29-06-2013, 09:00 PM
Kevin - given the problems your own club had this season it would appear it is experiencing 'decline', and that may well be for the same reasons that chess is in decline in Scotland generally (if that is indeed the case). If you can identify the reason for the problems your club has had that may give a starting point for finding solutions that will begin to turn things around.
I honestly doubt that the goings-on in CS are likely to make much difference to the number of people playing chess. Existing players may decide to terminate their CS membership because of it, but I doubt it would cause them to stop playing altogether. I also doubt that members of the public who might be considering taking up chess are very likely to access the forum, so the impact will probably be minimal. Despite the internal disputes I think CS has still been trying to promote chess in Scotland; whether it can continue to do so effectively remains to be seen.
I honestly doubt that the goings-on in CS are likely to make much difference to the number of people playing chess. Existing players may decide to terminate their CS membership because of it, but I doubt it would cause them to stop playing altogether. I also doubt that members of the public who might be considering taking up chess are very likely to access the forum, so the impact will probably be minimal. Despite the internal disputes I think CS has still been trying to promote chess in Scotland; whether it can continue to do so effectively remains to be seen.