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I am not aware of any selected players for the 2018 Pan Am Junior. Fide America has a habit of not publicizing events until the last minute. I will let our youth coordinator announce the team for...

Again they cannot prepare motions unless someone in the Executive (ie the president) is remiss in their duties.




Quite a bit is going on in Canadian youth chess. With regard to the Pan-Am...

If the conditions included the fees then there would not be the separate clause in the NFP act which I cited previously assigning the ability to set membership fees to the directors.

The bylaws...

It would require a constitutional amendment meaning a two thirds majority. I am not sure why the government changed the law but it would also mean that we are passing something which contradicts the...

It appears that based on the changes in the NFP act the board of directors set membership fees. I know for a fact that it used to be the job of the voting members. The youth committee cannot set...

If we go with the gomembership website/payment system/membership application our costs will go up though it will mean that if we continue to grow we will be able to avoid hiring more staff. For the...

I tend to agree with you however it should be noted that it is possible for children to play CFC chess against other children without becoming a member.

What would you change about the YCC format?

The youth committee cannot vote on membership fees. They can offer an opinion which we would have to consider. I did speak with a number of parents attending OYCC about raising junior fees which I...

The NFP act has changed since I previously familiarized myself with it. In the past, membership dues were decided by the voting members unless my memory has failed me. A search of the current act...

I believe that YCC fees can be increased without involving voting members other that in an advisory manner. If the majority think it is a bad idea then we shouldn't do it. Rating fees likewise...

It would be wrong to place membership fees in the youth fund in the same manner that it would be wrong to place YCC funds in general revenues. There are costs associated with memberships. If junior...

Rating fees and YCC fees we probably could change unilaterally as I noticed that there was some provision for that in the original handbook motions. I'm not sure I want to do anything too radical. ...

In general, I do not believe that any fees collected for YCC's should go to general funds. It should all go to the youth fund.

There are two schools of thought with regard to non-profit...

The following motion was received after the deadline for including motions and providing the requisite notice. It can be taken up for discussion at the Spring meeting and depending on the results of...