ACF Bulletin #238

AGENDA

ACF Council Meeting

Monday, 20 October 2003, 7.00 p.m. (AEST)

1. Attendance
2. Minutes of previous meeting
3. Matters arising from previous meeting
4. Recording of votes
    4.1. Motion:
"ACF JUNIOR SELECTIONS
APPEALS AGAINST SELECTIONS FOR THE WORLD JUNIOR AGE CHAMPIONSHIPS
SAM CHOW v RONALD YU - UNDER 16 BOYS
JING JIA v JUNTA IKEDA - UNDER 12 BOYS
The ACF Council -
NOTING that -
a. reservations have been expressed about the validity of the ACF Appeals
Tribunal's decision in the above appeals;
b. ACF action to implement the decision may therefore also be invalid; and
c. the Tribunal's recognition that the two selected players and the two
appellants would be very worthy selections;
RESOLVES, despite anything to the contrary in the ACF Selection Procedures
By-law:
1. That both Ronald Yu and Sam Chow be selected to represent Australia in
the Under 16 Boys division;
2. That both Junta Ikeda and Jing Jia be selected to represent Australia in
the Under 12 Boys division; and
3. That the four selected players be treated equally in the matter of
financial and any other assistance as if each was the only selected player
in his division."
For: RJ, DJ, HD, BG, KB.
Against: GH, GW.
Abstained/No reply: JT, NG, MP, DM, TO.
Passed by email vote (22/7/03), 5 - 2.
    4.2. Motion:
"The ACF Council authorises the ACF Ratings Officers to make changes to the
rating system to reduce the impact of rating swings for players rated over
2200. Whether this should be further lowered to 2100 or even 2000 is left to
the rating offcers discretion."  (Attachment A, Gletsos)
Moved:  Bill Gletsos.
For: RJ, BG, HD, GW, JT, NG, DM, MP, KB, DJ.
Against: -.
Abstained/No reply: GH, TO.
Passed by email vote (21/8/03), 10 - 0.
5. President's Report
6. Treasurer's Report (Attachment B, Greenwood)
7. Director of Coaching Accredition's Report (Attachment C, Sweeney)
7. New appointments
    7.1. Selection Co-ordinator (Adult).  Nominee: Mike Van Renen,
(Attachment D, Jamieson)
    7.2. Junior Selection Co-ordinator
    7.3. ACF spokesperson on "Chess is a Sport".  Nominee: Graeme Gardiner
    7.4.  Expressions of interest
        7.4.1. Treasurer
        7.4.2. Secretary
8. NECG Aussie Elite Junior Chess Squad
9. Completed events
    9.1. 2001/2 Australian Championships
        9.1.1. Speck/Johansen Play-off
        9.1.2. Future Play-off options (Attachment E, Jamieson)
    9.2. 2003 Australian Clubs Championship, Caloundra
10. Future ACF events
    10.1. 2003/4 Australian Championships, Adelaide
    10.2. 2003 Australian School Teams Championships, Perth
    10.3. 2004 Australian Junior Championships, Perth
11. Other future events
    11.1. 2004 Australian Clubs Championship (call for bids)
    11.2. 2004 Australian School Teams Championships (call for bids)
    11.3. 2004/5 Australian Open and associated events (call for bids)
    11.4. 2005 Australian Junior Championships (call for bids)
12.  Draft ACF Selection Procedures By-law (Attachment F, Jessop)
13.  Draft NSWCA constitutional amendments (Attachment G, Jessop)
    13.1. Immediate Past President
    13.2. Composition of the Executive
    13.3. Email voting
14. Further motions on notice
    14.1. Motion: "That notwithstanding By-Law 1 3(h)(i), Lim Yee Weng be
granted special exemption due to reduced opportunity to compete in ACF-rated
events, to qualify for the Australian Championships with 18 ACF rated games
played in the two years prior to entry rather than 20, provided that he
would otherwise still qualify under the requirements of By-Law 1.".  Moved:
Kevin Bonham (Attachment H, Bonham)
    14.2. Motion: "That the ACF Rating Officers are authorised to adjust the
ACF ratings as they see fit to try and bring the ACF ratings more in line
with the FIDE ratings.  This correction to take place where determined
necessary prior to or at the same time as the publication of the first ACF
rating list for each calendar year."  Moved: Bill Gletsos (Attachment I,
Gletsos)
    14.3. Motion: "That the ACF Ratings Officers are authorised to deduct
rating points from players who had been inactive over the period 1980-1999
to offset any anomalies caused by the 150 point bonus added to players back
in April 2000. The method of determination and the number of points to be
deducted is left to the ACF Rating Officers to decide."  Moved: Bill Gletsos
(Attachment I, Gletsos)
15. Motions for National Conference, Adelaide
16. Associated bodies
    16.1. NSWJCL
    16.2. AWCL
    16.3. CCLA
    16.4. ACTJCL
17. Any other business
Date of next meeting
End of meeting


The following persons are currently listed as ACF Executive Members or State
Association Delegates (ie: holding voting rights at ACF Council meetings).
Changes to this list should be communicated to the Secretary
jtanti@adelaide.dialix.com.au.

President:  George Howard
Vice-President:  Robert Jamieson
Secretary:  Joseph Tanti
Treasurer:  Norm Greenwood
NSWCA:  Bill Gletsos
CV:  Gary Wastell
CAQ:  Howard Duggan
SACA:  Michael Peake
CAWA:  Denis McMahon
TCA:  Kevin Bonham
ACTCA:  Denis Jessop
CANT:  Terry O'Neill