From Chesstalk Web RFP
Competition to supply the newsfeed for the CFC website heats up as the McGill University CC applies to make the newsfeed. The submission deadline is March 15 2013. Mark Dutton will make the decision.
Website newsfeed proposal
By the McGill Students’ Chess Club
Interactivity
The proposal involves the creation of a website, similar to Chessbase.com or Chessdom.com . This would be much more visually attractive than a blog or a simple newsfeed, and would allow more interaction and better advertising for both tournaments and sponsors.
The developing team will be led by Shao Hang He, a computer science student that has been heavily involved in chess clubs since he started to play in high school. His experience includes the development of a chess server as well as many websites and games.
Content
The McGill Students’ chess club has the chance of having not only talented programmers, but also strong chess players. There are actually 5 national masters studying at McGill University, including four that have written articles for Echec+ and the CFC newsletter in the past.
An article featuring analysis by four players from McGill (FM Kleinman, NM Raven Sturt, NM Keith MacKinnon and expert Kenny Ah-Lan) can be found in the last CFC newsletter as well as in the March-April Echec+ magazine.
The website would be updated daily.
Typical content would include reports from events across Canada or international tournaments, studies and problems, advertising for Canadian tournaments, as well as games analysis and articles written by chess players from the university or by other volunteers.
The content would be supervised by Felix Dumont, a regular contributor to the Echec+ magazine and the responsible for the FQE social media. NM Keith MacKinnon and FM Michael Kleinman, among others, will comment the actuality.
Bilingualism
Most students from the chess club being bilingual, the newsfeed could have some articles and adverts in both French and English, reaching this way a much bigger audience.
Where will the money go?
All the money earned from the newsfeed will be used to finance the chess club activities.
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