CHESS ASSOCIATION OF QUEENSLAND INC

MINUTES OF COUNCIL MEETING
held at Riverhills on 28 August 2005

Meeting opened 1.08pm

Present: Howard Duggan (President), Ian Murray (Secretary/Treasurer), Patrick Byrom (Ratings Officer), Garvin Gray (Tournament Officer), Kieron Olm-Milligan (ACF Junior Representative)

ITEM 1 – ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

1.1	Moved H. Duggan, seconded P. Byrom, that the minutes of the previous meeting be accepted. Carried

ITEM 2 – BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE PREVIOUS MINUTES

2.1	Disciplinary action – A-J Buciu

I. Murray advised that ACF has not advised as yet of any action to sanction Aurel-John Buciu for his unapproved withdrawal from the 2005 Australian Open. CAQ action will be based on ACF recommendations.

2.2	Mobile phones policy

After discussion the meeting accepted the following guidelines for application of Article 12.2.b of the FIDE Laws of  Chess regarding mobile phones to CAQ events:
2.2.1	Junior events – at the discretion of the arbiter
2.2.2	Other events – FIDE Laws apply

ITEM 3 – REPORTS

3.1	Treasurer

Moved I. Murray, seconded H. Duggan, that the balance sheet and profit/loss statement be accepted. Carried

Council instructed the Treasurer to include details of the Australian Championships account with future reports, and to have the account audited at the end of this financial year.

ITEM 4 – GENERAL BUSINESS

4.1	QWCL request for funding

Queensland Womens Chess League requested that net profits from the Queensland Interschools Girls Teams Championships be paid to QWCL in accordance with past practice. The request could not be granted, as the championships are now conducted by Gardiner Chess under licence from CAQ. 

4.2	2006 Tournament Calendar

G.Gray tabled an initial draft of the 2006 calendar. A change of policy to hold the Queensland Championship as an annual rather than biennial event was approved 3-2.

4.3	Queensland Junior Committee

As all CAQ interschool events are now conducted by Gardiner Chess under licence, I.Murray moved, seconded P.Byrom, that the Queensland Junior Committee be disbanded and the bank account closed, with the account balance deposited to the NAB operating account. Carried.

There being no further business, the chairman declared the meeting closed at 5.30pm