Couldn't find anything else.
On November 13, 2024, at 4:31 PM, Angela Peters <angela.peters48(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Ditto!
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On Nov 13, 2024, at 11:54 AM, Patricia Luehrs <patluehrs2468(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Looks good to me!
Pat
On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 5:16 PM Morris Jones <mojo(a)pasadenabridgeclub.com> wrote:
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Morris "Mojo" Jones
We're taking reservations for our annual holiday party! We'll meet for a fabulous tri-tip lunch catered by Stonefire Grill and bridge at the Arcadia Community Center on December 15. The cost will be $30 per player (same as last year!) for the fabulous meal and great bridge. We'll be selling entries and taking reservations at the Pasadena Bridge Club. You're welcome to pay using cash or a credit card, and reservations will only be accepted up until December 5, so we can get the count of attendees to the caterer. Lunch will be at 12:00 Noon, with bridge to follow.
There's a fascinating phenomenon on the ridge of Mt. Wilson that's often visible from our club. An artist and scientist collaborated on the installation of a device using prisms and mirrors at the top of the 150 ft. solar observatory tower. The tower itself is always visible on the ridge, looking like a white matchstick to the right of the big grey TV towers.
The project is called Sunstar, and when it's active, the top of the tower glows brightly with a particular color of sunlight. I've pointed it out to players, thinking it was a reflection from the observatory itself. The fact that it's an art/science installation is quite delightful. If you Google for "mt wilson sunstar" you can find more information about it.
Meanwhile, it's been a great month of bridge at the Pasadena Bridge Club, with a couple of very well attended Unit Games, as well as the NAP District Final hosted at the club.
We had 12 tables on October 20. Winners N/S were a tie: Karmen Armoudjian with Jan Wickersham, tied with Yongkang Huang with Ming Hu. E/W was won by Mark Peters and Sin Orensztein.
On November 3 we had 11 tables, N/S winners: Caryn Mason and Patrick Finley. E/W winners: Paul Nason and Elliott Mazur.
Reservations are open for the November 17 and December 1 unit games. Contact Miriam Harrington, (626) 232-0558, miratpf(a)aol.com.
The Pasadena Bridge Club will be offering four single-topic bridge classes using lesson material from Eddie Kantar on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, December 11-12 and 18-19. New courses will start up in the first week of January, with Competitive Bidding and Play of the Deal.
Congratulations to our players reaching new ACBL master ranks! With the new bridge news schedule, I'm going to congratulate both the November and December updates. (Each update is posted on the 6th of the previous month):
November:
Club Master
Kenneth Farhang
Bronze Life Master
Gloria Rommel
December:
Club Master
Susan Claster
Fred Register
Bronze Life Master
Nina Huang
Gold Life Master
Dan Lubesnik
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On November 5, 2024, at 4:39 PM, Morris Jones <mojo(a)pasadenabridgeclub.com> wrote:
There's not a lot of overlap between players who would be attracted to an "online regional" and those who would like to attend our Christmas party. It might affect our turnout by one pair at most.
Mojo
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Folks,
The District 22 Bulletin I just received announced, among other things, that:
“Last but not least, we are pleased to announce our first online regional to be held on Sunday December 15th from the comfort of your own home.
Only D22 partnerships are eligible to play – details available on our web site at www.d22acbl.com.”
We may have some competition for our December 15th Unit Game and Holiday Party.
Don
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Good morning everyone. We have a meeting scheduled for Monday evening at 7 PM. I have not received minutes from the last meeting or the financials. Please get them to me before the meeting so we can vote on them.
Also, Tom Reynolds has asked to address the Board about an idea he has and I have invited him to the meeting to do this when we open at 7.
MoJo, can you do the Zoom invite and include Tom in the invite as well. I have his email if you do not.
Thank you all for serving,.
We talked about having Subway sandwiches instead of pizza for the unit game.
I'm looking through the catering menu online:
https://www.ezcater.com/catering/pvt/subway-altadena?c=subway-altadena
The "Easy Order Sandwich Platter" is probably the best option. They say
it "serves 7" but it's five footlong sandwiches, so for our group it
really should server 10 or so.
It's $56.79. If we have ten tables that's 40 folks, so the cost is going
to be about $250 for four platters.
If we have 13 tables, that's 52 folks, closer to $300 with tax.
It's not a bad option, but it's about three times the $100 I spend on
the four pizzas.
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I agree with Angela. However, we should mix it up every so often.
On October 17, 2024, at 4:01 PM, Angela Peters <angela.peters48(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I vote to stick with pizza. People complained before when there were sandwiches and the board decided to not provide lunch for Unit games. Someone will complain no matter what.
Angela
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On Oct 17, 2024, at 2:52 PM, Lisa Walker <lisawalkerlac(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for checking, MoJo. That seems excessive for the Unit to pick up but I will wait to hear other Board comments. Maybe we need to raise our Unit game fee if we want to be doing things like this. We are still at $10
Lisa
On Oct 17, 2024, at 2:40 PM, Morris Jones <mojo(a)pasadenabridgeclub.com> wrote:
We talked about having Subway sandwiches instead of pizza for the unit game.
I'm looking through the catering menu online: https://www.ezcater.com/catering/pvt/subway-altadena?c=subway-altadena
The "Easy Order Sandwich Platter" is probably the best option. They say it "serves 7" but it's five footlong sandwiches, so for our group it really should server 10 or so.
It's $56.79. If we have ten tables that's 40 folks, so the cost is going to be about $250 for four platters.
If we have 13 tables, that's 52 folks, closer to $300 with tax.
It's not a bad option, but it's about three times the $100 I spend on the four pizzas.
Mojo
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Tom,
No. The Due Date For the Reservations is December 5. One can make payment at the Pasadena Bridge Club to December 8th.
A flyer will be going out soon.
On October 12, 2024, at 9:52 PM, Thomas Lill <thomasmlill8(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Due date already there, Dec. 8
On Sat, Oct 12, 2024 at 9:21 PM mysuki <mysuki(a)att.net> wrote:
Mojo,
Might add due date for reservations for the Holiday Party.
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Pasadena San Gabriel Unit 559
On September 29 the unit hosted an "Over/Under" game, randomly pairing experienced players with newer players. This is always a popular event! We had 24 "under" players sign up, and a full 12 tables playing.
On the face of it, it seemed like a great success. Players were laughing and conversing and generally appeared to be having a good time. There was applause at the end of the game.
Unfortunately, these games turn out to be mine fields. For the newer players, it can feel like you can do nothing right. The experienced players simply can't resist pointing out everything the newer players do wrong. Even worse, two experienced players could get into a bickering match at the table, creating a horrible example in front of the new players. It can truly be an exercise in humiliation!
While most of the newer players are able to shake off such a gauntlet, it's quite likely that bridge lost new players as a result of their experience at this game.
You might suggest that this was caused by inadequate screening, or orientation of the experienced players, but the entire organization put lots of effort into giving instruction to the experienced players, with the goal of preventing that from happening. It didn't make any difference. It's not something we will do again, unless we can find a better way!
Winners at the Pasadena Unit Game:
Sunday Sept 15, 11 tables:
N/S: Paul Nason, Diana Borgatti
E/W: George Want, Shiu-Ming Huang
Sunday Oct 6, 14 tables:
N/S Carolyn Cohen, Stephen Licker
E/W Thompson Jin, Shiu-Ming Huang
Unit games will be held every first and third Sunday of each month. For November those dates are the 3rd and 17th. To make reservations for a unit game, contact Miriam Harrington at (626) 232-0558 or miratpf(a)aol.com.
In December we'll hold a unit game on December 1, and December 15 will be the unit Holiday Party held at the Arcadia Community Center. The unit is planning a fabulous buffet, and it should be a great party! Save the date for now. The party will be $30 per player (same as last year), and you'll be able to buy tickets at the Pasadena Bridge Club using cash, check, or credit cards, until December 8.
Congratulations to players achieving new ranks in the ACBL!
Junior Master
Robert Hunt
Club Master
Anne Buettner
Sectional Master
Carol Maffin
Regional Master
Liza Billington
Ruby Life Master
Diane Gulbrandsen
Sapphire Life Master
Joan Mesias
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Pasadena San Gabriel Unit 559
On September 29 the unit hosted an "Over/Under" game, randomly pairing
experienced players with newer players. This is always a popular event!
We had 24 "under" players sign up, and a full 12 tables playing.
On the face of it, it seemed like a great success. Players were laughing
and conversing and generally appeared to be having a good time. There
was applause at the end of the game.
Unfortunately, these games turn out to be mine fields. For the newer
players, it can feel like you can do nothing right. The experienced
players simply can't resist pointing out everything the newer players do
wrong. Even worse, two experienced players could get into a bickering
match at the table, creating a horrible example in front of the new
players. It can truly be an exercise in humiliation!
While most of the newer players are able to shake off such a gauntlet,
it's quite likely that bridge /lost new players/ as a result of their
experience at this game.
You might suggest that this was caused by inadequate screening, or
orientation of the experienced players, but the entire organization put
lots of effort into giving instruction to the experienced players, with
the goal of preventing that from happening. It didn't make any
difference. It's not something we will do again, unless we can find a
better way!
Winners at the Pasadena Unit Game:
* Sunday Sept 15, 11 tables:
o N/S: Paul Nason, Diana Borgatti
o E/W: George Want, Shiu-Ming Huang
* Sunday Oct 6, 14 tables:
o N/S Carolyn Cohen, Stephen Licker
o E/W Thompson Jin, Shiu-Ming Huang
Unit games will be held every first and third Sunday of each month. For
November those dates are the 3rd and 17th. To make reservations for a
unit game, contact Miriam Harrington at (626) 232-0558 or miratpf(a)aol.com.
In December we'll hold a unit game on December 1, and December 15 will
be the unit Holiday Party held at the Arcadia Community Center. The unit
is planning a fabulous buffet, and it should be a great party! Save the
date for now. The party will be $30 per player (same as last year), and
you'll be able to buy tickets at the Pasadena Bridge Club using cash,
check, or credit cards, until December 8.
Congratulations to players achieving new ranks in the ACBL!
* Junior Master
o Robert Hunt
* Club Master
o Anne Buettner
* Sectional Master
o Carol Maffin
* Regional Master
o Liza Billington
* Ruby Life Master
o Diane Gulbrandsen
* Sapphire Life Master
o Joan Mesias
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