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May Monthly The May Monthly tournament consisted of 21 players playing in 28 games. Matt Goddard went undefeated for a total of 4pts and took first place, and took home $57 in prize money. There was a tie for 2nd place between Richard Dusza and John Perrotta, with 3 wins each, and they shared the $31 in prize money. A 3-way tie occurred in the Top Under Median category between Ray Pascone, Lou Giarrusso, and Boris Zhevelyuk, each scoring two victories and winning $5 each. There
will be no monthly tournament in June but there will still be club meetings
consisting of casual games. The monthly tournaments will resume in
July. Due to some recent occurrences of players showing up late for the CWCC USCF-rated tournaments and then expecting to play in that particular round, the club board decided on a policy to handle these situations and to avoid any conflicts of interest. The new policy is as follows: Unless the round is subsequently re-paired, late
entrants for the weekly tournament are granted a half-point bye if one is
allowed during that round. Otherwise, the late entrant receives a
zero-point bye. The late entrant may then play a rated game against
another available player that is recorded in an extra-rated games
section. The entry fee remains the same.
It's been almost two months since the club's annual meeting and the election of officers for the club. John Magill and Frank Vogel have been diligently working to keep the operation of the CWCC running smoothly. The need to have one or more club members assist us with some of the duties of the club has become apparent to us. If any club member has some skills with webpage management or design, they could make a significant contribution to the CWCC. Assisting with the duties of the treasurer is another area where a volunteer could really help us out and share a small bit of the workload it takes to run the club. Please contact either John or Frank if you have any skills or interest in these areas or any other area where you could contribute to make the CWCC better than it is today. With
the completion of the 97th Pawn Eater on May 3, the 2007-2008
Chess Season came to a close for the Rhode Island Chess Association.
Many Cranston-Warwick Chess Club members have frequented the events and
tested their skills against some of the best chessplayers in the
region. Next season's events have been tentatively scheduled with the
facilities manager for IMPORTANT NOTICE! The President and Vice President have discussed the
upcoming schedule for the CWCC for the summer. Summer is the time when
many people take time off for vacations and travel and your two club officers
are no exception. John Magill will be shortly departing for Good Chess! Frank Vogel The Rhode
Island State Chess Championship was held on 19-20 April 2008 at
The Annual Meeting was held on March 11, 2008 at 6:00 PM immediately prior to the regularly scheduled club meeting night. Twelve members showed up (not including several late stragglers) to participate. The
first order of business was the presentation of the Treasurer’s report by Roy
Jones. Three proposed changes to the club bylaws were then presented to the membership. The first proposal concerned Article 5 and added the position of vice president to the club officers. The second proposal, also concerning Article 5 specified that officers will be elected by a majority of members present at the annual club meeting and will include absent members who have submitted their votes via a ballot form which is submitted to the club officers. The final proposed change was to Article 7 (Ratification and Amendments). This proposal added the proviso that the two-thirds majority required to change the bylaws also allows absentee voting by a ballot from members who cannot attend the annual meeting. All three changes to the bylaws were passed. The revised Club Bylaws should be posted on the website shortly. A proposal submitted by Ben Bentrup was then brought to the floor. It addressed the problem that has occurred a few times in the past when someone shows up to play in the monthly tournament, but happens to be the bye player when an odd number of players are present. The suggested policy was to provide the individual with the standard one full point bye for that round and then omit the next round entry fee as compensation for the inconvenience of not being able to play. The members passed this policy. The final order of business was the elections for club officers. For the first time since the Cranston-Warwick Chess club was established, a contested election was at stake. Roy Jones was running for president against the current club president, Frank Vogel. John Magill ran uncontested for the Vice President position. The election was held by ballot and the results were that Frank Vogel will remain as the President and that John Magill is the Vice President. The club membership thanks Roy Jones for his dedicated service as club treasurer. Frank Vogel "One of the greatest threats to a democratic organization is for the
members to become apathetic and let a small group of the membership do all
the work This creates divisions and promotes
authoritarianism." --
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