APPROVED
MACA Board Minutes of 2-13-00
Attendees
(alpha list): Donna
Alarie, Stephen Dann, Walter Driscoll III, Steven Frymer, William Gennert, Gus
Gosselin, Peter Lee, George Mirijanian and Harvey Reed.
MACA member Robert King was also present.
The
meeting at the Kennedy Senior Center was chaired by Harvey Reed who called it to
order at 1:15 p.m.
Motion
0029: (Dann
moved, Alarie seconded)
The motion to accept with regret Michael Gosselin’s resignation as both
Vice President and Board member was approved without dissent.
Motion
0030: (Dann
moved, Mirijanian seconded)
The minutes for the January 9, 2000 meeting were approved without
dissent.
Donna
Alarie’s resignation as a Board member was accepted unanimously.
Motion
0031: (Dann moved, Gosselin seconded)
It was moved that, with Steve Frymer’s resignation as Treasurer, Donna
Alarie becomes Treasurer, and Steve Frymer will be a Board member, effective
immediately. The
appropriate resignations and appointments were approved without dissent.
Life
Memberships:
Motion
0032: (Alarie
moved, Dann seconded)
Nick Troisi was approved as a MACA Life member without dissent.
Motion 0033:
(Alarie moved, Mirijanian seconded)
Robert Cruickshankwas approved as a MACA Life member without dissent.
Motion 0034:
(Alarie moved, Dann seconded)
Franklin Herman was approved as a MACA Life member without dissent.
Motion 0036:
(Alarie moved, Lee seconded)
Walter Driscoll III was approved as a MACA Life member without dissent.
Motion
0035: (Alarie
moved, Gosselin seconded)
The acceptance of Marc Rotenberg’s $250. contribution to the L.M.C.
Fund in memory of Harry Lyman was approved without dissent.
Motion
0037: (Dann
moved, Gosselin seconded)
The Board voted unanimously to authorize Donna Alarie to open a MACA
checking account at the Spencer Savings Bank and to close the one at Citizens
Bank.
Motion
0038: (Mirijanian
moved, Gosselin seconded)
The motion to table any action to fill the vacant Vice President’s
position was passed by a 5-2 vote.
Membership
Secretary Donna Alarie had prepared a
handout, showing among other things a total MACA membership of 708 as of
January 20, 2000.
Based on the formula in the bylaws, this means that 11 Board members will
be voted in at the next election.
Donna has made progress in updating the membership data base.
More entries still have to be made from the information obtained from
recent tournaments.
Election
Commissioner George Mirijanian distributed the list of nominations for the
election. February
13 was the deadline for accepting candidates.
He also noted the requirement that bylaws changes be approved by the
Board at least 90 days before the annual meeting.
Motion
0039: (Driscoll
moved, Alarie seconded)
The Board voted without dissent to mail the voting ballots together with
the bylaws revisions, the announcement of the annual meeting and a flyer for the
Mass. Open tournament.
The ballots will be sent out on April1 and should be returned to Election
Commissioner George Mirijanian, 176 Oak Hill Road, Fitchburg, MA 01420.
Motion
0040: (Mirijanian
moved, Alarie seconded)
It was moved that the ballots and enclosures should be sent by first
class mail on April1.
At Walter Driscoll’s suggestion the motion was amended so that the
ballots and enclosures will instead be sent by bulk mail with address correction
requested. The
amended motion was passed without dissent.
Bylaws
Committee: Chairman
Donna Alarie distributed copies of amended bylaws Sections 1.1-2.3.
It was voted unanimously that this amended version be accepted as
written. However,
further discussion resulted in the following change.
Motion
0041: (Alarie
moved, Lee seconded)
It was moved that Section 2.1b of the amended bylaws should be changed to
read “Junior members have voting rights.”
The motion was passed by a 7-2 vote (Driscoll and Gennert dissented).
Motion
0042: (Alarie
moved, Gennert seconded)
The motion to appoint Gus Gosselin as Chairman of the Scholastics
Committee was approved 8-0 (Frymer abstained).
Gus will assume this position on March 13.
Tournament
Committee: Chairman
Steve Frymer reported that Donna Alarie will be the Chief Tournament Director
for the Mass. Open, with Robert Messenger as Assistant Director. Robert
Messenger will also direct the Mass. Game 60 tournament.
The
discussion of liability insurance coverage for Board members was deferred until
the March meeting at Donna Alarie’s request.
The
discussion of the U.S. Cadet tournament, scheduled for July, 2000 centered on
the anticipated expenses and the potential benefits for MACA.
Motion
0043: (Alarie
moved, Gosselin seconded)
It was moved that MACA should respectfully decline the sponsorship of the
U.S. Cadet invitational tournament.
The motion was passed without dissent.
Steve
Frymer also reported on the 2001 U.S. Open which would take place in Framingham.
Major issues are the potential financial risk of $3,000. (guarantee
against loss) and
the 50-50 split of any profit with the U.S. Chess Federation.
Motion
0044: (Dann
moved, Gosselin seconded)
The Board approved the motion without dissent to establish a committee to
report on whether MACA would sponsor the 2001 U.S. Open at the Board meeting in
March.
Motion
0045: (Lee
moved, Driscoll seconded)
The motion to appoint Donna Alarie as Chairman of the committee to
investigate MACA’s sponsorship of
the 2001 U.S. Open in Framingham at the next Board meeting was approved
8-0 (Alarie abstained).
Bill Gennert, Gus Gosselin and Robert King volunteered to be on the
committee,.
The
names of MACA candidates to serve as USCF delegates has been mailed to the USCF.
The
meeting was adjourned at 4:35 p.m.
The next meeting is scheduled for Sunday, March 12, 2000 at Palmer High
School, starting at 1:00 p.m.
William R. Gennert