Proposal for a community chess club

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Surtie145

I recently thought of starting a chess club in my community and I have found a sponsor who is willing to help get us up and running. He has asked me to come up with a basic single page draft proposal stating basic needs and what we can offer in return as a club and I honestly have no idea what to say in the proposal. Any ideas would really be appreciated.

Surtie145
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Sqod

As for benefits that a chess club can give to a community, one of our local chess clubs has a little stand-up sign on the counter of the library where the club is held weekly, extolling the benefits of chess (keeps the mind sharp, helps people think logically, chess players tend to do better in school, etc.). Those are the standard touted benefits, though I question all the standard claims like those. That's not to say I don't believe chess has any benefits; it's just that I believe the real benefits are things that people don't know or aren't allowed to say, like (1) it allows ill-manned, low-class street people to mingle with normal people with jobs who don't use a swear word in every sentence, so it sets a good example and is a form of networking to possibly elevate people out of homelessness; (2) it is an alternative social outlet for young people who would ordinarily join a gang (one notorious member of this site was in exactly such a situation, for example); (3) chess teaches a lot of important lessons in life, like patience, perseverance, analytical ability, the ill effects of excessive greed, and so on. I had some great ideas of my own that could turn a chess club into even better benefits, but it would take a decent economy to implement those, and no, I don't want to disclose those.