Dear Board,
I have spoken at length with MoJo and you all have seen his emails. Having the national director is not going to be as expensive as he envisioned as he lives in San Diego County and has already paid for his room, so we would have to pay that anyway. MoJo is suggesting and I agree that we stay with John as our TD, hire Paula Olivares as the second director and keep MoJo as a third director to deal with the dealing machines and Bridgemates and site issues. This wi enable us to keep the full MP awards and also make it much easier on the directors.
We have not heard that Paula is willing to do this yet, but I will keep you informed.
This is much easier on our directors, as the TD signs everyone in and takes care or all payments, etc.
Thanks for all your quick responses this morning.
Lisa
Don't like the cut in MP's.
Will caddies be any help?
On June 17, 2024, at 9:55 AM, Morris Jones <mojo(a)pasadenabridgeclub.com> wrote:
There's more information to consider.
First, John Coulombe is from San Marcos in northern San Diego county. We're on the hook for mileage (I didn't find out $/mi) and hotel. John has already spent about $200 for a Pasadena hotel room. Either way, this is way below my nightmares of him flying from somewhere.
So we may not be looking at as much of a savings as I thought, especially at this point, where he's already spent the hotel money.
And again, another cost of switching is that the masterpoint awards get cut to 80% of a full sectional.
If we kept our sectional a Championship event, I might suggest hiring Paula (if she's willing) so we have two assistants. That would leave one of us to do things like duplicate boards for the next session (we need four board sets each session!). That would add $400 I think.
Mojo
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There's more information to consider.
First, John Coulombe is from San Marcos in northern San Diego county.
We're on the hook for mileage (I didn't find out $/mi) and hotel. John
has already spent about $200 for a Pasadena hotel room. Either way, this
is way below my nightmares of him flying from somewhere.
So we may not be looking at as much of a savings as I thought,
especially at this point, where he's already spent the hotel money.
And again, another cost of switching is that the masterpoint awards get
cut to 80% of a full sectional.
If we kept our sectional a Championship event, I might suggest hiring
Paula (if she's willing) so we have two assistants. That would leave one
of us to do things like duplicate boards for the next session (we need
four board sets each session!). That would add $400 I think.
Mojo
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Dear Board,
We have an opportunity to engage a local sectional director rather than a national director for our sectional. I received a notice from the ACBL a few days ago notifying our unit that local sectional directors can be used. There are a few restrictions, the most important one being that we cannot have more than 25 tables. We qualify for all the other restrictions. The other is that we will be giving out slightly less MP to thewinners because we are not using a national director.
The benefit is that the cost is substantially less. A national director will be around $2500 according to MoJo and a local director will be around $600. MoJo has already contact Paula Olivares and she has agreed to be the local director for us if we would like to take this avenue.
This is a Board decision and since we do not have a meeting until July 8, I need your consent to move forward in this way. MoJo does not believe the table restriction will be an issue since we are space challenged anyway, and the cost savings are significant.
Please reply all and email me your vote on this question ASAP.
Many thanks for your work for the Board.
Lisa
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I concur.
On June 16, 2024, at 9:55 AM, Lisawalker <lisawalkerlac(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Board,
We have an opportunity to engage a local sectional director rather than a national director for our sectional. I received a notice from the ACBL a few days ago notifying our unit that local sectional directors can be used. There are a few restrictions, the most important one being that we cannot have more than 25 tables. We qualify for all the other restrictions. The other is that we will be giving out slightly less MP to thewinners because we are not using a national director.
The benefit is that the cost is substantially less. A national director will be around $2500 according to MoJo and a local director will be around $600. MoJo has already contact Paula Olivares and she has agreed to be the local director for us if we would like to take this avenue.
This is a Board decision and since we do not have a meeting until July 8, I need your consent to move forward in this way. MoJo does not believe the table restriction will be an issue since we are space challenged anyway, and the cost savings are significant.
Please reply all and email me your vote on this question ASAP.
Many thanks for your work for the Board.
Lisa
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> John Waken has been a member of our unit in Pasadena longer than any other player, and for most of that time he has donated a substantial contribution to our unit as a
> sponsor for our annual sectional. A few years ago, the board decided to name for him in perpetuity. It's the John Waken Sectional. A few years ago, John was playing at the sectional, and near the end of the session, he arrived at a table where there was a lady sitting North, who was not a member of our unit, and John did not know her.
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> When the first hand was over, she scored it and as she put the pencil down, John reached for it. She grabbed it back!
> "You can't keep the only pencil on the table," John said.
> "Yes, I can! I'm keeping score."
> "Is your name on it?" asked Doctor John Waken.
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Please review for errors and omissions!
Oops, I got the rank changes wrong. These were last month's. Here's a
correction
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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
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Please review for errors and omissions!
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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
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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.
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