26-07-2015, 09:02 PM
Hi Dick
Thanks for your response. I’m going to reply shortly, but first I thought I’d offer a couple of corrections for the minutes that I’d held back as I didn’t want to derail other discussions.
1) On the section on the proposed removal of the Under-16 vote the minute says
“There had been no formal process to seek the views of all junior members of Chess Scotland before submitting the proposal to eliminate/reduce their voting rights. Individual families had been consulted.”
This wording is quite misleading. Various people were asked if they had consulted the under-16s and they in turn said “I didn’t” or words to that effect.
The minute suggests that there might have been quite a lot of consultation with juniors, anything up to but not including ‘all juniors’ in fact - when there clearly hadn’t been any such consultation.
2) On eligibility Jim Webster said (P34)
“I also recall that it was suggested that yourself (Walter) and Alastair White put your views together with the concept of putting together a workable set of Eligibility criteria combining the proposals you and the PNC offered.”
Yes the President did propose this (thanks Jim) – but I can’t find this in the minutes, Dick.
Cheers
Thanks for your response. I’m going to reply shortly, but first I thought I’d offer a couple of corrections for the minutes that I’d held back as I didn’t want to derail other discussions.
1) On the section on the proposed removal of the Under-16 vote the minute says
“There had been no formal process to seek the views of all junior members of Chess Scotland before submitting the proposal to eliminate/reduce their voting rights. Individual families had been consulted.”
This wording is quite misleading. Various people were asked if they had consulted the under-16s and they in turn said “I didn’t” or words to that effect.
The minute suggests that there might have been quite a lot of consultation with juniors, anything up to but not including ‘all juniors’ in fact - when there clearly hadn’t been any such consultation.
2) On eligibility Jim Webster said (P34)
“I also recall that it was suggested that yourself (Walter) and Alastair White put your views together with the concept of putting together a workable set of Eligibility criteria combining the proposals you and the PNC offered.”
Yes the President did propose this (thanks Jim) – but I can’t find this in the minutes, Dick.
Cheers