at the Syston & District Social
Club, High St. Syston
Agenda:
1) Apologies
2) Minutes of the MCCU Half Year General Meeting
2.1) Accuracy
2.2) Matters Arising.
3) Address of the President.
4) Reports:
4.1) Chairman,
4.2) Chief Executive
4.3) Secretary (vacant)
4.4) Finance Director
4.5) Director for Junior Chess
4.6) Grading Director. (Vacant)
4.7) Events Director
4.8) Public Relations Director, (Vacant).
4.9) County Teams
4.10) Correspondence Chess:
4.10.1) Individual Event
4.10.2) Team Event
4.11) MCCU Webmaster
4.12) ECF
4.13) Non-executives
5) Elections:
5.1) President
5.2) Chairman
5.3) Chief Executive
5.4) Secretary
5.5) Finance Director
5.6) Director for Junior Chess
5.7) Director for Grading
5.8) Director for Events
5.9) Director for Public Relations
5.10) Webmaster
5.11) ECF Delegates (max.2)
5.12) Non-executives (max.2)
6) Appointment of the Auditor.
7) Levy for 2006/7, Finance Director.
8) MCCU Constitution Proposals from the Chief Executive Officer
a) That all references to the BCF be replaced by ECF.
b) That a new item be added
Officers may
claim expenses properly incurred in the execution of their duties, but must do
so within 6 mths of the financial year end in which they are incurred. Claims
must be supported by relevant evidence, individual items below £15 may be
accepted without additional documentation, provided that the Finance Director
is satisfied they have been properly incurred.
8) MCCU County Teams' Tournament Rules proposals from the Chief Executive Officer a) ,b)& c) , & from Events Director d)
a) i)That all references in the County rules to BCF
be amended to read ECF.
ii) That all
references to assistant secretary be replaced by controller.
b) That rule 13 be amended as follows
If a third
MCCU entry into the ECF national stages is required, the losing semi-finalists
shall play off for that place. If the 3rd place match has not been
played by the ECF entry deadline,, the County with the best losing score in the
Semi-Finals shall become MCCU 3.
The current rule is as follows
13.
..
If a third MCCU entry into the BCF national stages is
required, the County with the best losing score in the MCCU Semi-finals shall
become MCCU 3.
This proposal is being made
on behalf of 2 county captains. They are aware that matter has been discussed
before, but views may have changed. They feel that the current situation may
not lead to the 3 best teams going forward. The reference to a fall back
situation reflects a similar fall back in the rules if the Final is not played
by 31st March. Whilst we can schedule Final & play off matches
before the deadline, we need a fall back in case unforeseen circumstances
prevent a match taking place.
c) The CEO proposed that in order to clarify the situation rule
9 b) be amended as follows
Any match between a county in the East Zone( East Midlands) and a county in the West
Zone( West Midlands) shall be
arranged at a neutral venue unless otherwise agreed. This will not apply where the counties involved have a common border.
In such cases the match will be played in the home county, unless that county
agrees otherwise. This rule will apply whether or not a section is split into
zones or divisions. (amendments in italics)
This matter was on the
November 2005 meeting agenda but could not be formally adopted.
d) That rule 21 be amended
with the words in italics below -
21. Grading limits apply at the start of each season and
will be taken from the latest national grading list (excluding the rapid play
list). A player who has no published grade may participate in any grade
restricted tournament providing that there is no doubt in the team captain's
mind that the player is not of such a playing strength as to breach the limits
set. and the inclusion of that player is
cleared with the controller before he/she plays.. A player not cleared prior to competing will be deemed to be an
ineligible player and rule 4 will apply Team captains should have recourse
to previous grading lists and the advice of their local grader. Any disputes on
ungraded players should be referred to the controller
for the tournament. Counties may enter more than one team in any grade
restricted tournament. . Where a county has more than one team
in any grade restricted tournament, players are not interchangeable and each
team must be a completely separate squad.
The clearance of ungraded
players echoes the ECF rules. At the moment the MCCU rules give no recourse if
a team plays an ungraded player, who is felt by anyone other than the team
captain, to be stronger than the grading limit for that section.
9) County Correspondence Rules proposals from the Chief Executive Officer
a) That the MCCU adopt the email rules already used
by the ECF for its correspondence events amended to reflect MCCU dates &
appeals procedure
b) That the revised rules for the Individual
Correspondence event be adopted.
see copy at end of package.
These matters were before the November 2005 meeting
& could not be formally voted upon.
10) Proposal: From the Chief Executive Officer
That the MCCU adopt the draft Child Protection Policy
placed before it.
Another matter from the
November 2005 meeting
11) Any other business:
a) The meeting is invited
to discuss developments on ECF membership & other matters.
b) Claim from a previous officer for expenses
an expenses claim has been received from a previous officer for expenses
incurred during the 1990s. The MCCU
Board seeks the views of the meeting on this matter
12)
Date of the next meeting: