BOARD ACTIONS BETWEEN MEETINGS
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The Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation met by conference call at 8 PM Eastern Time on June 20, 2002, upon call of the President.  All members of the Board were present: John McCrary (President), Steve Shutt (Vice President), Frank Camaratta (Vice President for Finance), Bob Smith (Secretary), and Frank Brady (Member-at-Large).  Interim Executive Director Frank Niro joined the call during discussion of the fourth motion presented.  The motions presented on the call were as follows:
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EB 02-43 (Board): Myron Lieberman is appointed a Trustee of the U.S. Chess Trust. PASSED 5-0
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EB 02-44 (Board): The Executive Board authorizes the hiring of Frank Niro as Executive Director, subject to the terms discussed on this call.  The President, John McCrary, and the Vice President for Finance, Frank Camaratta, are authorized to execute a signed contract with Frank Niro with terms that are consistent with those discussed on this call.  PASSED 5-0
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EB 02-45 (Board): Rhode Island College is named a recipient of the "Chess College of the Year" award. PASSED 5-0
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EB 02-46 (Board): The Executive Board designates the match between GM Arnold Denker and Dan Meyers as the US Over-80 Match Championship.  PASSED 5-0
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EB 02-47 (Board): Moved that the Executive Board appoint the following USCF FIDE representatives:
<br><BLOCKQUOTE>Delegate: William Kelleher
<br>Zonal President: (Vote for one a) Jim Eade, b) Robert Tanner, c) Bob Smith d) Others)
</BLOCKQUOTE>POSTPONED UNTIL THE NEXT CONFERENCE CALL
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EB 02-48 (Board): The Executive Board directs that the following motion be placed on the FIDE advanced agenda:
<BLOCKQUOTE>The single FIDE Americas Continent structure be replaced by a North American and 
a South American Continent Structure.  The North American Continent includes
Zone 2.1 (USA) and Zone 2.2 (Canada).  The South American Continent includes
Zone 2.4 (Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru) and Zone 2.5 (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, 
and Uruguay).  The FIDE Presidential Board, upon consulting with the affected 
countries, is authorized to assign the countries of Zone 2.3 to newly created Zones within either the North and/or South American continents.  </BLOCKQUOTE>
PASSED 5-0
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EB 02-49 (Board): The Executive Board recommends the appointment of the following persons to FIDE commissions:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Events: Steve Doyle
<br>Rules: Carol Jarecki
<br>Ethics: Bill Kelleher
<br>CACDEC: Tim Redman
<br>Qualifications: Bill Kelleher
<br>Chess in Schools: Tim Redman
<br>Title and Ratings: Carol Jarecki and Vesna Dimitrijevic
<br>Women's Chess Vesna Dimitrijecvic
<br>CHIPS: Don Schultz
<br>Verification: Don Schultz
</BLOCKQUOTE>PASSED 5-0
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EB-02-50 (Board): The fall meeting of the Executive Board will be held at the site and time of the 2002 Senior Open.  Passed 5-0
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Interim Executive Director, Frank Niro then led a discussion of the draft-planning budget for the fiscal year 02-03.
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The call was adjourned about 10 PM Eastern Time.
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Respectfully submitted, Bob Smith, USCF Secretary
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The Executive Board met by telephone conference call at 8 PM, EDT, on July 15, 2002. Upon call of the President.  All members of the Board were present: John McCrary (President), Steve Shutt (Vice President), Frank Camaratta (Vice President for Finance), Bob Smith (Secretary), and Frank Brady (Member-at-Large).  The motions presented on the call were as follows:
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EB 02-51 (Board): The Executive Board affirms the appointment of Linda Legenos as Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Chess Federation.  PASSED 5-0
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EB 02-52  (Board): The Executive Board confirms the continued status of Harold Dondis as a Trustee of the U.S. Chess Trust.  Passed 5-0
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EB 02-47, which had been postponed on the June 20 call until the next conference call, was POSTPONED UNTIL THE AUGUST 1 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING BY A VOTE OF 4-0-1, (Smith recused.)
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Respectfully submitted, Bob Smith, USCF Secretary 
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The Executive Board met by telephone conference call on July 25, 2002, at 8 PM upon call of the President, after receiving recommendations of the other Board members that such call be held.  The following Board members were present: John McCrary (President), Steve Shutt (Vice President), Bob Smith (Secretary), Frank Brady (Member-at-Large) and Frank Niro, Interim Executive Director.  Frank Camaratta, Vice President for Finance, was not on the call because of a technical problem affecting communications.  The following motions were presented:
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EB 02-53 (Board): The Executive Board affirms that Frank Camaratta and Frank Niro are Trustees of the United States of America Chess Federation Profit-sharing Plan and Trust, and are empowered to act as co-signatories of checks from the account of that plan.  PASSSED 4-0
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EB 02-54 (McCrary): The Executive Board endorses a change in the Instrument of the U.S. Chess Trust to require that Trustees of the U.S. Chess Trust be appointed and removed only by the affirmative votes of at least five members of the Executive Board.  PASSED 4-0
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EB 02-55 (Shutt): Only members of the Scholastic Committee may be elected to the Scholastic Council or vote in an election for a position on the Scholastic Council.  PASSED 4-0
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EB 02-56 (McCrary): Events defined as Booster tournaments may receive a discount on TLA fees at the discretion of the Executive Director,  PASSED 7-0 (NOTE: This motion was passed on a conference call of 12-12-01 but inadvertently omitted from the Minutes).&nbsp; 
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Respectfully submitted, Bob Smith, USCF Secretary&nbsp;