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ICCF Congress Voting

Austin Lockwood  Thursday, August 15, 2019

Russell Sherwood (Welsh National Delegate and ICCF Marketing Director) and Austin Lockwood (WCCF Secretary and ICCF Services Director) will both be attending the ICCF Congress in Vilnius, Lithuania from 18 to 22 August 2019.

The Congress proposals are listed on the ICCF website, here.

We will update the table below as each proposal is voted on by ICCF national delegates.

  Proposal For Against Result
2019-001 Approve 2018 Congress Minutes 45 2 Passed
2019-002 Approve Financial Reports and 5-year Financial Plan. 42 0 Passed
2019-003 Approve Services Committee Budget for 2020 41 0 Passed
2019-004 Defining When to Apply the at Least 50% ETL Rule 41 4 Passed
2019-005 ICCF Medal and Certificate Awards 45 1 Passed
2019-006 Additional Analysis Submission for the 3-person Panel Review 42 2 Passed
2019-007 Defining "Repeated Misbehaviour" 41 2 Passed
2019-008A Clarifying ICCF Rules by Eliminating the Word "Should" - A 42 1 Passed
2019-008B Clarifying ICCF Rules by Eliminating the Word "Should" - B 42 1 Passed
2019-009 ICCF Retention Policy for Sensitive Personal Information 44 1 Passed
2019-010 [CONFLICT] Eliminate Age and Gender Specific Events 9 35 Defeated
2019-011 ICCF Congress in 2020 47 0 Passed
2019-012 Rules for Multiple Member Federation Participation Events 38 5 Passed
2019-013 ICCF Disciplinary Review Process 41 2 Passed
2019-014 Provisional Rating Procedure 46 0 Passed
2019-015 Clarifying the "Regulations" of the ICCF Appeal Committee 44 0 Passed
2019-016A Limiting When Recorded Game Results can be Overturned - A 39 3 Passed
2019-016b Limiting When Recorded Game Results Can Be Overturned - B 21 20 End of Investigation
2019-017 Applying Appeal Committee Regulations to the Arbitration Committee 44 0 Passed
2019-018 Recommendation to Congress - Hong Kong to be Dismissed from ICCF 45 0 Passed
2019-019 [CONFLICT] Allowing Claims Based on the 7-Piece Endgame Tablebase 43 3 Passed
2019-020 No Charge for National Postal Games 30 15 Passed
2019-021 Clarification of Request for Accepted Withdrawal 19 23 Defeated
2019-022 [CONFLICT] Eliminate Gender Specific Events 28 18 Passed
2019-023 [CONFLICT] Change the 50 Moves Rule to 100 moves and Accept Claims up to 100 Moves 10 34 Defeated
2019-024 Clarifying a Requirement for an Adjudicated Win 36 7 Passed
2019-025 Promotion of School Events 39 5 Passed
2019-026 Precedence of Conflicting Proposals 26 17 Passed
2019-027 Consultation in Team Play 29 14 Passed
2019-028 [CONFLICT] Eliminate the ICCF Ladies Olympiad and Ladies World Championship 18 25 Superceded by 022
2019-029 Congress Expenses for Officials 42 2 Passed
2019-030 Clarifying the Difference Between Invitational and Open Events 42 2 Passed
2019-031 Improve ICCF Congress Minutes 27 13 Passed
2019-032 Reserve Players in WCCC Stages 38 4 Passed
2019-033 2019 Tournament Fee Structure 41 3 Passed
2019-034 Calculation for Fixed Ratings 26 15 Passed
2019-035 Direct Norms for the GM - Title 21 23 Defeated
2019-036 Implement the Silli system in Large ICCF Tournaments 28 8 Passed
2019-037 Merger of Zone 4 into World Zone 19 23 Defeated
2019-038 Adjustment of GM Norm Requirements 19 23 Defeated
2019-039 Add Two Weeks of Discussion Time on Last Minute Proposals 40 4 Passed
2019-040 Eliminate the ICCF Zonal System 14 27 Defeated
2019-041 Players Should be Free to Decide if They Want to Use Linear Conditional Moves 29 15 Passed
2019-042 2/3 Majority Required for Changes to Voting Regulations 37 5 Passed
ICCF Congress

Updated Tuesday, August 20, 2019 by Austin Lockwood

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