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Board business in Chicago
The ACBL Board of Directors held meetings prior to
the Summer NABC in Chicago. The decisions accepted
are highlighted below:
Directors and Officers Insurance will be purchased
by the ACBL from Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co.
that covers all ACBL Units and Districts as well as the
ACBL. In addition to the District Directors and Officers
of the units and districts, committee members are covered
as well for any actions taken in that capacity. [nay: 5, 7, 8,
11, 13]
The 2011 Spring NABC will be held in Louisville KY
at the Galt House Hotel and Suites, March 10-20, 2011.
Recourse from a bridge appeal committee decision in
accordance with The Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge
may be allowed only as follows:
1. On a point of law to and at the discretion of the ACBL
Laws Commission.
2. On an allegation of bias of a committee member or
members to and at the discretion of the ACBL Appeals
and Charges Committee. The appellant is required to
present evidence that the bias was not known at the
time of the hearing.
3. The appeal must be filed within 30 days of the decision
of the bridge appeals committee that heard the issue.
The conditions of contest for the Grand National
Teams 2006/2007 and beyond are amended as follows:
1. Replacements and/or substitutions not addressed by the
district conditions of contest are resolved as follows:
Every team member must play at least half of the
boards of each match (exclusive of playoffs) in order to
continue participating on that team for the remainder
of the event.
2. A team member must play at least 40% of the boards
(excluding playoff boards) for as long as the team
survived to qualify for overall masterpoint awards and
other privileges. No contestant may play any match
after it has become mathematically impossible to play
at least 40% of the boards (excluding playoff boards)
played by the team.
3. An ineligible player is disqualified. The ineligible
player's team will be disqualified unless the
director-in-charge determines that teammates were
unaware of the deficiency of the disqualified member.
Any team reduced to fewer than three original
members because of disqualification of ineligible
players is disqualified.
4. Substitutes will be permitted at the discretion of the
DIC of the NABC. No more than two substitutes at a
time will be permitted on a team.
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5. A team reduced to three members for cause at the
site of the NABC will be permitted a replacement
at the discretion of the DIC. A replacement for the
final receives match awards only. In no case is a team
permitted to replace more than one player at the site of
the NABC.
Membership residency requirements were amended
so that if a member desires to belong to a unit in which he
does not reside, the member must specifically make this
request in writing (e-mail is permissible). If the unit is not
in the same district where he resides, both districts must
approve the membership in the other district.
A Goodwill Committee appointment is a lifetime
appointment as long as the member is a member in "good
standing." If a member loses good standing, the member's
Goodwill Committee appointment shall be suspended
until the member regains good standing. Expulsion from
the ACBL, suspension for one year or longer or probation
for two years or longer will result in permanent removal
from the Goodwill Committee.
The day at NABCs designated as Educational
Foundation Day/International Fund day will be
eliminated. [nay: 2, 3, 6, 14, 16, 25]
The ACBL web site, which lists the all-time top
masterpoint holders, shall include the names of the
deceased players interspersed within the numbered list. A
parenthesis will be used to denote the deceased and there
will be a note that the deceased list includes all members
whose masterpoints can be determined. [nay: 19]
The 2007 conditions of contest are approved with
the following change in knockout team play: Should any
head-to-head match end in a tie, a four-board playoff will
be played (two boards in compact KOs). [nay: 4]
The Senior Knockout Teams will start on the first
Friday rather than the first Sunday of the Fall NABC.
Pre-registration will close at 11 a.m. the day of the event.
The special conditions allowing a rescheduling of the final
are deleted. [nay: 3, 5, 7, 10, 14]
The Mini-Spingold captain or his designee must enter
the team prior to the evening session on the day preceding
the start of the event. A later entry may be accepted, at the
discretion of the DIC of the event if it is beneficial to the
event. The completed entry must include a listing of the
names and player numbers of all team members, one of
whom is designated captain.
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