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    Hi Maurice, It was a pleasure working with...

    Hi Maurice,

    It was a pleasure working with you. Enjoy your retirement: Please play chess.
    Cheers, Eric.
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    Congratulations Eric: Good job!

    Congratulations Eric: Good job!
  3. I agree with Stijn. The GL is cumbersome and...

    I agree with Stijn. The GL is cumbersome and on-line meetings are so much more timely, assuming the president is punctual.
  4. Sticky: Poll: I will contact Lyle regarding the Budget voting....

    I will contact Lyle regarding the Budget voting. I do have one concern regarding the publishing of the budget voting prematurely. Such publishing of voting would affect subsequent voting by governors...
  5. Business Plan

    Bob,

    I will be working on a business plan with the CFC Executive, which will be presented before the AGM so that Governors can make comments and then, it can be passed at the AGM this summer.
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    Hi Egis, As I stated before, the whole...

    Hi Egis,

    As I stated before, the whole procedure I had envisioned for the solicitation of the website re-design was too cumbersome and impractical.

    Please send me said Vancouver company. I am...
  7. Eric Van Dusen's Non-Candicacy for President

    I will not be running for the position of president for next year's term.
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    Sticky: Presidential Welcome and Report

    Presidential Welcome

    By now I have completely tried everyone's patience by only showing up to the cybercafe tonight to give my message. As I was unable to get to the cybercafe since last week, I...
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    Peter McKillop

    Normally, I would not respond to such a discourteous response.

    I do in fact know pretty much what the grant was for as pretty much almost everyone in the OCA does. The OCA had a contract with the...
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    Trillium Report

    It is easily understandable that OCA members would be disappointed with the Trillium report.

    A few comments may suffice:

    1) The Trillium Foundation refused to release any information except the...
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    Secretary of the OCA

    Greetings,

    I just want to make it clear that I have resigned the position of the Secretary of the Ontario Chess Association. I simply could maintain a level of service that is required of the...
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    Hi Peter, Please contact the President of the...

    Hi Peter,

    Please contact the President of the Ontario Chess Association, Chris Mallon, and the Vice-President, Michael von Kietz for further updates regarding the Investigation Report.
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    Hi Peter, I am quite good friends with Halldor...

    Hi Peter,

    I am quite good friends with Halldor Palsson. I see him pretty much every week at the Ottawa RA Chess Club. His opinion of the presidency is that it has always been a thankless task. His...
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    Humor that was too clever by half.

    Hi Dr. Patterson,

    I would like to refer you to Kevin Spraggett's Blog entitled "CFC Election: A Two Horse Race", posted on July 2, 2009,where the following was written:

    1) What was thought of...
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    Humor that was too clever by half.

    On Kevin Spraggett's Blog entitled "CFC Election: A Two Horse Race", posted on July 2, 2009, the following was written:

    1) What was thought of at first as confidence from David has since been...
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    Gillander's comment

    Hi Bob,

    I hardly want to stifle reasoned debate and the proliferation of good ideas.

    I will take a case in point. A governor, which is attending an international tournament, needs the CFC...
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    My suggestion of policy is based in part on...

    My suggestion of policy is based in part on Spraggett's threats, but also the situation in Kingston where two members in a leadership capacity hired lawyers to deal with damaging comments posted on a...
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    Spraggett's Blog

    Greetings,

    While many of you read Kevin Spraggett's blog, many may not. Regarding Spraggett's posting of an email to him from myself, Spraggett provides little context.

    In short, Spraggett was...
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    Ken, Please define 'more timely' in specific...

    Ken,

    Please define 'more timely' in specific terms. Do you have a frequency in mind? In my estimation, there have not been any more updates because there has been little to update.

    The other...
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    Corporate responsibility

    Hi Ken,

    As a citizen of Canada, you have the right to your opinion with a number of limitations as set forth by the Constitution of Canada and subsequent Supreme Court rulings.

    What I am...
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    Ken, The policy will be developed and approved...

    Ken,

    The policy will be developed and approved by the governors. The governors main role is the development of policy.

    My main point is that the CFC has turned the corner of concentrating on...
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    The President normally monitors the CFC boards

    Greeting Governors,

    I normally monitor the following CFC boards: Governors and English Chat. I will be adding the French sites.

    With the web site problems, I was monitoring Chesstalk, but with...
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    Fund raising commitee

    I have struck a Fund Raising Committee. Currently, the Committee is chaired by Amanda Benggawan. Gary Gladstone has already volunteered. I would like to have cross-country representation. If you are...
  24. AGM Committee renamed Procedures Committee

    Bob Armstrong has graciously agreed to chair the Procedures Committee. The first order of business is to create an AGM that is done electronically and eliminate the costly face-to-face meeting at the...
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    The Foundation issue was discussed at the 2009...

    The Foundation issue was discussed at the 2009 CFC AGM. The CFC Executive has been actioned to investigate the issue of the removal of Thorvardson from the Foundation.

    With regards to the Trillium...
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