"Old Haasie" wrote in message
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The ideal national chess federation would look somewhat like the
American Mensa organization. A portion of the national dues would be
shared directly with metropolitan scaled umbrella organizations, one
such umbrella per metro area. The umbrella would use the money to
promote chess in various ways including the production of
tournaments.

And what is the effect of this strategy for Mensa, compared with other
things they have tried? How does it relate to chess playing?

Not probably quite so Old, in modern parlance, Differently-Aged [DA], Phil

Old Haasie