Stephen Fowler de Witt has raised three questions apropos the running of Mind Sports South Africa.
In order to create a greater awareness among gamers, the questions are answered here,
Stephen Fowler de Witt's questions are in red, and MSSA's answers in red.
Question 1: How many members is currently affiliated with MSSA? From that total amount of members. How many actually participate in E-sports? (I would like to know the number because the MSSA has told me before that we can join and change it from within. For us to have a majority vote, we would need the majority number of members. So it is important that this number is accurate).
Answer:
To fully understand the way in which MSSA operates, it is important to understand the structure of MSSA.
Registered players are affiliated to clubs. Clubs are then affiliated to MSSA.
It is the club that is the member of MSSA.
In order to operate a club, a club must have at least three Registered Players to be a legal entity. Some clubs affiliated to MSSA have over 200 registered players.
In total, there are 53 clubs affiliated to MSSA throughout South Africa.
Since MSSA is a democratic institution, it is important to note that all decisions made at every level are done through voting, and the majority decision always holds sway.
Question 2: Where is the current president of the MSSA? We never hear from him. Ever. Would like to communicate with him as well.
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| Simphiwe Maphumulo |
Simphiwe has served with distinction during his term of office and has had to deal with many issues in his portfolio.
It is not true that gamers have not heard from him. All press releases issued are first approved by the President before being issued by MSSA.
For people to contact the President, they are welcome to do so by writing to MSSA's office.
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| Maryke Kennard receiving her Protea Colours from Ryan Boyes |
Question 3: Who currently runs the E-sport sector within the MSSA? Would we be able to replace him once we all join?
The current Chairman of the eSports Board of Control is Ryan Boyes.
As stated many times previously, all positions are voted upon at the Annual General Meeting every December.
Positions on the Management Board are all voluntary (in other words, there is no pay) and are for a period of three years.
The positions available at the 2016 Annual General Meeting may be found on http://esportscommentator.blogspot.co.za/2016/03/quite-few-posts-up-for-election-at.html
As you will no doubt notice, MSSA has publicised the positions since March 2016 so that everybody is aware of such.
Any full-paid-up Registered Player is able to stand for any position as long as a member club nominates such player, and another member club seconds such nomination.
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