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April 17, 2008

Dear ICA Board of Directors:

It has been my honor and privilege to serve these past three years as ICA President. I have far exceeded my original goal set back in April, 2005. At that time, my goal was simply to "save the ICA". In the course of doing that, however, I found a passion and momentum I had not expected. It has truly been a fun, exciting, rich and rewarding experience for me to be your President. I will be very sad to let go of the reigns, but I feel that I must and that it is best.

I plan to resign the ICA Presidency effective Sunday, April 20, 2008 (appropriately... Sunday is a day of rest), so that I can concentrate on other things that are also important to me and have been neglected for far too long. I still plan to continue to play chess and to support the ICA long into the future. I still love chess and the ICA just as much as ever. By taking this time now to concentrate on personal things, I feel I can serve the ICA better both in the short term and in the long term.

I leave the ICA much stronger financially than when I started, and I leave the ICA with the best Board of Directors it has ever had in my opinion. Jay Simonson has proven his leadership skill in the past, and I feel that he is ready to face the challenges of being ICA President again at this time.

I have enjoyed great personal and professional relationships with EACH of you on the Board. Thank you for your friendship and support. I look forward to seeing all the great and wonderful things you will no doubt do in the future. I will miss being part of the leadership process, but will be present as a regular member and will be very proud and supportive of the ICA going forward into the future. Every e-mail (there were many) I have sent to you about how much I appreciate each of you as friends and as Board Members has been sincere and from the heart. You guys were/are great!

I especially want to thank Jay Simonson and Barry Eacker for their support for me at this time in making this very difficult and personal decision to step down.

Sincerely,

Jeff Roland
President
Idaho Chess Association

April 20, 2008

Dear Jeff,

It is and has been an honor to serve with you as an officer of the Idaho Chess Association (ICA). You were the President when I played my first tournament game ever at the Idaho Closed in Y2K (2000). Several years have passed and three others have been President between then and when you were elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2007. You were a part of many of the positive, historic changes which have occurred in the ICA, including the ICA constitution which was passed in 2005. You continued to figure prominently in the support and assistance of the ICA even when you were not an officer.

Since your election in 2005, you have developed a great web page, commissioned the ICA logo, and championed the Tri-state (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming) match and the Ada County (ADACT) verses The Rest of The State (TROTS) web-server match, to name just a few of your accomplishments.

Each of us has our own challenges, personal goals, and needs in life, which sometimes receive less attention than they deserve, because of our service to the chess community and organization. Our Families are especially important, and, more often than we realize, they do not receive as much of our time as they should. I know that the foregoing situations and your desire to attend to them has led you to this very difficult decision.

I respectfully accept your resignation as President of the Idaho Chess Association.

In accordance with Sections 5 and 6 of the Bylaws of the Idaho Chess Association, I accept the office of the Presidency and the position of President of the Idaho Chess Association as of 20 April 2008.

Sincerely,

Jay Simonson
President
Idaho Chess Association