USCF Affairs July
USCF EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT TRACI LEE Position: Membership Associate
Traci Lee has worked for USCF since April 22, 1986! Yes, that means that Traci just celebrated her 25th year with USCF. For a quarter of a century Traci has been providing essential USCF services to our mem- bers, affiliates and organizers. She processes memberships, mailing labels, changes of address, our mailing lists for Chess Life and Chess Life for Kids, and much more. Over the years Traci has often been our Employee of the Month and now we are proud to have her in the Spotlight. With Traci’s knowledge, experience and her energy we surely hope that she will continue to be a part of the USCF team for at least another 25 years!
National Chess Day 2011
If you had fun last year, get ready for National Chess Day 2011 on Saturday, October 8th, as per the pending Senate resolution for this year. In 2011, the USCF executive board will again offer a number of incentives to organizers and chess promoters to host events on the weekend of National Chess Day.
Be sure to plan ahead to take advantage of the following:
1. Any Rated Beginner Open that includes “National Chess Day” in it's tournament life announcement (TLA) title gets both a free TLA and free rating fees;
2. Any one-day event for October 8 which has “National Chess Day” in it’s TLA title gets a free TLA;
3. Any two-three day event held over a period which encom- passes October 8, which has “National Chess Day” in it’s TLA title, will get a free TLA and free rating fees;
4. Please note the July 10 deadline for organizers to submit their TLA for the September 2011 Chess Life. If you have any questions about composing your TLA, contact Joan Dubois at
tla@uschess.org.
Organizers will once again be encouraged to submit articles and photographs for possible publication for Chess Life and Chess Life Online. For inspiration, browse through some of last year’s offerings on Chess Life Online on National Chess Day from the origins of National Chess Day to events in Alabama to Arizona, Memphis to Chicago and a big Grand Prix event in Arlington, the Continental Class.
Did You Know? “In Passing”
We offer the “In Passing” area of our website at
main.uschess.org/content/view/8047/35/ to recognize and remember our members who have died. If you know of a member who is deceased please feel free to notify Joan DuBois,
jdubois@uschess.org, and if possible, include an obituary and a photograph (.jpg or .tif format). If we do not receive an obituary we will list their name and state.
10 Chess Life — July 2011
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Find details on an exciting line-up of national events set for this summer in Orlando, the U.S. Open (July 30- August 7) and the Trophies Plus U.S. Girls Junior Open (July 30-August 2). Also check the Denker homepage,
denkerchess.com/ (also July 30-August 2) for details on the historic high school invitational and a new event, the 2011 Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions, which also has its own homepage:
www.barberchess.com/joomla/.
Besides the Open itself, some of the events that will take place at the Hyatt Regency Orlando include a FIDE Arbiter Seminar from July 30-August 1 (register by mail only; USCF, P.O. Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557, ATTN: Cody Stewart) and a blitz tournament on August 6 at noon.
Summer Chess in Orlando
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