THE MASSACHUSETTS CHESS ASSOCIATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Budget Committee
- President
- BCC President
- Chairman of Website Committee
Mr. Hoy, who is also BCC President, announced that the Boylston Chess Club has agreed to purchase a location in Boston and expects to move there before the end of this year. The new location will have space for offices and for holding tournaments.
Job Titles:
- Representative at the Arnold Denker Tournament of High School Champions
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the Budget Committee
- Clerk
- Bob Messenger, Brian Mottershead, Maryanne Reilly
- Budget Committee Members
- Bylaws Committee Chair
- Chairman, With Power to Appoint Other Members. PASSED
- for Clerk
- Scholastic Committee Chairman
Budget: (a) R. Messenger proposed two Budgets by e-mail to his fellow Budget Committee Members Brian Mottershead and Steve Frymer (neither of whom was present at today's Meeting), and both rejected his proposals. Because neither was present, R. Messenger asked for, and received, permission to present a Minority Report. (b) Budget #1 (which assumed three issues of _CH_ to be published through the year) received only one vote of support in a straw poll; it was withdrawn. (c) * * MOTION (1011-1) made by G. Mirijanian and seconded by S. Dann to accept Budget #2 (which assumed four issues of _CH_ to be published through the year). The VOTE was taken; the MOTION passed unanimously. * * The Budget will be published in the MACA Update online.
Scholastic: R. Messenger reported:
In attendance were: Ken Ballou, Ken Belt, Steve Dann, Steve Frymer,
Brian Lafferty, Bob Messenger, Brian Mottershead, Maryanne Reilly,
Alex Relyea, and Nick Sterling, constituting a quorum of the Board.
Posted on the MACA web site, with corrections, by Bob Messenger.
Job Titles:
- President
- Chairman of the Elections Commission
- Editor of Chess Horizons
- Member of the Publications Committee
President George Mirijanian called the meeting to order at approximately 3:00 p.m after a mailing session for election ballots. Present were Vice President Steve Frymer, Treasurer Bob Messenger, Clerk Brian Mottershead, and Directors Stephen Dann, Ken Belt, Peter Majahad, and Nicholas Sterling. Director Robert E. King arrived later in the meeting.
President George Mirijanian called the meeting to order at 3:01 p.m. Present were Vice President Steve Frymer, Treasurer Bob Messenger (acting as Clerk), Director Stephen Dann, and guest Robert E. King. A quorum (four out of seven board members) was present.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the NECA Masters Game Archival Committee.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the Investment Committee
- Clerk
- Chairman of ByLaws Committee
- Chairman of Club Committee
Job Titles:
- President
- Acting Clerk
- for President
- Tournament Committee Chair
President K. Ballou called the December Board Meeting to order at 5:16 PM at the Papa Gino's in Natick. Six people were in attendance: President Kenneth Ballou, Treasurer Robert Messenger, Clerk pro tem. Nicholas Sterling, and Directors George Mirijanian, Steven Frymer, and Stephen Dann (arrived 6:23 PM).
President K. Ballou adjourned the December Board Meeting at 8:22 PM. The date, time, and place for the January Board Meeting is Saturday, 1/8/11, 3:00 PM at the Papa Gino's in Natick.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Scholastic Committee
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Education Committee
- LMCF Coordinator, Prison Chess Coordinator, Vice - Chair of Scholastic Committee, Member of Elections Commission
Job Titles:
- President
- Bob Messenger, Brian Mottershead, Maryanne Reilly
- for Vice - President
- Fundraising Committee Chair
- Scholastic Committee Chair
President Reilly presented the scholastic committee report. The scholastic season is over. The need for police protection for the scholastic events at the Massachusetts Open is being determined.
President M. Reilly called the June Board Meeting to order at 3:06 PM at the Papa Gino's in Natick. Twelve people were in attendance: President Maryanne Reilly, Vice-President Kenneth Ballou, Treasurer Robert Messenger, Clerk Nicholas Sterling, and Directors George Mirijanian, Alex Relyea, Brian Lafferty, Brian Mottershead (arrived 3:15 PM), Steven Frymer (arrived 3:20 PM), Stephen Dann (arrived 3:22 PM), Robert E. King (arrived 3:55 PM), and one guest: Nita Patel.
President M. Reilly adjourned the March Board Meeting at 3:53 PM. The date, time, and place for the April Board Meeting is Sunday, 4/25/10, 3:00 PM at the Papa Gino's in Natick.
Job Titles:
- President of the Santo Domingo
Mr. Rafael Mota, president of the Santo Domingo chess association, spoke to the board about the possibility of a cultural exchange between chess players in Santo Domingo and Massachusetts. Massachusetts players could travel to the Dominican Republic, possibly free of charge, to compete in a tournament there. There was also a discussion about holding an online match.
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Director Paul Arond communicated with the Board submitting his resignation, effective immediately.
P. Majahad: "Move to publish the next issue of Chess Horizons as the April-September issue and eliminate the July-September issue. The General Fund will refund $2 per prison inmate receiving Chess Horizons to the Prison Fund and refund $2 per life member receiving Chess Horizons to the Life Membership Fund. The Membership Secretary will advance the expiration dates for all Members and paid Subscribers receiving Chess Horizons by three months." A message would be included in the (newly re-dated) April-September Issue to explain to readers this decision. (ii) An Amendment proposed by P. Majahad, to discontinue Chess Horizons until an editor be found, went by without a Second. (iii) After intense discussion, the VOTE was taken; with 2 votes in favor versus 6 against, the MOTION was defeated. * *
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Education Committee
Job Titles:
- Assistant Clerk
- Chairman
- Member of the Education Committee
- Membership Secretary
- Treasurer
- Acting Editor
- Bob Messenger
- Denker & Barber Tournament Coordinator
- for Treasurer
- Member of Publications Committee
- Membership
- Publications Committee Chair
- Tournament Committee Chairman
- Web Committee Chairman
Tournament: R. Messenger reported: (i) Four Points by Sheraton at Leominster is proposed to be the site for the New England Open, and MACA will step up to run the tournament if their bid is approved by NECA Vice-President John Elmore; (ii) there are questions to settle about what fees to charge, based on how large a prize fund should be guaranteed and what minimum attendance should be expected; (iii) the deadline for proposing the bid to NECA is 5/10/12. [Clerk's NOTE: The bid submission was subsequently made and approved.]
Membership: R. Messenger read the 3/1/12 Membership numbers as follows: Adults 205 (-2); Junior 360 (+16); Life 216 (=); Affiliate 2 (=); Complimentary 4 (+2); D. Library 5 (=); D. Subscriber 10 (=); Exchange 16 (+9); Prison 276 (+1); Subscriber 22 (-1). Total change in Memberships and Subscriptions: +25. (a) S. Dann requested copies of two lists: (i) one of Life Members without e-mail addresses on file with MACA; (ii) one of Members with bad address (counted as 17 on the Membership Report). (b) It was noted that the trend is for adults increasingly not to pay for the hard-copy Chess Horizons.
Scholastic: R. Messenger reported: (i) (1) the Gus Gosselin Grade Championship took in net income of $776.00. (2) R. Messenger is concerned that many parents did not receive the e-mail he tried to send them with the online ap. (3) He recommends that the tournament add a 9 th-Grade Section. (ii) (1) An e-mail has been sent out to Members for the Hurvitz Cup. (2) An e-mail has to be sent to the Holiday Inn in Boxboro to confirm the layout. (iii) MACA may wish to add a Fall Team Tournament to the calendar. (iv) It may be advisable to set up a High School League to organize and grow high school teams. (v) * * MOTION (312-1) made by L. Eldridge and seconded by S. Dann to appoint
R. Messenger Chief TD of the Hurvitz Cup Tournament. The VOTE was taken; with 5 votes in favor versus 2 abstentions, the MOTION passed. * *
Tournament: (a) R. Messenger reported: (i) the hotel needs to be decided upon for the NE Open; there is one hotel in NH that may work out; (ii) R. Messenger will do a postcard mailing of the MA G/60 Championship on 4/15. (b) S. Dann asked for more careful oversight from MACA of the booksellers who must be found and contacted to come to tournaments.
Publications: R. Messenger reported that he will aim to publish Chess Horizons by the end of March, but his laptop has still not been fully restored.
Tournament: R. Messenger reported: (i) the MA Championship G/60 will be held on 4/15/12 in Marlboro, and the TLA has been submitted; (ii) the MA Open will be held on Memorial Day weekend for three days in Marlboro, and Walt Champion will provide financial support to guarantee a minimum level of prizes; (iii) the bid to NECA for the New England Open is still pending; either Marlboro or Leominster is a likely venue.
Publications: (a) Acting Editor R. Messenger will soon be ready to prepare the layout of the next Chess Horizons once he gets his laptop computer (crashed on 1/11/12, returned on 2/11/12) up and running again. (b) The plan is to publish a five-month double issue, November 2011-March 2012. The Members will receive 96 pages of print matter in total per year, even if they do not receive it in four distinct issues.
LMCF: S. Frymer reported that a request for sets is pending from L. Eldridge, and that he has received a request from Methuen School Department. LMCF recently purchased 200 boards, sets, and bags for $990, a purchase approved by G. Mirijanian as President (reported earlier).
Tournament: (a) R. Messenger reported that the Harry Nelson Pillsbury Memorial will be held on 12/3/11. The MA G/60 Championship will probably be held at the Four Points Sheraton in Leominster in April. G. Mirijanian said that he would talk to the hotel.
(b) R. Messenger reported that the MA Open will be held Memorial Day weekend at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough.
Publications: S. Dann reported that he has identified a candidate for the position of Chess Horizons Editor. It was agreed to refer this to the Publications Committee.
Education: (i) S. Dann reported on the Boston Chess Education Expo, which will be held 1/6-1/8/12 at the Hyatt Harborside Hotel at Logan Airport in conjunction with CCA's Continental Amateur Tournament. (ii) * * MOTION (1111-4) made by W. Driscoll and seconded by S. Dann to advertise the Boston Chess Education Expo on the MACA web site. The VOTE was taken; with 5 votes in favor, 2 against, and 1 abstention, the MOTION passed. * *
R. Messenger Acting Editor beginning with the November-December issue. The VOTE was taken; with 5 votes in favor versus 1 abstention, the MOTION passed. * * The deadline for submissions will be 11/15/11. An article may be included pertaining to John Curdo's 80 th birthday.
(a) R. Messenger reported (with the stats included in the Treasurer's Report) that the New England Open took a net loss of $481.70. A total of 123 players (excluding the Blitz Tournament) played, with 86 players in the main tournament and 37 Scholastic.
(ii) Bill Goichberg of CCA wrote a commentary stating that he believed that MACA's entry fees were too low, and that Scholastic Sections were best discontinued.
Membership: R. Messenger read the 2/1/12 Membership numbers as follows: Adults 207 (-5); Junior 344 (-24); Life 216 (=); Affiliate 2 (+1); Complimentary 2 (-3); D. Library 5 (-2); D. Subscriber 10 (-7); Exchange 7 (-9); Prison 275 (-5); Subscriber 23 (+3). Total change in Memberships and Subscriptions: -51.
R. Messenger. After some discussion on each set of Minutes in turn, both were amended. Motion made by B. Mottershead; the March Minutes were approved as amended. Motion made by L. Eldridge; the April Minutes were approved as amended. Minutes of the May Annual Meeting were distributed by incoming Clerk N. Sterling. These Minutes were also amended after discussion. Motion made by R. Messenger; the May Minutes were approved.
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Membership: B. Messenger read the Membership numbers as follows: Adults 186; Family 24; Junior 317; Life 218; Affiliate 1; Complimentary 9;Exchange 16;Library 6; Prison 258; Subscriber 58. MACA has lost 26 Members since October, 2010, including 21 Juniors. K. Ballou expressed concern that there has been a steep drop in 8-and-under Scholastic Members attending tournaments even while the 9-13 crowd has gotten larger.
Job Titles:
- Bylaws Committee Chairman
Robert King has to extend his paid Membership to reach it past 5/31/13.
(iv) MOTION (711-7c) made by R. King and seconded by S. Dann: "It is a Standing Rule of MACA, effective with this meeting, that all vote totals will be recorded in the minutes." The VOTE was taken; with 5 votes in favor versus 1 abstention, the MOTION passed. (ROLL CALL VOTE Record: In favor: R. King, S. Dann, K. Belt,
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Member of the Education Committee
- Volunteer Coordinator
- Chairman of a Committee to Organize a January
- Education
- Member of Committee
- Promotion Committee Chairman
- Volunteer Committee Chairman
Education: S. Dann reported that the Boston Chess Education Expo was held in conjunction with CCA's Continental Amateur Tournament on 1/6-1/8/12. (i) G. Mirijanian gave lectures of game annotations. (ii) George Duval gave a lecture related to Chess.com, which offers an ongoing online lecture series for $100/membership. (iii) The next Education Expo is scheduled for 3/3-3/4/12.
New Business: In response to a query by S. Dann (responding to a letter he had received) about whether to maintain the SM.A.R.T School listing on the MACA website under Coaches and Camps, two actions were taken: (a) * * MOTION (112-5) made by
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Budget Committee
- Vice - President
- for Director
- LMCF Coordinator
- Treasurer Bob Messenger
Vice-President S. Frymer, acting as President pro tem. on behalf of President G. Mirijanian, called the March Board Meeting to order at 4:21 PM at the Papa Gino's in Natick. Seven people were in attendance: Vice-President Steven Frymer, Treasurer Robert Messenger, Clerk Nicholas Sterling, and Directors Larry Eldridge, Richard Kinne, Stephen Dann, and Walter Driscoll.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Vice President
- Chairman of Publications Committee
Job Titles:
- Web Coordinator, Chair of Fundraising and Scholastic Committees