Je me permet de recopier ici une intervention de Vladimir Drkulec sur le babillard des gouverneurs de la CFC, où l'entente fait l'objet de débat avant le vote. Cette intervention témoigne de l'état d'esprit du côté de la CFC. Je m'excuse si elle est en anglais, mais je n'est pas le temps de la traduire ce matin
The real question here is whether we (the CFC and FQE) are ready to work together for the good of chess in all of Canada? Is chess in Canada better off with the deal on the table or better off without the deal? I'd say we are better off with the deal.
Is it a perfect deal? No, but it is a pretty good deal for both sides and certainly better than the status quo. Things can go wrong if one or the other side proceeds in bad faith but why would you enter into such a deal just to mess it up? Worst case from my point of view is that the deal does not work out and we are back to where we started. Best case is that the deal does work out and more CFC members play in FQE tournaments and more FQE members play in CFC tournaments. More chess gets organized and played. Win-win.
Critics who say we are giving the FQE a better deal than that offered to other provinces are ignoring the fact that we cannot in our present form offer services in French. If we can start down this path of cooperation, with the help of the FQE and its members then perhaps we will be able to offer services in French in the future. There are many things on everyone's wish list but in its present form very little can be accomplished because our numbers are so few. Our fixed costs are relatively high. We can grow by 50% by one very significant vote. We can approach potential sponsors with the fact that we represent 3000 tournament players across Canada rather than 1900 mostly in Ontario.
In evaluating the deal we should not compare it with some pie in the sky deal which we could have accomplished if we (the CFC) were holding all the cards. This is a deal between relative equals and reflects that reality. Piling on conditions like the FQE has to swear eternal fealty to the vision of the CFC ruling chess in Canada and Quebec forever with an iron fist is just being ridiculous. Over the years things happened which perhaps annoyed certain people. Get over it. We have only the present. We can't change the past though people often try to, with spin. The future will be determined by what we do now. Lets take a step down the path of cooperation and see where it leads us. If we find we don't like it then we can always go back to the current reality of two solitudes and say that we tried but it didn't work out.
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The real question here is whether we (the CFC and FQE) are ready to work together for the good of chess in all of Canada? Is chess in Canada better off with the deal on the table or better off without the deal? I'd say we are better off with the deal.
Is it a perfect deal? No, but it is a pretty good deal for both sides and certainly better than the status quo. Things can go wrong if one or the other side proceeds in bad faith but why would you enter into such a deal just to mess it up? Worst case from my point of view is that the deal does not work out and we are back to where we started. Best case is that the deal does work out and more CFC members play in FQE tournaments and more FQE members play in CFC tournaments. More chess gets organized and played. Win-win.
Critics who say we are giving the FQE a better deal than that offered to other provinces are ignoring the fact that we cannot in our present form offer services in French. If we can start down this path of cooperation, with the help of the FQE and its members then perhaps we will be able to offer services in French in the future. There are many things on everyone's wish list but in its present form very little can be accomplished because our numbers are so few. Our fixed costs are relatively high. We can grow by 50% by one very significant vote. We can approach potential sponsors with the fact that we represent 3000 tournament players across Canada rather than 1900 mostly in Ontario.
In evaluating the deal we should not compare it with some pie in the sky deal which we could have accomplished if we (the CFC) were holding all the cards. This is a deal between relative equals and reflects that reality. Piling on conditions like the FQE has to swear eternal fealty to the vision of the CFC ruling chess in Canada and Quebec forever with an iron fist is just being ridiculous. Over the years things happened which perhaps annoyed certain people. Get over it. We have only the present. We can't change the past though people often try to, with spin. The future will be determined by what we do now. Lets take a step down the path of cooperation and see where it leads us. If we find we don't like it then we can always go back to the current reality of two solitudes and say that we tried but it didn't work out.
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