June 2023 - Unit559board

Revision 3 DRAFT Bridge News Column
by Morris Jones 30 Jun '23

30 Jun '23

Making full revisions with the knowledge that Tom probably hasn't formatted the column yet, and can paste the latest. Here's the latest: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pasadena San Gabriel Unit The unit was saddened this past month by the death of our long time friend, supporter, and great bridge player, Peter Szesci. Peter was a constant presence and supporter of the unit. He spent many years on the unit board, including, I think, every officer position. In Peter's honor, the Over-Under game will be known as the Peter Szesci Memorial Over-Under game. I'll never forget the time Peter called me on the phone before an earlier Over-Under game years ago. "Hello Morris? This is Peter Szesci. Do you know me?" Everyone knew Peter. He was calling to ask if I would play as a mentor in the game, and of course I did. If you're a non-Life Master, under 500 masterpoints, you can join us at the *Peter Szesci Memorial Over-Under game* this month, on Sunday, July 23, at the Arcadia Bridge Center. *Reservations are required!* You can register online by visiting the web site for the Pasadena Bridge Club, and click on the Over/Under game link near the top of the page. You can also email to mojo(a)pasadenabridgeclub.com or phone (626) 247-4457. (Here's the registration link: https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/over_under_game ) *Reservations must be received by July 18.* At 12:30, all partnerships will be formed by a random draw, and you'll have some time to meet your mentor or mentee. Junior players are encouraged to bring a favorite convention card, if they have one. All of the mentor players will play your card. (This isn't the time to learn a new convention!) The game will begin shortly after, probably about 12:50. The Over-Under game will be our only unit game this month. Hopefully you'll join us in Long Beach at the regional! The June games were well attended, winners were: * June 4: o N/S Cathy Martin, Diana Borgatti o E/W Amr Elghamry, Dominique Moore * June 18: o N/S Mike Marcucci, Miriam Harrington o E/W Dan Botoaca, Amr Elghamry We have a lot of rank changes this month, reflecting lots of new ACBL members in the unit, and students graduating from classes. Welcome to: * Junior Master o Robert Jennings o Louise Wannier * Sectional Master o Jon Fuhrman o Susan Kane * Regional Master o Toban * And special congratulations to new Life Master o Wayne Fang For August, our unit games will be held on: * August 6, 12:30 PM, Pasadena Bridge Club * August 20, 12:30 PM, Arcadia Bridge Center -- build message Morris "Mojo" Jones mojo(a)PasadenaBridgeClub.com https://PasadenaBridgeClub.com <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> Pasadena Bridge Club <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com>

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Revision 2 DRAFT Bridge News Column
by Morris Jones 30 Jun '23

30 Jun '23

Please review for corrections and omissions! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pasadena San Gabriel Unit The unit was saddened this past month by the death of our long time friend, supporter, and great bridge player, Peter Szesci. Peter was a constant presence and supporter of the unit. He spent many years on the unit board, including, I think, every officer position. In Peter's honor, the Over-Under game will be known as the Peter Szesci Over-Under game. I'll never forget the time Peter called me on the phone before an earlier Over-Under game years ago. "Hello Morris? This is Peter Szesci. Do you know me?" Everyone knew Peter. He was calling to ask if I would play as a mentor in the game, and of course I did. If you're a non-Life Master, under 500 masterpoints, you can join us at the *Peter Szesci Memorial Over-Under game* this month, on Sunday, July 23, at the Arcadia Bridge Center. *Reservations are required!* You can register online by visiting the web site for the Pasadena Bridge Club, and click on the Over/Under game link near the top of the page. You can also email to mojo(a)pasadenabridgeclub.com or phone (626) 247-4457. (Here's the registration link: https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/over_under_game ) *Reservations must be received by July 18.* At 12:30, all partnerships will be formed by a random draw, and you'll have some time to meet your mentor or mentee. Junior players are encouraged to bring a favorite convention card, if they have one. All of the mentor players will play your card. (This isn't the time to learn a new convention!) The game will begin shortly after, probably about 12:50. The Over-Under game will be our only unit game this month. Hopefully you'll join us in Long Beach at the regional! The June games were well attended, winners were: * June 4: o N/S Cathy Martin, Diana Borgatti o E/W Amr Elghamry, Dominique Moore * June 18: o N/S Mike Marcucci, Miriam Harrington o E/W Dan Botoaca, Amr Elghamry We have a lot of rank changes this month, reflecting lots of new ACBL members in the unit, and students graduating from classes. Welcome to: * Junior Master o Robert Jennings o Louise Wannier * Sectional Master o Jon Fuhrman o Susan Kane * Regional Master o Toban * And special congratulations to new Life Master o Wayne Fang -- build message Morris "Mojo" Jones mojo(a)PasadenaBridgeClub.com https://PasadenaBridgeClub.com <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> Pasadena Bridge Club <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com>

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DRAFT Bridge News Column
by Morris Jones 30 Jun '23

30 Jun '23

Please review for corrections and omissions! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pasadena San Gabriel Unit The unit was saddened this past month by the death of our long time friend, supporter, and great bridge player, Peter Szesci. Peter was a constant presence and supporter of the unit. He spent many years on the unit board, including, I think, every officer position. In Peter's honor, the Over-Under game will be known as the Peter Szesci Over-Under game. I'll never forget the time Peter called me on the phone before an earlier Over-Under game years ago. "Hello Morris? This is Peter Szesci. Do you know me?" Everyone knew Peter. He was calling to ask if I would play as a mentor in the game, and of course I did. If you're a non-Life Master, under 500 masterpoints, you can join us at the *Peter Szesci Memorial Over-Under game* this month, on Sunday, July 23, at the Arcadia Bridge Center. *Reservations are required!* You can register online by visiting the web site for the Pasadena Bridge Club, and click on the Over/Under game link near the top of the page. You can also email to mojo(a)pasadenabridgeclub.com or phone (626) 247-4457. (Here's the registration link: https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/contact/over_under_game ) At 12:30, all partnerships will be formed by a random draw, and you'll have some time to meet your mentor or mentee. Junior players are encouraged to bring a favorite convention card, if they have one. All of the mentor players will play your card. (This isn't the time to learn a new convention!) The game will begin shortly after, probably about 12:50. The Over-Under game will be our only unit game this month. Hopefully you'll join us in Long Beach at the regional! The June games were well attended, winners were: * June 4: o N/S Cathy Martin, Diana Borgatti o E/W Amr Elghamry, Dominique Moore * June 18: o N/S Mike Marcucci, Miriam Harrington o E/W Dan Botoaca, Amr Elghamry We have a lot of rank changes this month, reflecting lots of new ACBL members in the unit, and students graduating from classes. Welcome to: * Junior Master o Robert Jennings o Louise Wannier * Sectional Master o Jon Fuhrman o Susan Kane * Regional Master o Toban * And special congratulations to new Life Master o Wayne Fang -- build message Morris "Mojo" Jones mojo(a)PasadenaBridgeClub.com https://PasadenaBridgeClub.com <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> Pasadena Bridge Club <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com>

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By Laws PDF Version
by Lisa Walker 25 Jun '23

25 Jun '23

Dear Board, {lease review and send comments along. We hope to pass these as a Board at our August meeting and present to membership for voting at the Annual meeting. Many thanks for your service. Lisa

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Over List
by Richard Halverstadt 19 Jun '23

19 Jun '23

Attached is the list of Over candidates. Please use this form to determine who you would like to participate in the Over/Under game as an Over player. All Board members have 20 votes each to select from this list. You can vote as many times as you like for any candidate but you can use no more than 20 votes altogether. If you prefer to call me about your selection, the number is 818-370-0977. Or, you can send me your form via email to richardhalverstadt(a)sbcglobal.net. Otherwise, you can tell me about your votes at tonight's meeting. After we have all voted, I will merge the results to come up with a prioritized list of Over candidates. Thanks Richard

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Zoom board meeting invitation
by Morris Jones 19 Jun '23

19 Jun '23

Morris "Mojo" Jones is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Unit 559 Board Time: Jun 19, 2023 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87811052334?pwd=a1doQWt4ck5WR1FuM0xpNkhnQWZLZz09 Meeting ID: 878 1105 2334 Passcode: 797264 -- build message Morris "Mojo" Jones mojo(a)PasadenaBridgeClub.com https://PasadenaBridgeClub.com <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> Pasadena Bridge Club <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com>

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Re: Over List
by K. A. Cresto 19 Jun '23

19 Jun '23

On June 19, 2023, at 4:48 PM, Lisa Walker <lisawalkerlac(a)gmail.com> wrote: 7. I just reminded Mojo about the zoom link Sent from my iPhone On Jun 19, 2023, at 4:16 PM, K. A. Cresto <mysuki(a)att.net> wrote: @font-face { font-family: Calibri; } What time is the meeting? On June 19, 2023, at 3:58 PM, Richard Halverstadt <richardhalverstadt(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: Attached is the list of Over candidates. Please use this form to determine who you would like to participate in the Over/Under game as an Over player. All Board members have 20 votes each to select from this list. You can vote as many times as you like for any candidate but you can use no more than 20 votes altogether. If you prefer to call me about your selection, the number is 818-370-0977. Or, you can send me your form via email to richardhalverstadt(a)sbcglobal.net. Otherwise, you can tell me about your votes at tonight's meeting. After we have all voted, I will merge the results to come up with a prioritized list of Over candidates. Thanks Richard _______________________________________________ Unit559board mailing list -- unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com To unsubscribe send an email to unit559board-leave(a)bridgemojo.com

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Re: Over List
by K. A. Cresto 19 Jun '23

19 Jun '23

What time is the meeting? On June 19, 2023, at 3:58 PM, Richard Halverstadt <richardhalverstadt(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: Attached is the list of Over candidates. Please use this form to determine who you would like to participate in the Over/Under game as an Over player. All Board members have 20 votes each to select from this list. You can vote as many times as you like for any candidate but you can use no more than 20 votes altogether. If you prefer to call me about your selection, the number is 818-370-0977. Or, you can send me your form via email to richardhalverstadt(a)sbcglobal.net. Otherwise, you can tell me about your votes at tonight's meeting. After we have all voted, I will merge the results to come up with a prioritized list of Over candidates. Thanks Richard

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Board Meeting
by Lisa Walker 19 Jun '23

19 Jun '23

Good morning Board, We would like to have a Board meeting this Monday June 19th at 7 PM to discuss and vote on Overs for the Over/Under game in July. We do not have a Unit game in July and the first Monday is a holiday weekend so this would be a good time to get this done. Please let me know if you are available and I will send out an agenda on Friday. This will be a short meeting but important to get this done. Linda, can you send me minutes and Miriam, can you give either Richard or Roy a copy of the financials on Sunday so they can be sent to all the Board before the meeting. Many thanks to each of you for your service. Lisa

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Peter Szecsi
by Roy Wilson 19 Jun '23

19 Jun '23

Peter passed away on Tuesday. I would like to suggest that we find a way to remember him, as he was active in our unit and in the district for over 40 years. I would also like to request that the board authorize Mojo to send a district-wide notice of his passing. Peter and I were partners for about 22 years, and he was my mentor…. I will miss him! Roy I’ve played bridge more than half my life. The lesser half I wasted.

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