01.02.07 The Maine Association of Chess Coaches will have its Organizing Committee meeting at the Governor's Restaurant in Bangor on Saturday, January 6, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. The Committee's primary focus will be on preparation for this year's state scholastic championship tournaments at the University of Maine in Orono this spring. Here is the draft agenda for the meeting and an invitation to all interested chess coaches to participate.

Thanks to Ron Lewis for contributing to this report.

Agenda Items:

1. Updates:

a. Entry Forms
b. TDs
c. Trophies
d. Other

2. Forms have starting times of 9 AM for Elem/JH Teams and 9:30 for HS (a relic of when they were on different weekends). Do we want to modify since the HS generally takes longer?

3. The novice Elem and JH has been traditionally combined. Are numbers sufficient now to allow them to be separated? Discussion (discretion of the TD?). (There have been concerns raised by parents who see JH vs Elem matchups.)

4. Notice of tournaments and availability entry forms to be posted to web pages.

5. E-mailing list to as many schools as possible through the coaches list (initiated).

6. Other business/discussion. (Report on trip to NY for Chess in the Schools).