May 2025 - Unit559board

Zoom link for Unit 550 Board meeting
by Susan Kane 07 Jul '25

07 Jul '25

Dear Unit 550 Board Members, The link for your monthly board meetings is pasted below. I set it up as a recurring meeting, so you can use the same link for every meeting and can actually use it anytime you want (not just on the designated meeting dates). Whoever logs on first will be the host for that session unless you want to assign it to someone else during the session. I set the AI Companion (for notetaking) to start automatically. I did not set it up to automatically record the session but I can do that if you want. Let me know if you have any questions. I suggest pasting the link into your calendar as part of your appointment information for each meeting. I can send a calendar invitation for a recurring meeting, including the link, to anyone who provides me with an individual email address. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84990915539?pwd=yu0gmXwD9P4ZV6Vagtxcab6ppg9ua1.1 Meeting ID: 849 9091 5539 Passcode: 120659 Susan

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Fwd: Meeting Summary for Unit 559 Board Meeting
by Lisa Walker 07 Jul '25

07 Jul '25

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Sectional
by Lisa Walker 30 May '25

30 May '25

Dear Board, I have bad news about our sectional. Our application was denied because Orange County is having one the same day and they refused to approve us even though we are 60 miles apart. Our only option is to appeal to Orange County and get them to approve us. Does anyone know anyone there we could talk to? I can make the phone call. I think it’s pretty petty of them not to approve us since we applied first and approved them! We just didn’t get the district approvals before them. We can look at other dates or hold off until next year. Lisa

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Re: Sectional
by Kim Ebner 28 May '25

28 May '25

That’s too bad! My opinion is that by the time we seek approval, it doesn’t leave much time for planning and execution, I think it’s probably better to postpone or hold off until next year. Kim On Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 8:19 AM, Lisa Walker <lisawalkerlac(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dear Board, I have bad news about our sectional. Our application was denied because Orange County is having one the same day and they refused to approve us even though we are 60 miles apart. Our only option is to appeal to Orange County and get them to approve us. Does anyone know anyone there we could talk to? I can make the phone call. I think it’s pretty petty of them not to approve us since we applied first and approved them! We just didn’t get the district approvals before them. We can look at other dates or hold off until next year. Lisa _______________________________________________ Unit559board mailing list -- unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com To unsubscribe send an email to unit559board-leave(a)bridgemojo.com

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draft column?
by Morris Jones 14 May '25

14 May '25

I sent a draft column to the list, along with a large picture attachment. I can't tell if it was distributed to the list or not. Can anyone confirm? Mojo -- 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: DRAFT Unit 559 column Bridge News
by Liza Billington 14 May '25

14 May '25

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Re: DRAFT Unit 559 column Bridge News
by Jon Fuhrman 14 May '25

14 May '25

Was this the column you were worried about. Obviously, I got it. Jon From: Morris Jones <mojo(a)pasadenabridgeclub.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 8:36 AM To: Unit 559 Board <unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com>; Tom Lill <thomasmlill8(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Unit559board] DRAFT Unit 559 column Bridge News Pasadena San Gabriel Unit Something remarkable happened in April. On April 16 the ACBL held their second charity game of the year. In these games, clubs that participate around North America all play the same hands. The ACBL provides an expert analysis of each hand after the game. The players and clubs pay an extra fee that goes to benefit ACBL charities. Top ranked percentage scores ACBL-wide and in each district get a share of a large masterpoint pool. The top winner in each district earns 10 (ten) full black masterpoints! The next four positions get a hefty amount as well. It turns out that our club was the only one in the district that ran the April charity pairs! Congratulations to John Barrow and Karen Arase who scored a cool 10 masterpoints for that game! Peter Jager and Andrew Rottenbacher picked up 7.5! Moral of the story: run the game, and play in the game. You never know what might happen. :) Unit games are held on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of most months at the Pasadena Bridge Club. Full game results are available on the results page for the Pasadena Bridge Club. Visit https://pasadenabridgeclub.com click on Game Results, then ACBL Live for Clubs. To reserve your seat in a Unit Game, contact Miriam Harrington, (626) 232-0558, or miatpf(a)aol.com<mailto:miatpf@aol.com>. Our unit game on April 20 was renamed in honor of Dan Lubesnik, a long time bridge player and familiar face at the clubs and tournaments. Dan was in hospice care and passed away on the day of our game. Dan played with Thompson Jin in the North American Pairs district final last October and qualified to advance to the finals in Flight B. Here are Thompson and Dan from that day. -- Morris "Mojo" Jones mojo(a)PasadenaBridgeClub.com<mailto:mojo@PasadenaBridgeClub.com> https://PasadenaBridgeClub.com<https://pasadenabridgeclub.com> [Pasadena Bridge Club]<https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/>

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Re: DRAFT Unit 559 column Bridge News
by Gloria M Rommel 14 May '25

14 May '25

I see the photo of Dan on this email, spoke too soon! Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: Morris Jones <mojo(a)pasadenabridgeclub.com> Date: 5/14/25 8:36 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Unit 559 Board <unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com>, Tom Lill <thomasmlill8(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Unit559board] DRAFT Unit 559 column Bridge News Pasadena San Gabriel Unit Something remarkable happened in April. On April 16 the ACBL held their second charity game of the year. In these games, clubs that participate around North America all play the same hands. The ACBL provides an expert analysis of each hand after the game. The players and clubs pay an extra fee that goes to benefit ACBL charities. Top ranked percentage scores ACBL-wide and in each district get a share of a large masterpoint pool. The top winner in each district earns 10 (ten) full black masterpoints! The next four positions get a hefty amount as well. It turns out that our club was the only one in the district that ran the April charity pairs! Congratulations to John Barrow and Karen Arase who scored a cool 10 masterpoints for that game! Peter Jager and Andrew Rottenbacher picked up 7.5! Moral of the story: run the game, and play in the game. You never know what might happen. :) Unit games are held on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of most months at the Pasadena Bridge Club. Full game results are available on the results page for the Pasadena Bridge Club. Visit https://pasadenabridgeclub.com<https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/> click on Game Results, then ACBL Live for Clubs. To reserve your seat in a Unit Game, contact Miriam Harrington, (626) 232-0558, or miatpf(a)aol.com<mailto:miatpf@aol.com>. Our unit game on April 20 was renamed in honor of Dan Lubesnik, a long time bridge player and familiar face at the clubs and tournaments. Dan was in hospice care and passed away on the day of our game. Dan played with Thompson Jin in the North American Pairs district final last October and qualified to advance to the finals in Flight B. Here are Thompson and Dan from that day. -- Morris "Mojo" Jones mojo(a)PasadenaBridgeClub.com<mailto:mojo@PasadenaBridgeClub.com> https://PasadenaBridgeClub.com<https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/> [Pasadena Bridge Club]<https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/>

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Re: draft column?
by Gloria M Rommel 14 May '25

14 May '25

I don't see anything. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: Morris Jones <mojo(a)pasadenabridgeclub.com> Date: 5/14/25 8:42 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Unit 559 Board <unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com>, Tom Lill <thomasmlill8(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Unit559board] draft column? I sent a draft column to the list, along with a large picture attachment. I can't tell if it was distributed to the list or not. Can anyone confirm? Mojo -- Morris "Mojo" Jones mojo(a)PasadenaBridgeClub.com<mailto:mojo@PasadenaBridgeClub.com> https://PasadenaBridgeClub.com<https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/> [Pasadena Bridge Club]<https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/>

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Fwd: Unit 559 Balance
by Lisa Walker 05 May '25

05 May '25

Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Miriam Harrington <miratpf(a)aol.com> > Date: May 5, 2025 at 11:57:45 AM PDT > To: Lisa Walker <lisawalkerlac(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Unit 559 Balance > > >

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