31-03-2014, 01:25 PM
andyburnett Wrote:The issue will not go away, as evidenced by the number of different posters on here (not just me), so it might be an idea for the CS council to convene an emergency meeting (or whatever the technical term is) to discuss this properly and fully. (If there was a discussion at the March 16th council meeting I can only assume it was a private one between a few of the directors?)
Andy,
The vast majority of the membership couldn't get worked up about this issue. I haven't seen a groundswell of opinion on this. I haven't even seen a single open team member complain publicly (I haven't been privy to the private shinnanigans) and if its that big an issue for team members I would have expected something on here. Also, I'm quite sure when I play my league match tonight that I'll be the only one who knows anything about it from twelve players.
I think the whole process needs looked at both in terms of selection of players, selection of captains and our strategy for international chess (junior and adult) going forward.
In terms of Tromso I think Matt's proposed solution is the only one that could be implemented now anyways. If you want change then I suggest you get behind it and then perhaps it will get some traction. Longer term I would encourage you to run for International Director at the next AGM, I think you'd make a good one. You've now got one vote!
In terms of the Council meeting on the 16th, there was a discussion around the International Budget as part of the discussion around budgets and fees. I cannot recall any specific discussion of Andy M's qualities as captain but I'm not sure that would have been the correct forum for it anyway. The team members and captains were probably mentioned but I honestly cannot remember for sure. I'm present at too many chess meetings as it is and they all start merging into one... :-o
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