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OCF Member Ratings
Please find your rating at the United States Chess Federation (USCF) website at:
or the Northwest Scholastic Rating System (NWSRS) website at:
http://www.nwsrs.org/nwsrs.jsp?panel=content/readContent.jsp&ArticleID=279
There is no minimum age requirement to join the Oregon Chess Federation.
The Oregon Chess Federation has three classes of membership:
Full Member Membership
This membership is for one year. Full Membership includes a voting membership in the Oregon Chess Federation plus a 12-month subscription to Northwest Chess Magazine. Cost is $25.00 per year for Adults and $17.00 for Juniors under age 20 at the expiration of their annual membership.
Associate Membership
This membership is for one year. Associate Membership includes a voting membership in the Oregon Chess Federation but does not include a subscription to Northwest Chess Magazine. Cost is $3.00 per year. Associate memberships may be purchased by a member of the immediate family living in the same household as a full Adult or Junior member.
Tournament Membership
This membership can only be purchased at a tournament in Oregon or Washington and lasts through the end of the event only. Tournament Membership cost is $5.00 per tournament. This is a non-voting membership and does not include a subscription to Northwest Chess Magazine.
JOINING OCF
You may join OCF at any time. If you choose a Full Member or Associate Membership, your membership is for the twelve-month period starting from the date of your membership. If you choose a Tournament Membership, it is good only for the event in which you are entered.
OCF does not require their members to also be members of USCF. However, most OCF Tournament events do require USCF membership. For full USCF membership information, please visit their website at:
http://main.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,323/ .
Eric Holcomb, Northwest Chess Magazine's Business Manager, handles OCF membership payments made in advance of a tournament event.
FULL MEMBER AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIPS
Please make your check or money order payable to Oregon Chess Federation
and mail it to:
Oregon Chess Federation – Membership
c/o Eric Holcomb, Business Manager
Northwest Chess Magazine
1900 NE 3rd Street
Suite 106-361
TOURNAMENT MEMBERSHIP
Please make your check or money order payable to Oregon Chess Federation
and bring it with you to the first day of the event, giving it to the tournament director.
You may combine your OCF Tournament Membership dues with your tournament entry fee.
Questions? Please contact:
Dale Wentz
OCF Tournament Coordinator
OCF accepts checks and money orders (made payable to Oregon Chess Federation) when mailed, as well as cash on the first day of a tournament event or during OCF's annual meeting which is held Labor Day weekend during the Oregon Open Chess Tournament (a receipt will be provided to you at those times). Please do not mail cash.
OCF accepts credit card payments via Paypal only. You do not need a Paypal account in order to send money. For more information on Paypal, please visit www.paypal.com.
Paypal is not available during OCF tournament events or the annual meeting.
Please use info@nwchess.com as the Paypal payment email address or visit one of the following links:
Northwest Chess Magazine's Paypal Form
This is conveniently set up with “Buy Now” buttons linking directly with Paypal
www.nwchess.com/nwcmag/MemberApp_PayPal.htm
Northwest Chess Magazine's Paypal Form
PDF version (don't forget to keep a copy for your files)
www.nwchess.com/nwcmag/NWC_MemberApp_200807.pdf
If you are renewing your OCF membership, please do so at least one month in advance of your OCF membership expiration date to ensure a seamless transition and so you won't miss an issue of “Northwest Chess Magazine.”
Please note that OCF does not sell its membership's information.
The OCF membership's information is shared with the “Northwest Chess Magazine” (when Full Member Memberships are purchased), the Tournament Coordinator, and tournament directors, as necessary.
OCF publishes only the name, city, state, OCF membership ID number, expiration date of OCF membership, and membership type on our website. All other information is not published online to protect our members' privacy.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding membership, please contact:
OCF President
Dave Yoshinaga
971-404-5251
OCF Member Meetings
Each year, one regularly scheduled membership meeting will be held.
Members shall meet during the Labor Day weekend at the site of the Oregon Open Chess Tournament for the transaction of OCF business. At this meeting on every even-numbered year the voting members will elect, by a plurality of those attending and voting, a Board of Directors consisting of the following officers: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Tournament Coordinator, Scholastic Coordinator, and Director-at-Large. In addition, these United States Chess Federation (USCF) officers will be elected: USCF Delegate for Oregon, USCF Voting Member for Oregon, and at least one USCF Alternate Voting Member for Oregon.
In addition to regularly-scheduled meetings, the Board may call up to two additional meetings per year. Members must be given 30 days' notice prior to the date for such a meeting and the Board must call it upon petition of ten or more members.
Please refer to the Oregon Chess Federation, Inc. By-laws for further information.
2009 Annual Membership Meeting Minutes
“The Knight Cifar Observes the Enemy Camp Playing Chess” by Juan de Carrion (14th Century)
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