Thank you for posting these up-dates. The minutes are not something I would seek out as a matter of course so this is appreciated. I am not at all surprised that the timing of meetings is an issue - an increasingly representative board will have to accommodate a range of different time conflicts. It is only a few years ago that I attended a local AGM on a midweek afternoon - far from ideal. In that regard it is good to see that the temporary use of Zoom is being evaluated for longer term benefits. The costs of attendance at Council are indeed far from trivial, so I'm sure this will be of interest to many.

[John Swain]

The minutes of Board meeting 149 (Wednesday 13 July 2022) may be found at:

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... he-ECF.pdf

[John Swain]

Minutes of the 150th ECF Board Meeting (Friday 23 September 2022) may be seen at:

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... ebsite.pdf

[John Swain]

Minutes of the latest Board meeting (No. 151) held on 7 December 2022 may be viewed at:

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... eeting.pdf

There are several interesting items, such as comments about the location of future British Championships, the subject of another thread.

[Ian Thompson]

Minutes of the latest Board meeting (No. 151) held on 7 December 2022 may be viewed at:

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... eeting.pdf

Anyone able to explain what "[Malcolm Pein] reported that he aimed to systematise seeking norms." means in practice?

[LawrenceCooper]

Minutes of the latest Board meeting (No. 151) held on 7 December 2022 may be viewed at:

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... eeting.pdf

Anyone able to explain what "[Malcolm Pein] reported that he aimed to systematise seeking norms." means in practice?

No idea but possibly to create a more structured approach to helping our players get the opportunities they need. The signs since he has been involved are already very encouraging.

[John Swain]

The minutes of Board Meeting No. 152, conducted by Zoom on Friday 3 March, may be found at:

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... -March.pdf

[Roger de Coverly]

The minutes of Board Meeting No. 152, conducted by Zoom on Friday 3 March, may be found at:

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... -March.pdf

From the report

He (Malcom Pein) estimated that between the ECF, Delancey, Chess in Schools and Communities, EPSCA,etc there were about 120-140,000 active chess players

The number of people playing ECF rated games OTB over a year is known. I don't think it has been published recently but it's usually around the 15,000 mark. The number of paying ECF members is also known and that's usually around the 10,000 mark.

I would have thought the number of participants in Delancy, Chess in Schools and Communities, EPSCA should also be known, although there would likely be considerable duplication.

Woolly statements with an error of twice the ECF paying membership should in my view be avoided.

[Leonard Barden]

Chess.com claims around three million active users (4.4% of the population) from the UK in January, which is still not among their top ten countries.....

[John Upham]

Has it been agreed as to what constitutes on a world-wide basis an "active player"?

For example if I was to task how many active players world-wide there were in

1970, 1980, 1990 etc, is there an established answer?

[John Swain]

The minutes of Board meeting no.152, which I referred to earlier in the thread, related to 3 February (not March):
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... b-2023.pdf

There have been two subsequent Board meetings:

2 March: https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... 032023.pdf

2 June: https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... d-2023.pdf

[John Swain]

The minutes of Board meeting no. 155, held via Zoom on August 2nd, have been published:

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... d-2023.pdf

[Paul Cooksey]

Thanks John. A good job by someone - I'm not exactly sure who to credit - in getting them out ahead of the council papers later this week. Some interesting stuff, which I'll cross post

[Angus French]

... A good job by someone - I'm not exactly sure who to credit - in getting them out ahead of the council papers later this week...

Minutes out in not much more than six weeks. Fantastic effort.

[Roger Lancaster]

Board consensus, if I read the minutes correctly, is to combine bronze/silver/gold but with 'grandfathering' for existing bronze. Is that how others read it?