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**Just2Good** · 09-26-2007, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by frosty

Gendo, as I believe I mused in another place and at another time, I perceived a major problem with the trial from a VIC perspective to be:

1) that the ACF reduced its fees, but it took VIC some considerable time after that (my recollection is around 8 or 10 months?) before it adjusted its fees downards

2) that by the time more tournaments were ready to start coming in from VIC, the ACF was already abandoning its experiment, meaning that CV were left high-n-dry charging a lower fee to VIC clubs, but then getting hit again with higher fees by the ACF

Perhaps someone in VIC might move a motion at a forthcoming AGM to give the CV Executive the power to increase/decrease published fees in line with and proportionally with increases in their costs (e.g. ACF costs charged to CV). Its ridiculous that CV can set a fee around NOV at their AGM, the ACF can increase costs to CV, but CV is unable to respond (increase or decrease) until the next AGM, unless a special general meeting is called? It ought to be as simple as sending a letter to the club presidents to say "such-and-such is now costing us more, so from X-date the rating fee will be $Y, and if you're unhappy you can have it addressed at the next AGM".

MOZ, incidentally, your link should have been: http://www.auschess.org.au/ratings/sep07/raptour.txt

Hi Frosty

I am not sure exactly what you are saying. Are you saying that because Chess Victoria was slow to pass on the reduced rating fee that the trial period of one year that the ACF put in place should have been extended for Victoria?

AO

09-26-2007, 07:07 PM	#13 (permalink)
Just2Good Tin Cup Champ 2004 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cairns Posts: 6,056 ICC Handle: Advantage FICS Handle: Advantage	Originally Posted by frosty Gendo, as I believe I mused in another place and at another time, I perceived a major problem with the trial from a VIC perspective to be: 1) that the ACF reduced its fees, but it took VIC some considerable time after that (my recollection is around 8 or 10 months?) before it adjusted its fees downards 2) that by the time more tournaments were ready to start coming in from VIC, the ACF was already abandoning its experiment, meaning that CV were left high-n-dry charging a lower fee to VIC clubs, but then getting hit again with higher fees by the ACF Perhaps someone in VIC might move a motion at a forthcoming AGM to give the CV Executive the power to increase/decrease published fees in line with and proportionally with increases in their costs (e.g. ACF costs charged to CV). Its ridiculous that CV can set a fee around NOV at their AGM, the ACF can increase costs to CV, but CV is unable to respond (increase or decrease) until the next AGM, unless a special general meeting is called? It ought to be as simple as sending a letter to the club presidents to say "such-and-such is now costing us more, so from X-date the rating fee will be $Y, and if you're unhappy you can have it addressed at the next AGM". MOZ, incidentally, your link should have been: http://www.auschess.org.au/ratings/sep07/raptour.txt Hi Frosty I am not sure exactly what you are saying. Are you saying that because Chess Victoria was slow to pass on the reduced rating fee that the trial period of one year that the ACF put in place should have been extended for Victoria? AO __________________ . "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." ~ Buckminster Fuller ~