February 2020 - 30

ACBL Board of Directors - San Francisco Meeting
These are the highlights of actions taken by the ACBL Board of Directors
at meetings held prior to the Fall NABC in San Francisco.
ELECTIONS
Georgia Heth, District 8, ACBL
president for one year ending Dec. 31,
2020.
Kevin Lane, District 23, Executive Committee - Western Zone, for a
three-year term ending Dec. 31, 2022.
Claire Jones, District 18, Executive
Committee Alternate - Western Zone,
for a three-year term ending Dec. 31,
2022.
Carlos Muñoz, District 3, ACBL
401(k) trustee Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2020.
Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR and
Jackie Zayac, District 21, ACBL
Charity Foundation trustees though
Dec. 31, 2023.
APPOINTMENTS
2020 Honorary Member of the Year:
Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV.
2019 Aileen Osofsky Goodwill
Member of the Year: William Stine,
Rancho Mirage CA.
Fond farewells were given to Jay
Whipple, District 9 Director; Russ
Jones, District 10 Director; Bonnie
Bagley, District 17 Director; Merlin
Vilhauer, District 20 Director; and Al
Levy, District 24 Director.
DECISIONS
One or more transition task
force(s) will be established to recommend approaches to allow the successful transition of current Board noncore responsibilities and committee
functions from the Board to management and other bodies. The task force
will consist of BOD members, Board of
Governors members and management.
ACBL will provide the local NABC
committee $7500 to be used at their
discretion in lieu of the ACBL hosting a
volunteer appreciation dinner immediately prior to the tournament.
ACBL is not responsible for provid-

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ing child care nor soliciting child care
providers for NABCs.

19-August 4, 2025 and July 18- August
3, 2030.

The following events at the 2023
Fall NABC in Atlanta will be held at
10 a.m. and 3 p.m.: Super Senior Pairs,
0-10,000 Swiss, 0- 6,000 Mini-Blue
Ribbon, 0-10,000 Fast Pairs, Senior
Mixed Pairs, main-event regional
games and any event added to the Fall
NABC schedule in the future that either has an upper masterpoint limit or
is restricted to Seniors.

ACBL 401(k) trustees consist
of two persons elected at Fall Board
meetings for staggered four-year
terms, which start Jan. 1 following the
election. The ACBL executive director or their designee serves as a third
401(k) trustee.

Awards received consequent to
first- or second-place finishes ultimately vacated or relinquished are
stricken. Refer to ACBL Codification,
Chapter I-H, section 2 and Chapter
VIII-D.
The sponsor of an ACBL-sanctioned tournament must, prior to
submitting a schedule for approval or
publicizing a schedule, receive permission from management if an event does
not conform to practices in common
tournament usage. This requirement
applies in all situations, and specifically in situations where existing conditions or ACBL regulations appear to be
silent, ambiguous or even permissive.
An invitational club may participate and qualify players for the unit
level competition of the North American Pairs. Masterpoint awards for invitational flights are 50% red/50% black
and are equivalent to 80% of sectional
rating.
Revised Conditions of Contest
for the Vanderbilt KO, Spingold KO,
Soloway KO and bracketed teams were
adopted.
Philadelphia PA was approved for
the Summer 2025 and Summer
2030 North American Bridge
Championships. The NABCs will be
held at the Marriott Downtown July

Club Appreciation games currently
scheduled for the month of October
may be held through Nov. 15.
The BOD approved two members
being appointed for the 2020
Blackwood Award.
To be eligible to play in Senior
events, a player must be born prior
to Jan. 1, 1960. When the age limit
for participation in Senior events is
changed by action of the BOD, any
member who qualified as a Senior before the effective date of the age change
shall be grandfathered in.
The 2020 operating budget showing revenues over expenses of $192,250
is received.
The 2020 capital budget of
$90,500 is received.

The caption for the second-place
team in the Nail Life Master Pairs
(January, pg. 17) reversed the players' names. Left to right, they are
Igor Savchenko and Alex Perlin. We
apologize.

February 2020

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