2016 MCCL Annual Meeting Notice
The Madison City Chess League has had a successful first year as a non-profit organization in 2015. Although MCCL was established in 2013 and began hosting opportunities for kids to play chess in the Madison area over two years ago, it did not become a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization until 2015.
Since becoming a non-profit organization and accepting charitable contributions to support its mission of promoting chess
education for K-12 students, MCCL provided (1) coaches for students who
competed at the 2015 National Elementary Chess Championship in Nashville; (2)
hosted International Master Danny Rensch who taught during Summer Knights Chess
Camp; and (3) hosted Grandmaster Alex Stripunsky for a National Chess Day Simul
and a fall break chess camp.
MCCL is pleased to report an increase in the number of students playing
competitive chess with the November 2015 Queen’s Quest having 172 students
competing.
On January 13, 2016 at 6:45 p.m. MCCL will conduct its Annual Meeting with one item on the agenda -- the election of the 2016 Board. MCCL members who have joined or renewed their membership by January 9, 2016 are eligible to vote on the Board slate. The Annual meeting will immediately follow the conclusion of the 2016 MCCL Challenge.
A Nominating Committee was formed pursuant to the MCCL Bylaws. The Nominating Committee members met in late November to discuss the Board slate that would be recommended to the membership at the Annual Meeting. The members of the committee are listed below:
2016 Nominating Committee
Ranae
Bartlett, Chair & MCCL Executive Director
Dr. Yeqing
Bao, parent
Tifany
Billmann, parent
Beena
Chopade, parent and MCCL Girls Chess Coordinator
Dr. Dee
Fowler, Superintendent Madison City Schools
Josh McClellan, Middle School Chess Coach
Manju
Mynampally, parent
Balaji
Purushothaman, parent
Jim Spanier, parent and MCCL Scholastic Chess Coordinator
Cuiping Wang, parent
The Nominating Committee unanimously recommends the following Board slate for 2016:
President – Bill Nash
Senior Tournament Director with the US Chess Federation, FIDE National Arbiter, and current President of the Madison City Chess League. Competition Chess Coach for Rainbow Elementary School, for over three years. Coach Nash took Rainbow Elementary students, who had a basic understanding of chess, to a competition level. After leading them to two State Championships, his Rainbow team stunned the chess community by winning the National Elementary Chess Championship, for K-6 U-1000. "I believe that chess has many benefits for our young people and our school systems. Chess helps our children to build confidence in their ability to solve problems. In addition, it helps them with discipline, focus, concentration, and developing critical thinking skills."
Vice-President – Bradley Wallace
Secretary – Mollie Bounds
Mollie is Elementary Instructional Specialist for Innovation and Initiatives for Madison City Schools. Mollie Bounds is a mother, daughter, wife, sister, and teacher…but most of all, she is a learner. Mollie has just finished her fourth degree, a Master’s of Science in Gifted Education from Samford University. Her other degrees are in English: Creative Writing, Studio Art: Graphic Design, and Elementary Education. Her passion is creating and she believes creation can be found in every facet of life from building relationships to tree houses to new experiences for students and teachers. Mollie taught fourth grade for nine years, gifted or two years, and currently works for Madison City Schools as the Elementary Instructional Specialist for Innovation and Initiatives. Her main focus is to bolster creativity and critical thinking in the classrooms and promote 21st century skills in today's students. When not at work Mollie enjoys reading, ANY art form, watching Dr. Who, writing, building, and spending time with her family.
Treasurer – Monica Wilhelm
