my club, ‘No Stress Chess’ has 2 meetup group sites, 1 in Colorado, and 1 in Arizona. There is plenty of room for other chess clubs to join my groups if they are near Phoenix AZ or Grand Jct. CO and share the sites for no charge. The more the merrier. To take advantage all you have to do is join the group (link below) and let me know you’re an organizer. Then I’ll add you to the organizer list and you can start scheduling and promoting your own meetings.
my 2 current meetup.com’s are:
http://www.meetup.com/no-stress-chess-co
http://www.meetup.com/no-stress-chess-az
I also have an extra meetup.com group site that i will create for anyone to use who has a chess club near colorado, arizona, or a neighboring state, but more than 100 miles away from phoenix or grand junction. to take that you’ll just have to let me know you want it. the only 3 catches are that i’ll name the meeting group after my own club and with something at the end like ‘arizona chapter’ for area, and i’ll also put something in the ‘about us’ page for your group inviting other local chess clubs in your area to join as well. it’s what i did in arizona and am doing now in colorado. it works really well. seems that most people like playing a wide variety of opponents and at different places. i think that you’ll be able to control every other one of the bajillion different settings though. you can even edit the about us page, so long as you leave in the part that i put in. oh ya, the 3rd catch is that i have to put a short legal disclaimer in tiny font for the ‘no stress chess’ trademark at the end of the group’s main page.
it’s first come first serve, i don’t want your money, just have fun and enjoy them!