New CV Executive - Page 12 - OzChess

justaknight · 10-26-2009, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by MOZ

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Picture and brief bio. now available at Chess Victoria Inc. Home Page

Excellent choice CV!

Dusan is a talented chessplayer and a fine young man!

Also congratulations for his recent success at Noble Park!

**Lakshman** · 10-27-2009, 07:42 AM

Well Deserved Title Dusan.

**Sobriquet** · 12-01-2009, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by ChessGuru

...

However, I do accept the result was a representation of the will of the meeting and congratulate Sandler/Johansen on their victory. I look forward to watching their progress over the next 12 months.....they will be under quite a bit of public scrutiny this year thanks to the public campaign run over the last few months. This should put some pressure on CV to perform, which good for chess in this state and hopefully to the benefit of the clubs.

If that happens then I have achieved something.

The benefits of an election campaign are that the issues get focus and priorities identified. That appears now to have happened for Victoria and must be regarded as a positive.
The additional resources now on the Executive must necessarily produce more results now that the priorities are clarified.
We can look forward to improvements all round is my guess.

**Just2Good** · 12-01-2009, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by Sobriquet

We can look forward to improvements all round is my guess.

Fingers crossed.

**MOZ** · 12-20-2009, 08:48 PM

The Chess Victoria President for 2010, Leonid Sandler, has issued a first bulletin for his term in office.
It can be read in full detail at this Chess Victoria web-page.

Also, an Executive meeting is scheduled for Wednesday evening in this coming week.

Calendar updates appearing progressively here.

MOZ

**MOZ** · 12-24-2009, 09:47 AM

Here is the agenda constructed by the President to conduct the first formal Executive meeting of the new Chess Victoria Committee.

Chess Victoria Inc.
Agenda for Executive meeting #1 of 2009/2010 Executive.
Minute taker: Secretary
1. Open meeting
2. Apologies
3. Outwards correspondence
a. To note Presidents bulletin #1 for this year
4. To confirm decisions taken
a. Web-site changes to current version
i. Upgrade frequency and timeliness of providing content to the web-master
ii. Review navigation
iii. Continue use until a resource identified who is will to volunteer to build, migrate, and manage a replacement web-site.
iiii. Note decision that the building of invoicing and booking functionality, for Interschool events, has been declared out-of-scope for any review of the CV web-site.
b. Advise ATO our updated business location, contact number, public officer, and mailing address. Probably similar action required with Victorian Consumer Affairs.
c. Note appointed Carl Gorka to have authority to be Tournament manager of the 2010 Team Championship.
d. Paid out Australasian Masters prizes and costs as per budget agreed earlier this year.
5. Handover of Treasurer papers and orientation. On target?
6. Each member of the Executive is required to occupy an operational position on the attached Organisation chart. Executive Members to advise their personal selection. Second, the Secretary to bring the chart up-to-date. Third, Executive members to note that each position on the chart has an accompanying job description, originally drafted by Gary Wastell; samples provided.
7. The rental agreement with the Canterbury Juniors Chess Club lapses on the 31st of December. The agreement essentially bundled a collection of tasks
a. Clock maintenance and repair
b. Clocks on loan to Clubs service
c. Trophy purchase and engravings
d. Venue available at no charge to run licenced Interschool events
e. Venue available for CV events
f. Tournament Organiser of the Victorian junior titles events
g. Tournament Organiser of the Victorian Open week-ender
h. Equipment storage
It is clear Clubs want this opportunity to be advertised for bids. Likely to be no bundled solution.
Action necessary to seek expressions of interest from Clubs to be involved in the provision of these services. Appointment of Action Officer on this task.

8. Inwards Correspondence
a. From David Cordover; re web-site offer.
b. Other
9. Set next meeting date and location.
10. Close meeting

I was attending as an observer to complete the handover of financial artefacts to Treasurer, David Grenness, and ended up as Minute taker as Jamie Kenmure sent his apologies caused by a family emergency.

Listening to the discussion I was impressed by quick start of individual Committee members who had accepted new operational roles on the organisation chart and advised of their progress before this first meeting.

MOZ*

ps The Committee has the option to use a free Google calendar software application. This calendar can easily 'bolt on' to any existing web-site and changing to this free Google option needs a bit of examination as to best timing.

**ChessGuru** · 12-25-2009, 11:32 PM

Latest blog post with my commentary on CV progress.

**mowcop** · 12-26-2009, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by MOZ

Here is the agenda constructed by the President to conduct the first formal Executive meeting of the new Chess Victoria Committee.

Thanks for posting that, Trevor. Where can information about this meeting be found, seeing as my name cropped up. Have I been appointed to something? If so, then I will probably have to decline. I have agreed to help to draft a teams event, but my job, and my commitments to the MCC prevent me from taking up another time-laden post.

I'll talk to Leonid about this next time I see him.

**MOZ** · 12-26-2009, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by mowcop

Thanks for posting that, Trevor. Where can information about this meeting be found, seeing as my name cropped up. Have I been appointed to something? If so, then I will probably have to decline. I have agreed to help to draft a teams event, but my job, and my commitments to the MCC prevent me from taking up another time-laden post.

I'll talk to Leonid about this next time I see him.

hi Carl

The minutes of the meeting are being written by me. I plan to publish tomorrow night after the 1st day of the tournament at Club.
The agenda item (you refer to) was heavily discussed because most of the new Executive were unaware of the two options presented to the Presidents meeting, and there was a need get your proposal understood by the newcomers. The agenda item was probably too presumptive. The minutes will call for a review point on tournament structure and plans at the end of January. If that structure is to be pursued then a Tournament Organiser needs to be found/appointed.

Personally, I was enthusiastic of your new proposal, as we discussed. It seems that Interclub cannot be resurrected because of the fundamental flaw that conflicts with 'Club nights' and scheduled Club calendar events have left no available time-slots. On the other hand, your Teams Competition proposed monthly games, and has the need to find a suitable time for only two Clubs at a time; and all this seemed much more manageable.

If a structure document can be given to a tournament organiser, as of 1/2/10, then there are improved prospects of success.

regards
MOZ*

**antichrist** · 12-26-2009, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by MOZ

hi Carl

The minutes of the meeting are being written by me. I plan to publish tomorrow night after the 1st day of the tournament at Club.
The agenda item (you refer to) was heavily discussed because most of the new Executive were unaware of the two options presented to the Presidents meeting, and there was a need get your proposal understood by the newcomers. The agenda item was probably too presumptive. The minutes will call for a review point on tournament structure and plans at the end of January. If that structure is to be pursued then a Tournament Organiser needs to be found/appointed.

Personally, I was enthusiastic of your new proposal, as we discussed. It seems that Interclub cannot be resurrected because of the fundamental flaw that conflicts with 'Club nights' and scheduled Club calendar events have left no available time-slots. On the other hand, your Teams Competition proposed monthly games, and has the need to find a suitable time for only two Clubs at a time; and all this seemed much more manageable.

If a structure document can be given to a tournament organiser, as of 1/2/10, then there are improved prospects of success.

regards
MOZ*

And didn't I warn you about this! The NSWJCL meetings would go to about 1am I am guessing. I would have a sleep and wake up about midnight then catch a train, and they were still going at it. All serious stuff for national juniors that were coming up.

**ChessGuru** · 12-27-2009, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by MOZ

The agenda item (you refer to) was heavily discussed because most of the new Executive were unaware of the two options presented to the Presidents meeting, and there was a need get your proposal understood by the newcomers. The agenda item was probably too presumptive. The minutes will call for a review point on tournament structure and plans at the end of January. If that structure is to be pursued then a Tournament Organiser needs to be found/appointed.

So what you're trying to say is that the Presidents' meeting from August was a complete waste of time?

**Just2Good** · 12-27-2009, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by ChessGuru

So what you're trying to say is that the Presidents' meeting from August was a complete waste of time?

Not if they discussed the issue and resolved to find or appoint a new tournament organizor.

**mowcop** · 12-27-2009, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by MOZ

hi Carl

The minutes of the meeting are being written by me. I plan to publish tomorrow night after the 1st day of the tournament at Club.
The agenda item (you refer to) was heavily discussed because most of the new Executive were unaware of the two options presented to the Presidents meeting, and there was a need get your proposal understood by the newcomers. The agenda item was probably too presumptive. The minutes will call for a review point on tournament structure and plans at the end of January. If that structure is to be pursued then a Tournament Organiser needs to be found/appointed.

Personally, I was enthusiastic of your new proposal, as we discussed. It seems that Interclub cannot be resurrected because of the fundamental flaw that conflicts with 'Club nights' and scheduled Club calendar events have left no available time-slots. On the other hand, your Teams Competition proposed monthly games, and has the need to find a suitable time for only two Clubs at a time; and all this seemed much more manageable.

If a structure document can be given to a tournament organiser, as of 1/2/10, then there are improved prospects of success.

regards
MOZ*

To be honest Trevor, I feel very strongly about the need for club/team chess. That's why I'm willing to help to get something together. But I know I haven't got the time to administer it as well. I'll pitch in with help when and where I can, but I can't commit to being a tournament manager...at least not this year to come.

I'll talk to you about it tomorrow if you have some time

**MOZ** · 12-27-2009, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by mowcop

To be honest Trevor, I feel very strongly about the need for club/team chess. That's why I'm willing to help to get something together. But I know I haven't got the time to administer it as well. I'll pitch in with help when and where I can, but I can't commit to being a tournament manager...at least not this year to come.

I'll talk to you about it tomorrow if you have some time

hi Carl
I too feel strongly about club/team chess, which is why I encouraged Box Hill/Caterbury to conduct the tournament (the fortnightly frequency of which was quite disruptive on our Friday calendar-schedule) from 2000 to 2008.
I think the CV Executive decision recognizes that the T.O for 2010 will be a big task and there would be an expectation that whomever picks up the tasks will need to be a paid official.
regards
MOZ*

**MOZ** · 12-27-2009, 10:13 PM

The promised minutes (agenda points in black font, decisions and notes in coloured font):

Chess Victoria Inc.
Minutes for Executive meeting #1 of 2009/2010 Executive. 23/12/2009
Minute taker: Trevor Stanning
1. Open meeting 7.05pm
2. Apologies: Jamie Kenmure
3. Outwards correspondence
a. Noted Presidents bulletin #1 for this year
4. Confirmed decisions taken
a. Web-site changes to current version
i. Upgrade frequency and timeliness of providing content to the web-master
ii. Review navigation
iii. Continue use until a resource identified who is will to volunteer to build, migrate, and manage a replacement web-site.
iv. Added. Noted decision that the building of invoicing and booking functionality, for Interschool events, has been declared out-of-scope for any review of the CV web-site.
v. <Additional design notes at the foot of these Minutes.>
b. Advise ATO our updated business location, contact number, public officer, and mailing address. Probably similar action required with Victorian Consumer Affairs. Agree. Action Dave Grenness.
c. Noted appointed Carl Gorka to have authority to be Tournament manager of the 2010 Team Championship. Agreed. Action Leonid Sandler. <Most of the new Executive were unaware of the two options presented to the Presidents meeting, and there was a need get the Gorka proposal understood by the newcomers. The agenda item was probably too presumptive. The minutes call for a review point on tournament structure and plans at the end of January. If that structure is to be pursued then a Tournament Organiser needs to be found/appointed.
It seems that Interclub cannot be resurrected because of the fundamental flaw that conflicts with 'Club nights' and scheduled Club calendar events have left no available time-slots. On the other hand, the Teams Competition proposed monthly games, and has the need to find a suitable time for only two Clubs at a time; and all this seemed much more manageable.
If a structure document can be given to a tournament organiser, as of 1/2/10, then there are improved prospects of success.>
d. Paid out Australasian Masters prizes and costs as per budget agreed earlier this year.
5. Handover of Treasurer papers and orientation. On target? Intention to go close to finishing this task after the Executive meeting.
6. Each member of the Executive is required to occupy an operational position on the attached Organisation chart. Executive Members to advise their personal selection. Darryl Johansen =Clubs Liaison Officer; David Hacche=Trophies Officer; Leonid Sandler and Darryl Johansen=Directors Junior Chess; Victor Kildisas=Arbiter; Trevor Stanning =Newsletter Editor and Archivist. Second, the Secretary to bring the chart up-to-date. Action Jamie Kenmure.Third, Executive members to note that each position on the chart has an accompanying job description, originally drafted by Gary Wastell; samples provided. Noted.
7. The rental agreement with the Canterbury Juniors Chess Club lapses on the 31st of December. The agreement essentially bundled a collection of tasks
a. Clock maintenance and repair
b. Clocks on loan to Clubs service
c. Trophy purchase and engravings
d. Venue available at no charge to run licensed Interschool events
e. Venue available for CV events
f. Tournament Organiser of the Victorian junior titles events.
g. Tournament Organiser of the Victorian OPEN.
h. Tournament Organiser of the Victorian Championship.
i. Equipment storage
j. It is clear Clubs want this opportunity to be advertised for bids. Likely to be no bundled solution. Leonid Sandler to action f. g. and h.

k. Action necessary to seek expressions of interest from Clubs to be involved in the provision of these services. Appointment of Action Officer on this task. Leonid Sandler to action for

i. The Victorian Championship
ii. The Victorian Open
iii. The Victorian Blitz
iv. The Victorian Interschool
v. The Victorian Junior Titles
vi. The Teams Championship.
The CV preferred position is for Clubs to run many of these events so that any profits end in Club books. If no Club bids for an event, then the next preferred option is to offer the events to suitable individual promoters. The default fall-back position is that CV will act as tournament organiser and pay for the management of the event.

8. Inwards Correspondence
a. From David Cordover; re web-site offer.
b. Other
9. Set next meeting date and location. Thursday 11th February 7pm Chess Ideas premises.
10. Close meeting 9pm.

DESIGN Notes identified in discussion for item 4a. above
1. Suggestions for additional content of the CV web-site, such as
a. How to conduct fund-raisers;
b. How to write the Constitution for a new chess club;
c. How to find your rating and how ratings are calculated;
d. Contacts for assistance on specialist club administration areas
should be seen achievable by input to the current web-site. See for example the current ‘Working with Children’ material on the web-site. The newly appointed Club Liaison Officer (Darryl Johansen) will survey this type of suggestion on his visits schedule.
2. Suggestion for a common IT infrastructure to be provided to smaller clubs who have not yet started to use web-services was expressed. See current offer from Chess World, which may satisfy any candidates for this facility.
3. Load of calendars for CV events, ACF events, and Club events is proceeding as the information comes to hand. The aim remains the same; to have a single point of reference where clashes of chess initiatives can be minimised. The current web-site meets this objective when all data is loaded. Resolved that all major and non-major events will be loaded for completeness.
4. The President advised the CV Treasurer that the consensus was that the $3000 budget item for a new web-site should be taken out of the current budget. Most issues identified arose from (lack of) provision of timely-content rather than lack of web-site functionality.

10-26-2009, 12:12 PM	#166 (permalink)
justaknight Suspended Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 282	Originally Posted by MOZ ^ Picture and brief bio. now available at Chess Victoria Inc. Home Page Excellent choice CV! Dusan is a talented chessplayer and a fine young man! Also congratulations for his recent success at Noble Park!

10-27-2009, 07:42 AM	#167 (permalink)
Lakshman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 329	Victorian chess player for the month of October Well Deserved Title Dusan. __________________ God is Great

12-01-2009, 08:54 PM	#168 (permalink)
Sobriquet Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 129	Originally Posted by ChessGuru ... However, I do accept the result was a representation of the will of the meeting and congratulate Sandler/Johansen on their victory. I look forward to watching their progress over the next 12 months.....they will be under quite a bit of public scrutiny this year thanks to the public campaign run over the last few months. This should put some pressure on CV to perform, which good for chess in this state and hopefully to the benefit of the clubs. If that happens then I have achieved something. The benefits of an election campaign are that the issues get focus and priorities identified. That appears now to have happened for Victoria and must be regarded as a positive. The additional resources now on the Executive must necessarily produce more results now that the priorities are clarified. We can look forward to improvements all round is my guess.

12-01-2009, 10:20 PM	#169 (permalink)
Just2Good Tin Cup Champ 2004 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cairns Posts: 6,233 ICC Handle: Advantage FICS Handle: Advantage	Hopefully Originally Posted by Sobriquet We can look forward to improvements all round is my guess. Fingers crossed. __________________ . "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." ~ Isaiah Berlin ~

12-20-2009, 08:48 PM	#170 (permalink)
MOZ Volunteer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ozchess is the marginalised cyber-spot where cc-Mods choose to engage with cc-banned posters. Posts: 3,541	The Chess Victoria President for 2010, Leonid Sandler, has issued a first bulletin for his term in office. It can be read in full detail at this Chess Victoria web-page. Also, an Executive meeting is scheduled for Wednesday evening in this coming week. Calendar updates appearing progressively here. MOZ __________________ FReedom though Fischer-Random chess to enjoy the whole game.

12-24-2009, 09:47 AM	#171 (permalink)
MOZ Volunteer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ozchess is the marginalised cyber-spot where cc-Mods choose to engage with cc-banned posters. Posts: 3,541	The first formal meeting of the new Executive Here is the agenda constructed by the President to conduct the first formal Executive meeting of the new Chess Victoria Committee. Chess Victoria Inc. Agenda for Executive meeting #1 of 2009/2010 Executive. Minute taker: Secretary 1. Open meeting 2. Apologies 3. Outwards correspondence a. To note Presidents bulletin #1 for this year 4. To confirm decisions taken a. Web-site changes to current version i. Upgrade frequency and timeliness of providing content to the web-master ii. Review navigation iii. Continue use until a resource identified who is will to volunteer to build, migrate, and manage a replacement web-site. iiii. Note decision that the building of invoicing and booking functionality, for Interschool events, has been declared out-of-scope for any review of the CV web-site. b. Advise ATO our updated business location, contact number, public officer, and mailing address. Probably similar action required with Victorian Consumer Affairs. c. Note appointed Carl Gorka to have authority to be Tournament manager of the 2010 Team Championship. d. Paid out Australasian Masters prizes and costs as per budget agreed earlier this year. 5. Handover of Treasurer papers and orientation. On target? 6. Each member of the Executive is required to occupy an operational position on the attached Organisation chart. Executive Members to advise their personal selection. Second, the Secretary to bring the chart up-to-date. Third, Executive members to note that each position on the chart has an accompanying job description, originally drafted by Gary Wastell; samples provided. 7. The rental agreement with the Canterbury Juniors Chess Club lapses on the 31st of December. The agreement essentially bundled a collection of tasks a. Clock maintenance and repair b. Clocks on loan to Clubs service c. Trophy purchase and engravings d. Venue available at no charge to run licenced Interschool events e. Venue available for CV events f. Tournament Organiser of the Victorian junior titles events g. Tournament Organiser of the Victorian Open week-ender h. Equipment storage It is clear Clubs want this opportunity to be advertised for bids. Likely to be no bundled solution. Action necessary to seek expressions of interest from Clubs to be involved in the provision of these services. Appointment of Action Officer on this task. 8. Inwards Correspondence a. From David Cordover; re web-site offer. b. Other 9. Set next meeting date and location. 10. Close meeting I was attending as an observer to complete the handover of financial artefacts to Treasurer, David Grenness, and ended up as Minute taker as Jamie Kenmure sent his apologies caused by a family emergency. Listening to the discussion I was impressed by quick start of individual Committee members who had accepted new operational roles on the organisation chart and advised of their progress before this first meeting. MOZ* ps The Committee has the option to use a free Google calendar software application. This calendar can easily 'bolt on' to any existing web-site and changing to this free Google option needs a bit of examination as to best timing. __________________ FReedom though Fischer-Random chess to enjoy the whole game.

12-25-2009, 11:32 PM	#172 (permalink)
ChessGuru Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 232	Latest blog post with my commentary on CV progress.

12-26-2009, 09:33 PM	#173 (permalink)
mowcop fireeater Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 825	Originally Posted by MOZ Here is the agenda constructed by the President to conduct the first formal Executive meeting of the new Chess Victoria Committee. Thanks for posting that, Trevor. Where can information about this meeting be found, seeing as my name cropped up. Have I been appointed to something? If so, then I will probably have to decline. I have agreed to help to draft a teams event, but my job, and my commitments to the MCC prevent me from taking up another time-laden post. I'll talk to Leonid about this next time I see him. __________________ Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand I'm trying out a new blog site..... http://gorkachc.blogspot.com/

12-26-2009, 09:48 PM	#174 (permalink)
MOZ Volunteer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ozchess is the marginalised cyber-spot where cc-Mods choose to engage with cc-banned posters. Posts: 3,541	Originally Posted by mowcop Thanks for posting that, Trevor. Where can information about this meeting be found, seeing as my name cropped up. Have I been appointed to something? If so, then I will probably have to decline. I have agreed to help to draft a teams event, but my job, and my commitments to the MCC prevent me from taking up another time-laden post. I'll talk to Leonid about this next time I see him. hi Carl The minutes of the meeting are being written by me. I plan to publish tomorrow night after the 1st day of the tournament at Club. The agenda item (you refer to) was heavily discussed because most of the new Executive were unaware of the two options presented to the Presidents meeting, and there was a need get your proposal understood by the newcomers. The agenda item was probably too presumptive. The minutes will call for a review point on tournament structure and plans at the end of January. If that structure is to be pursued then a Tournament Organiser needs to be found/appointed. Personally, I was enthusiastic of your new proposal, as we discussed. It seems that Interclub cannot be resurrected because of the fundamental flaw that conflicts with 'Club nights' and scheduled Club calendar events have left no available time-slots. On the other hand, your Teams Competition proposed monthly games, and has the need to find a suitable time for only two Clubs at a time; and all this seemed much more manageable. If a structure document can be given to a tournament organiser, as of 1/2/10, then there are improved prospects of success. regards MOZ* __________________ FReedom though Fischer-Random chess to enjoy the whole game. Last edited by MOZ : 12-26-2009 at 10:11 PM

12-26-2009, 11:00 PM	#175 (permalink)
antichrist Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Byron Bay, NSW Posts: 2,821	Originally Posted by MOZ hi Carl The minutes of the meeting are being written by me. I plan to publish tomorrow night after the 1st day of the tournament at Club. The agenda item (you refer to) was heavily discussed because most of the new Executive were unaware of the two options presented to the Presidents meeting, and there was a need get your proposal understood by the newcomers. The agenda item was probably too presumptive. The minutes will call for a review point on tournament structure and plans at the end of January. If that structure is to be pursued then a Tournament Organiser needs to be found/appointed. Personally, I was enthusiastic of your new proposal, as we discussed. It seems that Interclub cannot be resurrected because of the fundamental flaw that conflicts with 'Club nights' and scheduled Club calendar events have left no available time-slots. On the other hand, your Teams Competition proposed monthly games, and has the need to find a suitable time for only two Clubs at a time; and all this seemed much more manageable. If a structure document can be given to a tournament organiser, as of 1/2/10, then there are improved prospects of success. regards MOZ* And didn't I warn you about this! The NSWJCL meetings would go to about 1am I am guessing. I would have a sleep and wake up about midnight then catch a train, and they were still going at it. All serious stuff for national juniors that were coming up.

12-27-2009, 11:39 AM	#176 (permalink)
ChessGuru Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 232	Originally Posted by MOZ The agenda item (you refer to) was heavily discussed because most of the new Executive were unaware of the two options presented to the Presidents meeting, and there was a need get your proposal understood by the newcomers. The agenda item was probably too presumptive. The minutes will call for a review point on tournament structure and plans at the end of January. If that structure is to be pursued then a Tournament Organiser needs to be found/appointed. So what you're trying to say is that the Presidents' meeting from August was a complete waste of time?

12-27-2009, 01:08 PM	#177 (permalink)
Just2Good Tin Cup Champ 2004 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cairns Posts: 6,233 ICC Handle: Advantage FICS Handle: Advantage	Originally Posted by ChessGuru So what you're trying to say is that the Presidents' meeting from August was a complete waste of time? Not if they discussed the issue and resolved to find or appoint a new tournament organizor. __________________ . "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." ~ Isaiah Berlin ~

12-27-2009, 09:30 PM	#178 (permalink)
mowcop fireeater Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 825	Originally Posted by MOZ hi Carl The minutes of the meeting are being written by me. I plan to publish tomorrow night after the 1st day of the tournament at Club. The agenda item (you refer to) was heavily discussed because most of the new Executive were unaware of the two options presented to the Presidents meeting, and there was a need get your proposal understood by the newcomers. The agenda item was probably too presumptive. The minutes will call for a review point on tournament structure and plans at the end of January. If that structure is to be pursued then a Tournament Organiser needs to be found/appointed. Personally, I was enthusiastic of your new proposal, as we discussed. It seems that Interclub cannot be resurrected because of the fundamental flaw that conflicts with 'Club nights' and scheduled Club calendar events have left no available time-slots. On the other hand, your Teams Competition proposed monthly games, and has the need to find a suitable time for only two Clubs at a time; and all this seemed much more manageable. If a structure document can be given to a tournament organiser, as of 1/2/10, then there are improved prospects of success. regards MOZ* To be honest Trevor, I feel very strongly about the need for club/team chess. That's why I'm willing to help to get something together. But I know I haven't got the time to administer it as well. I'll pitch in with help when and where I can, but I can't commit to being a tournament manager...at least not this year to come. I'll talk to you about it tomorrow if you have some time __________________ Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand I'm trying out a new blog site..... http://gorkachc.blogspot.com/

12-27-2009, 10:06 PM	#179 (permalink)
MOZ Volunteer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ozchess is the marginalised cyber-spot where cc-Mods choose to engage with cc-banned posters. Posts: 3,541	Originally Posted by mowcop To be honest Trevor, I feel very strongly about the need for club/team chess. That's why I'm willing to help to get something together. But I know I haven't got the time to administer it as well. I'll pitch in with help when and where I can, but I can't commit to being a tournament manager...at least not this year to come. I'll talk to you about it tomorrow if you have some time hi Carl I too feel strongly about club/team chess, which is why I encouraged Box Hill/Caterbury to conduct the tournament (the fortnightly frequency of which was quite disruptive on our Friday calendar-schedule) from 2000 to 2008. I think the CV Executive decision recognizes that the T.O for 2010 will be a big task and there would be an expectation that whomever picks up the tasks will need to be a paid official. regards MOZ* __________________ FReedom though Fischer-Random chess to enjoy the whole game.

12-27-2009, 10:13 PM	#180 (permalink)
MOZ Volunteer Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ozchess is the marginalised cyber-spot where cc-Mods choose to engage with cc-banned posters. Posts: 3,541	Minutes of the first formal meeting of the new Executive The promised minutes (agenda points in black font, decisions and notes in coloured font): Chess Victoria Inc. Minutes for Executive meeting #1 of 2009/2010 Executive. 23/12/2009 Minute taker: Trevor Stanning 1. Open meeting 7.05pm 2. Apologies: Jamie Kenmure 3. Outwards correspondence a. Noted Presidents bulletin #1 for this year 4. Confirmed decisions taken a. Web-site changes to current version i. Upgrade frequency and timeliness of providing content to the web-master ii. Review navigation iii. Continue use until a resource identified who is will to volunteer to build, migrate, and manage a replacement web-site. iv. Added. Noted decision that the building of invoicing and booking functionality, for Interschool events, has been declared out-of-scope for any review of the CV web-site. v. <Additional design notes at the foot of these Minutes.> b. Advise ATO our updated business location, contact number, public officer, and mailing address. Probably similar action required with Victorian Consumer Affairs. Agree. Action Dave Grenness. c. Noted appointed Carl Gorka to have authority to be Tournament manager of the 2010 Team Championship. Agreed. Action Leonid Sandler. <Most of the new Executive were unaware of the two options presented to the Presidents meeting, and there was a need get the Gorka proposal understood by the newcomers. The agenda item was probably too presumptive. The minutes call for a review point on tournament structure and plans at the end of January. If that structure is to be pursued then a Tournament Organiser needs to be found/appointed. It seems that Interclub cannot be resurrected because of the fundamental flaw that conflicts with 'Club nights' and scheduled Club calendar events have left no available time-slots. On the other hand, the Teams Competition proposed monthly games, and has the need to find a suitable time for only two Clubs at a time; and all this seemed much more manageable. If a structure document can be given to a tournament organiser, as of 1/2/10, then there are improved prospects of success.> d. Paid out Australasian Masters prizes and costs as per budget agreed earlier this year. 5. Handover of Treasurer papers and orientation. On target? Intention to go close to finishing this task after the Executive meeting. 6. Each member of the Executive is required to occupy an operational position on the attached Organisation chart. Executive Members to advise their personal selection. Darryl Johansen =Clubs Liaison Officer; David Hacche=Trophies Officer; Leonid Sandler and Darryl Johansen=Directors Junior Chess; Victor Kildisas=Arbiter; Trevor Stanning =Newsletter Editor and Archivist. Second, the Secretary to bring the chart up-to-date. Action Jamie Kenmure.Third, Executive members to note that each position on the chart has an accompanying job description, originally drafted by Gary Wastell; samples provided. Noted. 7. The rental agreement with the Canterbury Juniors Chess Club lapses on the 31st of December. The agreement essentially bundled a collection of tasks a. Clock maintenance and repair b. Clocks on loan to Clubs service c. Trophy purchase and engravings d. Venue available at no charge to run licensed Interschool events e. Venue available for CV events f. Tournament Organiser of the Victorian junior titles events. g. Tournament Organiser of the Victorian OPEN. h. Tournament Organiser of the Victorian Championship. i. Equipment storage j. It is clear Clubs want this opportunity to be advertised for bids. Likely to be no bundled solution. Leonid Sandler to action f. g. and h. k. Action necessary to seek expressions of interest from Clubs to be involved in the provision of these services. Appointment of Action Officer on this task. Leonid Sandler to action for i. The Victorian Championship ii. The Victorian Open iii. The Victorian Blitz iv. The Victorian Interschool v. The Victorian Junior Titles vi. The Teams Championship. The CV preferred position is for Clubs to run many of these events so that any profits end in Club books. If no Club bids for an event, then the next preferred option is to offer the events to suitable individual promoters. The default fall-back position is that CV will act as tournament organiser and pay for the management of the event. 8. Inwards Correspondence a. From David Cordover; re web-site offer. b. Other 9. Set next meeting date and location. Thursday 11th February 7pm Chess Ideas premises. 10. Close meeting 9pm. DESIGN Notes identified in discussion for item 4a. above 1. Suggestions for additional content of the CV web-site, such as a. How to conduct fund-raisers; b. How to write the Constitution for a new chess club; c. How to find your rating and how ratings are calculated; d. Contacts for assistance on specialist club administration areas should be seen achievable by input to the current web-site. See for example the current ‘Working with Children’ material on the web-site. The newly appointed Club Liaison Officer (Darryl Johansen) will survey this type of suggestion on his visits schedule. 2. Suggestion for a common IT infrastructure to be provided to smaller clubs who have not yet started to use web-services was expressed. See current offer from Chess World, which may satisfy any candidates for this facility. 3. Load of calendars for CV events, ACF events, and Club events is proceeding as the information comes to hand. The aim remains the same; to have a single point of reference where clashes of chess initiatives can be minimised. The current web-site meets this objective when all data is loaded. Resolved that all major and non-major events will be loaded for completeness. 4. The President advised the CV Treasurer that the consensus was that the $3000 budget item for a new web-site should be taken out of the current budget. Most issues identified arose from (lack of) provision of timely-content rather than lack of web-site functionality. __________________ FReedom though Fischer-Random chess to enjoy the whole game.

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