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The National Board meeting has just concluded in
Washington, D. C. and the following are some highlights from this meeting.
A more detailed report will follow later.
I presented a motion to the board requesting an additional Regional
tournament in District 9. This tournament would be rotated between
Destin/Ft. Walton, Orlando, Sarasota, and Palm Beach county. My arguments
were that we need an additional tournament or two because of our large
number of ACBL members, that Districts that have fewer members have
proportionately more tournaments, and District 9 has demonstrated its
success in hosting a tournament. This was defeated by the board. A
Tournament Allocation Committee will be formed some time in the future to
address the issue of the equitable allocation of tournaments to Districts.
I also co-sponsored a motion to rescind the required One No Trump
announcement. The majority of the board felt that this requirement had
been in place too short a time to determine its effectiveness and this was
also defeated.
A two year training program has been put into motion to update Tournament
Director training.
A motion was made to allow Clubs the option of allowing their members to
refer to their convention card during the bidding process. This was
deferred to a later meeting. A committee will be formed to address more
relaxed rules
at Club games.
Now is the time to make your Reservations for the next NABC in Phoenix
from November 28 thru December 8.
Please contact me if you have any questions or opinions that you wish to
share:
Shirley Seals
Shirley Seals
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