2011 ICA Board Election Results

ICA election ballots were counted 12/13/2011 at Evanston Chess Club by Maret Thorpe, Michael Cardinale and Keith Ammann. The winners were Bill Brock (10 votes), Jerry Neugarten (9), Murrel Rhodes (9), Chris Merli (9), and Mark Nibbelin (8). Florin Felecan and Chuck Beach also received one vote each but were not elected. Congratulations to all, we look forward to your participation in promoting Illinois chess.

Nibbelin and Rhodes are newly elected; Brock, Merli and Neugarten have already been serving on the board. They serve a two year term as directors. The newly elected directors will take office January 1, 2012. There are five officers who also serve on the board and come up for election at the end of next year. They are: Mike Cardinale, Metro VP; Carl Dolson, Treasurer; David Long, Downstate VP; Tom Sprandel, President and Maret Thorpe, Secretary

The ICA also wishes to extend its thanks to outgoing board members, Andrea Rosen and Garrett Scott, for their service to the chessplayers of Illinois.