Roles & Access

ChessMint uses roles to decide what each person can see and do in the club workspace. This page gives a plain overview so admins can assign the right role to each person.

The Four Roles

Role	Best for
Player	Club members. See club activity, your own registrations and games, and manage your own profile.
Arbiter	People who run tournaments. Prepare and operate the tournaments they are assigned to.
Treasurer	People who handle money. Follow up fees and dues, record payments, and pull financial reports.
Admin	People who manage the club. Full access to setup, members, tournaments, payments, and settings.

Roles add up. A person can hold more than one role, and their access is the sum of all of them. Someone with no role is treated as a player. When in doubt, give the smallest role that lets the person do their job.

What Each Role Can Do

Area	Player	Arbiter	Treasurer	Admin
Your own profile & password	Manage	Manage	Manage	Manage
Members directory	See fellow members	—	View	Full (add, invite, edit, remove)
Seasons & memberships	View, manage own	—	View, record, reports	Full
Tournament setup	View	Edit assigned	View	Full (create, edit, delete)
Rounds, pairings & results	Enter own results	Run assigned	View	Full
Tournament reports & printed cards	—	—	Yes	Yes
Events	View, respond	View	View, reports, payments	Full (create, edit, delete)
Payments	See own	—	Full	Full
Documents	View & download	View & download	View & download	Manage
Gallery	View	View	View	Manage
Links	View, add own	View	View	Manage all
Settings	—	—	—	Manage

Notes

• Tournament reports & printed cards — standings reports, scorecards, and tablecards are produced by admins and treasurers. Arbiters run the rounds; the printable reports sit with the admin and treasurer roles.
• Your own content — every member can keep their own private links as personal bookmarks. Admins add the shared, public links the whole club sees. See Links.
• Membership visibility — the members directory becomes visible to a player once they are an active member of the current season.
• Public vs private — some items can be shared with the club or kept private. Where that choice exists, it is shown when you create or edit the item.

Assigning Roles

Roles are set per person from the member record. Give a new operator the role that matches their responsibility, and add a second role only when their work grows. For tournament work, remember two things must line up: the person needs the arbiter (or admin) role, and an arbiter should also be assigned to the specific tournaments they will run.