April 2022 - Unit559board

May unit games
by Morris Jones 22 Apr '22

22 Apr '22

First, a reminder about this email list server: I've updated the list members to include Richard. Welcome (back) to the board! When writing to the board, if you address your email "To: *unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com*" it will be forwarded to all of the board members. Replies will also be sent to the list, and forwarded to all board members. Be careful about replies -- if you intend for a message to go only to the original author, be sure that "unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com" is not in the To: or Cc: lists. My personal calendar only has May 1 as a Unit Game date. I also see that May 8 is Mother's Day. But I wanted to point out that May 8 is also within the week of the Western Conference STaC. So we might find it worthwhile to hold the May games on May 8 and 23 rather than May 1 and 15. How does it balance out for you? Best regards from Barcelona, Mojo (home Saturday night) -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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Website
by Roy Wilson 19 Apr '22

19 Apr '22

First, an apology to Karmen for inadvertently leaving her name off of the list of board members on our website, and second, thank you, Lisa, for catching it. Now…. Have I left anyone else off the list? I’ve played bridge more than half my life. The lesser half I wasted.

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Draft: Unit 559 Pasadena San Gabriel
by Morris Jones 05 Apr '22

05 Apr '22

OK, let's go with this: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I happy to see March behind me this year. I spent 10 days at the Reno NABC -- some of it playing, some of it "working." I gave a talk at the teacher's breakfast about teaching online, and even took along my equipment to teach some of my classes from the hotel room. Bridge wasn't great for me, and I managed to catch COVID. (I can't help but think I caught it in the casino where the guests were uncurated and not the playing area where everyone had their wrist bands.) Rather than bring it home with me, I extended my stay at the Eldorado, and spent five days not leaving the room and eating drop-off room service. My symptoms included a day of a mild fever, and a runny nose that's still dragging on a bit. Nevertheless, eleven days after testing positive, I'm again testing negative, and I'm on my way to work a Sectional at Sea on the Regent Seven Seas Splendor, traveling from Miami to Barcelona. I have the weirdest luck and timing. At the March 13 Unit Game we held elections for unit board members. Long time member Peter Szecsi is leaving the board, and Richard Halverstadt is returning to fill his seat. Our officers remain *Jan Wickersham* as President, I'm being relieved as Vice President by *Lisa Walker*, with Treasurer *Miriam Harrington* and Secretary *Linda Stuart*. Winners at the March 13 game were *Peter Szecsi* and *Amr Elghamry* N/S, *Arthur and Dominique Moore* E/W. The March 27 game is one I had to miss, not wanting to bring my COVID infection into the bridge club. We did have two players who tested positive shortly after playing on March 27. Winners at the March 27 Royal STaC game were *Patrick Cardulo* and *Carolyn Cohen* N/S, and *Arthur and Dominique Moore* E/W. I haven't yet seen updates for STaC-wide awards, but there was certainly a rainbow of point colors available for that game! We have unit games scheduled for Sundays at 12:30 on April 10 and April 24. Reservations are required! Contact Miriam Harrington at (626) 232-0558. Don't forget that proof of full vaccination is required, and honestly I think it'd be a good idea to wear a mask during the game. Don't go through what I had to go through! Rank changes for this month: New Club Master *Nina Huang*, and new Bronze Life Master *Michael Lo*. -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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Draft: Unit 559 Pasadena San Gabriel
by Morris Jones 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

Well here I am in an airport lounge writing a column for the Bridge News. We're all running behind. I know that my email reflector for unit559board is out of date, and so is my own memory of what the changes were. So I'm not catching all of the new board members. Please review my draft column below, help me out with who left and who joined the board, and at some point this week I'll also update the email reflector so the new members are in the list, and old ones taken off. It's been a weird and crazy month for me. Lew I need help from the unit board, I'll get this to you as soon as I can. Best regards, Mojo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I happy to see March behind me this year. I spent 10 days at the Reno NABC -- some of it playing, some of it "working." I gave a talk at the teacher's breakfast about teaching online, and even took along my equipment to teach some of my classes from the hotel room. Bridge wasn't great for me, and I managed to catch COVID. Rather than bring it home with me, I extended my stay at the Eldorado, and spent five days not leaving the room and eating drop-off room service. My symptoms included a day of a mild fever, and a runny nose that's still dragging on a bit. Nevertheless, eleven days after testing positive, I'm again testing negative, and I'm on my way to work a Sectional at Sea on the Regent Seven Seas Splendor, traveling from Miami to Barcelona. I have the weirdest luck and timing. At the March 13 Unit Game we held elections for unit board members. Our thanks to /(who?) /and /(who?)/ who are departing the board, and welcome to /(who?)/ and /(who?)/ who have volunteered to serve for the next two years. Our officers remain *Jan Wickersham* as President, I'm being relieved as Vice President by *Lisa Walker*, with Treasurer *Miriam Harrington* and Secretary *Linda Stuart*. Winners at the March 13 game were *Peter Szecsi* and *Amr Elghamry* N/S, *Arthur and Dominique Moore* E/W. The March 27 game is one I had to miss, not wanting to bring my COVID infection into the bridge club. We did have two players who tested positive shortly after playing on March 27. Winners at the March 27 Royal STaC game were *Patrick Cardulo* and *Carolyn Cohen* N/S, and *Arthur and Dominique Moore* E/W. I haven't yet seen updates for STaC-wide awards, but there was certainly a rainbow of point colors available for that game! We have unit games scheduled for Sundays at 12:30 on April 10 and April 24. Reservations are required! Contact Miriam Harrington at (626) 232-0558. Don't forget that proof of full vaccination is required, and honestly I think it'd be a good idea to wear a mask during the game. Don't go through what I had to go through! Rank changes for this month: New Club Master *Nina Huang*, and new Bronze Life Master *Michael Lo*. -- Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com> Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org> Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>

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