Congratulations to the new ACFI Board, which was elected today. The members are:

President - Ramie Jimenez

Vice President - Will Wharton

Secetary - Kiki Huerta

Treasurer - Jennifer Shacter

Membership Officer - Marty Schneider

Region 1 Reps - Lynn Schucker, Jon Martis

Region 2 Reps - Robby Adamson, Amanda Mateer

Region 3 Reps - Spencer Lower, Jeff Robinson

We wish them all success as they start their new 3-year term.

MAL

The ACFI is holding its election at this time and we need your help.

We need to get the instructions and ballot to as many people as we can in a short time. Please download the instructions and ballot, print them, and vote. Also, please make as many copies as you want for distribution at clubs or chess events within Arizona.

The conditions and requirements for voting are included in the instructions. As the validity of a ballot that is received depends on the addressing of the ballot rather than the ballot itself there is no problem with downloading more than one ballot, but pay particular attention to the certification procedures that are in the instructions.

Would you like to be on USCF's Board of Directors?

Once upon a time each state's USCF State Chapter named those who would represent their state on the USCF Board of Directors (Board of Delegates). Then the procedure changed and all Delegates were elected directly by USCF members in each state. This year the system has changed again and ACFI will be submitting a list to USCF of those who will represent Arizona at the 2011 and 2012 annual meetings.

The Delegates meet at the annual meetings in conjunction with the US Open each year. There is no compensation. It is purely a volunteer position, but if you are going to the US Open and/or attending the workshops that take place at the same time you might want to consider becoming a Delegate.

The candidates nominated for the upcoming ACFI election have been submitted by the Nominating Committee and reaffirmed by the Board. They are:

President – Ramie Jimenez
Vice President – Will Wharton
Secretary – Kiki Huerta
Treasurer - Jennifer Shacter
Membership Officer – Marty Schneider
Region I Representative (2 positions) – Lynn Schucker, Jon Martis
Region II Representative (2 positions) - Robby Adamson, Amanda Mateer
Region III Representative (2 positions) – Spencer Lower, Jeff Robinson

Additional candidates can be added to the ballot through the petition procedure, which is described below. Details can be found in Article IV Section 4 of the Bylaws. This serves as your official notice of your right to petition to be on the ballot. We always welcome new candidates and new ideas.

The minutes of the 2010 ACFI Annual Meeting are attached as a .pdf file.

Proceedings Of and Follow-up to the April, 2008, ACFI Meeting

Thanks to everyone involved in organizing the 2008 Arizona Scholastic Championships.

A short ACFI physical meeting was held at the site of the 2008 Arizona Scholastic Championships at Mount Elden Middle School in Flagstaff on Saturday, April 26, 2008, at 5:30 PM. Board members who participated in the meeting were Robby Adamson, Kiki Huerta, Myron Lieberman, Spencer Lower, Kent Maneth, Marty Schneider, Lynn Schucker, and Will Wharton. Eight Board members were present for at least part of the meeting and a quorum of six or more was present throughout the meeting. Board members Michael Fitch, Ramie Jimenez, and Jennifer Shacter were not present. Among others who were also present for at least part of the meeting were Jon Coulter, Rachel Lieberman, Debbie Maneth, Karen Pennock and Gavin Wharton. Thanks to GPCA for providing meeting space in their team room. Recommended follow-ups are listed at the end of this document.

Treasurer Jennifer Shacter submitted the attached Financial report with ACFI's Annual Report for the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC).

She noted that the ACC only accepts credit cards with online submissions of Annual Reports. She put the ten dollar ACC filing fee on her own credit card and wrote a reimbursement check.

The ACC will require online submission after this year, so this is the first time but not the last.

Myron Lieberman

The following message and attachement were provided by ACFI Treasurer Jennifer Shacter.

Her suggestions regarding the procedure for the Denker and Polgar representatives are subject to Board approval.
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I have attached the 2007 ACFI End-of Year Financial Statement. The statement remains unchanged from when it was submitted to the board at the end of the 3rd quarter.

Both Robby Adamson (her coach & chief TD for 2007 State) and I have contacted Jenelle Wallace, the 2007 AZ Polgar Representative, regarding reimbursement of up to $300 in expenses but haven’t received a request back. I don’t know how much time we should allow for a representative to seek reimbursement. Should this come up for discussion?

The ACFI Financial Report, submitted by Treasurer Jennifer Shacter, has been approved by the Board with a vote of 11 - 0 (Treasurer did not vote).

It is attached to this article for those who are interested.

Myron L.

MINUTES of the 2006 ACFI ANNUAL MEETING

The meeting was called to order at 10:03 AM. Present were Steven Kamp, Albert Lemke, Myron Lieberman (assisted by Rachel Lieberman), Spencer Lower, Jennifer Shacter, and Will Wharton. Robert Tanner arrived shortly thereafter. Robby Adamson and Kiki Huerta were contacted by phone briefly during the meeting. Mark Ginsburg was in an adjoining room playing in a FIDE tournament. He did not get a chance to attend. Also present were Dean Cullen and Luke Karrys.

The Treasurer's Report was previously e-mailed by Treasurer Jennifer Shacter. Jennifer reviewed the fact that the checkbook balance is currently $5,013.50. The bank shows the balance as $5,024.50 due to a bank over credit. There was also an anonymous $750 donation for the promotion of Arizona chess. Special thanks to the donor. It will be verified that the donor knows that ACFI is currently not a 501c3 organization before accepting the donation.