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Pasadena San Gabriel Unit
There are some great events coming up in February to celebrate Chinese
New Year. The Pasadena Bridge Club is having *club championship games*
all week Tuesday through Saturday, February 6-10. That includes the open
games on Wednesday and Thursday at 11:00, and the Novice/Intermediate
games on Tuesday evening and Saturday afternoon. Card fees are the same
$10, but masterpoints will be about triple the usual amount -- the same
as a Unit Championship.
We're also putting on a full Chinese New Year's party on *Wednesday,
February 7*! Margie Lee and friends will be decorating the club, and
bringing in lunch. It should be a great time! Make your reservations
early -- the club will be limited to 15 tables at most for the party and
game. Game time is 11:00 AM, and we'll take a little extra time to party
and enjoy lunch.
January's unit games were well attended, with 10-1/2 tables on January
7, and 12 tables on January 21. Winners in each direction:
January 7:
* N/S: Karen Arase, Gitta Earll
* E/W: George Wang, Frank Shih
January 21:
* N/S: Connie Kang, Greg Tapia
* E/W: Amr Elghamry, Dominique Moore
February's Unit Games will be on Sunday, February 4, at the Pasadena
Bridge Club, and Sunday, February 18, at the Arcadia Bridge Center. Game
time is 12:30 PM. With space being somewhat limited, reservations are
required! Contact Miriam Harrington for a reservation, (626) 232-0558,
or miratpf(a)aol.com.
We had some big rank changes in January!
* Life Master: Kim Ebner, Nina Huang
* Bronze Life Master: Andrew Rottenbacher
* Gold Life Master: Michael Marcucci
It seems like it was just last week that Kim Ebner was trying to catch
on in a class of Bridge Basics 1 with me at Arcadia High School.
Congratulations Kim! And Nina crossed that milestone in a flash as well!
*Next month:* the unit Membership Meeting, Party, and Game will be on
March 3 at the Pasadena Bridge Club. Again, space is limited! Make your
reservations soon with Miriam.
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Morris "Mojo" Jones
mojo(a)PasadenaBridgeClub.com
https://PasadenaBridgeClub.com <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com>
Pasadena Bridge Club <https://pasadenabridgeclub.com>
Good morning, Board,
We are going to actually have an election at our election party and I was thinking that to encourage more people to come, we might offer free plays to everyone that day. We have the money and it would be nice to have a free play day and food . This is just a thought and I look forward to your thoughts.
I am on a plane this morning and out of town for two weeks but would like to hear your thoughts on this.
Lisa
Dear Board,
I am sorry to send this out to you, but I am unsure how to deal definitively with this problem.
At our last Board meeting, Kathy Cresto volunteered for and was made the new Membership Chairperson. I was grateful to Kathy for taking over the postion when Marie resigned, and Kathy leapt into it as she does, putting together descriptions of her job and the Ambassador positions. The next day I received another email from Marie saying that she had reconsidered and would like to have the job back. I explained that Kathy had taken it over and suggested she speak with her but that I had no issues with that happening. During the call, I mentioned that we did not have a Secretary and Marie said she would rather serve in that capacity and she is now running for the Board in the hopes of taking over the Secretary role. All good so far.
Then the chaos started, and it has been chaos. Gloria Rommel, one of the two Ambassadors, has taken great offense to (1) Kathy being named Membership Chair, and (2) to some of the changes that Kathy is making to the Ambassador position, mainly that instead of Gloria being “Head” Ambassador and doling out the assignments to new members, Kathy would randomly alternate between the 2 Ambassadors. She emailed me and I told her I had spoken at length with Kathy and had agreed to let her try out her new plan. Gloria has been abusive, argumentative, sending me more than one lengthy email about why this should not happen, even when I told her to respectfully let it go and try it this way. She will not let it go. I finally told her that I was done and not to email me or contact me in any way. She has now contacted Sherry to get her on her side, as if this were a war instead of the minor issue that it is. And now Gloria is running for the Board.
I am quite unwilling to serve on a Board with someone who is unable to compromise on anything or to let something go, and who has personal vendettas against anyone, and who is a very difficult person. This should not be stressful and there should not be this much animosity on our Board. It is creating a terrible environment for Kathy and for me.
I thought you all should know this directly from me.
Thanks for listening. I don’t need you to do anything but have my back.
Lisa
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Here is the current version
On Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 03:49:49 PM PST, Sherry Hansen <hansen.sherry(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Kathy - no more information about the ambassador position. I do know that I am sharing this position with Gloria & we will be communicating when the need arises.Thanks, Sherry
On Tue, Jan 9, 2024, 4:48 PM K. A. Cresto <mysuki(a)att.net> wrote:
I am working on a write up of the above. Could you provide your thoughts as to what the position means to you.
Good morning,
I have generated a rough copy of the Ambassador Position for your review, edit, etc.
Please review and make any changes you deem necessary/as needed and return no later than Monday, January 15th as this position needs to be incorporated into the Bylaws.
TIA
Kathy
