OKLAHOMA CHESS ASSOCIATION FULFILLMENT OF

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF USCF STATE AFFILIATES

INTEGRITY IS ALL ABOUT HONORING YOUR COMMITMENTS. THE ITEMS IN CAPS, INSERTED BELOW THE USCF PRESCRIBED DUTIES, DESCRIBE HOW THE OCA HAS DEMONSTRATED ITS INTEGRITY TOWARD THE USCF AND ITS OKLAHOMA MEMBERS.

OCA STATE CHAPTER AFFILATE MEMBERSHIP IS PAID THROUGH 9/30/04 AND WILL BE RENEWED THIS MONTH.

TWO DELEGATE NOMINEES SUBMITTED FOR THE ELECTION TO ASSURE OKLAHOMA REPRESENTATION WITH THE USCF.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS CONDUCTED:
1-2 NOV 03 - OKLAHOMA STATE CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP AT TULSA
1 NOV 03 – OKLAHOMA STATE BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP AT TULSA
8 MAY 04 – OKLAHOMA STATE QUICK CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP AT TULSA
26-27 JUN 04 – 59^th OKLAHOMA OPEN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT NORMAN

OCA BYLAWS CONFORM TO ALL REQUIREMENTS AS REVISED AT ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION 27 JUNE 2004, ADDRESSING STATES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.

oKLAHOMA SCHOLASTIC CHESS ORGANIZATION (OSCO) CONDUCTED THE FOLLOWING AS PART OF its OFFICIAL DUTIES TO PROMOTE SCHOLASTIC CHESS IN OKLAHOMA FOR THE sTATE cHAPTER aFFILAITE oca:

25 oCT 03 - OK STATE GRADE CHAMPIONSHIP (128 AT OWASSO)
27 MAR 04 - OK State SCHOLASTIC Championship (208 AT EDMOND)

THE OCA ORGANIZED THE FOLLOWING OPEN EVENTS:
10-11 OCT 03 - OKLAHOMA CITY October Open
10-11 JAN 04 - Tulsa Winter Open
6-7 mAR 04 - OKLAHOMA CITY Winter Open

THESE AND THE CHAMPIONSHIPS COVER BOTH OF THE OKLAHOMA MAJOR METRO AREAS.

THE OCA PROMOTED 8 OTHER TOURNAMENTS in norman, STILLWATER and oklahoma city BY USCF CLUB AFFILIATES THAT DIDN’T CHARGE OUR MEMBERS ANOTHER AFFILIATE FEE TO PARTICIPATE.

OSCO PROMOTED 8 other club affiliate scholastic tournaments in claremore, owasso, tulsa, jenks and midwest city.

OCA COORDINATES CHESS IN OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE USCF/OCA CLEARINGHOUSE HAROLD BALL AND THE TOURNAMENT LISTS AT WWW.OCHESS.ORG/EVENTS AND WWW.OKSCHESS.ORG/EVENTS .

The oca even changed the date for the OKlahoma quick chess championship from 3 April to 8 May 04 to avoid conflicting with a club affiliate tournament not properly coordinated with the clearinghouse. they have used the clearinghouse for all tournaments since.

unfortunately, the oca must publish its tournament details after the chess life tla deadline for that date, to defend against oklahoma chess foundation ADVERTISING conflicting events NEARBY.

THE Oklahoma chess bulletin has continued to be published by the oca with a lot of very positive feedback. the 3^rd issue of 2003 was late due to it being converted by frank berry into the 1^st issue of the oklahoma chess quarterly, which is the official publication of the okahoma chess foundation.

THE OCA WITH OSCO HAS HAD NEWSPAPER COVERAGE IN OKLAHOMA CITY, TULSA, STILLWATER, EDMOND AND CLAREMORE. THERE WAS ALSO TELEVISION COVERAGE FOR THE SCHOLASTIC STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN EDMOND.

THE OCA IS NOW SERVING ITS ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP AND ALL THE CHESS PLAYERS OF OKLAHOMA MUCH BETTER THAN BEFORE, RESULTING IN:

MORE TOURNAMENTS, PARTICIPATION, PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS.

TAKING ALL OKLAHOMA CHESS PLAYERS SERIOUSLY AND PROMOTING PARTICIPATION AT ALL SKILL LEVELS AND AGES.

ACTIVELY ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION BY ALL MEMBERS IN THE GOVERNANCE OF THE OCA AND EMBRACING THE DIVERSITY AMONG THEM THAT MAKES THE UNITED STATES A GREAT COUNTRY.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

OCA POLICY BOARD

AUGUST 2004