Nominations for the 2021 elections at the AGM

Nominations are invited for the positions detailed below, which will be the subject of elections to be held at the Annual General Meeting on 16th October 2021. Posts due for election are listed below together with the intentions of the current holders regarding re-standing.

Members of the Board
President – Dominic Lawson is intending to stand
Chief Executive – Mike Truran is intending to stand
Director of Junior Chess – Alex Holowczak is intending to stand
Director of Women’s Chess – Chris Fegan is not intending to stand
Director of Events – this is a new post currently being held by Shohreh Bayat as a Board appointment. Shohreh is planning to stand.

Other elected posts
Chairman of the Council – Michael Farthing is intending to stand
FIDE Delegate – Malcolm Pein is intending to stand
Chair of the Governance Committee – Robert Stern is intending to stand

The rota setting out the positions on the Board that are subject to election in any given year is set out at the end of Regulation No. 2. To be eligible to stand for election, a candidate must be a member of the ECF on the day of the AGM.

Each candidate for a post must be one of –
A retiring Director, the FIDE Delegate, the Chairman of the Council or a Chairman of a Standing Committee seeking re-election to the same Post;
A nominee of the Board for a Post; or
A person proposed by ‘the Requisitionists’ as defined in the Articles

Nominations must be made by 13.30 on Thursday 9th September by sending an email to the Chairman of Council – council.chair@englishchess.org.uk – entitled ‘AGM 2021 Nominations’. As the ECF office is not currently regularly manned, postal nominations will not be accepted on this occasion.

Election Addresses
A duly nominated candidate has the right to have an election address published on the ECF website. The body of the election address must be no more than 750 words in length. All election addresses received by the nomination deadline will be published simultaneously on the website: any election addresses received after the deadline will not be published. Election addresses are published in PDF format. Addresses submitted in this format will be published as received, preserving any internal formatting. Addresses submitted in other formats, including plain text, will be converted into PDF format. Revisions to a submitted address will be permitted up to the nomination deadline but must be complete resubmissions – the Chairman or ECF staff will not make alterations on behalf of candidates. After the deadline no revised submissions will be accepted, even of a minor nature.

Conduct of Candidates
Candidates are required to comply with the Code of Conduct – Regulation No. 4 – for the election campaign period.

Responsibilities
The responsibilities of individual directors are set out in the Directors and Officers Responsibilities Regulations – Regulation No. 2. Candidates should note that the Board has the power to amend these Regulations at any time.