SHROPSHIRE CHESS ASSOCIATION

2010 Annual General Meeting

To all officers of the Shropshire Chess Association:

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting will be held at Shifnal&Telford Chess Club, Nedge Tavern, Stirchley on Wednesday, 7th July 2010 at 7.30pm.

Please ensure that any trophies held by your club are engraved and brought to the AGM for presentation, where required.

AGENDA (VERSION 2)

  1. Apologies for absence.
  2. Minutes of the 2009 AGM (approval and matters arising)
  3. Officer’s reports.

 

Officer

Incumbent

To include:

a

President

Iain Wilson

Formal resignation

b

General Secretary

Vacant

 

c

League Controller

Vincent Crean

Trophy Presentation

d

Treasurer

Francis Best

 

e

Auditor

Glyn Pugh

 

f

Grading Officer

Nick Rutter

 

g

County Individual

Nick Rutter

Trophy Presentation 

h

Cox & Minor Trophies

Derrick Powell

 

i

Publicity Officer

Toby Neal

 

j

Website Editor

Keith Tabner

 

k

Congress Organiser

Richard Thompson

 

l

County Junior Organiser & U100 Junior team

Steve Rooney / Francis Best

 

m

County 1st Team Captain

Peter Kitchen

 

n

County U160 Team Captain

Roger Brown

 

o

County U140 Team Captain

Francis Best

 

p

MCCU Delegates

Richard Thompson & Roger Brown

 

q

ECF Delegate

Nick Rutter

 

  1. Election of Officers – (President & General Secretary vacant)
  2. Proposals for amendments to League Rules (Vinny Crean; see page 2)
  3. Proposals for amendments to Constitution (none)
  4. Proposed changes to Cox Trophy from 2011 (Toby Neal)
  5. Proposed zoning of League competitions (Martin Paterson)
  6. Proposal to reduce League teams to 4 players (John Casewell)
  7. Any Other Business

PROPOSED RE-WORDING OF RULE 9

8        A member of a club may represent only one team for that club. If a player is a member of more than one club, he / she may only play for one team within a division, subject to the provisions of rule 9.

9        A reserve may be drawn from a lower team, as follows:

 Changed to:
9   Subject to Rule 8, (reserves may be drawn) players who are nominated or tied to one team may be used as reserves for a higher one, as follows:

a)    Players graded below 100 can play for any of their club’s teams in Division 3 without restriction.

Changed to
a)      Players graded below 100 can play for any of their club’s teams in any Division without restriction. 


b)      Players graded below 120 can play up into a team in Divisions 1 and 2 without restriction, (providing the lower and higher teams are not both in Division 1, in which case the restriction in sub-paragraph d will apply),

Changed to:
b)      Players graded below 120 can play up into any of their club’s teams in Divisions 1 and 2 without restriction, (providing the teams are not both in the same Division, in which case the restriction in sub-paragraph d will apply). If clubs have more than one team in either Division 1 or Division 2 then each of those teams shall be considered to be mutually exclusive in respect of reserves playing up from a lower division.


c)      Players graded below 135 can play up into a team in Division 1 without restriction (providing the teams are not in the same Division, in which case the restriction in sub-paragraph d will apply),

Changed to:
c)      Players graded below 135 can play up into any of their club’s teams in Division 1 without restriction (providing the teams are not both in Division 1, in which case the restriction in sub-paragraph d will apply). If clubs have more than one team in Division 1 then each of those teams shall be considered to be mutually exclusive in respect of reserves playing up from a lower division.

 
 d)      Where a player is used more than twice for a higher team, then (unless sub-paragraphs a, b or c apply) he / she becomes a member of the senior team on the third occasion for the remainder of the season. Where a reserve wins by default the result will count as an appearance for the senior team.

 e)      Penalties for breaches of rule 9d are stipulated at rule 24.