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After much brooding, musing, and debate I have decided to run for President of the CFC. Chess has provided me many thousands of hours of happiness, has allowed me to meet some wonderful people, and travel to fascinating places. I feel that it is time to attempt to repay a small portion of my debt.
I think one of the greatest strengths I bring to this position is the ability and willingness to get things done. If elected, my priority will be to create an actionable business plan that the CFC Governor's and members can review prior to its implementation. This plan will be the result of extensive review and discussion with stakeholders. i promise not to bring any (or at least too many!) preconceived positions to the table. Truly, it is time to move on from a contentious past.
I will submit a more detailed platform in due course but in the meantime i would love to hear from anyone who is interested in helping to rebuild a viable and useful Chess Federation of Canada. Please contact me at davidfl321@yahoo.ca. If anyone is interested in seeing what I've been up to for the past twenty years please check out www.thelavinagency.com.
I look forward to hearing from committed members.
PS. Are there any by-laws I need t obe aware of in order to run for CFC office?
You might need to be a CFC member if you aren't already.
I'd ask my provincial association to appoint me as a governor.
I'd also contact all the governors before the meeting with my platform and ask them for their support.
I'd try to line up people to run for the other positions as well. It could make your term more fruitful in the long run.
Read the bylaws on the CFC site if you haven't already done so.
At the Canadian Open, where the AGM takes place, buy the governors lots of beers. :)
Not having seen your platform of what you want to do I don't know if I support you or not. That part doesn't matter because I'm not a member or a governor.
Thanks for coming forward at this difficult time for CFC. Your support will be based on the support for your platform when you release it. I look forward to reviewing it, as a member. I will not have a vote, but I can show support nevertheless.
I'd put it more strongly than Gary Ruben did. Unless you are a Governor, you can be elected only if no Governor is willing to stand for the position.
Toronto has already chosen its 2008-2009 slate of Governors. I don't know, possibly you'll need somebody to play Benko to your Fischer in this Palma 1970 izt analogy.
I'd put it more strongly than Gary Ruben did. Unless you are a Governor, you can be elected only if no Governor is willing to stand for the position.
Toronto has already chosen its 2008-2009 slate of Governors. I don't know, possibly you'll need somebody to play Benko to your Fischer in this Palma 1970 izt analogy.
I didn't find any such rule. but there is
With the exception of the Executive Directors those Officers who are not members of the incoming Assembly of Governors shall:
enjoy the same rights as the members of the incoming Assembly during their term of office and they shall be regarded as Governors at large not representing any particular province,
and
The Board of Directors shall be elected at the Annual Meeting of the Assembly and shall be constituted by seven persons, namely, the President, Vice-President, Past President, Secretary, Treasurer, FIDE Representative and Rating Auditor unless these titles are changed by ordinary resolution of the Assembly pursuant to section 8(f) at the annual meeting
Despite what is written in the Handbook, the rating auditor is no longer considered an Executive member.
Honestly I am very happy you have decided to make this commitment!
In the days when you were an awesome chess organizer, people in the chess mafia always thought all you cared about was yourself. Today, you have proved that your talents are appreciated in the real world and your accomplishments are many. At the end of the day, there is no doubt that one must feed oneself before being able to feed others. I am truly impressed that you want to give back to the chess community.
A little warning...there have been others before you. As I said recently to someone from Ottawa who wanted to give back...but ended up frustrated...actually his expression was cute...he said...working with CFC folks is like herding cats :)...ooops okay...my comment to him was...in the chess community...we lose the good people out of frustration and we keep the frustrating ones :).
There are many good and talented people available to us. Let's bring them together for the benefit of all.
David, thanks for stepping up to the plate! Hopefully you will weed through the inevitable frustrations...and make a difference!
Right you are, Pierre. I wasn't hallucinating; I found it as Item 16, Bylaw Two, "Method of Election" in an old Handbook. Apparently, those provisions have been eliminated, by the Governors. However, we still have the "Limitation of Rights" in the existing (at chess.ca) Constitution. So a non-governor candidate must at least be prepared to "challenge the chair" if his or her nomination is declared out of order.
Anyway, it's good to see a candidate with the credibility and success record of David Lavin run for this oft-thankless position.
Consider to come to the OCA AGM meeting.
Ontario has 17 spots for CFC governors and that is the largest bunch (see GL#8). You may meet your rival as well :)
I have chaired many meetings and I can affirm that it would be very hazardous for the chair to rule a candidacy out of order because he could be sued personally for doing that and that the court may order the AGM to be redone.
The recommended procedure is to have the Assembly vote the candidate out of order. If 50%+1 of the Assembly vote the candidate out of order, he would never have been elected anyway.
[QUOTE=Pierre Denommee;185]I didn't find any such rule. but there is
With the exception of the Executive Directors those Officers who are not members of the incoming Assembly of Governors shall:
enjoy the same rights as the members of the incoming Assembly during their term of office and they shall be regarded as Governors at large not representing any particular province,
I find the clause difficult to interpret. But it says " with the exception of the Executive Directors ..." - this seems to presume that the Executive Directors will be part of the incoming Governors, since it only sees it as necessary to deem the non-Governor officers Governors at large. It assumes that the Executive Directors are already incoming Governors. Thus you cannot be a candidate for Executive Director unless you are an incoming Governor.
My interpretation seems contrary to the rulings of the chair at prior AGM's where Neil Frarey, a non-governor, was allowed to run for the presidency.
I agree nevertheless with Pierre's suggestion that if the clause is unclear, and the precedent is unclear, then maybe it is appropriate to have the Governors vote on whether a certain non-Governor candidate will be allowed to run.
This section should probably be cleaned up by motion to clarify the situation for future.
I agree, Pierre. Just that the nominator and the seconder should know the Rules of Order to the extent that they know what it means to "challenge the chair", to be prepared. Nobody, I hope, wants a court case.
It is amusing that both the incumbent and the new guy could be challenged on grounds of eligibility--and I'm not saying anything about the merit of either challenge--so we might somehow have no presidential election, just a selection based upon points of order.
It is amusing that both the incumbent and the new guy could be challenged on grounds of eligibility--and I'm not saying anything about the merit of either challenge--so we might somehow have no presidential election, just a selection based upon points of order.
David Lavin could still become the governor solving these eligibility problems (if such exists at all).
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