Motions of the Board of Directors

2001 – 2002

Votes are shown as   For – Against - Abstain To approve


Motion Number

Vote        

Motion Text

Motion_2001-06_01

9 – 0 – 0

 

To Repay $2000 from the General fund to Life Membership Fund.

Motion_2001-06_02

9 – 0 – 0

To ratify the results of the Annual Election and to destroy the ballots.  Also to give thanks to Michael Hoffpauir, Election Commissioner and his assistants for a job well done.

Motion_2001-06_03

8 – 0 – 1

To approve the minutes as corrected.  Correction of spelling of Yaneyt to Yanayt.

Motion_2001-12_04
 through –15

 

Coordinator nominations and votes.

Motion_2001-06_16

9 – 0 – 0

To authorize the Scholastic Coordinator to appoint a scholastic committee

Motion_2001-06_17

9 – 0 – 0

To appoint Mark Kaprielian as chairman of the Bylaws committee and authorize him to appoint a Bylaw committee.

Motion_2001-06_018

6 – 0 – 3

To empower a committee consisting of the President, Treasurer and US Open Liaison to determine if Maca’s responsibilities under the contract are reasonable and if so, authorize the President to sign the contract.

Motion_2001-06_019

9 – 0 – 0

To move the date of the July meeting to Wednesday, July 18th.

Motion_2001-06_020

9 – 0 – 0

To Adjourn

 

 

 

Motion_2001-07_01

7 – 0 – 1

To approve the minutes of the June 13, 2001 meeting as amended.

Motion_2001-07_02

9 – 0 – 0

To appoint Tim Oliveri to the Maca Board.

Motion_2001-07_03

9 – 0 – 0

To Adjourn

 

 

 

Motion_2001-08_01

6 – 0 – 1

That the board thank Stephen Frymer and Michael Gosselin for their efforts to bring the US Open to the Boston area for 2001.

Motion_2001-08_02

6 – 0 – 0

That the board give a vote of thanks to Mark Donlan for his work as Chess Horizons Editor and congratulations him for winning the Chess Journalist Association award for Best State magazine.

Motion_2001-08_03

6 – 0 – 1

That the board establishes the 3rd Wednesday of every month for the remainder of the term as the regular meeting date of the Board

Motion_2001-08_04

6 – 0 – 0

To Adjourn

 

 

 

Motion_2001-09_01

8 – 0 – 0

Nominate Harvey Reed to the Maca Board.

Motion_2001-09_02

5 – 1 – 1

To appoint Harvey Reed as Chairman of Maca meetings for the remainder of the Maca Term.

Motion_2001-09_03

8 – 0 - 0

To create a new agenda for the meeting.

Motion_2001-09_04

8 – 0 - 0

To approve the Draft minutes of  the 07-18-01 meeting published.

Motion_2001-09_05

8 – 0 – 0

To approve August minutes with the date of November 11 corrected to November 18th in the Scholastics Committee Report.

Motion_2001-09_06

8 – 0 – 0

Move that Terrence L. Gildred of Boxborough be accepted as life member based on his check of $175 clearing.

Motion_2001-09_07

8 – 0 – 1

Move that the GBO and Pillsbury memorial TLA details presented to the board be approved.

Motion_2001-09_08

9 – 0 – 0

Moved that the board approves the change of our portfolio to Bertel, Fisher & Company in order to remain with our stock broker Scott Doup who has represented us for about 20 years.

Motion_2001-09_09

9 – 0 – 0

Motion to appoint a committee comprised of Tim Oliveri chairman, Robert King, Robert Messenger and Gus Gosselin, to make recommendations of policy for MACA’s investments.  This committee shall report at the November Board meeting at which time it shall dissolve.

Motion_2001-09_10

4 – 5 – 0

Motion to extend meeting by 20 minutes

Motion_2001-09_11

 

Motion to re-instate the discount membership program for RI chess association.

Motion_2001-09_12

8 – 1 – 0

Motion to postpone discussion

Motion_2001-09_13

6 – 0 – 0

Motion to Adjourn

 

 

 

Motion_2001-10_01

6 – 0 - 0

To approve the Draft 3 minutes of the 09-19-01 meeting.

Motion_2001-10_02

1 –10 – 0

To solicit someone who has a business to see if they would allow Maca to use their capabilities at our events.

Motion_2001-10_03

7 –2 - 2

Motion to rescind motion 0166 on credit cards, which authorized the board to have credit capability.

Motion_2001-10_04

8 – 1 – 1

To Reinstate the RICA discount program, which has Rica selling CH subscriptions for Adult for $12 of which we would receive $9 and for Juniors, Maca would receive $5 from the $6 sale.

Motion_2001-10_05

8 – 0 – 2

To extend the meeting to 11:00 PM.

Motion_2001-10_06

 

To do a one promotional mailing to all USCF members in RI to attempt to get more subscribers.

Motion_2001-10_07

7 – 0 – 2

Moved to table the current motion.

Motion_2001-10_08

9 – 0 – 0

To reconsider the RICA discount motion.

Motion_2001-10_09

9 – 0 – 0

Moved to table the current motion.

Motion_2001-10_10

8 – 0 – 1

Motion to approve the preparation of a flyer titled “A Chess Program for your School” for use as a scholastic promotional item.

Motion_2001-10_11

9 – 0 – 0

To move the regular meeting date for the remainder of the term to the 2nd Monday of each month at 7:30 PM.

Motion_2001-10_12

9 – 0 – 0

Motion to Adjourn

 

 

 

Motion_2001-11_01

6 – 0 - 0

To approve the Draft 2 minutes of the 10-19-01 meeting with additional corrections of the motion numbers to reflect the tenth month.

Motion_2001-11_02

7 – 0 – 0

To accept the Finance committees report.

Motion_2001-11_03

7 – 0 – 0

To appoint Tim Oliveri as election commissioner.

Motion_2001-11_04

6 – 0 – 1

To appoint Steve Frymer as Tournament Coordinator.

Motion_2001-11_05

7 – 0 – 0

To approve the Radisson in Marlboro as the site of the 2002 Mass Open

Motion_2001-11_06

7 – 0 – 0

Motion to Adjourn.

 

 

 

Motion_2001-12_01

7 – 0 - 0

To approve the Draft 2 minutes of the 11-12-01 meeting with an additional correction that no membership report was given.

Motion_2001-12_02

8 – 0 – 0

To adopt the report of the Budget Committee as the budget for the current year FY02.

Motion_2001-12_03

6 – 1 – 0

To amend the Maca by-laws section 4.2 to read as follows: Election of Officers and Directors: Annually, by mail ballot, the Maca corporate membership shall elect four (4) executive officers and twelve (12) directors for a total of sixteen (16) Maca board members.  Each voting member may vote for any number of director candidates up to twelve (12).  The candidates receiving the most votes shall be elected.  The election results shall be announced at the annual meeting.  Candidates may run for both an executive officer and a director position, but if elected as an executive officer, the candidate is not elected as a director.

Motion_2001-12_04

6 – 1 – 0

To Ajourn

 

 

 

Motion_2002-01_01

8 - 0 - 0

To approve the Draft 1 minutes of the 12-10-01 meeting with a typo correction in the Membership section and the title of the section itself.

Motion_2002-01_02

8 – 0 - 0

To Authorize Robert Messenger and Peter Lee to take all appropriate steps to establish our postal permit in Natick .

Motion_2001-12_03

7 - 0 - 1

To authorize Steve Frymer to make submit a list of nominees for delegate and voting members for the upcoming USCF elections.

Motion_2001-12_04

8 - 0 - 0

To Adjourn

 

 

 

Motion_2002-02-01

6 - 0 - 1

To approve the Draft 1 minutes of 01-14-02 meeting with the correction of  a typo in the Presidents report

Motion_2002-02-02

7 - 0 - 2

To Authorize the Tournament Coordinator to design and organize the 2002 Mass Open including scholastics.

Motion_2002-02-03

5 - 4 - 0

For the 2002 scholastic championships to allow 9th graders who qualified for the championships to play in the High School section at their option.  Vacancies in the 7th to 9th grade sections will be filled from the February 2002 ratings list.  If this results in an odd number of players in the HS section, an additional player from grades 9 through 12 would be qualified to play from the February 2002 rating list

Motion_2001-02_04

7 – 0 – 0

That the board approves the pamphlet entitled “A chess program for your school as revised at this meeting”

Motion_2001-12_05

6 – 0 – 0

That the board meetings shall be held on the third Monday of the month”

Motion_2001-12_06

8 – 0 – 0

To Adjourn

 

 

 

Motion_2002-03-01

6 - 0 - 1

To approve the Draft 1 minutes of 01-14-02 meeting with the correction of  the following: Clarification of upcoming events in the Scholastics Coordinator Report and the discussion time for the report.  Under Old business, removed reference to Rica proposal being discussed.

Motion_2002-03-02

7 - 0 - 0

To authorize a pay-down of $2000 to reduce the debt that is owed to the Life membership fund.

Motion_2001-03_03

6 - 0 - 1

To spend $500 to purchase chess equipment for use by the scholastics program.

Motion_2001-03_04

7 - 0 - 0

That Maca provide $200 in expense money for Massachusetts Denker Tournament designee Jack Stolerman.

Motion_2001-03_05

7 - 0 - 0

Move to Adjourn

 

 

 

Motion_2002-04-01

7 – 0 – 0

To approve the Draft 1 minutes of 01-14-02 meeting with the correction of  minor grammatical corrected.

Motion_2001-04_02

2 – 4 – 1

To require serial numbered ballots for mail voting of officers and directors in Maca elections.

Motion_2001-04_03

6 – 0 – 2

Move to Cancel next Board Meeting

Motion_2001-04_04

7 - 0 - 0

Move to Adjourn