Newzealandchess.nz Website Review

a remit had been submitted on 30th october 2018 by north shore chess club to be voted on at the 2019 nzcf annual general meeting. this remit would reduce nzcf annual player registration fees from the current $20 to just a nominal $1. a very positive initiative by north shore chess club to remove another unnecessary tax by nzcf. keeping a single list of registered players nationwide online costs nzcf practically nothing. in terms of time, the automated player registration system was stress tested by the nzcf secretary in 2013 and handled a 5 million player register in less than an hour. number of players registered can easily increase 10 fold from the current less than 500 and it would take less than a minute a month to maintain the register. having a registered players list available online listing all registered players nationwide is of immense benefit to nzcf. every chess player should be encouraged to be registered by making registration practically free. just like it costs nothing to be registered in the electoral roll, there should not be a poll tax to be listed as a registered nz chess player. we encourage nzcf affiliated member clubs to vote in favour of this remit by north shore chess club at the nzcf agm. two remits had been submitted on 26th october 2018 by mount maunganui rsa chess club to be voted on at the 2019 nzcf annual general meeting. both remits are available for do*nload in remits for january 2019 nz chess congress agm section of mount maunganui rsa chess club's 1st remit is to remove $10 levy per team that participates in interschool regional qualifying competitions. this levy was meant to be used to fund travel grants for teams to participate with free entry into the national interschool finals. since travel grants are no longer provided and entry fees are now being charged for national interschool finals, this levy just serves as a revenue grab by nzcf. 2nd remit is to make nzcf council meeting minutes published online. nzcf council meeting minutes used to be published online to enable