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| Prize money - assuming no sposorship? |
| Higher the section the higher the absolute prize value? |
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54% |
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| All sections have same absolute prize value, irrespective of numbers in section? |
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6% |
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| Prize levels determined by number of entrants in a section? |
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32% |
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| No Prizes - donate surplus to Alex (or CS) |
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6% |
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Mike Scott
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 Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 6:30 pm Post subject: Prize Money Poll |
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David Deary
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| Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 6:33 pm Post subject: Guess how I voted... |
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Its not a difficult one! 
I believe in the basic principle that number of entries must determine prize money.
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HughBrechin
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| Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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Incentivise improvement.
I mean, not to a ridiculous extent or anything, and if there's a Minor with 57 entrants and an Open with 14 then it's probably best to have a wee tweak. |
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Graeme Nolan
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I play in tournaments for the love of chess, but better prize money in the Open can sometimes attract GMs & IMs which is desirable. |
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AMcHarg
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| Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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| I voted for "Higher the section the higher the absolute prize value?"... but within reason. |
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Mike Scott
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Who gave Alex two votes? |
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robin moore
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| Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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Is this poll going to be conducted on a first past the post, av or proportional representation basis? I take it one of our future MSP's will be dealing with this. I just hope he will be representing Scotland's party once he has finished his political studies at Edinburgh University!
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HughBrechin
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| Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 9:41 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Is this poll going to be conducted on a first past the post, av or proportional representation basis? |
Answering this doubtless entirely serious question: well, we're only looking to 'elect' one answer, so no PR. I'd go with FPTP, mostly because the noticeboard doesn't seem to have a facility for ranking options in order of preference. Given that we've got an absolute majority for one option at the moment, the short answer is 'it doesn't matter' though.
| Quote: | | I just hope he will be representing Scotland's party once he has finished his political studies at Edinburgh University! |
Don't count on it  |
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AMcHarg
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| Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 10:07 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I just hope he will be representing Scotland's party once he has finished his political studies at Edinburgh University! |
Don't count on it |
But you're not ruling it out? 
I would be interested to hear your view on Scottish Independence. |
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David Deary
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| Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 10:12 am Post subject: |
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What's the quorum? 
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HughBrechin
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| Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 10:18 am Post subject: |
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I can imagine circumstances in which I'd support independence, mostly involving the Westminster government getting even worse, but at the moment I'd vote no.
It could work, I suppose, but I don't really see the need (we get enough autonomy under devolution, and that's only going to increase, to be sheltered from the impact of the worse coalition polices anyway), and it would be a bit of a pain to disentangle the UK in practice. |
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David Deary
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| Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 10:29 am Post subject: |
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| HughBrechin wrote: | I can imagine circumstances in which I'd support independence, mostly involving the Westminster government getting even worse, but at the moment I'd vote no.
It could work, I suppose, but I don't really see the need (we get enough autonomy under devolution, and that's only going to increase, to be sheltered from the impact of the worse coalition polices anyway), and it would be a bit of a pain to disentangle the UK in practice. |
Surprisingly, I actually agree with you.  (That has to be a first)
For me it comes down to the simple question in practice of do we put more in than we get out. I am yet to be convinced but I look forward to the arguments being set out in 3 years time ish...
On another point, having greater control over taxation in Scotland is a must for the Scottish Government in my view. I don't like the block grant its like being given pocket money.
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AMcHarg
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| Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 10:36 am Post subject: |
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| HughBrechin wrote: | I can imagine circumstances in which I'd support independence, mostly involving the Westminster government getting even worse, but at the moment I'd vote no.
It could work, I suppose, but I don't really see the need (we get enough autonomy under devolution, and that's only going to increase, to be sheltered from the impact of the worse coalition polices anyway), and it would be a bit of a pain to disentangle the UK in practice. |
In order to avoid hijacking this topic I have continued this discussion in: http://scotchess.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=14378#14378 |
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