EGCA

1.

Apologies for Absence

Apologies were received from George Bowkett

2.

Approval of the Minutes from Previous Meeting

Minutes from Pre AGM 2025 were accepted as true record

3.

Matters Arising from Previous Minutes

No matters arising from Pre AGM 2025 minutes

4.

Preliminary report from the Treasurer.

The Treasurer presented a preliminary version of the accounts. Account level as predicted, with a small £340 deficit, The treasurer is planning on proposing no increase to membership for the coming season.

5.

Preliminary report from the Executive Director.

League membership is up, Postponements up by 1, defaults up by two. We need to look at the rule changes regarding move notation and determine as a membership what the penalty needs to be should this new rule not be followed or should it not be changed in the upcoming AGM

6.

Preliminary report from the Secretary

Uneventful year. One incident at the start of the season that needed a response from the Committee regarding this season’s rule changes.  The time to raise any issue is not once the league has started and ideally any member that has concerns should be raising them at the AGM. With a league the size of ours, rule changes being left to 10 members is not ideal.

7.

Proposed changes to the EG Rules of Play and the Rules of the Association

Due to multiple proposals with a similar theme an open discussion was had regarding thevariou s options for proposals of changing move notation.

Proposal 4 from Martin Jones was withdrawn before the meeting.

The members at the meeting decided they favoured Proposal 3 from David James as long as some of the wording is amended. From this, John McGregor withdrew proposal 2.

It was decided to not vote on these proposals due to their importance and leave it to the members at the AGM.

The proposer of 1 was not present and will be contacted to determine if he also favours Proposal 3 or wishes to continue with his submission.

Proposal 5 from John McGregor regarding time control was discussed and concerns

regarding finishing times were raised. It was recommended to be moved to the top of the proposal list as if this passes at the AGM, move notation would be essential in implementing it. A vote passed with a majority that it should indeed be moved to the top, however, a vote to recommend this to be proposed formally at the AGM was rejected by a majority.

Proposal 6 was withdrawn prior to the meeting.

Proposal 7 regarding the Quick Play league from Mark Chinnock was discussed but a fixture chart would need to be devised to ensure an equal number of Black and White boards are played per team.

A vote was proposed to the Meeting to recommend this to be proposed formally at the AGM with the above chart and passed with a Majority.

Proposal 8 from Mark Chinnock was discussed and the meeting came up with some for and against points regarding the proposal. Comparisons to other sports were also made.

A vote was proposed to the Meeting to recommend this to be proposed formally at the AGM and was rejected by a majority. This proposal will have to be proposed at the AGM without Pre-AGM recommendation.

Proposal 9 from Phil Jones was discussed regarding fixture postponement. He detailed his reasoning and it was heavily agreed that after managing the league for many years, Phils recommendation about fixtures carried a lot of weight.

A vote was proposed to the Meeting to recommend this to be proposed formally at the AGM

8.

AOB

There was no other business to discuss.

9.

Close

The chair called the meeting to a close at 2030