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Nice to see that adult number turning around! Hopefully the start of a new trend. :)
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Since September 1990 when they cost $10, although at the time the intent was one-time usage for those playing in their first event. The cost was raised to $20 as of May 1st 2009.
I would have expected to see a rise in annual memberships after the TM fee increase to $20 but annual membership actually went DOWN for the next couple of years.
I would have expected to see a rise in annual memberships after the TM fee increase to $20 but annual membership actually went DOWN for the next couple of years.
Hi Paul: It is my recollection that at Scarborough Chess Club, some SCC members let their CFC membership lapse, because they only intended to play in 1 or 2 club tournaments over the 10 months we are open. Then they took out a tournament membership to play in the tournaments they chose. Maybe someone else from SCC can confirm if I got this right?
I would have expected to see a rise in annual memberships after the TM fee increase to $20 but annual membership actually went DOWN for the next couple of years.
Hello Paul, in 2009 I fought against the increase in membership because of what I was hearing from the chess players I was talking to. I heard from many players that they enjoyed playing in a yearly tournament, and an extra $10 seemed reasonable. When I told them that the CFC was planning on doing away with the tournament membership, they told me that they would just stop playing in CFC events. I even played in a non CFC tournament after the increase. People just quit when the cost was increased. Instead of motivating chess players to join the CFC, the numbers show that people just moved to playing somewhere else. I have stopped playing in tournaments now and strictly play online.
In 2016 we have CFC memberships of Adult = 872 and Life=407. 2014-2016 A in 800s, or 834, 807, 872. I would like to get out of the 800s before declaring the decline reversed. Looking back:
2008-2013 A in 900s
in 2007 Adult =1004 Life 350 last year over 1000 A
in 1998 =2080 =309 last year over 2000 A
In addition to the regular members we have quite a few tournament members. Based on what I've seen in BC, perhaps 20% of our tournament players pay $20 to $40 each per year in TMs to play in CFC rated tournaments. These "members" are not included in the totals.
Bob's table shows 2065 total members. My rating database shows we had 2493 different players participate in CFC rated events for the year ending 31 March 2016. This does not include foreign players.
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