20-12-2015, 09:18 PM
now now guys lets keep this on a positive thread 
Just to clarify the difficult circumstances were mainly the absence of both the outgoing president and the chair of the standards committee. I was not referring to the actual procedures of what actually happened. Steve was parachuted in to host the first part and a new president presided over the second part in an AGM where some posts were taken from the floor due to circumstance. For example I was not nominated forhome director before the AGM as I was standing for President. If the rules were as stringent as some people would like I could not have been nominated for home director. Similarly the school's director post was not filled at all. Also chess standards chair nomination may have been nominated before the AGM but sometimes common sense must prevail to get the posts filled and to get the working processes. Dont forget that there is always a process that any chess scotland member can follow ( .i.e a complaints procedure ).
Just to clarify the difficult circumstances were mainly the absence of both the outgoing president and the chair of the standards committee. I was not referring to the actual procedures of what actually happened. Steve was parachuted in to host the first part and a new president presided over the second part in an AGM where some posts were taken from the floor due to circumstance. For example I was not nominated forhome director before the AGM as I was standing for President. If the rules were as stringent as some people would like I could not have been nominated for home director. Similarly the school's director post was not filled at all. Also chess standards chair nomination may have been nominated before the AGM but sometimes common sense must prevail to get the posts filled and to get the working processes. Dont forget that there is always a process that any chess scotland member can follow ( .i.e a complaints procedure ).