Announcements
Executive Board re-elected for two more years
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- Written by Pattie Zinski Pattie Zinski
- Created: 23 December 2010 23 December 2010
Joe Splinter, Larry Cohen and I [Pattie Zinski] counted ballots today [Dec 5th] at the
Glen Ellyn Library. Here are the results:
President: Tom Sprandel 16 votes, no write-in candidates
Metro V.P.: Michael Cardinale 15 votes, no write-in candidates
Treasurer: Carl Dolson 16 votes, no write-in candidates
Secretary: Maret Thorpe 16 votes, no write-in candidates
Downstate Vice President: David Long 10 votes, Mark Nibbelin 1 vote
We did not count two ballots that we received. The first one had no name or return address, so we could not verify that whoever sent it was eligible to vote. The second ballot had checks next to the printed list of candidates, as well as checks and names written for write-in candidates.
Revisions in Tournament Guidelines Under Way
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- Created: 18 December 2010 18 December 2010
ICA issued comprehensive bidding and tournament guidelines in January of 2010. An update of those guidelines is presently under way, with the goal of providing more detailed guidance to organizers on nuts and bolts designed to make tournaments run smoothly. The project has been on our drawing boards and is being expedited partly to address problems which arose at November’s All Grade state championship. The project is being spearheaded by Pattie Zinski of our Youth Committee and Garrett Scott, chair of our Bid Committee.
ICA Announces 2011 Illinois K-8 State Chess Championship
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- Written by Maret Thorpe Maret Thorpe
- Created: 23 April 2010 23 April 2010
The Illinois Chess Association is pleased to announce that the 2011 Illinois K-8 State Chess Championship will be held in Normal, Illinois at the Illinois State University Bone Center on March 5-6, with State Blitz and Bughouse Championships on the evening of March 4.
The ICA Board of Directors unanimously approved the ICA Bid Committee's recommendation of the bid from Bloomington-Normal Area Scholastic Chess (BNASC). BNASC has successfully run this tournament as well as the State All Grade Championships several times in the past.
Trio Wins Bid for November 2010 All-Grade Tournament at Whitney Young
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- Written by Garrett Scott Garrett Scott
- Created: 16 February 2010 16 February 2010
The ICA Bid Committee recently went through its initial trial, reviewing two bids for the 2010 Illinois All Grade Championship. Six committee members had input on the bid and participated in a thorough and lively email discussion of the options before us. The committee ultimately recommended to the Executive Board that it approve the bid submitted by Paul Kash (Whitney Young), Zack Fishman (Chess Education Partners) and Michael Cardinale (Youth Chess Foundation of Chicago). The Executive Board unanimously approved our recommendation at its February 11th meeting.
Cooperative Effort Leads to New ICA Committees
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- Created: 09 December 2009 09 December 2009
Joint efforts by dedicated people from the Illinois Chess Association and CoChess led to the establishment on November 11th of two new standing committees in the ICA. The Youth Committee will focus on building youth chess in the state. The Bid Committee will manage the procurement of bids and awarding of contracts for ICA events, both youth and adult.
The two new committees are the result of recommendations from two temporary task forces set up by the two groups in early September.