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Lyle Craver
01-05-2012, 03:30 AM
Moved – Bob Armstrong; Seconded – Michael Barron

Moved that Section 10, Paragraph 1051. Canadian Junior Chess Championship, which currently reads:

A Tournament known as the Canadian Junior Chess Championship hereinafter referred to as the Junior Tournament shall normally be held each year to determine that year's Canadian Junior Champion and consist of 2 sections - Open and Girls. When there are less than eight girls, then the sections shall be combined. The winner of the Junior Tournament will also be the Canadian representative to the World Junior Chess Championship.

shall be deleted, and the following shall be substituted for it:

"1051. Canadian Junior Chess Championship

a) A Tournament known as the Canadian Junior Chess Championship hereinafter referred to as the Junior Tournament shall normally be held each year to determine the Canadian Junior Champions and consist of 2 sections - Open and Girls. When there are less than eight players in either section, then the sections shall be combined.

b) The winners shall also have a choice to be the Canadian representatives to the World Junior Chess Championship, or the Pan-American Chess Championship. The devolution of bursaries shall be:

i) If the 1st place finisher chooses World Junior or Pan-Am Junior:
1. the second place finisher gets to go to the other at their own expense;
2. if the second place finisher declines, then it goes to the third place finisher,
3. if the third place finisher declines, then the Executive shall have the discretion to appoint a representative.

ii ) If the 1st place finisher declines both tournaments:
1. the second place finisher has the choice;
2. if the second place finisher chooses one, then the third place finisher gets to go to the other at their own expense; if the third place finisher declines, then the Executive shall have the discretion to appoint a representative;
3. if the second place finisher declines both, then the third place finisher has the choice. If the third place finisher chooses one, then the Executive shall have the discretion to appoint a representative to the other, at his/her own expense. If the third place finisher declines, then the Executive shall have the discretion to appoint a representative to the World Junior ( bursary ) and the Pan-American Junior ( at his/her own expense, unless there has been no designation of a Canadian representative to the World Junior, whereupon they would get the bursary amount ). If the Executive is unable to designate a representative to either tournament, then the prize money shall be deposited into the CFC Youth Fund, for general future youth programs.
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Please vote YES, NO or ABSTAIN

Voting deadline is 6 pm EST Saturday January 7th - please no discussion on the merits of the motion here!