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**Spiny Norman** · 07-21-2007, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by Iconoclast

Unfortunately, Bill Gletsos does have an interest in the Parramatta bid. Let me quote from the publically posted Parramatta bid.
"Tournament committee
Shane Burgess, Tarun Pant and Bill Gletsos."

That's selective quoting ... you missed out an important part ... the full quote from that section of the bid (as posted publicly on Chess Chat):

Tournament committee
Shane Burgess, Tarun Pant and Bill Gletsos (to comply with relevant ACF by-laws).

Highlighting in red by me (not in original). What by-law could that be, I wonders to myself. The only one that really makes sense, given the bit in red above:

Organising Committee
24. Upon granting the right to hold an ACF event to a state association or other body the ACF may nominate a person to be the ACF nominee on the organising committee. The ACF nominee on the organising committee shall be entitled to attend all meetings of the organising committee but shall not be entitled to vote at such meetings. He is to make the organisers aware of their responsibilities to the ACF in running the tournament and to inform and liaise with the ACF.

Ref: http://www.auschess.org.au/constitut...ournaments.txt

I expect that's the link. The bidder (Paramatta) is jumping the gun a little by suggesting that, if awarded the bid, they would want BG to be on the committee as the ACF's representative.

If you disagree with this assessment, perhaps you could suggest how else to reconcile the words "(to comply with relevant ACF by-laws)" to a particular by-law relating to bidding for the tournament.

07-21-2007, 05:54 PM	#17 (permalink)
Spiny Norman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 224	Originally Posted by Iconoclast Unfortunately, Bill Gletsos does have an interest in the Parramatta bid. Let me quote from the publically posted Parramatta bid. "Tournament committee Shane Burgess, Tarun Pant and Bill Gletsos." That's selective quoting ... you missed out an important part ... the full quote from that section of the bid (as posted publicly on Chess Chat): Tournament committee Shane Burgess, Tarun Pant and Bill Gletsos (to comply with relevant ACF by-laws). Highlighting in red by me (not in original). What by-law could that be, I wonders to myself. The only one that really makes sense, given the bit in red above: Organising Committee 24. Upon granting the right to hold an ACF event to a state association or other body the ACF may nominate a person to be the ACF nominee on the organising committee. The ACF nominee on the organising committee shall be entitled to attend all meetings of the organising committee but shall not be entitled to vote at such meetings. He is to make the organisers aware of their responsibilities to the ACF in running the tournament and to inform and liaise with the ACF. Ref: http://www.auschess.org.au/constitut...ournaments.txt I expect that's the link. The bidder (Paramatta) is jumping the gun a little by suggesting that, if awarded the bid, they would want BG to be on the committee as the ACF's representative. If you disagree with this assessment, perhaps you could suggest how else to reconcile the words "(to comply with relevant ACF by-laws)" to a particular by-law relating to bidding for the tournament.