7/13/2017

Motion to amend Article VI Section 7 to the following: Add the following language in bold

A Trustee position shall be vacated if the Incumbent dies; resigns; moves from that district to a county outside Ohio; or is recalled by a majority vote of the OCA members residing in that District, voting by mail ballot or electronically. A Trustee shall be considered to have resigned when he has missed three consecutive email discussions/votes or when he has missed three consecutive meetings which have been called at least 14 days in advance, and the Trustees by majority vote consider the seat vacant. The resignation shall be effective with the passing of the Trustee vote declaring the seat vacant. A called meeting includes meetings without a quorum, as well as official meetings.

Please contact your Trustee within the next 2 weeks if you have an opinion on this proposed amendment.

2017 Pan-Am Intercollegiate Chess Championships to be held in Columbus

The event will be held December 27-30, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency / Greater Columbus Convention Center.The Pan-Ams are the National Championships of College chess and are always held late December. This past year they were held in New Orleans and had 60 teams with a good portion of the contestants being titled players. This is one of the strongest team tournaments held in the country.