Motions
of the Board of Directors
2000
– 2001
Votes are shown as For – Against - Abstain To approve
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Motion Number |
Vote |
Motion
Text |
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Meeting of 2000-07-09 |
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Motion 011 |
8 – 0 - 1 |
That the Treasurer should present a summary of MACA’s accounts from January 1, 2000 (subsequently amended to March 2, 2000), including unreconciled items, with the Treasurer being given discretion as to the manner of presentation, which should be done at the next Board meeting. |
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Motion 012 |
Passed - no dissent |
To first consider the appointment of Committee Coordinators. |
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Motion 013 |
8 – 0 - 1 |
To appoint Peter Lee as Promotion Coordinator, to be assisted by Robert King as Promotion Manager. |
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Motion 014 |
Passed - no dissent |
To appoint Donna Alarie as Tournament Coordinator. |
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Motion 015 |
Passed - no dissent |
To thank Peter Sherwood for his contribution to MACA as Editor of Chess Horizons and to accept his resignation as Editor, effective immediately. |
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Motion 016 |
Passed - no dissent |
To appoint Mark Kaprielian as Parliamentarian. |
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Motion 017 |
Passed - no dissent |
To appoint Mark Kaprielian as chairperson of the Bylaws Committee. |
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Motion 018 |
Passed - no dissent |
To appoint Robert Cruickshank as Scholastic Coordinator. |
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Motion 019 |
Passed - no dissent |
Appoint Mark Kaprielian as Web Master. |
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Motion 0110 |
7 – 0 – 1 |
To appoint Harvey Reed as Volunteer Coordinator with the charter of publishing E-zine was passed. |
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Motion 0111 |
Passed - no dissent |
To appoint Franklin Herman as Fund Raising Coordinator was passed without dissent. Bill Gennert noted that some local companies could be available to sponsor tournaments, such as Scholastics, and to make donations. |
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Motion 0112 |
Passed - no dissent |
To appoint Geoffrey Polizoti as Education Coordinator. |
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Motion 0113 |
Passed - no dissent |
That the Executive Board be authorized to negotiate a contract for an interim Editor of Chess Horizons and to effect the return of any photos, archives, computer, software and files to MACA. |
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Motion 0114 |
Passed - no dissent |
To add Vice President Mark Kaprielian as signatory on MACA’s checking and savings accounts. |
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Motion 0115 |
Passed - no dissent |
To have MACA proactively pursue becoming the sponsoring affiliate of the U.S. Open 2001 tournament, subject to a favorable contract with USCF. |
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Motion 0116 |
Passed - no dissent |
To appoint Donna Alarie as the chairperson of MACA’s U.S. Open 2001 tournament committee. |
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Meeting of 2000-09-21 |
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Motion 0117 |
Passed - no dissent |
To accept the resignations of Board members Franklin Herman and Bradford Wyatt. |
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Motion 0118 |
Passed - no dissent |
To
nominate Robert King and Michael Hoffpauir as candidates for election as new
Board members. |
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Motion 0119 |
Passed - no dissent |
To elect Robert King and Michael Hoffpauir as Board members. |
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Motion 0120 |
Passed - no dissent |
To approve the minutes for the meeting on July 9. |
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Motion 0121 |
5 – 1 - 0 |
That Robert Campbell be approved as a Life member. |
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Motion 0122 |
Passed - no dissent |
That
Mark Donlan be hired as the Editor of Chess Horizons. |
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Motion 0123 |
Passed - no dissent |
That MACA pay $250. to Max Enkin for his participation in the World Youth Championships in Spain, providing that he writes an article for Chess Horizons about his tournament experience. |
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Motion 0124 |
Passed - no dissent |
Michael
Hoffpauir was approved as Scholastic Coordinator. |
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Motion 0125 |
Passed - no dissent |
To appoint Steven Frymer as Prison Chess. |
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Motion 0127 |
Passed - no dissent |
To appoint Robert Cruickshank as Fund Raising Coordinator was passed without dissent. |
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Meeting of 2000-10-27 |
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Motion 0128 |
Passed - no dissent |
T approve the minutes for the Board meeting on September 21, 2000 was passed without dissent. |
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Motion 0129 |
6 – 0 - 1 |
To
appoint the President as the liaison between the Editor and the Board for
matters of policy. |
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Motion 0130 |
6 – 0 - 1 |
That the Board accepts as a matter of policy for Chess Horizons: MACA recognizes that Chess Horizons provides a sense of community, in great part provided substantially by its record of events, and recognizing that MACA does not want to raise dues, and recognizing that MACA cannot afford the current cost structure of Chess Horizons, MACA will continue to publish Chess Horizons as a high quality publication, with a minimum of 48 pages on a quarterly schedule for 2001, starting with January, 2001 and continuing with April, July and October |
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Motion 0131 |
Passed - no dissent |
To approve B. Scott Anderson of Acton, MA and David Clark of Cambridge, MA as Life members. |
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Motion 0132 |
Passed - no dissent |
That the Board set the policy that the Editor of Chess Horizons receive 20% of the cost of the contract on new advertisements and that the Editor is also responsible for all invoicing of ads. |
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Meeting of 2000-12-12 |
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Motion 0143 |
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That the Board appointed a Budget Committee, consisting of Steven Frymer, Robert Messenger and Peter Lee. |
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Motion 0144 |
1 - 6 - 0 |
To cancel MACA’s liability insurance policy. |
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Meeting of 2001-03-15 |
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Motion 0157 |
Passed - no dissent |
To accept the minutes for the Board meeting on February 12, 2001 |
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Motion 0158 |
Passed - no dissent |
That the Board commend Robert Messenger for his good work in preparing the reports on MACA’s finances since his appointment as Treasurer. |
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Motion 0159 |
Passed - no dissent |
To approve the resolution for Citizens Bank of New Hampshire, with Treasurer Robert Messenger and Vice President Mark Kaprielian as signatories. |
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Motion 0160 |
Passed - no dissent |
To approve the resolution for A.G. Edwards, Inc., with Treasurer Robert Messenger to have check-writing authority. |
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Motion 0161 |
Passed - no dissent |
That an Investment Committee be appointed to review MACA’s current investments, to be chaired by the Treasurer. |
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Motion 0162 |
Passed - no dissent |
That
the Board accept the Radisson Hotel’s proposal that MACA have its Mass. Open
tournament there, with the Treasurer authorized to be the signatory on the
contract. |
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Motion 0163 |
3 – 4 - 0 |
That MACA purchase up to twenty (20) light extensions (goosenecks) at a maximum cost of $20 each. |
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Motion 0164 |
Passed - no dissent |
To adopt the recommendations of the Budget Committee as the MACA budget. |
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Motion 0165 |
Passed - no dissent |
To accept the Data Base Processor’s report that the number of MACA Directors should be eight (8) for the 2001-2 election. |
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Motion 0166 |
6 – 0 - 1 |
That the Board accepted the credit card proposal, as outlined by Peter Lee. |
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Meeting of 2001-04-09 |
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Motion 0167 |
6 – 0 - 1 |
That the minutes for the Board meeting on March 12, 2001 be approved. |
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Motion 0168 |
Passed - no dissent |
That the motion (0144) to cancel MACA’s liability insurance policy was not passed, with the amended totals of 1 in favor (Frymer) and 5 (not 6) opposed. |
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Motion 0169 |
Passed - no dissent |
That the Treasurer be directed to set as a goal the sum of $6,000. for operating cash balance and that, when the balance exceeds that amount plus $2,000., then the Treasurer is directed to notify the Board for action towards paying liabilities, such as the Life Membership Fund loan. |
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Motion 0170 |
Passed - no dissent |
That the Treasurer be directed to pay $3,000. towards the debt owed to the Life Membership Fund. |
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Motion 0171 |
Passed - no dissent |
To commend Michael Hoffpauir for his efforts in running a very successful Scholastics program. |
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Motion 0172 |
Passed - no dissent |
To reaffirm that Mark Kaprielian will be the Data Processing Coordinator. |
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Motion 0173 |
7 – 0 – 1 |
To appoint Robert Messenger as Publications Coordinator. |
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Meeting of 2001-05-14 |
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Motion 0174 |
Passed - no dissent |
That the minutes for the Board meeting on April 9. |
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Motion 0175 |
Passed - no dissent |
That the next Board meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 13. |
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