All the Right Moves

Registering for All The Right Moves -- and for the Tai Lam Invitational Tournament on May 30, 2009** -- takes a few simple steps:

1. If you're a kid, STOP!  Get your parents and have them help you with this.
2. Click on the "Register Today" link here or to the right.
3. Fill it in and click "Sign up."
   
4. This should result in an e-mail sent to the address you specify in step 2, usually in a matter of seconds or minutes.  Be sure to look in your e-mail client's spam filter, too, since this will usually be the first e-mail you've ever received from this web site.
5. You now have the chance to "edit profile" about the child or (if you're a coach or interested parent) yourself, especially:

1. school,
2. grade,
3. chess coach and club (if any),
4. chess experience, and
5. (before May 30) ...registering to attend the Tai Lam Invitational Tournament on May 30* (we hope you do!) -- this is a little check box at the very bottom of the page. 
   
   If you're registering for the tournament here and want us to expect you on May 30, it's important you check this box!
   
   NB: People who don't have Internet access, or who don't wish to register their children for the tournament via this site, can contact Fernando Moreno (a Broadacres ES school counselor) at morenofe@aol.com; he'll need the participant's name, school, and grade level.
   

Privacy

Your child's school and grade help us figure out who to match him or her up with in chess tournaments and clubs.  This and other identifying information (e.g., name and age) is kept private -- only administrators (adults in charge of this "All the Right Moves" web site) can see it.

"I am..."

For parents interested in volunteering for "All the Right Moves," the right answer to "I am..." is simply "A parent of a chess player."  For those kids entering information about themselves (with their parents' permission), the right answer is "A chess player."  We would appreciate kids' parents allowing their kids to register as "chess players" so we can pair kids with fellow players in their school, and so we can pair them with opponents at their age and skill levels, and so we can award school level trophies.  All information is confidential and will not be shared with anyone but ATRM organizers.

About Me, Signature, Profile Image -- recommend leaving blank
This web site -- donated by a generous supporter -- has a signup process that currently automatically encourages this, but due to valid concerns about kids' privacy and online security, we recommend that you not fill in anything in this area for your child.  If you do fill in these items for your child or yourself, be aware that they would automatically be public to other members of the site.

Changing a profile

You can always come back later and change a profile -- including answers to any of the above items -- by clicking the "Edit Profile" link.

I hope these instructions work for everyone -- but feel free to leave comments (see the link just above this post, on the right)  about anything that needs more explanation, and I'll answer your question and probably go back and clarify this post.

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* Details about the Tai Lam tournament (time, place) are here.

** Again, you can register your child for the tournament without registering for this site by contacting Fernando Moreno at morenofe@aol.com; he'll need your child's name, school, and grade level.