Mike Chadburn has tentatively agreed to a 1/17/2017 start of chess at his new place of business in Danville, VT. on Rt. 2 in the VT Liquor Store -- North side of the road just before the intersection with the traffic light as one drives West from St. Johnsbury.
We will be incorporating as Kingdom Chess Association, Ltd., which we hope to have qualified with the IRS as a 501 (c)3 charitable organization. Mike Chadburn, Melissa Manseau and I will be the incorporators and directors. There will be some basic costs to the club as a US Chess affiliate that includes annual affiliation fee and liability insurance (you never know when someone might lose and turn their wood board into a weapon of mass destruction). Thus, after several free visits, we will likely have the option of an annual association fee, probably in the range of $25 a year, or people can play for perhaps $5 a visit. The annual amount is the clear bargain and will help to meet costs.
Mike is in the process of obtaining appropriate food and beverage licenses to allow us to eat and drink wine or beer/ale from his Growler Bar. We may have something similar to the chess pub night done in Toronto once a month where anyone can attend and for an "pub fee" have a sandwich, a Pint and hear a talk by a well-regarded chess player or play a simul, perhaps against someone like David Carter.
A central part of our mission will be to grow adult chess in Vermont in partnership with the Vermont Chess Association and in the Northeast Kingdom with any number of groups that might find chess a way of helping the overall community.
Please join us for chess, conversation and community building in Danville, starting 1/17/2017. Good chess to all.
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