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MACA Board Minutes
 MACA Board Meeting, June 9, 2020
 Zoom
 

 Massachusetts Chess Association

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)

  • ?  President
    o Oleg Poliannikov

  • ?  Vice President
    o Steven Winer

  • ?  Treasurer
    o Bob Messenger

  • ?  Clerks
    o Andrew Hoy

    o Bob Messenger, Assistant Clerk

  • ?  Bylaws Committee

    o Jeffrey Caruso, Chair

  •  o Bob Messenger
    o Robb Stewart
    o Oleg Poliannikov1

  • ?  Budget Committee
    o Bob Messenger, Chair

    o Steve Frymer
    o Andrew Hoy
    o Oleg Poliannikov

  • ?  Club Committee
    o Jeff Caruso,Chair

    o Oleg Poliannikov

    o Robb Stewart2

  • ?  Education Committee

    o Robb Stewart, Chair o Andrew Hoy
    o Oleg Poliannikov
    o Latanya Sweeney
    o Steven Winer

    o PrathibaYuvarajan

  • ?  Elections Commission

    o JeffreyCaruso,Chair 

  • o Steve Frymer
    o Robb Stewart

  • ?  Fundraising Committee
    o Oleg Poliannikov, Chair

    o Robb Stewart 

  • 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

  • ?  LMCF Coordinator

    o Steve Frymer

  • ?  Membership Secretary o Bob Messenger

  • ?  Online Chess Committee
    o Oleg Poliannikov, Chair

    o Latanya Sweeney 

  • o Yi Wang
    o Steve Winer

  • ?  Parliamentarian
    o Jeffrey Caruso

  • ?  Player Development Committee o Steve Winer, Chair

    o Oleg Poliannikov
    o Latanya Sweeney 

  • o Yi Wang
    o PrathibaYuvarajan

  • ?  Prison Chess Committee
    o Steve Frymer, Chair

    o Robb Stewart
    o Paul Arond
    o Oleg Poliannikov

  • ?  Scholastic
    o Robb Stewart, Chair

    o Steve Frymer
    o Andrew Hoy
    o Bob Messenger 

  • o Oleg Poliannikov

  •  o Yi Wang

    o Steve Winer

  • ?  Tournament Committee

    o Bob Messenger, Chair 
    o Jeff Caruso
    o Andrew Hoy
    o Oleg Poliannikov

    o Robb Stewart

    o Yi Wang

  • ?  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