You bet! I will take a look at the API documentation, and I will send you a private message with my contact info for a phone call. Thanks for considering me for input!
I am looking forward to the call, in the mean time I had some free time while feeding the baby a bottle and thought to write down two main points of discussion that the group might have input on.
I recommend two new features:
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An announcement style feature that is linked to your club page.
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A message members feature that allows you to send a group message via email to your club members.
The announcement feature should have an expiration date, with the top 3(?) Announcements being viewable on your club page. Making an announcement should notify club members, but only per their preferences.
These announcements would be publically viewable to the extent that the public can view your club page. The organizer should be able to create and delete announcements.
Example announcements:
Club time has changed from 5:30-7 pm to 4:30-6pm due to reason abc.
New club t-shirts are now available, contact jimbob for yours.
Member messaging would be direct email from the club to members who have emails on file. This could be something of a more private nature and not publically viewable.
Example of member message:
Dues will be going up, due to rise in operating costs, here is the reason, we hope you understand.
Found a pair of glasses, if they are yours, let bobjim know.
The key difference being that member email will go to them if they have an email on file, and announcements would be based on their preference.
A poor announcements example is Chess.com, where my club makes an announcement and it is viewable forever. They should expire either after xyz time, or by the choice date of the organizer. Also, an organizer should be allowed to delete one.
Announcements could have comments or reactions, while member messaging would not.
I feel that member messaging would not have to be to individuals of choice, but it doesnt seem much harder to let you check boxes of members to send the message to, say for overdue payments or dues, or issues with their account or something. It would not need to be participants in an event, as you already have that option nicely in place.
Just a few thoughts as you lean forward into making Chess Nut a complete chess club software solution, it seems like these two things would be really handy.
I can flesh these out in more detail on the phone, but this is the general idea. I am sure smart folks like yourself will file this appropriately and make something much better with the general idea. 
I noticed a small bug/issue with the âTop 5 improversâ block for my club.
If I select just one month, it shows just one person. Seems logical, only one person played in a rated event in the past month. Great.
But if I select 3 months, it shows just one person, but a different one person than the one month. Shouldnât it show two people? Because in the three months time, both Ryan and Weston made improvements?
I would expect what the program seems to be showing you, which is that if you select 1 month you get the person with the most improvement (132, Weston) over that 1 month and if you select 3 months you get the person with the most improvement (301, Ryan) over that 3 months.
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Oh, that could be!
But it says the top 5 improvers, so wouldnât Weston (me) still be listed as an improver over the past three months?
I am not worried about myself personally showing on the roster, but rather that it doesnât seem to work the way I understand it should. Then again, as you pointed out, my understanding may be wrong!
You are right, it is a small bug. The issue is that Weston established a regular rating within the 3 month window. Since there was no rating at the start of the 3 month period (or earlier) it doesnât pick that player up in the most improved; but is should. Iâd expect a fix in the next 24 hours. Thanks for reporting it!
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Fix was deployed this morning. You should see both players now in the 3 month chart. Great chatting with you yesterday!
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