Iccf congress, seixal, portugal 5th to 12th October 2002
Technology and Web Server matters
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13 Technology and Web Server mattersThe ICCF President reported on disappointing progress with an ICCF Webserver system, since the decisions of the previous Congress in Rimini, and that no report had been received from the Technical Commissioner. Although detailed discussions had taken place with one potential webserver provider, its proprietor had given late notice that he was unable to attend Congress, to make a presentation of his proposed system for ICCF. Discussions had taken place in the Working Group, where it had been concluded that the appointment of Technical Commissioner should be cancelled. The Working Group had considered alternative ways forward and concluded that an “Expert Group” should be formed to progress the project, with terms of reference, reporting to President, General Secretary and Nol van ‘t Riet acting as overall Steering Committee. The requirement was for an “ICCF dedicated webserver” system. The ongoing proposals, including Terms of Reference, were discussed with and then agreed by the Congress. Grayling Hill (USA) kindly agreed to act as Chairman of the Expert Group and he would invite suitably qualified candidates to be members of the Group, in consultation with the Steering Committee (see Appendix K for details of Expert Group members at 1/1/2003). There were several interesting suggestions made by delegates, which would be considered in the Expert Group, including on the important issue of “phasing” of title tournaments, to include new groups played via webserver. Approaches had been received from several existing and projected providers of webserver facilities, but they would not be considered until the Expert Group had defined proposals, which would satisy the stated objective ie an “ICCF dedicated webserver” system - to be suitable for ICCF and member federation webserver tournaments 14 Webmaster and Internet mattersThe ICCF Webmaster reported on the development of the “iccf.com” website and she was commended for her initiatives with enhanced services and design features of the site. The hope was expressed that the “Game of the Month” feature would soon be restored but there was a plea for more quality games to be sent to Victor Palciauskas, its Editor. There was consensus about the desirability to establish an ICCF webmagazine. The Webmaster, Evelin Radosztics (OST) and her two Assistants, Luz Marina Tinjaca and Marco Caressa (ITA) were thanked by Congress for their great work, along with others who helped to update tournament tables etc. On the proposal of the General Secretary, supported by other delegates, it was agreed by Congress that a “Friend of ICCF” award should be made to the website of the Scottish Correspondence Chess Association, www.scottishcca.co.uk I It was emphasized by the ICCF President that such awards could be withdrawn if it was considered that an awarded website was no longer a “substantial supporter and promoter of ICCF and collaborating well with ICCF in the publication of ICCF news and information”. The Award logo should be displayed prominently on the home page of a recipient site. 15. ICCF Jubilee Book mattersThe Editor-in-Chief, Pedro Hegoburu, reported that the book was nearing completion. Due to the large amount of material to be included, it would be a 376-page publication. The title had been changed to “ICCF GOLD”, in celebration of the 50th Jubilee of ICCF. A printed proof was circulated during the Congress for delegates/officials, to check contents and identify errors and/or omissions. Final publication date was scheduled for 25th November 2002, with distribution to federations and individual customers being organised by the ICCF President. The ICCF President provided a summary of the projected income and expenditure for the book. He indicated that orders already placed, should ensure the book would be “self-financed”, with scope for further sales and use of remaining books as prizes for selected tournaments. But, most of all, he said it was a book of celebration. The ICCF President stated that costs of printing and distribution of the book would need to be paid early in the New Year and it would greatly help ICCF liquidity (and avoid the sale of investments) if member federations would pay for their books, along with all other ICCF fees for the Year 2002, before the end of January 2003. In his final report to Congress, the Editor-in-Chief expressed his sincere thanks to the people involved in such a huge project, especially to Messrs. Iván Bottlik (HUN) and Alan Borwell (SCO) for their constant support and outstanding contributions towards the content and publication of a unique publication – the first ever for ICCF. 16. Marketing and publications mattersThe Marketing Director referred to his written Report to Congress distributed earlier. Once again he requested the help of National Federations and Congress participants in increasing the membership of the Commission, which was comprised of only 3 people. The progress so far had depended mainly on the solitary work of the Marketing Director himself and this was proving to be very difficult. Therefore more active help was a necessity. It was reported that the ICCF Brochure and Marketing Portfolio had been progressed, and a draft of the Brochure was presented for discussion. Some valuable suggestions were made and changes would be made to include or reflect them. There was further discussion on the need to analyse the target of the Marketing portfolio, identifying and prioritizing those events for which ICCF should be seeking sponsorship. There were two marketing proposals put forward to Congress for discussion and eventual implementation:-
Although no agreement could be reached for immediate implementation, both suggestions were to be taken forward for further analysis and then brought back for consideration by the 2003 Congress. There were ongoing discussions regarding the Press Office function, which had sadly not been covered during the last two years due to lack of volunteers. There were suggestions for the creation of a web-based magazine, with the possibility of a link up with CCN to be actively explored. More contributors were required for ICCF Telechess articles for ChessBase Magazine and a volunteer was needed to take responsibility for the collection of annotated games for entry into the Analysis Prize competitions available through the New In Chess sponsorship. It was evident that several people would be required for the Press Office to function properly and cover all these and other tasks, such as potential new publications, help with Game of the Month column at ICCF Website, etc. The Marketing Director reassured Congress that he would try to organise a functional Press Office, to tackle these and other tasks. He was grateful to the Congress participants who had shown an interest in contributing. Directory: userfiles -> files files -> The kiwanis club of greater columbus, georgia club history files -> Policies, Operations, Procedures files -> Garth Andrew Myers files -> Maryland State Athletic Directors Association History Revised 2010 Table of Contents files -> Fort Lauderdale, Fl. It’s probably fitting that fc edmonton is kicking the 2012 nasl season off in Fort Lauderdale against the Strikers files -> Monday 12th march 2012 files -> Field Trip Math Multiplication Quiz- 8-10 Tuesday, March 8 files -> Business Continuity Plan Template Download 0.98 Mb. Share with your friends:
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