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Board of Director Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 7:45pm
Virtual Meeting
ATTENDEES: Oleg Poliannikov (President), Steve Winer (Vice President) Bob Messenger (Treasurer), Andrew Hoy (Clerk), Paul Arond, Jeff Caruso, George Mirijanian, Robb Stewart, Latanya Sweeney, and Yi Wang.
1. Meeting Minutes
MOTION: Approval of minutes from the April 30, 2020 board meeting (OP/YW). VOTE: Passed, 9-0
MOTION: Post the minutes from the Annual Meeting on April 30, 2020 board meeting. VOTE: Tabled
2. Committees and Coordinators
The Board selected committee chairs and coordinators. The full list of committees and coordinators is listed below
3. Spiegel Cup Finals
The Board had a discussion about the Spiegel Cup Finals in light of the cancellation of over the board tournaments. The Board was in favor of running the finals virtually. Players can play on lichess.org and connect to video calls in order to be monitored for anti-cheating purposes. The scholastic committee will decide on dates and specifics later.
MOTION TO ADJOURN
MACA Executive Board (June 2020)
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? President
o Oleg Poliannikov
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? Vice President
o Steven Winer
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? Treasurer
o Bob Messenger
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? Clerks
o Andrew Hoy
o Bob Messenger, Assistant Clerk
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? Bylaws Committee
o Jeffrey Caruso, Chair
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o Bob Messenger
o Robb Stewart
o Oleg Poliannikov1
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? Budget Committee
o Bob Messenger, Chair
o Steve Frymer
o Andrew Hoy
o Oleg Poliannikov
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? Club Committee
o Jeff Caruso,Chair
o Oleg Poliannikov
o Robb Stewart2
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? Education Committee
o Robb Stewart, Chair o Andrew Hoy
o Oleg Poliannikov
o Latanya Sweeney
o Steven Winer
o PrathibaYuvarajan
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? Elections Commission
o JeffreyCaruso,Chair
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o Steve Frymer
o Robb Stewart
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? Fundraising Committee
o Oleg Poliannikov, Chair
o Robb Stewart
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o Steven Winer
1 President of MACA is a member of all MACA committees ex officio (by virtue of being President)
2 Club Coordinator is not a committee, according to the by-laws. I have still included Robb per his request as substance is more important than form. We can also create a committee if we want to.
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? Investment Committee
o Jeffrey Caruso, Chair
o Bob Messenger
o Oleg Poliannikov
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? LMCF Coordinator
o Steve Frymer
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? Membership Secretary o Bob Messenger
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? Online Chess Committee
o Oleg Poliannikov, Chair
o Latanya Sweeney
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o Yi Wang
o Steve Winer
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? Parliamentarian
o Jeffrey Caruso
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? Player Development Committee o Steve Winer, Chair
o Oleg Poliannikov
o Latanya Sweeney
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o Yi Wang
o PrathibaYuvarajan
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? Prison Chess Committee
o Steve Frymer, Chair
o Robb Stewart
o Paul Arond
o Oleg Poliannikov
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? Scholastic
o Robb Stewart, Chair
o Steve Frymer
o Andrew Hoy
o Bob Messenger
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o Oleg Poliannikov
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o Yi Wang
o Steve Winer
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? Tournament Committee
o Bob Messenger, Chair
o Jeff Caruso
o Andrew Hoy
o Oleg Poliannikov
o Robb Stewart
o Yi Wang
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? Web Coordinator
o Oleg Poliannikov
Board Members and Committees Assignments: Oleg Poliannikov
President, Chair of Fundraising and Online Chess, Web Coordinator. Member of all committees ex officio
Steven Winer
Vice President, Chair of Player Development. Member of Education, Fundraising, Publication, Scholastic committees
Bob Messenger
Treasurer, Assistant Clerk, Chair of Budget, Tournament committees, Membership Secretary. Member of Bylaws, Investment, Scholastic committees
Andrew Hoy
Clerk, Member of Budget, Scholastic, Tournament Committees
Robb Stewart
Member of Elections, Fundraising, Scholastic, Tournament committees
Yi Wang
Member of Player Development, Scholastic, Tournament committees
Steve Frymer
Chair of Scholastic committee, Coordinator of LMCF and Prison Chess. Member of Budget and Elections committees
Jeff Caruso
Parliamentarian. Chair Bylaws, Elections and Investment committees. Club coordinator. Member of Tournament committee
Prathiba Yuvarajan
Member of Education and Player Development committees
Nicholas Sterling
TBD
Paul Arond
TBD
Latanya Sweeney
TBD
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