December 2010 - 9

From the CEO
The American Contract
Bridge League
President
Richard DeMartino
Chair, Board of Directors
Jerry Fleming
Chief Executive Officer
Jay A. Baum
ACBL Counsel
Peter Rank
Chair, Board of Governors
Mike Kovacich

Board of Directors
District 1 * George Retek
District 2 * Paul Janicki
District 3 * Joan Levy Gerard
District 4 * Craig Robinson
District 5 * Sharon Fairchild
District 6 * Nadine K. Wood
District 7 * Bob Heller
District 8 * Georgia Heth
District 9 * Shirley Seals
District 10 * Bill Cook Jr.
District 11 * A. Beth Reid
District 12 * William Arlinghaus
District 13 * Suzi Subeck
District 14 * Sharon Anderson
District 15 * Phyllis Harlan
District 16 * Dan E. Morse
District 17 * Jerry Fleming
District 18 * Claire Jones
District 19 * Donald Mamula
District 20 * Jeffrey Taylor
District 21 * Bruce Blakely
District 22 * Ken Monzingo
District 23 * Rand Pinsky
District 24 * Alvin Levy
District 25 * Richard DeMartino
To contact your district director,
address your e-mail to
district#director@acbl.org.
(Enter the district number
where you see #.)

A busy year
We are nearing the end of 2010, a year in which the ACBL took some major
steps forward.
As most of you probably know from reading about it in this magazine, the
ACBL moved into a new building in the spring of this year. After about 20 years
in our home on Airways Boulevard in Memphis, we packed up and moved to
Windchase Boulevard in Horn Lake MS, about 10 miles to the south.
It took some time for us, with assistance from the ACBL Board of Directors,
to select the site of our Headquarters, but we are now in a modern building
with easy access from a major highway. Our staff members who live in Missis‑
sippi are enjoying the shorter commute.
There is more to our new location, however, than just a new building. As
we planned and retrofitted the existing building, we made room for a really
outstanding museum of bridge. It is a treasure, and I urge any members who
might be in the Memphis area to schedule a visit to HQ for a look at our new
fcility and outstanding exhibits. You won't be disappointed.

Tournament action
The year has also been good from a tournament standpoint, notably the ex‑
cellent NABCs in Reno and New Orleans, not to mention Orlando, which will
have concluded by the time you receive this issue.
Then there was the World Series Bridge Championships in Philadelphia in
October. I visited to play a bit and observe the cooperative effort among the
ACBL, the United States Bridge Federation and the World Bridge Federation. It
was a great chance to stimulate interest in bridge in North America.
As you can imagine, it is no easy task to organize and run a tournament with
so many events, but it was a good chance for us to show off our skill in assist‑
ing the locals and the WBF in making the tournament happen.
Congratulations to our ACBL players who earned medals in just about every
event on the schedule in Philadelphia (see page14).
Looking ahead, we have some exciting venues on the schedule for NABCs in
2011, two of which we have not visited in some time. I'm referring to Louisville
KY in the spring and Seattle WA in the fall. In between, the Summer NABC in
2011 is set for Toronto, one of the all‑time most popular locations for our big
tournaments.

Lots of bridge play
Once again, I am pleased to report that our total table count for 2010 will
exceed three million. That's regular clubs (including STaCs), online clubs, sec‑
tionals, regionals and NABCs combined.
If you have friends or acquaintances who like
bridge but haven't tried duplicate, make it your New
Year's resolution to let them in on the secret. They
Jay Baum, CEO
will thank you, and so will we.
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