Bob Armstrong
09-25-2012, 02:43 PM
Posted on the CCC Facebook chess discussion page, " CCC - Chess Posts of Interest " ( http://www.facebook.com/groups/cooperativechesscoalition/ ):
CCC Discusses Chess – Posts of Interest – The Birth of the Cooperative Chess Coalition ( CCC ).
Q: Why was the CCC started?
A: CCC originally started as a Canadian chess reform organization. After a year, it restructured itself into an international chess discussion promoter, including debate on chess reform at all levels. It would promote actual reform if there was sufficient popular support. But the issues which gave rise to it are not uniquely Canadian. It was seen that chess structures are top-down, autocratic systems. An organization promoting a more collegial and democratic system was needed ( first goal ). Secondly, chess administrative structures tend to take their ordinary chess players for granted, and give them little encouragement or opportunity to become meaningfully involved. An organization was needed that would focus on member development and involvement ( second goal ). Lastly, chess reform was needed at all levels, and an organization was needed that could work toward ordinary chess player-desired reforms ( third goal ). In the restructuring, it was noted that the elite players have the Association of Chess Professionals ( ACP ), and CCC saw itself as a possible voice for what might be termed ordinary or class players ( fourth goal ). The first three factors are seen, not just in Canada, but at the FIDE level, and many national federation levels. CCC in its current international form, continues to see itself as having these four goals.
Q: Do you agree these characteristics are universal in our chess culture? Are they present in your country? Are the CCC’s goals achievable?
For publicly available CCC materials, contact me at: cooperativechesscoalition@gmail.com
Bob Armstrong, CCC Coordinator
CCC Discusses Chess – Posts of Interest – The Birth of the Cooperative Chess Coalition ( CCC ).
Q: Why was the CCC started?
A: CCC originally started as a Canadian chess reform organization. After a year, it restructured itself into an international chess discussion promoter, including debate on chess reform at all levels. It would promote actual reform if there was sufficient popular support. But the issues which gave rise to it are not uniquely Canadian. It was seen that chess structures are top-down, autocratic systems. An organization promoting a more collegial and democratic system was needed ( first goal ). Secondly, chess administrative structures tend to take their ordinary chess players for granted, and give them little encouragement or opportunity to become meaningfully involved. An organization was needed that would focus on member development and involvement ( second goal ). Lastly, chess reform was needed at all levels, and an organization was needed that could work toward ordinary chess player-desired reforms ( third goal ). In the restructuring, it was noted that the elite players have the Association of Chess Professionals ( ACP ), and CCC saw itself as a possible voice for what might be termed ordinary or class players ( fourth goal ). The first three factors are seen, not just in Canada, but at the FIDE level, and many national federation levels. CCC in its current international form, continues to see itself as having these four goals.
Q: Do you agree these characteristics are universal in our chess culture? Are they present in your country? Are the CCC’s goals achievable?
For publicly available CCC materials, contact me at: cooperativechesscoalition@gmail.com
Bob Armstrong, CCC Coordinator