I'm currently struggling with the past. Not all of it, mind you, but particular bits where people dispute what happened or what was agreed or have odd views about who did what and why.
My S-G role is to make things happen, but it's tricky when people can't agree what has happened before I got involved, and whether it was right or not. Hey ho.
The other thing I was amazed about this week were the reactions I got to a personal post on the NB asking for ideas on how to have a simple practical test for how firm a hoop is. I set hoops a lot (I think I was RoT at 5 A class or championship events last season). I've pondered this off and on for some time - and though it's not a difficult concept, coming up with a very practical simple quick field test for firmness seems difficult. Anyway, I had a number of sensible, reasoned suggestions about what could be done (none quite meeting my requirement for "simple" though) but also a few quite strident responses assuming this was all a plot by the WCF to regulate hoop firmness and in one case extrapolating to ludicrous extremes (like being able to sue the organisers if the hoops failed the firmness spec!). Predicatbly after such a silly statement, the writer then appealed for "common sense". It's a funny old world.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Everything you wanted to know about WCF events....
Hurrah! Finally, I've been able to press the Send button on a major piece of consultation we've been working on for over 2 months. We were putting together about 6 or 7 proposals on various things to do with how to improve WCF events, and I sent the first one to the WCF Members for their comments. Then it dawned on me we'd have a further 6 ready send all in the next month or so. So instead, we've pulled them together into one large document, and it's gone out to Members tonight.
It centres around having a published 10 Year Schedule of forthcoming events. We'll update it regularly, and the placeholders will gradually get replaced by agreed bids to stage specific events. This will help Member associations - and players - plan further ahead, and also prevent the "clumping" of events that has sometimes happened. All the MC has contributed ides or comments but I must thank Ian Burridge who has done the major work on the schedule itself.
What else does the document cover? Well as well as the Schedule, there is information on the eight World Championship event types ( AC and GC singles and Team World Championships, Women's AC and GC events, and GC Over 50s and Under 21s). We are proposing to halve the WCF License Fees, which host associations pay in order to hold a recognised WCF world championship. We are also defining a clear annual bid process and timetable - we'll start shortly taking bids up till 2014, and then each year we'll call for more bids 3-4 years ahead. And finally, there are a large number of detailed refinements proposed, for example to rules on seeding and draws.
I hope before long to publish the consultation document on the WCF website. Now work starts on a second important consulation document, this one covering how to improve the involvement of WCF Members in the decision making process. And tomorrow, I hope to announce the Under 21 GC world championship for July 2011 - so there's plenty going on!
It centres around having a published 10 Year Schedule of forthcoming events. We'll update it regularly, and the placeholders will gradually get replaced by agreed bids to stage specific events. This will help Member associations - and players - plan further ahead, and also prevent the "clumping" of events that has sometimes happened. All the MC has contributed ides or comments but I must thank Ian Burridge who has done the major work on the schedule itself.
What else does the document cover? Well as well as the Schedule, there is information on the eight World Championship event types ( AC and GC singles and Team World Championships, Women's AC and GC events, and GC Over 50s and Under 21s). We are proposing to halve the WCF License Fees, which host associations pay in order to hold a recognised WCF world championship. We are also defining a clear annual bid process and timetable - we'll start shortly taking bids up till 2014, and then each year we'll call for more bids 3-4 years ahead. And finally, there are a large number of detailed refinements proposed, for example to rules on seeding and draws.
I hope before long to publish the consultation document on the WCF website. Now work starts on a second important consulation document, this one covering how to improve the involvement of WCF Members in the decision making process. And tomorrow, I hope to announce the Under 21 GC world championship for July 2011 - so there's plenty going on!
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