AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE
6575 Windchase Blvd. Horn Lake, MS 38637-1523 Phone:662-253-3100
Claire Jones
District 18 Director
(901) 332-5586
2708 Lakeview Ave FAX: (901) 398-7754
Regina, SK. S4S 1G3
Canada
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Email: stats@accesscomm.ca
ACBL Board Meeting, Louisville
May 10-20, 2011
Pre: National Board of Directors Meeting
Before discussing the upcoming Board meeting motions I have to mention an exciting happening in our District. This year the Grand National Teams competition which selects the District 18 representatives will be held on the internet. For years District 18 players have suffered the high costs of traveling to one site for the team trials. Now you can have a site in your own area. The Conditions of Contest are posted on the www.wasumi.org web site. If you are planning on participating contact either Marie Jolley or your State & Provincial representatives for full information.
There is a full agenda for Louisville with many motions that dealing with our corporate structure. As always I am asking for your input on the motions that deal with bridge. Feel free to send your thoughts on the motions I have copied below. Knowing your feelings helps me make more informed votes.
May all your finesses be successful,
Claire
District 18 BoD
(306) 584-3516
Louisville Motions
Item 111-20: Diamond Life Master
Moved that:
For the rank of Diamond Life Master and above, the Black or Silver
masterpoint requirements are removed.
The silver and black point requirements for obtaining Lifemaster are also required for Diamond Lifemasters. The mover of this motion believes players that have contributed to the League and have accumulated over 5000 masterpoints should be recognised even though they may not play in clubs or at Sectionals. There are currently 12 players with 5000+ MP's who are not recognised as Diamond Lifemasters.
Item 111-32: Swiss Team Conditions of Contest
Moved that:
7. The time allotted for play is seven minutes per board plus two
minutes of administrative time per match. Time clocks (when available)
shall be set to this maximum time. The time for play shall begin only
after all matches have been made and participants have been given a
short but adequate time (two minutes) to be seated. An announcement
should be made when two minutes remain on the clock. No new boards may
be started after this announcement, but any board already in play should
be completed. All match results must be promptly reported by the winning
team (both teams in the case of a tie).
Our present standard for play is 7.5 minutes per board. The mover of this motion hopes that this change would shorten the average time of a Swiss session by 10-15 minutes.
Item 111-110: Robot Points
Moved that:
ACBL masterpoints shall not be awarded in any game that includes one or
more robots as participants.
Current regulations allow masterpoints to be awarded as if the event were an individual event. The mover of this motion believes it is not valid to award points if all participants are not human.