Being unable to get a tournament room in Nov or Dec. I scheduled one for Oct. 21. Since there was not time for a Chess Life announcement, I tried the online TLA. After 7 tries and 5 days, I finally got it to work last night and it was announced on the TLA site. Now this morning it is not there. I wrote US Chess an e-mail several days ago, but got no answer. Can someone help me get my announcement out before the tournament is over. It is listed as Bryan Fall Quads. What is the most usual problem encountered? Thanks
It doesn’t appear your TLA has been approved yet, and looking at it I still see a few minor problems. You have $15 as the entry fee, and $15 as the special entry and $15 as the entry fee for unrated players. The latter two are really only needed if there is a DIFFERENT entry fee for certain players.
You also have ‘USCF’ in the ‘Other memberships required’ field, so your online TLA currently looks like this:
The special and unrated entry fee fields should probably be explained a bit better, so I’ll probably revise the form later today. However, it is also incumbent on the organizer to REVIEW the online TLA format (and the print format when we get to that point) and make sure it doesn’t have any extraneous stuff in it. (It’s a learning curve issue, and this is your first online TLA.)
We’re still working on getting the office staff trained on (and in the habit of) reviewing TLAs every day. I think this will start to happen next week, as I will be working on converting the print TLA process to use the same form that is used for online TLAs, so there should be someone working with that program on a daily basis.
Thanks. I had tried it earlier without the multiple amounts and it poped it back and I figured that was the only possible problem.
My posting on the TLA website is still wrong. I fixed it Sunday, but it needs to be updated on the TLA site. Can someone please update this. Anyone coming to this tournament has to drive 90 miles and I don’t want them to get here and it be different than advertised. Thanks
Have they begun checking on-line tlas for approval with any regularity? I submitted 10 for the January to April period on October 22 and they are still “pending approval” as of 10/30.