Confederation of Chess for Americas General Assembly
Jul 10, 2015
The CCA General Assembly was held in Cali, Colombia, from July 1st-4th 2015 with the attendance of 27 Federations, either personally or by proxy.
Also FIDE Deputy President Mr. Georgios Makropoulos attended the meeting, the first time such a senior FIDE official had been present.
After the welcoming messages of the Colombian Chess Federation and the Continental President, the General Secretary, Mr. Russell Smith gave the floor to the Continental President for his report.
Mr Vega delivered it in writing, reviewing past work done and also analysing the future up to 2018, considering the sporting, financial and political aspect.
The President spoke about the meaning of “adversaries” and “enemies” in his report. Considering the first, he said that those Federations that have another point of view regarding past FIDE elections, deserve full respect and were adversaries no more, now that elections are over. Regarding the second, he said that he defined “enemies” as persons that spread all kind of rumours and lies in order to undermine Continental America unity, just for their own benefit and he said that they must be fought with all vigour.
The President’s report was unanimously approved.