Nominations for Election at the ECF AGM

The voluntary posts to be elected at the AGM on 18 October 2008 are:

President
Chief Executive
Director of Finance
A minimum of 2 Non-Executive Directors
Up to 4 Executive Directors (currently Directors of Marketing, Home Chess, International Chess and Junior Chess and Education) The FIDE delegate The Chairman of the Finance Committee Members of the Finance Committee The Chairman of the Governance Committee Members of the Governance Committee

Each candidate for a Post must be either:
(a) A retiring Director, FIDE Delegate or Chairman of a Standing Committee seeking re-election to the same Post; or
(b) A nominee of the Board for a Post; or
(c) A person proposed by any of the following full* members:
(i) any Director;
(ii) the FIDE Delegate;
(iii) the Chairman of a Standing Committee;
(iv) any two Trustees;
(v) any Representative Member of a Constituent unit;
(vi) any two Representative Members of Counties;
(vii) any two Direct Members' Representatives;
(viii) any two of a Trustee, a Representative Member of a County and a Direct Members' Representative; or
(ix) any five Individual** Members or Representative Members.

* Full Members are Constituent Units, County Associations, Chess Leagues, Chess Congresses, Other Organisations, the Directors, the FIDE Delegate, the Chairmen of the Standing Committees, the Trustees (of the Permanent Invested Fund), Patrons, the Past President and the Past Chief Executive.

** Individual Members are any of the Full Members listed above.

Updated brief job descriptions for these posts are shown on the website www.englishchess.org.uk/organisation/general in downloadable form and available in hard copy form from the office. A note of which incumbents will be seeking re-election, will be shown on the website in downloadable form and available in hard copy form from the office.

To be eligible for election, nominations with the required level of support, must be received at the ECF Office, The Watch Oak, Chain Lane, Battle, East Sussex TN33 0YD no later than 13:30 on Wednesday 10 September 2008.

Managers and other officers are appointed by the Board and by individual Directors and are not subject to election by Council. However, this is an appropriate time for anyone interested in this type of essential work to indicate their interest to the Board through the ECF office.

Proposals for Discussion and Decision at the AGM

It is open to full members as specified in (c) (i - ix) above to submit proposals to the AGM of ECF. It is recommended that proposers should consult the Chairman of the Governance Committee to ensure that their proposed papers are in an appropriate format and are sound from a constitutional point of view. John Philpott may be contacted by e-mail at or by telephone at reasonable hours on 020 8527 4063.

For inclusion in the agenda for the AGM final papers must be received at the ECF Office, as above by 13:30 on Wednesday 10 September 2008.