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Pasadena San Gabriel Unit 559
Our semi-monthly Unit Games have continued to be popular. Winners this
month:
October 10:
1st: Arthur Moore and Dominique Moore
2nd: Fredy Minter and Lulu Minter
October 24:
1st: Peter Szecsi and Amr Elghamry
2nd: Fredy Minter and Lulu Minter
We have one Unit Game schedule for November on Sunday, November 14. Game
time is 12:30 p.m. Reservations and proof of vaccination are required.
For reservations contact Miriam Harrington miratpf(a)aol.com (626)
232-0558. You can send a photo of your vaccination card to Roy Wilson at
unit559webmaster(a)gmail.com.
Rank changes this month: Sectional Master: Julie Hanson; Regional
Master: Michael Perera; NABC Master: Sarah Deschenes.
One special rank change goes to Lulu Minter, our own newly-minted (so to
speak) Platinum Life Master. That's a big hill to climb! Congratulations
Lulu!
The online bridge clubs are going strong. We're enjoying our game pool
with Downey, Pomona, Glendale, and Santa Clarita units. The full
schedule of games is available at https://bridgemojo.com/unit556.
I'm starting new online bridge classes on Defense, November 1, and
Improving Your Judgment - Doubles, November 2. Both are probably a
little too soon for the bridge news, but you're welcome to join in for
the second class.
I've also been busy following my calling to teach newcomers and create
new players. My students are adults from the ACBL Intro to Bridge
course, and kids from the BridgeWhiz program. The players come from all
over North America, and my hope is that I can spark an interest that
flows into bridge at all levels someday.
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Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
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Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
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Ditto to the experts!!
On October 17, 2021, at 3:32 PM, Linda Stuart <geohnze(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I agree with the experts!!
Linda
On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 2:14 PM Morris Jones <mojo(a)bridgemojo.com> wrote:
I concur.
I did a test search on Google using "Pasadena Bridge Club" and the top result is in St. Petersburg, FL, but a few listings down is ACBL Unit 559, the Arcadia Bridge Center, below Claudia's weekly game at the Pasadena Senior Center. (I wonder if they're meeting?)
In any case, I see no need to keep the extra domain name.
Mojo
On 10/17/2021 1:55 PM, Roy Wilson wrote:
Hi, Over 20 years ago I built our website and registered it as ACBLunit559.com. I also registered it as ACBLunit559.org, so players could use either address, and also so nobody else could hi-jack the domain name of ACBLunit559. The cost to me each year is $15.00 each. Consider it a donation to the unit, and a thank you for letting me play free in unit games. (I am also the owner of the www.ArcadiaBridgeCenter.com, .org and .club.) However, after all this time, I no longer consider it important to keep the .org version and will abandoned it unless the board decides that it should be kept. That means anyone who wants that domain name could register it, but why would they? Your thoughts? Roy I’ve played bridge more than half my life. The lesser half I wasted. _______________________________________________ Unit559board mailing list -- unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com To unsubscribe send an email to unit559board-leave(a)bridgemojo.com
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Hi,
Over 20 years ago I built our website and registered it as ACBLunit559.com. I also registered it as ACBLunit559.org, so players could use either address, and also so nobody else could hi-jack the domain name of ACBLunit559. The cost to me each year is $15.00 each. Consider it a donation to the unit, and a thank you for letting me play free in unit games. (I am also the owner of the www.ArcadiaBridgeCenter.com, .org and .club.)
However, after all this time, I no longer consider it important to keep the .org version and will abandoned it unless the board decides that it should be kept. That means anyone who wants that domain name could register it, but why would they?
Your thoughts?
Roy
I’ve played bridge more than half my life. The lesser half I wasted.
Roy sent this message using his "TXT messaging" app on his phone,
instead of his email app, so it arrived like this. Forwarding on his
behalf. :)
Mojo
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 17:41:06 +0000
From: 6263409575(a)vzwpix.com
To: unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com
Hooray! ! !
Our unit website is back up, no thanks to Frontier. I had to find and
fix the problem they created myself.
Roy
Making changes to a router is not part of my job description!
janet wickersham is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
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Time: Oct 6, 2021 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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I have nowhere to go.
On October 1, 2021, at 8:56 AM, janet wickersham <wickershamjanet(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I would like to call a short Board meeting on October 6th, Wednesday, at 1:00. It should not take more than 10 or 15 minutes. Thank you.
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Thanks Linda! Anyone have anything to add to this month's column? Here's
a draft:
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We're continuing to hold two Unit games monthly on Sundays at the
Arcadia Bridge Center. This month our games will be on October 10 and 24
at 12:30 p.m.
Our unit games require reservations and proof of vaccination. For a
reservation, call Miriam Harrington at (626) 232-0558. You can send a
photo of your vaccination card to Roy by email at
unit559webmaster(a)gmail.com.
September's games were well attended -- eleven tables on Sept. 12 and 10
on Sept. 26. Winners on Sept. 12 were Arthur and Dominique Moore, with
Madhu Sudan and Stanley Majcher running a close second playing the other
direction. On Sept. 26, winners were Patrick Cardullo and Carolyn Cohen
just barely shy of a 70% game! Second went to Fredy and Lulu Minter,
both pairs playing N/S.
Our online players are enjoying sharing games with the players from
Glendale and Santa Clarita in the Unit 556 + PPD virtual club. You may
recall that over the summer Paula Olivares took over managing the online
clubs so I could enjoy a break. I'm returning the favor for the Fall
Quarter of 2021. Starting October 1, you'll be hearing from me rather
than Paula about upcoming games. Reservations are still required, and
generally only players from our combined "north LA County" units are
admitted.
For any questions regarding the virtual club, you can reach the club
manager at any time at virtualclub(a)bridgemojo.com.
My own teaching schedule is heating up. I have three online bridge
classes that are in progress.
If you noticed the ACBL's "Intro to Bridge" program, they've been doing
a great job of bringing in non-bridge players who want to learn the
game. The goal is to provide a good foundation of basic bridge and get
them ready to enjoy the game, then pass them on to teachers and clubs
who are more local for them to continue on. ACBL contracted with Hall of
Fame teacher Patty Tucker from Atlanta to develop a 10-week program to
introduce bridge to new players.
If you noticed the offered class times, none of them were suitable for
working West Coast students. All of the teachers were on the East Coast,
and unwilling to spend the late night hours required to cover the West
Coast. As a result, I've been drafted to join the teacher group. We
already have a good collection of students enrolled for an Intro to
Bridge class starting Wednesday, October 6, at 6:30 p.m. Pacific time.
Also on my calendar is BridgeWhiz, the program from the ACBL Educational
Foundation to bring middle- and high-school students into the game. I've
been working with the "coaches" on their program tailored for kids,
based on the successful program by Al Bender of Bridge for Youth in
Seattle. I'm not sure when my session will be, but there's hardly
anything more daunting than a Zoom meeting filled with 40 12-18 year-old
kids!
Wish me luck! Hope to see you at a bridge table without a mask soon. :)
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
I'm writing the Bridge News column and I don't see the October dates on
the web site. Can someone give me a hint?
Cheers,
Mojo
--
Morris Jones, Monrovia, CA
BridgeMojo <http://bridgemojo.com>
Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers <http://otastro.org>
Mojo's Blog <http://mojo.whiteoaks.com>
