clrandall

My name is Candace. I am part of the Total Points Club. Something many people don't realize is you quickly reach your level of play. You won't improve much from there. Chess is the same way. My game is intermediate at best. Recent concerns? BBO requires a lot of bandwidth lately. People who pay for bandwidth may find it's more expensive to play bridge for free, than it would be to pay to play bridge. Just a thought.

The Total Points Club is a very old club. As a member with many friends in the club, I like playing there. Recently there have been some issues. The most recent issue was a non member. It looked like he was there to intentionally disrupt the tournament. He succeeded. I suspect the director who did not show up, had dealings with this person before. Did not show up because he was not willing to deal with him again. The Assistant Director did not have the skills to deal with him. He (xxxxx [name deleted by administrator for violation of TOS of this site, however the name was given to bbo's abuse]) announced that he had taken over pairing and table assignments, announced that sign ins were closed, sat at a table to play for less than 5 minutes, and then left. Non members, who don't understand the clubs tournament system, come from time to time and attempt to just sit in. They usually get booted from the table they sit in at, or are not allowed to sit because the table has permission set. If the club is to live on, we, the members, need to take measures to insure the club continues. If we do not, the club will die.