Approved
MACA
Board Minutes of September 21, 2000
The
meeting was called to order at 7:50 p.m. by Vice President Mark Kaprielian at
the Kennedy Senior Center. Attending
members were (alpha list) Donna Alarie, Robert Cruickshank, William Gennert,
Mark Kaprielian, Peter Lee and Geoffrey Polizoti.
Motion
0117: (Alarie moved, Gennert
seconded) The motion to accept the
resignations of Board members Franklin Herman and Bradford Wyatt was passed
without dissent.
Motion
0118: (Alarie moved, Gennert
seconded) The motion to nominate Robert
King and Michael Hoffpauir as candidates for election as new Board members was
passed without dissent. Motion
0119: (Alarie moved, Cruickshank
seconded) The motion to elect Robert
King and Michael Hoffpauir as Board members was passed without dissent. The Clerk has since advised them
accordingly.
Motion
0120: (Lee moved, Alarie seconded) The motion to approve the minutes for the
meeting on July 9, 2000 was passed without dissent.
Treasurer’s
Report: Donna Alarie has set the end of
October as the target date for preparing a full report on MACA’s financial
condition. She distributed a list of
the numerous money items that have to be resolved before the balance sheet,
income statement, etc. can be completed.
Her
other handout provided details about the continuing losses from publishing
Chess Horizons, the Prison Chess program and MACA’s investment portfolio. Among Donna’s suggestions for improving our
finances are increasing membership, higher dues and additional newsstand sales
of Chess Horizons.
As
Membership Secretary she also reported that all pending membership transactions
will be completed by the end of September.
Tournaments: The U.S.Open 2001 tournament will be held at
the Sheraton Hotel in Framingham, MA.
Chairperson Donna Alarie has established a planning committee that will
soon be meeting regularly.
Motion
0121: (Alarie moved, Gennert
seconded) Robert Campbell was approved
as a Life member with 5 in favor (Alarie, Cruickshank, Gennert, Kaprielian,
Lee) and 1 opposed (Polizoti).
Motion
0122: (Kaprielian moved, Lee seconded) The motion that Mark Donlan be hired as the
Editor of Chess Horizons was passed without dissent.
Motion
0123: (Alarie moved, Lee seconded) The motion that MACA pay $250. to Max Enkin
for his participation in the World Youth Championships in Spain was approved
without dissent, providing that he writes an article for Chess Horizons about
his tournament experience.
Robert
Cruickshank asked that he be allowed to step down as Scholastic Coordinator but
agreed to continue as a member of the Scholastic committee. Motion 0124: (Kaprielian moved, Alarie seconded) Michael Hoffpauir was approved as Scholastic Coordinator without
dissent.
Motion
0125: The motion to appoint Steven
Frymer as Prison Chess Coordinator was approved without dissent.
The
appointment of MACA’s USCF delegates was discussed by Donna Alarie. Elected to
this position are William Kelleher, Steven Frymer and George Mirijanian, with
Peter Sherwood as an alternate delegate.
It was agreed that these selections be officially recommended to
President Harvey Reed.
Motion
0126: (Kaprielian moved, Alarie
seconded) The motion that all players
with ratings of 2400 and over be granted free entry to all MACA tournaments,
except for national tournaments, was passed without dissent.
Motion
0127: (Lee moved, Gennert
seconded) The motion to appoint Robert
Cruickshank as Fund Raising Coordinator was passed without dissent.
The
discontinuance of MACA’s practice of discounting memberships and Chess Horizons
subscriptions for members of other New England Chess Associations was mentioned
briefly. This action will be discussed
further at a later meeting.
The
meeting was adjourned at 9:45 p.m.
No
date was established for the next meeting.
Board members will be polled to determine the most convenient day and
time.
William R. Gennert
Clerk