On Aug 17, 8:58 pm, Old Haasie wrote:
The ideal chess federation would be structured somewhat like
Mensa. A portion of the national dues would be sent to metropolitan
scaled umbrella organizations ... one such org per metro area. In
this fashion chess would be proportionally and regularly capitalized
at its basic market level.

Old Haasie

Hey Slim, get that dead horse outta the barn and let's flog it some
more.