Roy, if someone had never been a member and didn't have a player number, I can get them one for free. I have free guest memberships good for four months.

The people who come to tournaments are not "never members," they're lapsed members who decided it's not worth staying a member.

Mojo

On 7/15/24 10:36 PM, Roy Wilson wrote:
My opinion is not worth anything…. Nope.  Nothing.  But I still have one.
Should we charge extra for a non-ACBLmember?

No!  As a matter of fact I would suggest that we charge LESS and hand the person an application for membership and ask them to please fill it out.  Tell them they are welcome to play, but that a membership has a lot of benefits.

More than 40 years ago when I was president of the board we used to have a wonderful spread of food… heck, we served full meals!  One of the board members was incensed that a non-paying kibitzer had a plateful of food and suggested that we charge non-players.   Friends, I was very pleased when the other board members were unanimous in saying NO. 

PLEASE don’t charge non-members more to play in our sectional.  

Roy Wilson
I’ve played bridge more than half my life.  The lesser half I wasted.

On Jul 15, 2024, at 2:54 PM, Morris Jones <mojo@pasadenabridgeclub.com> wrote:

 Alas I'm unprepared to answer this question!

We should either require ACBL membership, or charge $18 or so for non-ACBL members.

Mojo


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Subject: John Waken sectional tournament
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:46:09 +0000
From: Kim Gundlach <kimgundlach@msn.com>
To: staff@pasadenabridgeclub.com <staff@pasadenabridgeclub.com>


Hi,

The flyer didn't mention whether or not someone who isn't an ACBL member can participate in the tournament or not.  Please let me know as it might determine my partner for one of the days.

Kim 
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