2016 AGM and league awards

The AGM will be held on 31st May 2016.

Location: Ballynafeigh Community Development Centre, Ormeau road, Belfast

7:30pm Start

Any resolutions to the Secretary at : secretary@ulsterchess.org by 17th May 2016.

Agenda

1. Previous Minutes
a) Review, amend and accept minutes of previous AGM
b) Matters arising

2. President’s Annual Review

3. League Prize Ceremony
a) League Division winners
Div 1: Silver King - Mulldoons 1
Div 2: John Strawbridge Cup - Ballynafeigh 2
Div 3: QUB 2

b) League Board Prizes: both parts of the League competition were used to determine prize winners

League 1

Board 1

1st David Houston 9/11 81.8%

Board 2

1st Nick Pilkiewicz 8/10 80%

Board 3

1st Stephen Wood 5.5/7 78.6%

Board 4

1st Milad Fozooni 4.5/7 64.3%

Board 5

1st John Bradley 5.5/7 78.6%

League 2

Board 1

1^st Damien Cunningham 8.5/11 77.3%

Board 2

1^st Ciaran Marron 5/7 71.4%

Board 3

1^st Pat McKillen 4.5/7 64.3%

Board 4

1^st Craig Stephenson 6/8 75%

Board 5

1^st John Monaghan 4/7 57.1%

League 3

Board 1

1st Andrew Todd 8.5/9 94.4%

Board 2

1^st Bernard McCaughey 7/9 77.8%

Board 3

1^st Pete Todd 10/11 90.9%

Board 4

1^st Jonny Brown 7/8 87.5%

Board 5

1^st Samuel Todd 7/8 87.5%

c) Tom Clarke Grand Prix Trophy:

4. Financial Report - Hon. Treasurer

5. Administrators Reports

6. Proposed Resolutions

1: Membership dues to be levied against current or past members who play one or more rated games during a season. The benefit of any number of free rated games per season to be available only to those who are not and who have never been members of the UCU. 

Proposer Damien Lavery

2: Membership only granted to players who are of good standing with the UCU. Any player who has outstanding dues for any past UCU event, or who has previously defaulted on a membership payment to be barred from entering any future UCU event and not listed as a member on the UCU rating list until outstanding monies owed to the UCU are paid in full.

Proposer Damien Lavery

3: The UCU should publish in full the content of all correspondence it receives from internal and external sources, with appropriate measures taken to ensure that this content is published without identifying the author or the naming of any person within it.

Proposer Damien Lavery

An amendment to 3. From the current UCU board: That the correspondence of the UCU will be available to members on written request and in printed form at the most convenient board meeting.

Proposer Mark Newman

7. Nominations and Appointment of Administrators

8. Election of Board Members
Under the constitution, the Executive Board must be composed of at least 5 members including
the officers.
UCU Board Nominations

9. AOB