Hi, 
Although I am no longer a board member, I would like to add my comment…
I believe that 750 is too high to qualify as a novice, as is anyone who has earned the title of Life Master.

On the other hand, I do not think that all Life Masters would qualify as good teachers, either.  Friends, you have a can of worms if you label a player based on Master Points, but I cannot offer an alternative, either.

Perhaps let the player decide which category he belongs in?  Dunno.

Roy

On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 8:55 AM Angela Peters <angela.peters48@gmail.com> wrote:
I agree with Sherry. The novice players will be scared off with a 750 ceiling. There are too many players under that bar that have many years of experience and are not life masters because of shortage of colored masterpoints.

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On Apr 28, 2023, at 6:10 AM, Sherry Hansen <hansen.sherry@gmail.com> wrote:


I do agree that the “Under” players should have a maximum of 449 points, as these are the true novice players. My experience with this event in other units was that there was an imbalance with more novice players signing up. 

Another question: do experienced players sign up for this event with a requirement of so many points or are they asked by board members to participate. 

Sherry

On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 5:48 PM Richard Halverstadt <richardhalverstadt@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Attached is a drastic update of the Over/Under game I presented at our last Unit Board meeting. Upon further consideration, I decided that the purpose of this event is to have experienced players teach novice players. That being the case, I revised the process to identify true novice players (Unders) who are interested in pairing up with an experienced player so they could learn bridge principles. This means that some of the usual unit game players will be unable to participate in this event because they have achieved some level of expertise and are no longer "novices". 

Then, based on the number of Unders who sign up for the game, we, the Board, will identify experienced players (Overs) to pair up with the Unders. This unfortunately excludes unit players who are not Unders or Overs, but it addresses the purpose of the game to be an educational moment for beginning bridge players.

Please let me know what you think. We probably need to start signups for the Under list by June 1st (latest) so that we can ensure that there are enough participants to make this event a success.

Thanks

Richard
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