Propositions for definition of rules: Eligibility, Guest Players, etc.

Now that we have our first team selected, our opposition is a great club from the Netherlands, I'm cool with this set-up now. Yes, the odd team will be getting away with an unfair advantage over others as they are not real clubs like ours but we're going to get to play some prestigious clubs from around the world and that's pretty cool. The good far outweighs the bad.

I think Kookaburra should be allowed in. It's a special case.

Kookaburra: I completely sympathise with your situation, as the big-picture goal of this competition should have been to facilitate one *locality* playing against another from a different part of the world. In your case, it clearly makes sense for small clubs in close proximity to be permitted to team up together - thereby forming a viable composite. Not all clubs are based in or near a metropolis with a large catchment area. Re: your other points, I'll drop you a private message about the kind of things we have been doing in Devon which have been a big success so far (but quite a lot of hard work!)

DBowcott: It's great to hear that you are positive about this now, and I hope your club does end up competing!

Thanks.   We will just continue to do our own thing at the bottom of the world.  Like we have always done.  We ran some OTB fixtures last night and we are getting people online that have never been online.  And it isn’t easy.   I feel a bit down this morning.  But we continue don’t we trying to keep chess alive.  OTB chess.   

Had one person declared they are not playing till it gets back to normal.  What if it doesn’t.   It doesn’t worry me what you do here anymore.  I just run what the president of SACA tells me to run and try and do what I can.   Prior to the virus I wasn’t really involved with SACA only as a player and had some skills they can use at this time running things here.  I am a super admin of Team Australia.

We will be ok.  We are Aussie battlers.