| Chessdon 2004-12-27, 5:45 pm |
| >>2. Online play
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DS: I am against that. USCF should treat ICC, WCN, AOL etc. as equalsand do
rating, award titles, resolve disputes as is done for over-the-board play. It
should put outfor bids a number of Internet national championships as well and
provide regional TDs to superwise rounds involving large cash prizes and maybe
even ornaize a few Internet tournaments involving multi server participation.
then arrangements for a[vbcol=seagreen]
>discounted Internet membership fee can be arranged with one of the major
>services.
DS: I agree, except make that with major services instead of one of the major
services.
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>No. That has already failed once. Offer centralized rating services
>for "serious" on-line games and allow any of the current organizations
>to run them, just like the USCF doesn't (well rarely) organize
>tournaments in every town but allows local affiliates to run them and
>send them in for ratings. We don't try to rate every skittles game
>played at your local club and we similarly don't need to rate every
>on-line game.
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Agree on many Internet rating systems by servers, but in addition a national
Internet rating service is<IMO, inevitable and the USCF is best placed to do
it.
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This could possibly be unbundled allowing some downsizing. Need thinking though
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>rather than monthly. The content gathering can be done without problem
>if the right workflow and submission prcess are enforced. This is quite
>simple and cheap. The benefits of going purely electronic are many:
>content will become relevant once gain; no more reporting on
>tournaments that happened 6 months ago. Printing costs will be
>eliminated; writers will submit their material
>online, from their own location. Magazine will be put together
>automatically! Members will be given access to a games library from
>where they can download study material, game collections, etc
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>This is probably the most difficult question of what is the right
>model. Eliminating CL does save a lot in costs (@$12/year/member), but
>getting it into members' hands does provide a major advertising and
>promotional benefit. I can understand going electronic and could
>support that, but I still think there is value in paper CL.
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Electronic AND hard copy chess magazines will co-exist, IMO.
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>PROFESSIONAL fund-raising firm in the USA. Yes, hire an outsider that
>will bring sponsorship money to the USCF. They know where to go and how
>to go about it. That's how most non-profits work.
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>But the USCF can't raise tax-deductible money. That is why I want to
>move so much into separate non-profit organizations - they could. Use
>the model of the US Championship - let others organize and raise the
>money. They either then provide income to the USCF in their bid or at
>the very least reduce USCF expenses by running an event that would lose
>money. Sure they take their cut of the money raised, but they do the
>work themselves.
Some experts have said that USCF could now become 501c3. This needs to be
explored.
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> - Ton Schultz
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