Minutes Of 12112005
Minutes December 11, 2005 OCBCF Regular Meeting
Location: Susan Polgar Chess Center. Present (officers): George Tintera, President; Ken Muir, Secretary; Dan De Leon?, 1st VP; Chris Villarreal, Treasurer. Absent: Augie Rivera, 2d VP. Also present: Eddie and Mrs. Rios, Bob James, Dan and Cris De Leon?, Randy and Mrs. Ramirez, Charlene Tintera, Ninfa Villarreal, Joe and Hellene Gonzalez, Roy and Mrs. Robinson, Yong Yieu, Russell Shelton, John Dubois and Ed Partridge (for part of the meeting).
George Tintera brought the meeting to order at 2:00. George presented Ed Partridge with a special plaque and read a resolution that named Mr. Partridge and Honorary Member and Consigliore of OCBCF for his voluntary professional services to OCBCF over the years.
Old business:
There was no bill due for the Texas state franchise tax. Augie had not made any report yet on the possibility of liability insurance. Roy Robinson reported that the Robstown tournament went well. Randy Ramirez reported that the Share Your Christmas tournament went well, with 179 players. Discussion was had concerning placement of clocks and the consensus was that clocks should no longer be placed on games when a player is absent but rather that the chief TD and section chiefs should track the time and declare forfeited games simultaneously.
New business:
Ken reported on the National K-12 tournament, having worked the floor. Discussion was had concerning use of result slips and the consensus seemed to be that result slips were a good idea for upcoming tournaments.
Discussion was had concerning whether checkmate positions on the board should be verified, and the consensus seemed to be that the current OCBCF practice of verifying board position should be continued due to the large number of new and inexperienced players.
Treasurer reported that Wynn Seale payment was received and he would invoice Robstown and Share Your Christmas. Checks were made to reimburse George for toner cartridge and paper, and Eddie for online tournament submission.
George mentioned OCBCF should try to find out which TD USCF memberships were due in the next six months and pay them. Ken asked about whether since it was cheaper to get a family USCF membership, OCBCF could just pay that and the TD could reimburse the difference, and this was agreed to by consensus.
Eddie reported that he was hoping to have TD tournaments within tournaments if there were enough T Ds which he thought there were. He also wants to have a workshop to teach sponsors to run their own unrated tournaments.
George mentioned that CCISD had a book of excused absences and he was contacting John Nash to add chess to the list.
The region VII tournament was discussed. George took down names of persons willing to serve as T Ds and said he would do the registration entry. No decision was reached on who would serve as chief TD. Volunteers as T Ds were Eddie, Russell, Roy, Dan, Chris V. and Chris D. Ken and Randy were potential T Ds. The $23 fee includes $1 for TCA fees regardless of whether the player has a TCA membership.
New membership lines on fliers were discussed. It was resolved that language could be inserted into OCBCF fliers along the following lines:
__ I request OCBCF pay my FIRST TIME USCF membership due to financial hardship. __ I wish to donate $____ towards membership scholarships which OCBCF may award.
For outstanding fliers George suggested a one page addendum form be created.
January 8 is the next meeting.
I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true and correct rendition of the minutes of the OCBCF meeting which occurred on this the 11th of December, 2005. ___________/s/_____________________ Kenneth M. Muir Secretary