FMJD report

[Alex_Moiseyev]

http://fmjd.org

http://fmjd.org/docs/CD/111026_short_minutes_e.pdf

Short report of the meeting of the Executive Board FMJD page 1
October 26, 2011, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Present:

President Harry Otten,
tournament director Jacek Pawlicki,
tournament Director youth Johan Demasure,
Treasurer Frits Luteijn;
General Secretary Frank Teer,
president section 64 Vladimir Langin,
president European confederation EDC Janek Mäggi,
assistant EDC and assistant translation English-Russian Rima Danileviciene,
World Champion women Tamara Tansykkuzhina,
president FMSR Russia Yury Tchertok,
advisor President Otten Marcel Kosters

1. Structure of FMJD and new statutes

The structure of FMJD with sections in FMJD and federations such as Checkers totally independent is not clear. The president proposed to have a new structure in which the sections may be independent organisations associated to the FMJD. The section/association will have its own general assembly and own regulations and within FMJD we will work together for the World Mind Sports Games and other Mind Sport events. The president will come with a proposal for new statutes for this.

2. Situation with relation between FMJD and Russian Draughts federation FSR.

During the last year it has become clear that the Russian Federation again collaborates with the organization MARSH which organizes alternative World Championships. There are several signs that this happens:

- The President of MARSH leads the election conference of FSR
- A vice president of MARSH is elected as FSR president
- The announcement and regulations of the 2011 MARSH World Championship is signed by Mr. Klimashev and FSR president Mr. Zakhriapin.

This collaboration is against the agreement between the FMJD and the FSR made in Perm in 2008. Furthermore the FSR does not collaborate any more since October 1 with the Russian Federation of International Draughts FMSR with president Youry Tchertok. This is a big risk for the development of International draughts in Russia which is the priority version of draughts in FMJD. It is also a big risk for the possibilities for the organization of the World Championship International draughts 2013
which is planned to be in Ufa, with the agreement of the President of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

A letter will be sent to the Russian Draughts Federation FSR about this and a request for assistance will be sent to the Minister of Sport of Russia. For the time being, until this situation is cleared, the FMJD will have contact about International Draughts in Russia with the FMSR, like it was in the period 2003-2008.

3. World Mind Sports Games in 2012

It is still not clear where these games will be held, but the venue will be announced at the Mind Sport event in London on November 17. The number of participants for the various mind sports is also not yet known, as are the financial conditions for the possibility of free tickets or free stay. As the Checkers federation suggested the Executive Board decided on the following division of participants among the sections: International draughts 50 %, Section 64 30 % and Checkers 20 %.

4. FMJD Cyber cup

The FMJD Cyber cup, an internet draughts competition, is played in the first two weeks of November on the website http://draughtsserver.kndb.nl/ . Each participant has chance to win a free ticket and free stay to the Sport Accord World Mind Games in Beijing in December. More information may be found on the FMJD website.

5. New titles

A number of new titles were confirmed at the meeting. Among these International grandmaster Roel Boomstra, Internationla Grandmaster women Matrena Nogovitsyna and two honorary grandmaster titles: Leonid Vitoshkin (Belarus) as International Grandmaster problemism honoris causa and posthumously Oscar Verpoest as International grandmaster honoris causa.