CFC Member Stats

[Chris White]

Re: CFC Member Stats

Probably not. Membership has its privileges and in the case where the CFC were winding up or someone was trying to strip the CFC of its assets the non-voting members would get a vote. Changing the structure of the CFC would require a two thirds vote of the voting members and creating another class of membership would be considered a change in structure which would also incur a notification fee to the government. It would also complicate things quite a bit in the event that poison pills were invoked as the temporary tournament members might in some case have a veto over anything the voting members and suddenly voting non-voting members might decide.

Okay thanks for the info! I wasn't thinking along those lines at all.

[Neil Frarey]

Re: CFC Member Stats

Could the terminology be changed so that tournament members would be included as a member for the calendar year for stats purposes? Our current regular membership could be called "full membership" and that would include the newsletter. The number would be a better indicator of those who played chess in Canada. (Not sure if there are that many tournament members - but just curious).

Participant Member, perhaps?

I do agree Chris, that the current 'types' of Memberships need to be more fluid.

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: CFC Member Stats

Could the terminology be changed so that tournament members would be included as a member for the calendar year for stats purposes? Our current regular membership could be called "full membership" and that would include the newsletter. The number would be a better indicator of those who played chess in Canada. (Not sure if there are that many tournament members - but just curious).

Probably not. Membership has its privileges and in the case where the CFC were winding up or someone was trying to strip the CFC of its assets the non-voting members would get a vote. Changing the structure of the CFC would require a two thirds vote of the voting members and creating another class of membership would be considered a change in structure which would also incur a notification fee to the government. It would also complicate things quite a bit in the event that poison pills were invoked as the temporary tournament members might in some case have a veto over anything the voting members and suddenly voting non-voting members might decide.

[Chris White]

Re: CFC Member Stats

Could the terminology be changed so that tournament members would be included as a member for the calendar year for stats purposes? Our current regular membership could be called "full membership" and that would include the newsletter. The number would be a better indicator of those who played chess in Canada. (Not sure if there are that many tournament members - but just curious).

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: CFC Member Stats

Does someone who buys a one time tournament membership count?

As a member, no. As a potential future member, yes.

[Chris White]

Re: CFC Member Stats

Does someone who buys a one time tournament membership count?

[Neil Frarey]

Re: CFC Member Stats

Censored my post ... how CNN of you, Fred.

[Fred McKim]

Re: CFC Member Stats

Seems to a lot of "adjusting" going on, Bob G.!

Good thing others try to keep you honest ... or else the membership would be over 10,000 LOL!

Some of the adjustment was life members (GM's or IM's) that were being picked up as Canadian, but now living elsewhere.

And who knows how many deceased life members we have ? We try and remove them from the rolls, but sometimes it's not that easy. I know of one life member (not deceased) who last played in 1972. Despite living in ON for all of that time, he has never changed his province from NB.

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: CFC Member Stats

Currently we have life members. Perhaps we need to consider eternal life members though I'm sure the atheist wing will object.

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: CFC Member Stats

Yeah, deceased members are really not very good at notifying the CFC office of their new status.

If they start notifying us then we'll start to get worried.

[Kerry Liles]

Re: CFC Member Stats

I particularly enjoyed Hugh's post pointing out the deceased members ... LOL!

Next time, and there will be a next time, you guys try in to inflate membership numbers try NOT to get caught!

Yeah, deceased members are really not very good at notifying the CFC office of their new status.

[Neil Frarey]

Re: CFC Member Stats

You would think the membership numbers were climate change statistics that needed to be adjusted to show an increasing trend despite the raw data showing the opposite.

I particularly enjoyed Hugh's post pointing out the deceased members ... LOL!

Next time, and there will be a next time, you guys try in to inflate membership numbers try NOT to get caught!

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: CFC Member Stats

Seems to a lot of "adjusting" going on, Bob G.!

Good thing others try to keep you honest ... or else the membership would be over 10,000 LOL!

You would think the membership numbers were climate change statistics that needed to be adjusted to show an increasing trend despite the raw data showing the opposite.

[Neil Frarey]

Re: CFC Member Stats

Ps. Numbers for May 1 were adjusted down to 2,133 after some errors found. Thanks Fred and Lyle.

Membership count for August 1 = 2,190. A nice increase of 57 members in the last 3 months.
We seem to be on a healthy upward trend. :)
Thanks to all the clubs, organizers, volunteers, and supporters across Canada. You make it happen.

Seems to a lot of "adjusting" going on, Bob G.!

Good thing others try to keep you honest ... or else the membership would be over 10,000 LOL!

[Bob Gillanders]

Re: CFC Member Stats

Final membership count as of May 1 = 2,140.
Highest since 2005. Thanks everyone.

Ps. Numbers for May 1 were adjusted down to 2,133 after some errors found. Thanks Fred and Lyle.

Membership count for August 1 = 2,190. A nice increase of 57 members in the last 3 months.
We seem to be on a healthy upward trend. :)
Thanks to all the clubs, organizers, volunteers, and supporters across Canada. You make it happen.