Ivan,

This is an extremely good suggestion, but misses the point just a little.

In marketing, there is the principle of pricing a product at its perceptable
value, not it's margin plus cost. This principle dictates, for example, that
the same plain wool Berets made in China which only cost the manufacturer 2
bucks, should be marketed at a fair value in the destination market. So,
while Peruvians might pay 4 bucks to the Chinese, the US Army pays 8.

An additional point is, by not taking the money up front, cash flow suffers.

Tweak your idea a bit and maybe it sounds like this. For every organizer who
holds ten tournaments a year, the equivalency of one membership will be
discounted from the TLA's and Ratings fees, and you might have a winner,
providing the financial analysts agree with the numbers (very important to
do a walk though financially)

Tom Klem

"Ivan" wrote in message
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I think the USCF should give free adult memberships (w/ chess life) to
all tournament directors that run 10 or more tournaments each year.

I believe that TDs in general are the backbone on US chess since they
organize and run tournaments. Also the tournament rating fees provide
a large chunk of the USCF revenue. Therefore, we should reward our
TDs for their hardwork by giving them free membership (provided they
run at least 10 tournaments). I guess you could have someone run 10
events and then they get free membership.
Each event that gets rated has a minimum rating fee of $5 so that is
at least 50 dollars coming in as revenue.

This is a good idea so please consider it.

Thank you,