CHESS ARBITERS ASSOCIATION
Draft Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Sunday, July 31st, 2011, at Sheffield
Present: Lara Barnes, Alex McFarlane, Geoff Jones, Mike Adams, Dave Welch , Paul Bielby, Sainbayar Tserendorj, Neil Graham, Jack Rudd, Alex Holowczak, Adam Raoof.
1. Apologies. Apologies that had been received were from Peter Purland, Alex Webster, Kevin Staveley, Dave Thomas, Richard W Jones, Priscilla Morris, Neville Belinfante, Simon Woodcock, Ian Campbell, , Roger Edwards, Peter Gibbs, Ewart Smith, David Sedgwick, Chris Archer-Locke, Tony Corfe, John Richards, Alan Ruffle, Adrian Elwin, Robert Hart, Kevin Markey, Kevin Thurlow, Andy Baruch, Gerald Jacobs, Peter Hannan, Tyson Mordue, Cyril Johnson, Robert Milner, John Philpott, Ton Thorpe.
2. Minutes. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Sunday, August 1st, 2010, at Canterbury were accepted as a true record with the secretary’s circulated amendment
8. Matters arising. There were no matters arising .
9. Chairman’s Report. The Chairman had nothing to report
10. Treasurer’s Report. A copy of the treasurer’s report is attached. It was also noted that another training course had been held last October, in conjunction with 4NCL, at Harburn House. From this, there was three of the successful candidates present assisting in the championship.
The treasurer’s report was accepted
7 Chief Arbiter’s Report. Alex McFarlane reported that he had attended the FIDE Grand Prix in Astrakhan. Russia and one of the strongest things that had struck him was the very different respect shown to arbiters compared to this country. A discussion on the arbiters’ role in this country in this country then took place. The outcome was that arbiters could rarely charge an appropriate fee for the services they contributed towards the congress scene without damaging it, which was not the outcome anyone wanted. It was also a worry that this lack of recognition was manifesting in less younger arbiters coming forward
The meeting invites all members to contribute their thoughts on the above to the secretary so that a discussion and hopefully outcomes can be attained at next year’s agm.
Alex also reported that FIDE are considering making FIDE arbiters re-register every three years.
Alex was thanked for his report.
- .There was no reports from the Welsh delegate. The English delegate regularly submits a report after the ECF meetings. Alex reported from Scotland that Chess Scotland had introduced in to their arbiter training program a tick box scheme were candidates have to also show there competence in the different aspects of arbiting
- Election of Officers A proposal to elect the officers en-bloc, was accepted.
(Office) (Nominee)
Chairman Lara Barnes
Secretary Geoff Jones
Treasurer Wilf Arnold
Chief Arbiter Alex McFarlane
Information Officer Alex McFarlane
Committee Dave Welch
Kevin Staveley
Neville Belinfante
ECF Delegate Neville Belinfante
Chess Scotland Delegate Alex McFarlane
WCU Delegate Kevin Staveley
Richard Jones was appointed Independent Examiner.
- The proposal that Stewart Reuben be made an Honorary Member of this Association was passed.
- After a brief discussion the proposal to ban players from events was withdrawn as the ECF were about to introduced a motion at the October meeting about this. The secretary to contact the ECF Chief Executive and ask to view the document before the meeting so that our committee could comment on it. It was thought that it would have an impact on our members.
- Any Other Business
a) Jack Rudd raised his status as an FIDE arbiter seeming taking longer than his ECF arbiter status. The chairman to follow up with parties playing at the Congress.
b) Alex Holowczak asked for clarification on an appeal decision he had been given.
c) The secretary reported on stocks of blue shirts held by him for the association (1 M, 5 L, 0 XL, 7 XXL) and asked association wished to re-stock although the orders had trailed off in the last couple of years. This followed a request from a member that the CAA should order ties for members who preferred a shirt and tie. The meeting decided to do nothing as the CAA motif could be supplied and most towns had the facility to have your own motif put on a tie or shirt.
There being no further business the meeting closed at