Continuation of AGM - motion 1.2

[Matthew Turner]

Cost of venues is a huge issue, coupled with, and connected to, health and safety and risk assessment regulations. That makes it more difficult to run events at what you might describe as 'traditional' venues eg. schools, sports halls, churches. However, there are perhaps other venues that are increasingly amenable to chess events, eg conference facilities not used much at weekends, hotels hit by the economic downturn.
Finding organisers, wanting to/able to put in a huge amount of time to organise events, that's another issue. That is a tough one.