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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
    Oleg Poliannikov

  • ?  Vice President
    Steven Winer

  • ?  Treasurer
    Bob Messenger

  • ?  Clerks
    Andrew Hoy

    Bob Messenger, Assistant Clerk

  • ?  Bylaws Committee

    Jeffrey Caruso, Chair

  •  Bob Messenger
    Robb Stewart
    Oleg Poliannikov1

  • ?  Budget Committee
    Bob Messenger, Chair

    Steve Frymer
    Andrew Hoy
    Oleg Poliannikov

  • ?  Club Committee
    Jeff Caruso,Chair

    Oleg Poliannikov

    Robb Stewart2

  • ?  Education Committee

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

    PrathibaYuvarajan

  • ?  Elections Commission

    JeffreyCaruso,Chair 

  • Steve Frymer
    Robb Stewart

  • ?  Fundraising Committee
    Oleg Poliannikov, Chair

    Robb Stewart 

  • Steven Winer

    President of MACA is a member of all MACA committees ex officio (by virtue of being President)
    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
    Jeffrey Caruso, Chair

    Bob Messenger

    Oleg Poliannikov

  • ?  LMCF Coordinator

    Steve Frymer

  • ?  Membership Secretary Bob Messenger

  • ?  Online Chess Committee
    Oleg Poliannikov, Chair

    Latanya Sweeney 

  • Yi Wang
    Steve Winer

  • ?  Parliamentarian
    Jeffrey Caruso

  • ?  Player Development Committee Steve Winer, Chair

    Oleg Poliannikov
    Latanya Sweeney 

  • Yi Wang
    PrathibaYuvarajan

  • ?  Prison Chess Committee
    Steve Frymer, Chair

    Robb Stewart
    Paul Arond
    Oleg Poliannikov

  • ?  Scholastic
    Robb Stewart, Chair

    Steve Frymer
    Andrew Hoy
    Bob Messenger 

  • Oleg Poliannikov

  •  Yi Wang

    Steve Winer

  • ?  Tournament Committee

    Bob Messenger, Chair 
    Jeff Caruso
    Andrew Hoy
    Oleg Poliannikov

    Robb Stewart

    Yi Wang

  • ?  Web Coordinator

    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