Candidates for President

[StevieHilton]

Let’s not fall into the trap of being too dismissive of proxy votes.

In Chess Scotland we have a relatively small number of people who are very active on the forum and contribute enthusiastically at meetings. There is a far greater number of players who have little or no interest in the forum and, for whatever reason, do not attend meetings.

Until such time as we establish a comprehensive electronic voting system to canvass the views of all members, proxy voting is one way of ensuring that as many as possible of us contribute to the decision process.

For proxy votes to be credible, the instructions given to the proxy vote holder must be published before the meeting. This would make things more transparent