I am one person who truly appreciates what BBO has given to the community of bridge players. Making this venue accessible to one and all is gift that I and thousands of others around the world, are very grateful and I want to thank the organizers and day to day handlers of BBO for their contributions, both financially and in time put in. As a commentator on vugraph, I grew a tremendous amount of respect for Roland Wald. The time and effort he put into the production of the vugraph event was a smooth running operation that can really be appreciated when compared to what is being done now that he has left. I'm sorry to say that this is one area the BBO has fallen in quality. The product that Roland was able to put out event after event, was of the highest quality. Now it appears to be a rather random shot whether a vugraph will even have any commentators. Although I am asked to do some of the events when I come on line (which I do enjoy doing) the lack of direction has hurt the vugraph operations. Perhaps time will take care of this problem The one thing time won't take care is the very human touch and humor that Roland put into his work. That is something that automation can never replace. I do hope BBO reconsiders their position on this matter. They really had a very good thing going. Andy Vinock
