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The following motion was passed by the CFC board in July 2008:
The following motion was passed by the CFC board in July 2008:
Does anyone know if this motion has since been amended?
TAKEN FROM GOVERNOR'S LETTER #1:
The following is moved by Les Bunning and seconded by Peter Stockhausen.
Effective January 1, 2009, the membership fee for adult members shall be $30.
The membership fee for junior members shall be $20. The CFC will
discontinue selling family memberships and junior participating memberships
effective January 1, 2009. Effective January 1, 2009, the tournament membership shall be $10 per tournament for adults and $5 per tournament for juniors.
Players in a tournament in which all of the players are juniors shall not be required to be members but shall be required to submit the CFC rating fee of $5 per player.
Effective January 1, 2009, the CFC rating fee shall be $5 per player per
tournament or match.
Grassroots' Campaign - Dealing with the July CFC AGM Motion on CFC Fees
Hi Larry:
The Grassroots' Campaign has filed 3 motions to amend that motion. But we have hit a bureaucratic Catch-22. The executive has told us we cannot amend a passed MOTION ( which is how our motions are drafted ). We have to amend the CFC Handbook !
BUT....the CFC Handbook is woefully out-of-date, and certainly has not had the relevant sections amended yet by the July AGM motion you've cited ( which itself doesn't refer to any Handbook sections ). So how are we supposed to amend a Handbook that is not yet updated?
We are stuck. We're waiting to see if the Executive will change their minds, and let us proceed in the " common sense " way we have proposed ( let us amend the motion now, and then update the Handbook later with the amended motion ). Or will the same thing happen to these motions as the ones we brought in July to the AGM - be ruled " out of order "?
There are currently no other motions I am aware of to amend the terms of the July AGM motion.
Re: Grassroots' Campaign - Dealing with the July CFC AGM Motion on CFC Fees
Hi again Larry:
Here are the three Grassroots' Campaign Motions:
3 Governors’ CFC Fees Motions
Motion # 1 – Moved: Barry Thorvardson; Seconded: Gary Gladstone – CFC Tournament Membership Elimination – The Incoming Governors’ 2008 AGM Motion on CFC fees is amended by deleting from the fourth sentence the words “ the tournament membership shall be $ 10 per tournament for adults, and $ 5 per tournament for juniors. “ and shall be replaced with “ CFC shall eliminate tournament memberships – if a player wants to play in a CFC tournament, s/he must purchase an annual/life membership “.
Motion # 2 – Moved: Barry Thorvardson; Seconded: Gary Gladstone – CFC Annual Membership Discount – The Incoming Governors’ 2008 AGM Motion on CFC fees is amended by adding after the third sentence: “ Effective January 1, 2009, to encourage individuals to become CFC members, first time CFC members shall be given a 40% fee reduction for their first year. “
Motion # 3 – Moved: Nikolay Noritsyn; Seconded: Natalia Khoudgarian – CFC Junior Rating Fee Reduction – The Incoming Governors’ 2008 AGM Motion on CFC fees is amended by:
a) in the fifth sentence, the word “ junior “ shall be placed before the words “ rating fee “, and “ $ 1 “ shall replace “ $ 5 “;
b) in the last sentence, adding before the words “ rating fee “ , the word “ adult “; and
c) Adding at the end of the motion the sentence: “ Effective January 1, 2009, the junior rating fee shall be $ 1 per player per tournament or match “..
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