Useful, thanks Alastair. Alan's original post suggests there is a perception that an AGM granted Matthew eligibility; I don't think this is the case, but it may have been a CS official going from memory.
It's clear that if there was such a motion, it couldn't have been the 2016 one (the AGM vote was on the motion "Chess Scotland Champion must be SCO registered"; as noted, this was about dual nationalities) or 2015.
The 2011 AGM afforded Matthew a transfer of nationality to Scottish - indeed that was the subject matter. At that point Matthew didn't have a nationality, or was about to relinquish it. A nationality is needed by FIDE to even process ratings, so would have been relatively urgent for him. But his eligibility (for International Selection or Championship) was not put to the membership, as far as I can tell. Open to correction, but I've not found it in any of the minutes. On the contrary, there are numerous instances of statements from some CS officials who evidently believed that the 'Scottish parent' criterion should be changed (in the context of Matthew) to 'grandparent' in order to give Matthew eligibility. Not all CS officials agreed of course - indeed the change to 'grandparent' was raised at a 2014 Council meeting, but voted against.
More generally, I hope Alastair you publish your thoughts on eligibility as I know you've looked into it in great detail!
It's clear that if there was such a motion, it couldn't have been the 2016 one (the AGM vote was on the motion "Chess Scotland Champion must be SCO registered"; as noted, this was about dual nationalities) or 2015.
The 2011 AGM afforded Matthew a transfer of nationality to Scottish - indeed that was the subject matter. At that point Matthew didn't have a nationality, or was about to relinquish it. A nationality is needed by FIDE to even process ratings, so would have been relatively urgent for him. But his eligibility (for International Selection or Championship) was not put to the membership, as far as I can tell. Open to correction, but I've not found it in any of the minutes. On the contrary, there are numerous instances of statements from some CS officials who evidently believed that the 'Scottish parent' criterion should be changed (in the context of Matthew) to 'grandparent' in order to give Matthew eligibility. Not all CS officials agreed of course - indeed the change to 'grandparent' was raised at a 2014 Council meeting, but voted against.
More generally, I hope Alastair you publish your thoughts on eligibility as I know you've looked into it in great detail!