OXFORDSHIRE CHESS ASSOCIATION

AGM – Thursday 14th Sept 2006

(Cowley Community Centre)

  1. Attendance

Mike Duck President

Philip Vainker Chairman

George Spalding Secretary

Will Burt Cowley

Ian Brooke OxfordCity / Chiltern Captain

Dave Buckland Cowley Workers

Ray Cordon U125 Captain

Kelly Riley Cowley Workers

Rod Langham SCCU/BCF

David Sayers MCS/Blackbirds

John Place MCS/Blackbirds

Alan Kennedy Witney

Colin Cheesman Bicester

Roget Thetford Junior Liaison, Web Page

Lester Millin Cowley

Dave Robson Cowley

Steve Bennett Cumnor

Apologies for non-attendance were received from Peter Hemmings, Ray Starkie, John Taylor, Tom Williams and from the University

  1. Minutes of Previous AGM (15th Sept 2005)

These were accepted as read, subject to the following corrections

  1. Matters arising

None

  1. Chairman’s report

The Chairman had sent in a report by e-mail. ( see Appendix 1)

  1. Secretary’s report

This was tabled at the meeting (see Appendix 2)

  1. Treasurer’s report

The Treasurer could not be present, but had prepared a report and accounts

These were accepted by the meeting. The Treasurer had proposed that the £40 a team charge be continued and this was agreed.

  1. Officers’ reports

These were presented by the following

Junior Liaison (Roger Thetford) – see Appendix 3

U125 Captain (Ray Cordon) – see Appendix 4

U175 Captain (Ian Brooke)

ECF/SCCU Representative (Rod Langham) .

  1. Presentation of trophies

Div 1: City 1

Div 2: City 3

Div 3: Banbury

Div 4: City 4

F.W.Shield: City 1

Arthur Mushens (Div 1 individual): Wei Sin Tan (City 1)

Bernard Wyatt (Div 2 individual): Alex Bunn (Cowley 2)

David Del Nevo (Div 3 individual): Barnaby Stannard (Univ 3)

Sam Phipps (Div 4 individual): Maria Wang ( Cowley 4 )

Dave Metcalfe John Taylor (Cowley)

  1. Election of Officers

The following officers were elected or re-elected

President Mike Duck

ChairmanGerard O’Reilly (Cowley)

Vice-Chairman Vacant

SecretaryGeorge Spalding (Wantage)

TreasurerTom Williams

AuditorVacant

Minutes Secretary Philip Vainker (City)

League Fixtures SecretaryPeter Hemmings (Wantage)

GraderPeter Hemmings (Wantage)

SCCU RepresentativeRod Langham (Wantage)

BCF Representative Rod Langham(Wantage)

Junior Liaison OfficerRoger Thetford (Didcot)

Web Page Roger Thetford (Didcot)

10. Formation of League

After some discussion, a formation of 6-7-7-8 was finally agreed, including new Club Cumnor in division 4

11. Frank Wood Shield Draw

The draw, a cascading one as usual was made and placed on the OCA Web Page at a later stage

12. Constitutional Rule Change Proposals

(1) Any Starred player not playing the required 4 league games cannot be starred the following season (Secretary - to be appended to Rule 7.6) - Cowley

Passed by 4 – 0 , with 4 abstentions

(2)When a club has 2 teams in the same division, matches between them must be scheduled as the first match of the new season, and the first match of the new cycle after Christmas. The University should be allowed to postpone University 1 v 2 from October until a later date before Christmas if the League Secretary agrees (Secretary – to be appended to Rule 6.4) - Cowley.

Passed by 7- 0, with 1 abstention.

13. Any Other Business

None

George Spalding

24th August 2007

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