The draft minutes of Board Meeting No. 159, held via Zoom on Wednesday 14 February 2024, may be seen at:
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... y-2024.pdf
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- Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:53 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF meeting reports
- Replies: 91
- Views: 12924
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:07 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF meeting reports
- Replies: 91
- Views: 12924
Re: ECF meeting reports
The Governance Committee has published minutes for the first time:
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... y-2024.pdf
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... y-2024.pdf
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:41 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Research of some relevance to chess?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 381
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:49 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Nottingham Rapidplay and Nottingham Congress 2024
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1036
Re: Nottingham Rapidplay and Nottingham Congress 2024
The results of the Nottingham Rapidplay, including prize-winners, may be seen at: https://www.nottinghamshirechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Nottingham-Rapidplay-2023-Results-and-Prizes.pdf The Open was won jointly by GM Mark Hebden and IM Jonah Willow with Kamila Hryshchenko third. £250 was ra...
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:40 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF meeting reports
- Replies: 91
- Views: 12924
Re: ECF meeting reports
My understanding is that our current proxies system is a consequence of Company Law under which you cannot limit the number of proxies that a single person can hold. Technically, clubs have always been able to join the ECF as "other organisations" (with board approval). Currently club members are r...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:03 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF meeting reports
- Replies: 91
- Views: 12924
Re: ECF meeting reports
Would it not be just as likely that the collectors of proxies would have a field day? The proxy system is just one of the many unsatisfactory aspects of the present regime. ... My understanding is that our current proxies system is a consequence of Company Law under which you cannot limit the numbe...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:23 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Nottingham Rapidplay and Nottingham Congress 2024
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1036
Re: Nottingham Rapidplay and Nottingham Congress 2024
As it states on the NCA website, capacity has now been reached, as of 9.45 p.m. this evening. If you wish to be put on the Reserve List, please email the NCA Tournament Committee: rapidplay@nottinghamshirechess.org Please state the relevant information found on p.2 of the entry form: https://rapidpl...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 9:41 pm
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Nottingham Rapidplay and Nottingham Congress 2024
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1036
Re: Nottingham Rapidplay and Nottingham Congress 2024
Our capacity for this year's Nottingham Rapidplay has been increased to 180 (last year it was 160). We have just had our 160th entrant and are filling up fast! There is also a £5 late entry fee which applies in just over 24 hours, at midnight on 29/30 January, which may concentrate minds tomorrow! W...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:06 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF meeting reports
- Replies: 91
- Views: 12924
Re: ECF meeting reports
Would it not be just as likely that the collectors of proxies would have a field day? The proxy system is just one of the many unsatisfactory aspects of the present regime. A respectable scenario is where an organisation canvasses the opinions of its members and then instructs the proxy how to vote...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 2:39 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF meeting reports
- Replies: 91
- Views: 12924
Re: ECF meeting reports
This will in turn potentially see more delegates going to council with different ideas and perspectives. Would it not be just as likely that the collectors of proxies would have a field day? The proxy system is just one of the many unsatisfactory aspects of the present regime. A respectable scenari...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:15 pm
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF meeting reports
- Replies: 91
- Views: 12924
Re: ECF meeting reports
Draft minutes for Board Meeting No. 158, conducted via Zoom on Wednesday 13 December 2023, may be found at:
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... r-2023.pdf
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... r-2023.pdf
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:40 pm
- Forum: Deaths & Obituaries
- Topic: Richard Simpson
- Replies: 2
- Views: 755
Re: Richard Simpson
I encountered Richard quite often when he was in charge of chess at King Edward's School, Edgbaston, Birmingham and used to run the Birmingham and District Schools Rapidplay tournaments for teams of eight players with model efficiency. These events attracted teams from distant places. Richard was ex...
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:15 am
- Forum: ECF Matters
- Topic: ECF meeting reports
- Replies: 91
- Views: 12924
Re: ECF meeting reports
The draft AGM minutes are available: https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ECF-October-2023-%E2%80%93-Draft-Minutes-of-AGM.pdf There are also minutes for Board meeting 157 held on 26 October: https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Board-Meeting-No.-156-Octobe...
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:59 am
- Forum: Congress Diary
- Topic: Nottingham Rapidplay and Nottingham Congress 2024
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1036
Nottingham Rapidplay and Nottingham Congress 2024
The Nottingham Rapidplay will take place on Sunday 4 February and the Nottingham Congress on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 April, 2024, both at our usual venue, Nottingham High School. Details of the Rapidplay have been published at: https://www.nottinghamshirechess.org/competitions/ The Rapidplay will ...
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 5:53 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Media comments on chess
- Replies: 5968
- Views: 737445