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The Smithville, Ontario, club had one member - me. But I had to cancel my membership because I didn't like my attitude and I caught myself drinking during a meeting.
(thanks to the meme-ster)
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey
It seemed pretty clear to me that Peter's post was "tongue in cheek". Lighten up.
There is enough garbage on CT that occasional funny posts should be more than welcome.
It seemed pretty clear to me that Peter's post was "tongue in cheek". Lighten up.
There is enough garbage on CT that occasional funny posts should be more than welcome.
I took Larry’s remark as similarly tongue in cheek in keeping with the tone of peters original response. So, er, lighten up and don’t be so literal?
I believe the Mississauga CC is the largest if one joins adults and juniors (They have a massive junior membership, or did have, and at a very low cost to get them in). I believe Undriadi Benggawan is still President/Manager (I don't think he comes to ChessTalk)? A number of years ago, they displaced Scarborough CC from 1st place.
But since the Pandemic, I believe the SCC numbers have fallen a bit, and the no. of junior members seemed to drop substantially after the Pandemic. But I am just an ordinary member. Perhaps one of the Exec. can give more recent upcoming 2023-4 numbers?
Members: The current paid member count was somewhere above 100 in the last year season. We had 52 in the main tournament, and 47 in U900 of the 2023 championship. Sorry, I don't have a ratio of adult/junior.
Fee: 80 CAD for the whole year; and prorated depending when someone joins. Discount for family members.
Meeting times: once a week. Usually on Mondays. Special cases - Tuesdays after long-weekend Monday. We operate in summer (there are couple meetings still happening Aug 21 and Aug 28 for this season at Aurora Public Library @5-9 pm). The new season will start in Sep 18 (sorry, no complete schedule yet)
Website: www.aucc.club Though join the facebook group "Aurora chess Club" for some faster updates.
The Smithville, Ontario, club had one member - me. But I had to cancel my membership because I didn't like my attitude and I caught myself drinking during a meeting.
(thanks to the meme-ster)
If you had put this as your motto, I might have joined
I think the Calgary Chess Club has about 250 members. It is open 6 days a week. $40 for adults,$30 for juniors. https://calgarychess.com/
Edmonton Chess Club is probably a bit smaller and has a facebook page but not a website.
Besides the masters and experts with free membership, are the numbers given in previous posts for fee-paying members? What percentage of those fees received covers rent?
I believe the Mississauga CC is the largest if one joins adults and juniors (They have a massive junior membership, or did have, and at a very low cost to get them in). I believe Undriadi Benggawan is still President/Manager (I don't think he comes to ChessTalk)? A number of years ago, they displaced Scarborough CC from 1st place.
But since the Pandemic, I believe the SCC numbers have fallen a bit, and the no. of junior members seemed to drop substantially after the Pandemic. But I am just an ordinary member. Perhaps one of the Exec. can give more recent upcoming 2023-4 numbers?
Bob A
Hi Bob, I believe you are correct. I made that claim here some years ago now. Scarborough challenged the claim, but had to settle for being the stronger club. I recall we contemplated a friendly club match of 50-100 boards, MCC and SCC being the only clubs that could hope to field teams of that size. Anyway, we had fun arguing the case.
FYI, Anna Pan of MCC did post a message here giving some vital club stats. But I heard from Undriadi this evening that the owner deleted the post as unpaid advertising.
So, what's up with that! Mississauga doesn't need to advertise, they were simply replying to Larry questions.
I don't see the Smithville club post being deleted. Did they pay?
Perhaps MCC should post on the CFC forum where they can expect a level playing field.
Besides the masters and experts with free membership, are the numbers given in previous posts for fee-paying members? What percentage of those fees received covers rent?
There are no free memberships in Calgary or Edmonton for Masters, but he annual fee is very reasonable and you get access to a fabulous library in Calgary and a good one in Edmonton.
Hi Bob, I believe you are correct. I made that claim here some years ago now. Scarborough challenged the claim, but had to settle for being the stronger club. I recall we contemplated a friendly club match of 50-100 boards, MCC and SCC being the only clubs that could hope to field teams of that size. Anyway, we had fun arguing the case.
FYI, Anna Pan of MCC did post a message here giving some vital club stats. But I heard from Undriadi this evening that the owner deleted the post as unpaid advertising.
So, what's up with that! Mississauga doesn't need to advertise, they were simply replying to Larry questions.
I don't see the Smithville club post being deleted. Did they pay?
Perhaps MCC should post on the CFC forum where they can expect a level playing field.
Just saying.
Bob,
I checked with the CT owner. It was rather more than than unpaid advertising.
Perhaps you could get the facts from Anna, before posting.
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