USCF Governance Information

The United States Chess Federation (USCF) is incorporated under the Illinois statutes as a Not For Profit organization. Its charter and Bylaws can be found in the Annual Report published each June. The US Chess Federation is governed by a set of Delegates (apportioned based on USCF membership per state) who meet annually, and a Governing Board which concerns itself with situations that arise between Delegates' meetings.

This section of the Website is the Governance Archives, and includes the following information:

Archived Information About the Executive Board:

This page includes information about the Executive Board, as well as minutes, motions and audio recordings of Executive Board meetings. President Bill Goichberg also offers his, "Across the Board" article from the November 2005 Chess Life. PLEASE click here to go to our new website "Governance" section as what is offered here/below is archived as of February 2006.

Archived Information About the Delegates:

2006 Information
• Audited Financials - Year Ended: May 31, 2006
• 2006 Delegates' Call (inside)
• 2006 Delegates' Call (covers, list of Delegates and workshop schedule)
• Call for Advanced Delegate Motions (ADMs) - deadline June 5, 2006
• Call for Nominations for Special Executive Board Election
• Call for Nominations for Delegate Election
• Executive Board Candidate Statements (from June 2006 Chess Life
• Unofficial summary of motions from the 2006 USCF Delegates Meeting (2nd Revision)
• Final 2006 Delegate/EB Election Results, including write-ins (Excel)
• Final 2006 Delegate/EB Election Results, including write-ins (text file)
• List of ballots received in the 2006 Election

2004/2005 Information
• Minutes of the August 2005 USCF Meetings with financials in .pdf
• Minutes of the August 2005 USCF Meetings in .pdf
• 2004-05 Financials and 2005-6 Budget in .pdf
• Minutes from Aug. 12, 2005 USCF Forum - Membership Meeting
• August 2005 USCF Delegates' Meetings in .pdf
• Corrections to 2005 USCF Delegates Call
• 2005 USCF Delegates Call - pages 1-31 Large file in .pdf
• 2005 USCF Delegates Call - pages 32-48 Large file in .pdf
• Executive Board Newsletter #3 (Part II) for 2004/2005 - in .pdf
• Executive Board Newsletter #3 for 2004/2005 - in .pdf
• Executive Board Newsletter #2 for 2004/2005 - in .pdf
• Executive Board Newsletter #1 for 2004/2005 - in .pdf
• Proceedings of the 2004 USCF Annual Meetings with Budgetin .pdf
• 2003-4 USCF Annual Audited Financials
• 2004 Official USCF Executive Board and Delegate Election Results
• 2003-04 Executive Board Newsletter 1-3 (in .pdf)
• 2004 Delegates Call In .pdf
• 2004 Advanced AgendaIn .pdf
• Bylaws of the US Chess Federation including all changes passed at the 2006 Annual Meeting. in .doc
• Bylaws of the US Chess Federation including all changes passed at the 2005 Annual Meeting. in .pdf
• Bylaws of the US Chess Federation, including all changes passed at the 2004 Annual Meeting.in .pdf

2003 Information
• Call for ADMs
• Delegate Actions of Continuing Interest
• Minutes of 2003 Annual Meeting
• Advance Agenda for the 2003 Membership Meeting of the US Chess Federation
• Delegates Call for the 2003 Membership and Delegates Meeting
• Bylaws of the US Chess Federation, including all changes passed at the 2004 Annual Meeting. in .pdf

Information About Committees:

• Updated Committee Assignments for 2005-2006 coming soon.
• Financial Statements and Committee Reports
• 2004 - 2005 Committee Assignments in .pdf
• The 2003 - 2004 Committee Assignments

Information About Finding Chess Clubs, Camps and State Affiliates:

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• Looking For A Chess Tournament? - Tournament Listings
  
• Looking For A Chess Camp?