CFC Women's Coordinator

[Bob Gillanders]

I am pleased to announce Daxin(Anna) Jin as our new Women's Coordinator.

Anna is a fresh new face on the CFC political scene. Some of you involved in the youth program may already know Anna. Her daughter Jiaxin(Dora) Liu is one of our promising young stars.

Anna is a lawyer in downtown Toronto working as an International Arbitrator and Negotiator. Anna is fluent in Chinese, Russian, and English.

We need to all support Anna in her efforts to champion the cause of women in Canadian Chess.

Welcome aboard Anna.

[Daxin Jin]

Hello Everyone,

I am so happy to have this opportunity in CFC committee. I will try my best rise women's team higher rank in world chess stage with all players and parents' help. Hope will get support from everyone!

[jack qian]

Hello Everyone,

I am so happy to have this opportunity in CFC committee. I will try my best rise women's team higher rank in world chess stage with all players and parents' help. Hope will get support from everyone!

Do you have any plan to do?

[Daxin Jin]

I have a plan to submit Women closed championship 2011 bid combine with Canadian girl chess chamionship. We have three WIM in Toronto who I knew well. We will try to find fund and develop all girls' tournament to support our Women Olympic and WYCC girls' team. I will talk with CFC governor through other provincials as well. Personally my daughter plays chess and she did chess presentation in Library that helps more children interest in chess. I will meet with Diana ( U10, 12 girl Canadian champion), Dalia ( U16 girl Candian champion), Dina ( WIM), Natalia( WIM) and Yuan ling (WIM) who recently teach chess for children. We will work together as team with all women chess players. If B.C , Albert and Quebec chess club have Female player who want be one of us. let me know.

[jack qian]

I have a plan to submit Women closed championship 2011 bid combine with Canadian girl chess chamionship. We have three WIM in Toronto who I knew well. We will try to find fund and develop all girls' tournament to support our Women Olympic and WYCC girls' team. I will talk with CFC governor through other provincials as well. Personally my daughter plays chess and she did chess presentation in Library that helps more children interest in chess. I will meet with Diana ( U10, 12 girl Canadian champion), Dalia ( U16 girl Candian champion), Dina ( WIM), Natalia( WIM) and Yuan ling (WIM) who recently teach chess for children. We will work together as team with all women chess players. If B.C , Albert and Quebec chess club have Female player who want be one of us. let me know.

good idea. it is more important that chess in school. You can organize girl match through internet include all province and canada school chess open(boy,girl).
Every province champion school select 4 players like chess Olympic.

again, you(Anna) can cooperation with School Borad developing chess programe in every school,and Service Canada for file tax include chess.

[Valer Eugen Demian]

Good luck Anna!

There is nothing more important than promoting chess in schools and have it recognized as a sport in this country! Considering where Canada sits (in minority) compared with the rest of the World, this is a no brainer...

[Bob Armstrong]

Role of the Women's Coordinator

When the position of Women's Coordinator was vacant, and there were some inquiries from potential volunteers, Bob Gillanders, CFC President, asked that I prepare a handout to give propective Women's Coordinators to give them an idea of what was involved in the position. I believe Daxin received a copy before she applied for the position.

Here is what I developed, which still seems sound:

CFC Women’s Coordinator

The position is set out in the CFC Handbook on the CFC Website in Section 2, Bylaw 2, Section 18 ( as now updated by motions at the July, 2010 AGM ) –

S. 18 OFFICERS

The Officers of the Federation shall be

the members of the Board of Directors;
the Masters Representative;
the Women’s Coordinator;
the Rating Auditor;
the Tournament Coordinator
the Public Relations Coordinator
the Executive Director; and
any other general Officer who may be elected at the annual meeting of the Assembly or appointed as an Officer from the Assembly by the Board of Directors between the annual meeting at the Assembly. Upon the vacation from office of any officer between the annual meeting the President may fill the vacancy for the rest of the term by way of appointment.

So this position is what is known as a non-executive officer position. This officer reports directly to the President, unless the responsibility to oversee the work of the coordinator is assigned to some other Executive member. The appointment lasts until the next AGM in July 2011, when the position becomes vacant again, and the holder can apply for re-appointment if desired ( but this is still considered an open competition for the position ). There is no formal expense account for this position, as there isn’t for any of the CFC officer positions. Should the officer feel that re-imbursement is warranted for any expense associated with the position, s/he would have to get prior Treasurer authorization. Also there is nothing in the CFC budget allocating any funds specifically to women’s chess. Any proposed projects involving expenditure of funds would require prior Treasurer approval.
When a non-governor is appointed by the President to hold such position, the officer will then become as well a CFC Governor-at-large, with all the rights of a governor – to have access to the Governors’ Discussion Board, to be able to dialogue with other governors on CFC matters ( the board is confidential ), to bring motions and second them, to vote on motions, etc..
There is no role description for this position in the CFC Handbook. In its absence, the following might describe some of the responsibilities/ duties of the Women’s Coordinator:

1. to promote women’s chess in Canada and advocate within the CFC on behalf of women’s chess issues;
2. to assist the Youth Coordinator in any of his/her activities involving junior girls;
3. to work with the Tournament Coordinator on the development of bids for the Canadian Women’s Closed, and to promote this tournament to women across Canada;
4. to work with the Public Relations Coordinator on the promotion to the general public, and the mainstream media, of women’s chess, women’s tournaments in Canada, and international women’s chess issues.
5. to work with the FIDE Representative on the participation of the Canadian Women’s Champion in the Women’s World Championship.
6. to work with Provincial Women’s Coordinators on provincial women’s championships.
7. to try to develop more women volunteers in the CFC.
8. to work with chess clubs across Canada on the promotion of club membership to Canadian women chess players.
9. to consult with elite women chess players across Canada for input on what they consider major women’s chess issues in Canada.

Consideration should be given to the bringing of a motion to add to Bylaw 3 , Duties of Officers, a new Section 8D dealing with “ Women’s Coordinator “, so that a job description would be set out in the Handbook, as there is for many of the other executive and non-executive officer positions

Bob

[Andrei Botez]

I have a plan to submit Women closed championship 2011 bid combine with Canadian girl chess chamionship.

Congratulation for steeping forward being a volunteer for this position. Canadian female players need more representation in CFC and I hope you will help with that.

Same as the Canadian Closed, the Women Closed is one of most important (if not the only one) women tournament in Canada.

Any news regarding this event?

Andrei

[Daxin Jin]

Hello Andrei,

Yes, I agree with you that Canadian female players need more representation in CFC. Just put down the CYCC 2011 bid. I can not determine the date yet since we need to know Pan American and North American date first. As usual it happens end of August, I will try to organize this event for next year. Thank you for your any suggestion.

Congratulation for steeping forward being a volunteer for this position. Canadian female players need more representation in CFC and I hope you will help with that.

Same as the Canadian Closed, the Women Closed is one of most important (if not the only one) women tournament in Canada.

Any news regarding this event?

Andrei

[Andrei Botez]

I notice that the most important women tournament in Americas will start soon in Brasil. Are any of the Canadian players planning to go?
Andrei