I have no idea what a 180 degree review is or what point you are trying to make.John Upham wrote: ↑Mon Jun 28, 2021 6:21 pmI suspect that the early comments relate to previous desires to deprecate the ECF maintained Coaching list and associated coaching schemes.
One of the issues most prominently mentioned was the difficulties with managing DBS checks.
I'd be curious to know how welcome was the news when it was initially received that Rob and Andrew intended to take a 180 degree view.
Maybe now that this initiative has been clearly welcomed that will help its acceptance by the DoJCaE?
I have tediously reminded persons that the full title of the Directorship is
Director of Junior Chess and Education
I think Alex is doing a very good job as Director of Junior Chess
I think Rob and Andy have made a great start on establishing a 'coaches' scheme'
I think Alex has started an important initiative in developing a coaching syllabus with Rob, Andy and others (including Alex Longson, who has obviously put in a huge amount of work and effort on this).
When so many people are working hard to achieve important goals, it seems strange that some want to waste energy trying to remove the person working hardest of all.