SDCA Special Meeting is being called for March 3rd, 2024 to discuss amending the 2023 vote to “change the time controls for all SDCA sponsored events – other than the Scholastic tournaments – to Game 90 / increment 30 starting in 2024” to be more restrictive to Titled SDCA sponsored events that would fall in the Classical time control category. The meeting will take place online, if you didn’t receive an email and are an SDCA member, you can send info@sdchess.org a message and I can send you a link.
All SDCA members have the ability to vote. You can become a member by filling out this Google Form: https://forms.gle/C9vBcvnbRtk27Wc49 and paying your dues on paypal to treasurer@sdchess.org or mailing a check to Jill Likens, PO Box 411, Watertown, SD 57201. After filling out the above Google Form, it would be helpful if in the paypal note/message, you put your first and last name and if you are doing a family membership, then any names of your family members to be included.
Below is the article in the SDCA bylaws for figuring out your cost.
ARTICLE IV – Dues Section 1. There are hereby established dues for membership in the South Dakota Chess Association. Section 2. Dues for all members shall conform to the following schedules: Junior members — those who have not reached their twentieth birthday –shall be assessed ten dollars ($10) per year. Regular members — those who have reached their twentieth birthday — shall be assessed fifteen dollars ($15) per year. Family memberships — for those who have more than one membership per household shall be assessed twenty dollars ($20) per year for all memberships in that household. All members shall receive and maintain a membership card which shall indicate the expiration date of the current Association membership. A request for a replacement card or missing membership card shall be accompanied by a fee of one dollar. All memberships will expire on December 31 of each year. Memberships paid for after the Closed will be assessed at one half the normal cost.