(370) PCF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON FEB. 10

FINAL DAY OF 2012 PNCC
This photo may not happen again. Left to right (Back row, standing) Miguel Hilario, Jr. (4th-Class B), Destiny Sisior (8th-Class B), Angelil Sisior (13th-Class B), Roberto Hernandez (2nd-Class A), Dennis Gonzales (Champion - Class B), Jeff Balbalosa (2nd-Class B). Sitting -- Baby Edna Mission (5th-Class B), Angie Parrado (3rd-Class B), Menandro Manuel (6th-Class A), Jose Celiz (3rd-Class A), Tito Cabunagan (Champion- Class A). Playing their last 2 official games -- Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr., left, (4th-Class A) and Gonzalo Escapatoria (8th -Class A). Jon Manuel Reyes (7th-Class B) is the one taking this photo. Candidate Master Bernardo Garcia is 5th and Paquito Suringa, Jr. is 7th.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)



      PALAU CHESS FEDERATION
     ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
        ON FEBRUARY 10, 2013

THE PALAU Chess Federation will be having its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Feb. 10, 2013 at Palau Royal Resort from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. The following members, honorary members and officers are invited to attend:

1. Eric Ksau Whipps 2. Tito Cabunagan 3. Dennis Gonzales 4. Roberto Hernandez 5. Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. 6. Jamie Kenmure 7. Menandro Manuel 8. Paquito Suringa, Jr. 9. Jeff Balbalosa 10. Angie Parrado 11. Tutii Joe Chilton 12. Jose Celiz 13. Gonzalo Escapatoria 14. Elpidio Manaligod 15. Nilo de Jesus 16. Morton Sawaichi 17. Eugenio Pastrana 18. Jaime dela Cruz 19. Joy Flores Whipps 20. Mohammad Manik Hossain 21. Baby Edna Mission 22. Manuel Mahor, Jr. 23. Ksau Anthony Whipps 24. Jon Manuel Reyes 25. Miguel Hilario, Jr. 26. Geoff Martin 27. Zachary Techall Whipps 28. Angelil Sisior 29. Paz Ngiratechekii 30. Destiny Sisior 31. Luciano Sibayan 32. Dan Roldan 33. Francis ‘Sno’ Temaungil 34. Eric Espartero 35. Flavin Andres 36. Jose Misael de Jesus 37. Em-R de Vera 38. John Pastrana 39. Norbert Villanueva 40. Dmitri Kyle Villanueva 41. Genaro Manlaya 42. Jayrome Soriano 43. M. J. Ngiratechekii 44. Nino Flores 45. Masum Billah 46. Akram Hossain 47. Rustom Cabuso 48. Ferdie Altea 49. Ronel Gutierrez 50. Rey Alenain 51. Miguel Gancayco 52. Elizalde Madrinan 53. George Anzawa 54. Koichi Matsuda 55. Adele Anzawa

Australian Jamie Kenmure and Menandro Manuel will be joining the AGM through Skype or Facebook as they are in Australia and Philippines respectively.

The first thing to be tackled in the agenda is the abolishment of Palau Chess Federation and the application of a new one – Palau Chess Federation Inc. with changes/amendments of its By-Laws as follows:

In Article I TITLE - Palau Chess Federation will become Palau Chess Federation Inc.

In Article III Section 4: There will be a $15.00 annual fee for each member. I. D.s will be issued to each member. In Article 7 – A mistyped word (“ay”) the “y” will be erased in “A member joining ay”…

In Article IV –Officers In Section 1- There will be 1 President (must be a Palauan), 2 Vice Presidents, 1 Secretary/Treasurer, and 3 Executive Board Members.

The phrase “The Board of Directors must elect their own officers” will be erased.

In Section 3: A) The Chairman will be replaced by President, the Secretary/Treasurer will keep its name,

C) The Auditor will be replaced by 1st Vice President, and Public Relations Officer will be replaced by the 2^nd Vice President.

The Articles of Incorporation will also be changed. In Article IV - Membership/Executive Board—

here are four (4) officers and three (3) Executive Directors of the federation and the initial ones are as follows: Name Address Citizenship

Eric Ksau Whipps P. O. Box Koror, Palau Palauan

(President)

Tito Cabunagan P. O. Box Koror, Palau Filipino

(Vice President)

Dennis Gonzales P. O. Box Koror, Palau Filipino

(Vice President)

Jan Berglund Uppsala, Sweden Swedish
(Delegate to FIDE)

Roberto Hernandez P. O. Box 10108 Koror, Palau Filipino

(Secretary/Treasurer)

Jamie Kenmure 4 Elda Court Cranbourne Australian

(Exec. Board) North Victoria, Australia

Cyril Tomas Montel, Jr. P. O. Box 308 Koror, Palau Filipino

(Exec. Board)

CM Bernardo Garcia P. O. Box 308 Koror, Palau Filipino

(Exec. Board)

The 3-page Palau Chess Federation Inc. Constitution will also be updated. It has only 4 Officers. In the no. 9 Dissolution, it states “A resolution to dissolve the federation can only be passed at an AGM through a majority vote of the membership.”

Mr. Jamie Kenmure has already updated the By-Laws, Articles of Incorporation and Palau Chess Federation Inc. Constitution so that the PCFI will be more professional.

To be discussed at the AGM is the first tourney of this year – the 2013 Rapid Chess tournament (FIDE rated) to be held from Feb. 24-April 21, 2013. The venue will be the available spaces of Tito Cabunagan and Jose Celiz’ rooms across King’s Apartment. New format will be used in this FIDE rated event. Rapid and blitz tournaments are now being rated separately by FIDE. The rated players will start with their standard rating.


Source:
Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 8-9
Volume 22
Issue 04
January 14, 2013