The club is run by volunteers. If we share the work it is easy and we can run the club for the benefit of junior and senior members alike. All members and one parent of each junior member are expected to help in some way, either on the committee, on the supervision rota or in other ways. Most roles require no expertise other than to be organised, keep records and communicate. For other roles training will be provided. Most roles take an average of 15 minutes per week, though it varies from week to week depending on the role, as shown below.
Vacant roles and roles which we need help with are listed on the Contact > Committee page, near the end of the page.
Chairperson - Chair meetings - People skills, organization - 3 hours
Secretary - Correspondance with LCU, ICU - e-mail - 15 mins
Secretary - Correspondance with members - e-mail, (WhatsApp) - 30 mins
Membership Officer - Help new members to join, communicate - People skills, phone/device - 15 mins
Public Relations - Notices to publicists e.g. Skerries News - e-mail, Word, taking pictures - 10 mins
PR Social Media - Facebook page - Facebook - 10 mins
PR WhatsApp - Reminders on WhatsApp, zoom links - WhatsApp - 10 mins
Web Post moderator - Check posts are OK and publish on News page - basic - 10 mins
Website publishing - Publish news, tournament results etc. - write posts - 10 mins
Website maintenance - Fix problems, add new pages, links - Web development - many hours
Tournament controller - Take entries, pair players, enter results, decide prizes - Using Swiss Manager/Master - 40 mins + training
Prizes Officer - Buy prizes and present them after each tournament - Shopping, Organising - 10 mins
Treasurer 1 - Record fees paid, owed, money spent - Excel/similar - 25 mins
Treasurer 2 - Arrange public liability insurance - Phone skills - 3-6 hours once off
Club captain - Decide makeup of teams - Record players strengths, Excel - 10 mins
Team Captain 1st Team - Choose players, make team sheets, record results - Enter results online - 10 mins
Team Captain 2nd Team - Choose players, make team sheets, record results - Enter results online - 10 mins
Team Captain 3rd Team - Choose players, make team sheets, record results - Enter results online - 10 mins
Coaching Officer - Organising coaches and coaching sessions - People skills - 20 mins
Coach - Coaching juniors and adults, showing games - Some chess knowledge - 10 mins
Ratings Officer - Collate results, rate results, publish ratings on website - Excel, Web skills - 30 mins
Lead supervisors - Help train supervisors - Organisational - 15 mins
Parents' Rep/Supervision Officer - Parents' rota, communication with parents - using web app - 10 mins
Junior Officer - Community games teams, general concerns, coaching organisation - Organisational - 10 mins
Resources Officer - Stocktake of equipment annually, librarian - People skills, organisation - 10 mins