5A3 - DISCUSSION ITEMS - Developments and Directions in Canadian Chess

[Pierre Dénommée]

It seems to me the biggest hurdle with the integration of the website and the rating system last time was the storage of the database(s).

A first year undergraduate Computer Science student can program a database. If the database is to be accessed remotely through a web browser, by multiple users with different privilege level, this makes things more complex.

[Lloyd Lombard]

Hi everyone, I just came back from our Nova Scotia Chess Association Board meeting. I'm told to advise the CFC that our bid for the Canadian Senior's Championship will be submitted to the CFC by the end of May, 2019.

[Vladimir Drkulec]

Hi everyone, I just came back from our Nova Scotia Chess Association Board meeting. I'm told to advise the CFC that our bid for the Canadian Senior's Championship will be submitted to the CFC by the end of May, 2019.

We look forward to receiving the bid.

[Lloyd Lombard]

Yes as I understand it, everybody in NS involved with this, wants to make the bid, they are just looking to secure some funding before presenting it. If we did receive a good bid let's say May 15 - we could decide to accept it, wait until July 1st for any competing bids or else make an announcement giving competing bids 2 or 3 weeks to materialize.

I really don't know the full status of the bid. I'm uncertain whether we can have a bid prepared by May 15th.

[Fred McKim]

Strange that the website as directed from the CFC website http://www.chessfest.ca/ for Kitchener says Over 60 section. I would hate to go there and be too young. lol. The website also says 2018 so maybe it has not been updated yet?
I have to plan my chess 3 or 4 months in advance, so hopefully it will be updated soon.

This is last year's event. The 2018 Canadian Senior was in Calgary. We are all waiting for Hal to publish the 2019 schedule, but we know where it will be and on what weekend ......

[Lyle Craver]

In the thread on the Handbook I have referred to uschess.org.

One of the things I used to most like about their old site was the section on national events - the top half of the page advertises coming events, the second half has a link saying 'national events open for bids'

In other words the bidding process was front and center and any organizer considering an event knows where to look. I do NOT claim our situation is the same as theirs but I'm not too proud to steal a great idea where I see one. For instance, note how the fact that one might make a contribution is front and center on the site and not in the private member area...

[Pierre Dénommée]

Hello there, I didn't know where else in this meeting to post this:

Are there any 2019-2020 national events that don't yet have an Organizer, plan, etc?

On the crosstables page, I do not see any result for the 2019 Women Zonal. Has it been held in Kingston as planned? Do we have a 2019 Canadian Women Champion?

[Vladimir Drkulec]

On the crosstables page, I do not see any result for the 2019 Women Zonal. Has it been held in Kingston as planned? Do we have a 2019 Canadian Women Champion?

The Zonal year for women is next year, 2020.