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What is the current status of the CFC Newsletter? The last time I received a link was July 2016 (for the October 2015 issue) and we are now in December ...
(Apologies if I overlooked an announcement on this subject.)
What is the current status of the CFC Newsletter? The last time I received a link was July 2016 (for the October 2015 issue) and we are now in December ...
(Apologies if I overlooked an announcement on this subject.)
Frankly speaking this is one thing CFC really needs to improve on. Many members have voice out their opinions but seems like there is no clear RESPONSE from CFC yet and this is particularly quite disappointing.
Frankly speaking this is one thing CFC really needs to improve on. Many members have voice out their opinions but seems like there is no clear RESPONSE from CFC yet and this is particularly quite disappointing.
Seriously, if you have nothing good to say about chess and also CFC, I think it's better to keep you mouth shut.
So sorry to have people like this around the chess circle
Only the rushing is heard...
Onward flies the bird.
Seriously, if you have nothing good to say about chess and also CFC, I think it's better to keep you mouth shut.
So sorry to have people like this around the chess circle
LOL!!! :) :) The above text is going straight to my clipboard. I can see getting years of use out of this one. :)
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I think the newsletter is far too long and holds very little local chess information. Making it smaller and getting it out monthly is far more enjoyable than reading 80-100 pages.
We could always have a June big newsletter if the powers that be want that. But by the time the newsletter comes out most, if not all the news is old or obsolete.
Why not each month have a game of the month that is thoroughly reviewed. More problems, or positions where we have to find the move of a current Master or Canadian game.
Make the newsletter fun and enjoyable and people will praise it.
I think the newsletter is far too long and holds very little local chess information. Making it smaller and getting it out monthly is far more enjoyable than reading 80-100 pages.
We could always have a June big newsletter if the powers that be want that. But by the time the newsletter comes out most, if not all the news is old or obsolete.
Why not each month have a game of the month that is thoroughly reviewed. More problems, or positions where we have to find the move of a current Master or Canadian game.
Make the newsletter fun and enjoyable and people will praise it.
Hi John. As I recall the current format of the CCN was based on a poll we did either here or the CFC Forum. Canadian content was the demand, I recall. John covers all of the major CFC events and official FIDE events our players participate in. On top of that, any articles or games of a regional nature that I've sent to John have gotten in (I assume the same is true with other organizers).
"Chess Talk" CFC members aren't the only ones who notice the fact that the issues are falling further behind, and we (CFC Directors) are actively working to correct that. What if we continue this discussion on Jan 1st - and we'll see what the next 3 weeks bring.
Last edited by Fred McKim; Thursday, 8th December, 2016, 04:49 PM.
Hi John. As I recall the current format of the CCN was based on a poll we did either here or the CFC Forum. Canadian content was the demand, I recall. John covers all of the major CFC events and official FIDE events our players participate in. On top of that, any articles or games of a regional nature that I've sent to John have gotten in (I assume the same is true with other organizers).
"Chess Talk" CFC members aren't the only ones who notice the fact that the issues are falling further behind, and we (CFC Directors) are actively working to correct that. What if we continue this discussion on Jan 1st - and we'll see what the next 3 weeks bring.
Hi Fred McKim;
I submitted a game to John Upper from the Niagara Falls Open 2016 . I never saw it in print anywhere. To the best of my knowledge.
This takes us back to identified problem #1: the last tournament reported on is from the fall of 2015.
As I said earlier, I'm expecting some action on that problem before the end of the year.
Well, we had the Olympiad issue on 22 December; it is now three months later, and the last "domestic" issue was last July. Is it time to start the discussion again?
I have little interest in the CFC newsletter... it is so far behind, it is more a record of the fact that events occurred. When I'm Tzar I'll scrap the newsletter, and use the money for something useful.
Pending my future Tsardom :D, I would prefer to see a short issue come out more frequently.
I have little interest in the CFC newsletter... it is so far behind, it is more a record of the fact that events occurred. When I'm Tzar I'll scrap the newsletter, and use the money for something useful.
Pending my future Tsardom :D, I would prefer to see a short issue come out more frequently.
Are you perhaps considering throwing your hat in the ring this year, along with that of NJF?
In the old days they'd work their way up through the ranks, first being on another position of the CFC Exec (or OCA Exec, in that case). Sort of like being Secretary of the Party, rather than Tsar right off the bat.
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