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Corrected Pasadena bridge news column
by Morris Jones 07 Jun '24

07 Jun '24

Please review for errors and omissions! Oops, I got the rank changes wrong. These were last month's. Here's a correction ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pasadena San Gabriel Unit Things have been hopping at the Pasadena Bridge Club. The club is now open six days a week plus every other Sunday. The club is planning to close on July 2, 3, and 4, that's Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, during the Long Beach Regional. We'll have our regularly scheduled games on the other days. Unit Games are held every other Sunday, though in July, the game on the 7th will not be held so players can join the final day of events at the regional. Our July game will be on July 21 at 12:30. Please contact Miriam Harrington, (626) 232-0558 or miratpf(a)aol.com, or Mojo or Zachary at the bridge club to reserve your seat. (If you're already a unit game player, you can book your seat directly on RSVP Bridge as well.) With turnout being around 14 tables now, reservations become very important! The Pasadena Sectional is returning this year with four great pairs games on Saturday and Sunday, July 27 and 28. Space is very limited, and reservations are required! To reserve your seats for the sectional using RSVPBridge, you and your partner can join the tournament using this URL: https://www.rsvpbridge.com/join/PasadenaSectional2024 then sign up for specific events. Note that this is significantly easier when both partners have joined the group before signing up. Unit game winners for May: * May 5 o N/S Cathryn Martin, Diana Borgatti o E/W Robert Shore, Kevin Lane * May 19 o N/S Karen Arase, Gitta Earll o E/W Rae Murbach, Jerry Murbach Rank changes for May, congratulations to all! * Regional Master o Jonathan Fuhrman o Susan Kane * NABC Master o Michael J Connell o Robert S Jennings -- 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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Pasadena bridge news column
by Morris Jones 07 Jun '24

07 Jun '24

Please review for errors and omissions! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pasadena San Gabriel Unit Things have been hopping at the Pasadena Bridge Club. The club is now open six days a week plus every other Sunday. The club is planning to close on July 2, 3, and 4, that's Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, during the Long Beach Regional. We'll have our regularly scheduled games on the other days. Unit Games are held every other Sunday, though in July, the game on the 7th will not be held so players can join the final day of events at the regional. Our July game will be on July 21 at 12:30. Please contact Miriam Harrington, (626) 232-0558 or miratpf(a)aol.com, or Mojo or Zachary at the bridge club to reserve your seat. (If you're already a unit game player, you can book your seat directly on RSVP Bridge as well.) With turnout being around 14 tables now, reservations become very important! The Pasadena Sectional is returning this year with four great pairs games on Saturday and Sunday, July 27 and 28. Space is very limited, and reservations are required! To reserve your seats for the sectional using RSVPBridge, you and your partner can join the tournament using this URL: https://www.rsvpbridge.com/join/PasadenaSectional2024 then sign up for specific events. Note that this is significantly easier when both partners have joined the group before signing up. Unit game winners for May: * May 5 o N/S Cathryn Martin, Diana Borgatti o E/W Robert Shore, Kevin Lane * May 19 o N/S Karen Arase, Gitta Earll o E/W Rae Murbach, Jerry Murbach Rank changes for May, congratulations to all! * Regional Master o Raymond Boncato o Mariann Nolan * Life Master o Tim Lee o Teresa Thurman * Bronze Life Master o Mariann Nolan o Teresa Thurman -- 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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July Sectional
by Angela Peters 30 May '24

30 May '24

Hi all! Sherry and I have been trying to get vendors to donate refreshments for our Sectional but they require a written request on official letterhead that states our nonprofit status, with ID number, and the dates and times needed. Does anyone have official letterhead or is able to create one? I don’t have a computer or working printer. Sent from my iPhone

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for the sectional flier
by Morris Jones 23 May '24

23 May '24

Alas, the sanction number has to go on the sectional flier. It's 2407323 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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QR code for sectional
by Morris Jones 18 May '24

18 May '24

The QR code for the sectional links to RSVPBridge, the page that lets you join the sectional and pick your groups and then games. I've attached it here as a GIF file. You should be able to insert it into the flier as an image wherever you like. I'd very much appreciate having some people test the QR code and other links in the flier. 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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sectional details
by Morris Jones 17 May '24

17 May '24

Who else needs to be in this list? Here are as many details as I can work out for the sectional flier: Pasadena Summer Sectional 2024. Four great pairs games each for 499ers and Open Pairs. Single session events at 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM Card fee $14 Space is very limited! Make reservations early online using RSVPBridge. You can request to join the Open or 499er groups and select your events here: https://www.rsvpbridge.com/join/PasadenaSectional2024 Events: * Saturday July 27 o 10:00 AM Open Pairs o 10:00 AM 499er Pairs o 3:00 PM Open Pairs o 3:00 PM 499er Pairs * Sunday July 28 o 10:00 AM Open Pairs o 10:00 AM 499er Pairs o 3:00 PM Open Pairs o 3:00 PM 499er Pairs So many great lunch options at the site! * Blaze Pizza * Vallarta Market: mexican and sushi * Hoot's Wings * Chinese * Donuts & Burgers * Subway * Starbucks Pasadena Bridge Club 649 N Fair Oaks Ave #201 Pasadena CA 91103 https://pasadenabridgeclub.com Call or TXT: (626) 247-4457 Location: https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/location Near all the great Old Town Pasadena hotels and restaurants Director in Charge: John Columbe Tournament Assistant: Morris Jones Tournament Chair: Angela Peterson -- 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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Tax Status
by Lisa Walker 15 May '24

15 May '24

The treasurer never got back trouble me so I just looked up the ByLaws. Here is a copy. We are definitely Non Profit. > http://web2.acbl.org/documentLibrary/about/Bylaws.pdf >

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Re: old tables and boards
by dgarnersemail＠gmail.com 08 May '24

08 May '24

Hi Mojo (and all), The first step might be to publicize to other local Units and our members that these items are available at not cost. Then: As for tables, might Goodwill, Salvation Army or a similar non-profit organization like them as a donation to be restored and resold (or would they not believe this would be a worthwhile project?) As for the rest of the items, it sounds like an empty dumpster is needed. Don From: Morris Jones <mojo(a)pasadenabridgeclub.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 4:31 PM To: Unit 559 Board <unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com> Subject: [Unit559board] old tables and boards I'm having to make room in my garage, so I've moved the old unit tables and metal boards into a storage locker (where I'm keeping a lot of astronomy gear temporarily as well). I've attached a picture of the stacks of tables. These can't stay here, of course, because I'll be emptying the space in the next couple of months. So the question becomes: Should we keep them or dump them? The surfaces of the tables are beat up. If there were covers for them, they'd be sort of usable for a decently sized sectional. That's a big "if." The old table covers that Mike Marcucci had have been disposed of. You don't want the table covers I'm using at the bridge club. They cost more than the tables. So let's talk about hypothetically replacing them for that hypothetical big sectional at the San Marino Women's Club in 2025. Decent new folding bridge tables cost about $30 each. Buying 40 of them would come to about $1200. Then they would need a place to be stored. If we put out a call, it's possible someone else would offer garage space. If we dumped these tables, we'd have to decide between buying and renting tables next year. (It might be possible to rent tables from the district. I'd have to ask Kevin Lane.) As for the board sets, I don't believe they're useful at all. They're beat up, and the cards in them are trash. I know Ed Lechner wants some. I wouldn't do anything but give them away. If we have enough machine-compatible board sets for pair games at a sectional, we also have enough for a team game. It really pains me to turn these into trash, but sadly I think that's what they are. Someone talk me out of it? Comments please? Mojo -- Morris "Mojo" Jones mojo(a)PasadenaBridgeClub.com <mailto:mojo@PasadenaBridgeClub.com> https://PasadenaBridgeClub.com <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com/>

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Fwd: Website Roster
by Roy Wilson 07 May '24

07 May '24

> Website Roster > > Hi, > Although a new law prevents us from publishing a roster available to the public, we are allowed to have a private roster available to the unit board to be used for administrative purposes. This private roster is updated monthly and the IP address is only available to authorized users. > > Below is the web address…. Please do not share it. > > http://www.acblunit559.com/roster/roster.txt > > After you click on this link, you can create a desktop icon to make it easier the next time you need to use it. Call me if you need help adding the link to your monitor. > > Roy > 626 340-9575 > > I’ve played bridge more than half my life. The lesser half I wasted.

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Zoom
by Lisa Walker 07 May '24

07 May '24

Lisa Walker is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Unit559Board Time: May 6, 2024 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/78061452285?pwd=G6pqbX2OGkCW5pEaWYBzamTyvgtlnM.1 Meeting ID: 780 6145 2285 Passcode: Pa8ZhY Because this is an unpaid Zoom account, we only have 40 minutes for the meeting, but we have a short agenda so I think we can get through it.

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