EXTRAORDINARY ECU GENERAL ASSEMBLY

[LozCooper]

THE EXTRAORDINARY ECU GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The Extraordinary ECU General Assembly was held on 29 March 2011, which was the rest day at the European Individual Chess Championship in Aix-les-Bains. Apart from the awarding of the tournaments in 2012 and 2013, the General Assembly discussed the proposals on changing the Statute and Tournament Regulations suggested by the ECU Board.

The delegates voted on the proposal on the change of the Statute according to which the competition organization would again be assigned by the Board, and the majority of them did not vote in favor of the change of Statute.

The ECU Board proposed to change the Tournament Rules and Regulations by introducing the Sofia Rule, Dressing Code and the Copyright on the use of chess games from the ECU competitions. The Delegates at the General Assembly agreed on achieving all three goals. They decided that the Board should establish Committees and inform all the Delegates upon doing so. Details will be presented at the next General Assembly. Having agreed on the details, the Delegates will vote for passing the new rules which should be applied at the competitions starting from 01 January 2012.

It was decided that the European Team Championship 2013 will be hosted by Warsaw (Poland), the European Club Cup 2012 will take place in Eilat (Israel) and Prague (Czech Republic) was granted the organization of the European Youth Championship 2012.

Extract from ECU NEWSLETTER 20 (April 4, 2011)

[David Sedgwick]

The ECU Board proposed to change the Tournament Rules and Regulations by introducing the Sofia Rule, Dressing Code and the Copyright on the use of chess games from the ECU competitions. The Delegates at the General Assembly agreed on achieving all three goals. They decided that the Board should establish Committees and inform all the Delegates upon doing so. Details will be presented at the next General Assembly. Having agreed on the details, the Delegates will vote for passing the new rules which should be applied at the competitions starting from 01 January 2012.

There was an earlier thread on this at http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2853. I don't think I'm the only one to find these developments worrying.

Lawrence, please keep us informed regarding the approach being taken by the ECF.