Announcements
ICA Election cycle underway for 2019 - Call for Nominations
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- Written by Bill Whited Bill Whited
- Created: 12 September 2019 12 September 2019
Created:12 September 2019
The ICA is calling for nominations of General Members to the Board of Directors. These are the five members who are not executive officers.
The following schedule and quoted sections are taken from the ICA's Constitution and Bylaws, Article VI: Election Process for Board of Directors and Executive Board, beginning on page 12.
Nominations:
Those interested in running for election should submit their completed nomination petitions to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by October 10th. Paper petitions may be submitted to:
Illinois Chess Association, Inc.
Nominations
P.O. Box 822
Prospect Heights, IL 60070 .
Section 4. Nominations. Nominations shall be submitted to the Secretary in writing not later than October 10. Nominations must be supported by 10 ICA members eligible to vote, and the nominee must state his or her willingness to serve. Nominations may be made in writing, bearing the signatures of the nominators, or by email, in which event they should be sent to and gathered by the nominee and forwarded to ICA. Nominations shall specify whether they are for specific officers or for general Board positions.
Illinois Chess Association-Notice of Board Changes
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- Written by ICA Board ICA Board
- Created: 24 April 2019 24 April 2019
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Effective April 23, 2019 there have been a few changes to our board. Patrick Cohen has stepped down as ICA President. He will now be a downstate general member. Patrick informed us prior to last election cycle that his commitment of time was becoming limited due to school and work. Even though he did not run for office he was re-elected by a majority vote of ICA membership. Patrick became President of ICA during a very problematic time and did a wonderful job rebuilding our board. He will be greattly missed as our President. Stephen Plotnick, our current Metro VP, has accepted the nomination of ICA President. Stephen has been both Secretary and Metro VP for ICA. Replacing Stephen will be Eric Ortega.
ICA Offering Special Deal on ChessBase 14 Download to ICA Members
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- Written by Patrick Cohen Patrick Cohen
- Created: 09 June 2018 09 June 2018
ChessBase, one of the best tools on the market for game analysis and annotation, is available to ICA members for only $60 - almost a 50% discount. This ChessBase 14 download does not come with any databases which will have to be obtained separately. This offer is a first come - first served basis as we only have 75 downloads available for purchase. You can purchase your copy here. Shortly after your payment is received, you will receive an email with the download and an activation key. This offer is only available to ICA members. If you are not a member, you can purchase a membership here for only $15, $10 if you are a scholastic player.
ICA Board Election Results
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- Written by ICA Staff ICA Staff
- Created: 23 February 2018 23 February 2018
Last month, the ICA held an election for the five general board member positions. According to the ICA Constitution, at least two of these at-large members shall reside in Cook County or the collar counties (DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will), and at least two shall reside outside those counties. The ballots were counted by the election committee composed of Patrice Connelly, Sam Henderson and Maret Thorpe on 7 February 2018.
The winners were Eva Harrison (38 votes), Michael Lenox (38 votes), Megan Chen (35 votes) for three Chicago metro area positions, and Garrett Scott (write-in, 3 votes) and Murrel Rhodes (write-in, 3 votes) for two downstate positions. The following people also received votes but were not elected: Larry Cohen, Bill Whited, Bill Buklis, Irwin Gaines, Kenneth Marshall, Marc Lonoff, Patrice Connelly, Steve Plotnick, Tom Mikolyzk and Wayne Zimmerle. Congratulations to all!
ICA Election cycle underway - Call for Nominations
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- Written by ICA Staff ICA Staff
- Created: 26 November 2017 26 November 2017
The ICA election cycle for five at-large ICA board members has begun.
In order for your name to appear on the ballot, you must state your willingness to serve and submit 10 declarations of support from ICA members by December 20th. Nominations should be submitted to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The election cycle is beginning late this year and as such a different schedule will be used. The schedule is as follows:
November 27th - Notice of election and call for Nominations
December 20th - Nominations are due
December 20th - Membership deadline to be eligible to vote
January 1st - Deadline for distribution of ballots
January 16th - Last day to mail ballots
January 21st - Counting of ballots
February 1st - General board members take office