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14 April 2009: The Chess Journalist issue for March 2009
now on-line
Our editor John Hillery has provided the March 2009 issue
of our journal in PDF format and it has been added to our downloads.
To read or download this issue go to the The
Chess Journalist page and click on the Mar 2009 link.
10 April 2009: Dr. Ira Lee Riddle Nomination for Secretary/Treasurer
Two nominations for Dr. Ira Lee Riddle for Secretary/Treasurer and a supporting statement have been received by the Chairman of the Elections Committee Tim Moroney (as specified in the 1 April 2009 announcement below). To read the supporting statement of Ira Lee Riddle go to the Nominations Received web page.
3 April 2009: Minutes of CJA Annual Meetings updated
Due to an oversight by the webmaster the minutes of the annual CJA meetings for the last three years were missing from this web site. Now the minutes for the meetings of 2006, 2007 and 2008 have been added to the CJA Annual Meetings
- Index of Minutes and other Reports page.
1 April 2009: Nominations Sought
A new slate of CJA officers will be elected in 2009. The relevant portion of the Bylaws reads as follows:
"An election of Officers shall be held every second year. Each candidate, including incumbents, must be nominated by at least two Regular or Honorary Members who are not themselves candidates. The deadline for receipt of nominations shall be set by the Executive Board and published in The Chess Journalist at least sixty days in advance of the deadline. Nominations must be mailed to both the Secretary and Editor. The list of candidates shall be printed in The Chess Journalist together with the official mail ballot, voting instructions, the deadline for receipt of the ballots, and a statement of no more than one hundred words by each candidate. Write-in votes shall be allowed.
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In an election year if, by the time of the annual membership meeting, the mail ballot nomination and election system has failed to fill an elective office, then the voting members (Regular and Honorary) present at the annual membership meeting are empowered to nominate and elect a candidate to fill that office."
Any member interested in serving as President, Vice-President, or Secretary-Treasurer should submit his nominating petition and candidate statement to the Chairman of the Elections Committee, Tim Moroney (366 Gladwin Ave., Clawson, MI 48017, email: nominations@chessjournalism.org), who will forward the list of nominations to the Secretary-Treasurer and Editor, by June 1, 2009.
Note: nominations will be displayed on the Nominations Received web page as they are received..
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21 March 2009: Tim Moroney of Michigan named as new Chairman of the CJA Elections Committee
Tim Moroney of Clawson, Michigan has been elected as the new CJA Elections Committee Chairman. He is a frequent contributor to numerous chess publications, including Chess Life Online. He maintains a personal chess BLOG at: http://blog.chess.com/TimMoroney. He says he "... will be resuming its tournament coverage this April with my journey to Foxwoods." Thanks to Tim for taking on this critical position in CJA. His contact information is in the CJA Directory of Officials.
18 March 2009: Annual CJA Awards Program Announced
Jerry Hanken, president of the Chess Journalists of America,
and Jonathan Hilton, Chairman of the CJA Awards Committee,
announce their annual call for entries to the 2009 Awards program.
See the full announcement CJA Awards Program.
Entries should be postmarked by 6/1/09 or submitted by email by 6/3/09.
Items for consideration must in general have been published between
June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009. The chief judge will be
the CJA Awards Committee Chairman Jonathan Hilton. The
required cover sheets can be downloaded (see links on announcement page or on the CJA home page).
17 March 2009: Updated Membership List
Our Secretary/Treasurer Randall Hough has provided an
updated CJA membership list. It is now available on the Membership
List page.
14 January 2009: The Chess Journalist issue for December 2008
now on-line
Our editor John Hillery has provided the December 2008 issue
of our journal in PDF format and it has been added to our downloads.
To read or download this issue go to the The
Chess Journalist page and click on the Dec 2008 link.
13 December 2008: Updated Membership List
Our Secretary/Treasurer Randall Hough has provided an
updated CJA membership list. It is now available on the Membership
List page.
13 October 2008: The Chess Journalist issue for September 2008
now on-line
Our editor John Hillery has provided the September 2008 issue
of our journal in PDF format and it has been added to our downloads.
To read or download this issue go to the The
Chess Journalist page and click on the Sep 2008 link.
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16 August 2008: Final listing of Winners / Chess Journalist
of Year
Congratulations to Macauley Peterson, the Chess Journalist
of the Year as voted by the CJA membership. You can read the
statement
supporting his nomination. The 2008 CJA Awards
Winners page has been updated and is now complete. Note that
the judges' scores for each winning entry have also been added.
9 August 2008: Preliminary (partial) listing of winners of
CJA Awards
The winners of all categories of the annual CJA awards program
should have been announced at the CJA meeting yesterday (Friday).
Unfortunately, a few of the winners are not yet known to the webmaster.
The listing will be updated as soon as possible. For now, all
but a few of the winners are listed on the 2008
CJA Awards Winners page.
3 August 2008: Record of motions made and the resulting votes
now documented on-line
All future motions made to the Executive Board will be recorded
on this web site with a result of the voting. So far only two
recent motions are recorded, but all future motions will be documented.
See Voting on Motions.
2 August 2008: Updated Membership List / Financial Reports
Our Secretary/Treasurer Randall Hough has provided an
updated CJA membership list. It is now available on the Membership
List page.
He has also provided the annual Financial
Statement and Financial
Plan in preparation for the annual meeting in Dallas on August
8, 2008. Links to the annual CJA meeting agenda and President's
Message will be added in the red box at the left when they become
available. Plan to attend the CJA meeting during the US Open if
you can.
Winners of the annual CJA Awards competition for the best
chess journalism of the last year will be announced during the
annual CJA meeting. The list of winners will be posted here immediately
after the meeting, so watch for the announcement here on August
8.
19 July 2008: The Chess Journalist issue for June 2008
now on-line
Our editor John Hillery has provided the June 2008 issue
of our journal in PDF format and it has been added to our downloads.
To read or download this issue go to the The
Chess Journalist page and click on the June
2008 link.
18 July 2008: CJA Officers vote down motion to instruct Treasurer
CJA President Jerry Hanken has instructed that this information
be published.
On 16 July 2008 the CJA Vice President Ira Lee Riddle put forward
the following motion (at the suggestion of past VP Daren Dillinger):
Resolved: That the Treasurer of the Chess Journalists of
America to be instructed to comply with the law, and bring ALL
financial records of which he is the custodian of during his
terms of office; to the August 2009 By-law required meeting
of the CJA Executive Board, so as to be available to a verification
inspection of any officer present. And to also bring the same
to the annual CJA membership meeting, to have available to turn
over to a possible new CJA Treasurer.
This motion was voted down 3-1 (with one abstention by the CJA
Secretary-Treasurer, who was addressed within the motion) with
the following comments.
President Jerry Hanken: "On Iras' Motion, I vote
no. The reason for my vote is that the Secy Teasurer has always
provided financial information to all on request and has always
brought his records to the annual meeting which Ira has only attended
recently when his way was paid as CJA Bylaws Chair. This smells
of the insane campaign to relentlessly attack the Officers of
CJA by a disappointed office seeker."
Vice President Ira Lee Riddle: Voted yes. "I think
that our finances should be available to all members whenever
asked for, and was trying to set up a rule for future Treasurers
to ensure this happening. When I was President/editor/publisher,
I put our balance sheet into every issue of the Chess Journalist,
so that no one would question where and what monies were being
spent."
Editor John Hillery: "I vote No. Reasons: 1) The
motion is redundant, as the Treasurer has routinely done everything
in this area required by the CJA Constitution. 2) The wording
of the motion is a deliberate insult to another officer. In a
face-to-face meeting, I would have demanded the motion be ruled
out of order for this reason. Under the circumstances, I choose
to vote it down instead."
Secretary-Treasurer Randall Hough: "I abstain."
Webmaster Franklin Campbell: "I vote NO as well,
pretty much for the same reasons as JH. I think Daren's wording
for this motion was poor and should have been rewritten before
it was submitted. I would certainly like to see a financial report
with explanations for any significant checks written just to clear
up any questions about how CJA money is being spent, but this
motion doesn't speak to this and is unnecessary."
2 July 2008: "2008 USCF Delegates' Call" available
on-line
The USCF has made its "Delegates' Call" available on-line
at:
http://main.uschess.org/docs/gov/reports/2008DelegatesCall.pdf.
See pp. 63-64 for the schedule of events. This confirms the date/time
published below for the annual CJA meeting.
27 June 2008: On-line Membership List updated / Members Vote
for Chess Journalist of Year
Our CJA Secretary-Treasurer Randy Hough has updated the
membership list to bring it right up to date. It is posted on-line
... see: Membership List.
All members in this current list may cast one vote for Chess
Journalist of the Year. Paper voting slips were mailed in the
June 2008 Chess Journalist magazine. Members may also send
their votes by email to the Chief Judge Jonathan
Hilton. Deadline for receiving votes is July 26, 2008.
Nomination statements for the four journalists nominated can be
seen on the CJofY Nominations
page.
18 June 2008: Chief Judge Closes Entries to CJA Awards Competition
The CJA Awards Chairman and Chief Judge Jonathan Hilton
has announced that entry to the annual CJA Awards program has
been closed ... "I’ve got all the awards packaged up and
ready to mail (to the judges), and no more entries will be accepted
from this point on! I moved a number of entries to more appropriate
categories; would you post a notice on the website, as well as
the list of moved entries?".
The list of all entries received has been updated and modified,
as directed by the Chief Judge. Note an added Category 23
Best Human Interest. The entries which have been moved
to a more appropriate category are clearly indicated on the All
Entries Received web page. The judges can expect to start
receiving material for judging in the near future.
3 June 2008: Annual CJA Meeting Announced for 8 August 2008
(3-4pm)
The annual CJA meeting will be between 3 and 4 PM on Friday
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31 May 2008: Deadline for CJA Awards Program Entry Extended
to June 15, 2008
Our Awards Committee Chairman Jonathan Hilton has issued the
following announcement extending the deadline for mailing entries
for the 2008 CJA Awards Program. For the full announcement of
the Awards Program see the Press Release.
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In order to accommodate articles published in the June
2008 issue of The Chess Journalist, CJA Awards Committee
Chairman Jonathan Hilton and CJA President Jerry Hanken
have extended the absolute postmark deadline for the 2008
CJA Awards to June 15, 2008. Entries received later
than June 7 will be sent to judges later than other entries,
so it is still advisable to submit entries before the original
deadline. The Committee Chair intends to mail judges their
first packages of submitted entries June 9, to ensure judges
have a full six weeks to report their scores.
-- Awards Committee Chairman Jonathan Hilton, 5/31/2008
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17 April 2008: The Chess Journalist issue for March
2008 now on-line
Our editor John Hillery has provided the March 2008 issue
of our journal in PDF format and it has been added to our downloads.
To read or download this issue go to the The
Chess Journalist page and click on the March
2008 link.
15 April 2008: Annual CJA Awards Program Announced
Jerry Hanken, president of the Chess Journalists of America,
and Jonathan Hilton, Chairman of the CJA Awards Committee,
announce their annual call for entries to the 2008 Awards program.
See the full announcement CJA Awards Program.
Deadline for submitting material for consideration for awards
is June 1, 2008 [see 31 May announcement above for new deadline].
Items for consideration must in general have been published between
June 1, 2007 and May 31, 2008. The chief judge will be
the CJA Awards Committee Chairman Jonathan Hilton. The
required cover sheets can be downloaded (see links at left).
15 March 2008: Welcome to new member Marco Milone
I have added a link to new International (Italy) member Marco
Milone's chess BLOG Beautychess
to our links page. Marco is also
a comics journalist (see his web site Mellart).
14 January 2008: The Chess Journalist issue for December
2007 now on-line
Our editor John Hillery has provided the December 2007
issue of our journal in PDF format and it has been added to our
downloads. To read or download this issue go to the The
Chess Journalist page and click on the December
2007 link.
11 January 2008: "How to join CJA" page updated
with "Benefits of membership"
As a result of a question from a prospective member, a list of
benefits of membership has been added to the How
to join CJA page. If you're interested in chess journalism
why not join CJA and become an active participant in the improvement
of our field of journalism? Not happy with the past achievements
of CJA? ... join CJA and work for improvements from the inside.
17 December 2007: On-line Membership List updated
Our CJA Secretary-Treasurer Randy Hough has updated the
membership list to bring it right up to date. It is posted on-line
... see: Membership List.
13 November 2007: Jack Peters Seeks Games of Igor Ivanov
Dear CJA readers,
John Donaldson and I have collected more than 1,000 games
of the late Igor Ivanov, but he must have played many more.
We would very much appreciate having anybody who played Igor
pass on their game scores. [Send games to Jack Peters at: peters-j@chessjournalism.org
-- Webmaster]
Sincerely, Jack Peters
23 October 2007: The Chess Journalist issue for September
2007 now on-line
Thanks to our editor John Hillery for providing the September
2007 issue of our journal in PDF format. To read or download this
issue go to the The Chess Journalist
page and click on the September 2007
link.
20 October 2007: Jonathan Hilton appointed Awards Committee
Chairman and Chief Judge
CJA President Jerry Hanken has announced Jonathan Hilton
of Cincinnati has been appointed Chair of the Awards Committee
and Chief Judge of Awards for next year. The Board has approved
his appointment 4-0 (Ira Lee Riddle not voting).
13 October 2007: Howard Goldowsky on John Watson's Chess.FM
Show "Chess Talk"
FYI, fellow chess journalists:
Last night I recorded an interview with John Watson that will
be aired on his chess.fm
show starting Tuesday (and which will last for a week).The interview
lasts about 1.5 hours, and covers many topics in my book (Engaging
Pieces). Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to cover
the CJA, although we do talk about the process of interviewing
and other things of interest to chess journalists. The CJA does
come up once or twice, but only indirectly. If you're not a
member of the ICC (which I'm not) you can still listen to the
interview by taking a free 1-week trial membership.
Best, Howard Goldowsky
1 October 2007: CJA Member Howard Goldowsky Announces Special
Awards Program
Howard Goldowsky sent the following announcement:
"I've decided to sponsor an award to recognize the two
best USCL interviews (Web-based video or prose) of 2007. Here
is the link: http://www.daowoodbrighton.com/4.html.
If the competition proves popular, I will offer monetary prizes
in future years."
For full information go to the link
provided. The prizes this year will be copies of his book Engaging
Pieces: Interviews and Prose for the Chess Fan. The USCL (United
States Chess League) web site is at http://www.uschessleague.com/
7 September 2007: Cramer Committee Announces Prize Winners
Dr. Frank Brady, co-chair of the Cramer Committee, announced
the winners of their annual journalism awards.
Best Chess Columnist: Pete Tamburro for his instructional
column "Chess Lessons" in Chess Life for Kids
Best Chess Book: The Kings of New York by Michael Weinreb
Best State Magazine: Georgia Chess, Honorable Mention:
Northwest Chess, Chess Horizons
Gallery of Distinguished Chess Journalists: Yasser Seriwan,
Alex Dunne
The CJA Awards announcement has been updated with these new results.
See 2007 CJA Awards Winners.
With his announcement Dr. Brady included these interesting comments:
"The Committee voted that in the future it would operate
independently from the Chess Journalists of America. The following
committee members were elected for 2007-2008: Donald Schultz
and Frank Brady (co-chairs), Larry Price, Glenn Petersen, Mike
Cavalo."
22 August 2007: GM Susan Polgar's Texas Tech University Commencement
Address
In a rare and possibly unique experience in the USA, GM Susan
Polgar presented the Commencement Address at Texas Tech University
during the May 2007 graduation exercizes. GM Polgar was recognized
in the annual awards program in Category 23 Special Recognition
Award for her words to the graduating seniors. By permission,
her speech is reproduced here.
See Susan Polgar - Commencement Speech
13 August 2007: CJA Awards Winners
The complete list of prize winners in the annual CJA Awards program
has been posted. The Cramer Committee is responsible for some
of the awards. When we are notified we will add their choices
to the list.
See 2007 CJA Awards Winners.
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