AGM agwenda

SHROPSHIRE CHESS ASSOCIATION

2014Annual General Meeting

To all officers of the Shropshire Chess Association:

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting will be held at Telepost, Shrewsbury on Tuesday, 8th July 2014 at 7.30pm.

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

AGENDA

	Officer	Incumbent	To include:
a	General Secretary	Glyn Pugh
b	League Controller	Vincent Crean
c	Treasurer	Alf Evans
d	Auditor	Richard Thompson
e	Grading Officer	Nick Rutter
f	County Individual	Nick Rutter
g	Cox & Minor Trophies	Keith Tabner /JohnSmith
h	Shropshire Rapidplay League	Matt Best
i	Quickplay	Toby Neal
j	Publicity Officer	Toby Neal
k	Website Editor	Keith Tabner
l	Congress Organiser	Francis Best
m	County Junior Organiser	Steve Rooney / Francis Best
o	County 1^st Team Captain	vacant
p	County U140 Team Captain	Roger Brown
q	MCCU Delegates	Glyn Pugh & Roger Brown
r	ECF Delegate	Nick Rutter

Discussion paper regarding the importing of strong players from one club into another club to play in a lower division. Francis Best
Proposal for a new league rule:
If a team in the second or third division imports a player who normally plays for another Shropshire club in a higher division during that season, then it is permitted only on condition that the player has a current summer grade of:

Option 1: below 150 for Div 2 and below 140 for Div 3.
Option 2: below 140 for Div 2 and below 125 for Div 3. This option would be more in line with the typical rating of a board 1 player in Div 2.
Option 3: below 135 for Div 2 - this option would be more consistent with rule 9c - "playing up" and the same grade cut-off could similarly be applied to "playing down". A limit of say below 120 could then be applied for playing down in Div 3.

The following provision should be allowed:
A player who genuinely leaves one club, and subsequently ceases playing for that club during a season, can, at the League Controller's discretion, play in a lower division for the rest of the season in his/her new club, subject to all sections of rule 9.