Dear Friends,
Today we humbly address you, both with gratitude and also with the desire to move our programs forward in a meaningful way.
As we start a new week and a new month, we want to reflect on how far we have come and look towards the many many exciting days ahead.
From our first communication, we promised to be a source of normalcy through providing uninterrupted chess programming. We understood how important chess is to our players and communities, and hoped to give our players a reason to be excited each morning and something to dream about each night.
We have listened and evolved, we have created and innovated, and yes we have communicated :). We have introduced Thankful Thursdays, Team Shirt Fridays, Daily Rapids at 11:30 am and Daily Serious Matches at 4:00 pm. We have partnered with US Champions and created social opportunities through our daily live steams and Social Team Activity Rooms (STAR). We have kept our teams and communities intact through uninterrupted weekly Chess Club and Team practices, and provided a platform for individual and team success through our daily Stats and Standings and Monthly Team Tournaments.
When we started, we hoped many of you would participate, and MANY MANY of you have!
Spring is a time of new beginnings, and today we seek the opportunity to appreciate the past but also move forward. Moving forward to our summer programming may include either our currently scheduled physical summer programming or our Online Community Play and Virtual Camp opportunities.
We look forward to the Fall where we will once again be reunited in person over the boards.
To each of you, we hoped our online programming would be more then sufficient in providing the value you expected when you registered for our Spring programs.
For those of you who were unable to attend, we couldn't be more thankful for your support as we have received little to no refund requests. Your solidarity has been critical in helping us provide uninterrupted programming for our communities and also allowing us to provide the opportunity for every coach to have uninterrupted access to meaningful compensated work.
If your family has been unable to engage in our online programming and could use the refund during these difficult times, we will begin the process of providing refunds. We understand for some, this money is critical and very helpful during these extraordinary times.
Please direct all requests to ICNonlinecommunity@gmail.com.
Finally, for those who have greatly benefited and appreciate all of our efforts in providing uninterrupted programming during this time we will also give you the opportunity to support ICN and help us continue to provide programs going forward into the future.
Our current online programming will continue through the end of June.
Moving forward we will not be providing any additional credits to Summer or Fall programs.
We hope this email humbly and realistically addresses the state of our programs and allows us to move on to new beginnings.
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Warmest Regards,
Coach Russ