The following is the OCA AGM 2007 Agenda.
DATE: Sunday,
20 May 2007 Place: Portside Restaurant, Thunder
Bay
(during Ontario Open Chess Tournament)
TIME: 8:00 – 11:00 AM
2007
OCA AGM Agenda:
A. Matters
for the outgoing Board
1) Call to Order
and announcement of Board members present and verification of proxies
2) Reading of the
Minutes of the last Annual Meeting
3) President’s Report
4)
Vice-President’s Report
5) Secretary’s
Report
6) Treasurer’s
Report
7) Youth
Co-ordinator’s Report
8) Special
Officers’ Reports
9) League Reports
10) University
Report
11) Other
business raised by the outgoing Board
12) Ratification
of the new members of the Board
B. Matters for
the incoming Board
13) Election of Officers and Special Officers
- Current
Nominations are:
President -
Vice President – Hal Bond, I.A.
Youth Co-ordinator - Patrick McDonald, I.A.
Communications Director – Mark Dutton, I.A.
Treasurer – Alice Laimer
14) Constitutional
Change
a) To change roles of OCA Governors to be
Chess Ambassadors
b) To change number of OCA Governors
elected by Leagues, effective 2008 OCA AGM, to be 4 per League
c) To change future OCA voting rights for
elections, starting 2008 OCA AGM to be : - 4 votes for GTCL, SWOCL, EOCA and 2
votes for NOCL
( voted
by the League President or League approved delegate)
- 1 vote per each of the 5 OCA
Executive Officers
- Additional vote to OCA
President, in event of a tie
d) Future OCA AGM meetings to be held, in
June of each year, at the OCA official office or suitable central meeting
place, with facilities to allow telephone and/or internet conference or
communications capability.
e) To designate the Communications
Director as official operating name of OCA Secretary, notwithstanding the
position also acts as Corporate Secretary for corporate or legal purposes.
15) Appointment
of Auditor
16) Election or
Appointment of Governors to the
17) Review of
chess activity in
18) Budget
19) New business
a) 2008 Canadian Closed – Should OCA Bid if we have sponsorship?
b) Proposed Reduction of CFC Youth
Membership to $5.00 or $15.00 with magazine, to increase youth memberships
(Once online CFC rating system implemented.)
b) Bids for Ontario Open
2008, Ontario Junior, Canadian Junior bids and Future
c) Provincewide
Trillium Application
d) Inter-Provincial Internet Events
20) Other
business
21) Adjournment