1	Leicestershire ECF Membership Scheme Opportunity to individuals to join ECF via LRCA Completely optional scheme Decision is per player £10 (£5 juniors) per annum membership fee Exemption from game fee (45p per player per game) nationwide! Cheaper League Fees! £21 per team instead of £52.50 Discounted Entry Fees (£2 - £6) for congresses! Free Summer Cups & County Championships! Receive electronic list of graded games each year Receive ECF magazine “Chess Moves” electronically, free LRCA receives 10% of the membership fee
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3	What about club fees? Each club should decide what discount (if any) they will give to members who join the scheme Clubs will save on league fees for each member - 45p per game ie £6.30 per player per team If a player plays for 2 teams, the saving is doubled! LRCA encourages all clubs to pass the full saving on to their members
4	What should our club do? Case Study A club have 3 teams in the league. They also have 2 in the Chapman Cup and 1 in the Harrod Cup. Their players play some county and congress chess, and they have a club championship. The club has 15 active members and 3 occasional players. The 15 active players played between 8 and 36 games, with the average being 19. League fees for 2006/7 would total £157, Summer Cups would cost £19 and the Club Championship £6 – total £182.
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6	Case Study Financials 2006/7
7	What should our club do? There is no right answer What is for one club will not be right for another. Each club and player must make their own decision based on their own circumstances. Many clubs will find that if all their active players join the scheme it will cost around £2 extra per player. This extra cost is likely to be saved in benefits received. Players may want to pay the extra themselves to receive the benefits of membership. It is almost certain that every club will have some players who would benefit financially by joining the scheme.
8	What Next? The LRCA are asking you to vote to separate the cost of entering the league from the cost of grading games. This will allow us to offer the maximum benefits to those who want to join the scheme. If you or your club do not intend to join the scheme we still urge you to vote for this separation. Such clubs remain unaffected as they simply continue to pay game fee.
9	The Motion