23-08-2017, 09:10 AM
(This post was last modified: 23-08-2017, 09:30 AM by robin moore.
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Ever since CS lost our government grant it has become impossible to make ends meet financially. The CS executive are urgently addressing this issue but we need to be clear how precarious our financial position is. We are not a charity and folks throughout Scotland that play and support chess must understand, irrespective if they are a CS member, affiliate or not, that a larger monetary contribution needs to be made from all parties involved if we are to have a national body supporting us.
Some tough decisions are going to have to be made asap and I'm not suggesting a quick trim, the scythe has to be brandished! The Scottish Championships, in it's current format, is unsustainable in my opinion. Any event that incurs cost to CS, whether it's events like the Liverpool Quadrangular, Glorney or the Olympiad need to be assessed as independently as possible and now, not next year or the year after. If we don't we won't be in existence as an organisation.
Some tough decisions are going to have to be made asap and I'm not suggesting a quick trim, the scythe has to be brandished! The Scottish Championships, in it's current format, is unsustainable in my opinion. Any event that incurs cost to CS, whether it's events like the Liverpool Quadrangular, Glorney or the Olympiad need to be assessed as independently as possible and now, not next year or the year after. If we don't we won't be in existence as an organisation.