Urgent vacancies for staff continue to exist in most areas, including Administration, Arbitration and in the New Member Department, and Tournament Directors. Please apply via the volunteering page.
The Club continues to exist and thrive by virtue of the small number of members who join the staff and devote a small portion of their time to helping to run the Club. The Board is very grateful for their generosity, and we are all collectively in their debt.
The Board is pleased to announce that Michel Barrer, currently Senior TD of the KO Dept., has also been assigned the position of Administrator of the membership Dept. Michel will remain as senior TD in KO, and run both departments.
Michel has been on the Staff since 2002, and worked as a TD in a number of event Departments, was IECC Team Captain from May 2003 to March 2004, and ran the former New Member Program from 2005 to 2007. There is no one better qualified to introduce new members to the Club procedures.
The Ratings have been updated.
The Absence List has been updated.
The Pyramid standing has been updated.
The Current Events have been updated.
Staff Changes
The Board is delighted to welcome back two previous members of staff.
Grahame Booth has rejoined in November 2009, in Arbitration, and has now transferred to be the Senior TD in the 1-Game/Pyramid department, replacing Jerry Svenonius. Grahame first joined the Staff in January of 2004, in Thematics, and then moved to Arbitration in November of 2004. Grahame has subsequently also worked in the Administration Department, then Class, then the KO Department, and then resigned for a break from his post as Senior KO TD in November 2008.
Heinrich Basson served in the Arbitration Dept. from February 2005 until February 2006, and we are delighted to welcome him back as a TD in the 1-Game/Pyramid Dept., in support of Grahame.
We are sure that their many previous colleagues will be equally delighted to welcome them back.
There are also some changes within the Board of Directors. George Angus was appointed Chairman of the Club in October 2004, and under his sure direction, the Club has gone from strength to strength. Whilst overall membership numbers are down compared to a few years ago, the Club has weathered the mass-migration towards online chess servers, and we believe that we are the oldest surviving world-wide email chess club. Quite an acheivement! George also has the distinction of being one of the very first Board members, when a Board of Directors was formed in 2000.
George wishes to reduce his role, but remains on the Board as a Director.
The Board is delighted to welcome Jean-Christophe Copin as the new Chairman of the Board. Jean became Vice-Chairman in October 2004, and in particular has been responsible for maintaining and publishing the IECC Guidelines in .pdf format, and arranging the many translations into other languages, and has overall responsibility for the maintenance of the IECC database and archives.
The Manachaban Middle v. Jackson Middle school match has been updated.
The Manachaban Middle v. Taft Middle school match has been updated.
The Jackson Middle v. Taft Middle school match has been updated.
The Sheringham Primary v. Coolidge Elementary school match has been updated.
The November and December club and team archives are available. Complete 2009 Club and Team archives are available as well.
Staff Changes and Immediate Vacancy
The Board is delighted to welcome David Carless back to his role as a Director of the Club. David has been on sabbatical, due to heavy work pressures, and now things have settled down, is able to occupy his seat on the Board, once again.
Still on the theme of work pressures, Jerry Svenonius, who has run the Pyramid Dept. since 2006, and 1-Game when it merged with Pyramid in 2007, has reluctantly taken the decision to step down, shortly, due to the increasing demands of his business. In his time on the staff, Jerry has also served in the New Member Program.
The Board would like to thank Jerry for his thoughtful and reliable management of his departments, and wishes him every success in his business endeavors.
This creates an immediate vacancy in the 1-Game/Pyramid Department, and we now urgently seek a member willing to join the staff and help run it. It is a low volume department, and makes an ideal introduction to the role of Tournament Director. Anyone interested should submit their application on the 'Join the IECC Staff' form on the Contact Us page.
With the start of the new school term, the current collaborative school matches will be recommencing.
Also joining in this term is a Canadian school: Manachaban Middle School, Alberta.
Craig Brophy is acting as the School Chess Administrator, so if any other schools would like to join in, just contact Craig at iecc-directors@yahoogroups.com.
The New members page has been updated.
The School matches have been updated.
Would your school like to participate in email chess? Just email your school chess club details to iecc-directors@yahoogroups.com to join the waiting list.
Regular news about staff changes has lapsed this year, and the Board would like to reintroduce staff notices by catching up on the notable changes in 2009, and record their very grateful thanks to all staff leaving, and a very warm welcome to all those who have recently joined.
In particular:
Mary Anne Lynskey joined the Swiss Department in April.
Victor Van Herk joined the Information Technology Department in June.
Grahame Booth, who formerly ran the KO department, and left for a break in June 2008, has rejoined as an Arbiter, this November. Grahame has been on the staff for some years, and has also previously worked in Thematics, Administration, and the Class Department.
Michael Kamrath stepped down from Arbitration in August, due to greater demands on his time. Stephen Redford stepped down from Swiss in October, due to greater demands on his time.
As always, the Board is most grateful to all our volunteers, past, present and future, who so selflessly give of their spare time to make the Club a success, and contribute so much to helping all our members enjoy their chess hobby. The Club could not exist without you.
Alan Page
Vice-Chairman, IECC
House of Staunton Affiliate Program
Members and visitors to this site are asked to help support the Club by entering the House of Staunton via this graphical link when making their chess purchases.
The House of Staunton Affiliate Program is the latest addition to the Links Page. It provides the Club with a way to generate revenue, whilst continuing to provide a completely free service to all members. There is no profit element. 100% of income is used to cover the running expenses of the Club, and support any chess-related initiatives undertaken by the Club.
The only way that income is generated for the Club is by:
- clicking on the House of Staunton logo on this page to visit the House of Staunton, and
- making a subsequent purchase.
You can, of course, click the link to visit the House of Staunton and browse the site without making a purchase. But if you subsequently decide to purchase something from House of Staunton, you can help support the Club by again entering the site via the logo on this page.