The New Board and the motions from this years UCU AGM 2021
The members of the Ulster Chess Union Board for the year 2021-22:
Chairperson: Mark Newman
Secretary: Karina Kruk
Treasurer: Adrian Dornford-Smith
League Controller: Ross Harris
Deputy League Controller (co-opted onto board at first board meeting): Chris Dorrian
Tournament Director: Alex Goss
Deputy Tournament Director: Michael Sheerin
Ratings Officer: Robert Lavery
Womans Developer Officer: Karina Kruk
Youth Development Officer : Neil Gardner
Child Protection Officer: Mark Newman
Funding Officer: Neil Gardner
Trophies Officer: Geoff Hindley
UCU Historian: David McAlister
Board Members without Portfolio: Andrew Todd
The motions passed at the AGM:
a)
’17 k) Executive Board meeting are open to UCU members as observers. To facilitate this, details of Executive Board Meeting will be notified on the UCU website 7 days in advance of the arranged meeting or as soon an emergency meeting is called if less than 7 days. Observers have no speaking rights at Executive Board meetings and cannot be asked for views by Executive Board members. Any disruptive behaviour by an observer will result in that observer being excluded from meetings until such time as he/she agreed to comply. Observers will be asked to absent themselves from an Executive Board meeting where confidential matters are to be discussed and those discussions will not take place until the Secretary confirms that all observers have left the meeting.
Proposed: Bernard McGahan Seconded: Adrian Dornford-Smith
b)
’17 l) A member in good standing may apply for speaking rights at an Executive Board meeting The request should be in writing (email is acceptable) to the Chairman 5 days in advance of the appropriate Executive Board meeting and it should identify the item(s) that the member wishes to speak on. The Chairman will consider the request and decide if speaking rights will be permitted. The Chairman’s decision is final.
Proposed: Bernard McGahan Seconded: Adrian Dornford-Smith
It was agreed to put the above to a vote with the caveat that these proposals would temporarily go into the constitution with the caveate that the wording would be revisited at the next AGM.
c)
UCU tournaments held online during 2020/2021 season (Ulster Masters/City of Belfast/Williamson Shield etc.) are deemed ‘unofficial’ and winners of such tournaments are not to be inscribed on associated trophies.
Proposed: Damien Lavery Seconded: Steve Scannell
d)
Membership of any UCU Code of Conduct Committee to be restricted to those who have been UCU members continuously for the prior three years and have a UCU standard play over-the-board rating minimum of 1500.
Proposed: Damien Lavery Seconded: Steve Scannell
e: The current UCU Constitution and Standing Orders to be made available at all times from the front page of the UCU website.
Proposed Damien Lavery Seconded Steve Scannell
f: Minutes of all UCU board meetings to be circulated to all UCU members of good standing within one week of meeting’s end.
Proposed Damien Lavery Seconded Steve Scannell
g. The UCU will not support, in any way, an event for which a UCU member in good standing has been refused or denied entry for which they meet all the entry criteria.
Proposed Damien Cunningham Seconded David Houston
h. The official UCU website is the main conduit for any and all UCU events, and all UCU or UCU assisted events must be primarily advertised the UCU web pages
Proposed Damien Cunningham Seconded David Houston
i. That the UCU send all previous investigations and incidents in regard to unexplainable online performances to the ICU for review. The review body holding the ability to make actionable or non-actionable recommendations. (This was an amendment to the original proposal.)
Proposed Damien Cunningham Seconded David Houston
