Gilachess already publish the thing mention in a discussion at DATCC with Dato' Tan. Below are the lists
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- Multi faceted chess centre incorporating student
- Have to be actively advertising/marketing
- mentions of Fadli’s idea of attracting lower ranks player in the ‘Amatur’ series is a good idea
- activities other than tournaments
- use of GMs for various activities
- Training sessions / tuition (paid) for students from schools around nearby DATCC centre
- Ideas of Chess memebership for center
- Yearly
- 25% discount on entrance fee
- Monthly (RM 10)
- 10% discount
- need for local company to spearhead training
- Ideas of tournament without money (trophies etc)
- issue is not to profit from centre or chess but to concentrate on making centre popular
- suggestion to delay membership for 1 or 2 years
- disagreement with non-chess games (scrabble/carrom/maj-jong) held at DATCC – focus should be on chess only
- need for a working committee
- accept the off hours and not be discouraged by non-attendance during afternoons and weekdays
- Politeness and friendliness is important for chess center.
- Coach certification
- observation: good on “hardware” (place) soft or weak on the “software” side (organisation, tournaments, planning etc)
- concentrate on enterprises and kids
- Suggestion for seniors to coach juniors using centre
- suggestion for post mortem for every major event to avoid future problems.
- suggestion of Chess Forum (online)
- oppose subscription idea as may be too costly – example:- 4 kids x RM10 per month x 12 = RM 480 per year
- get strong players as sparring partners for centre
- branding – face to the centre
- tie up with tuition centres
- GM roadshow
- need for transparency. eg: MCF comittee members not known
- mobile chess library
- look to China’s example
- need for a chess hero (GM)
- encourage more children to come to centre
- maximise usage of centre as it’s open everyday
- make chess centre a “hangout”
- Marketing is important
- Publicity using cameras and large screen displays and get companies like LG/Panasonic to sponsor
- concentrate on for profit self sustaining – centre is NOT a charity
- DATCC prominent location
- selling of products like t-shirts
- using datcc as benchmark to open new similar centers
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