hrothgar Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 I am attaching the complete text from an email posted to the Bridge Laws mailing list. I do not in any way endorse any of the opinions that Marv presents in this email. However, I felt that the chance in origanization structure would be of widespread interest... I wasn't sure if this was more appropriate fro "The Watercooler" or "Offline Bridge". I have no objection if folks think it should be moved someplace else. Okay here's most of the story. The position of Chief Tournament Director is abolished. Rick Beye isout of Memphis and is now just another TD. He may have irritatedsome politico or the buddy of a politico, as he seemed to be verycompetent.. Read Bobby Wolff's excellent book The Lone Wolff for aninsider's view of ACBL politics. About seven regional supervisors will be in charge of the ACBL TDsin their regions. Matt Smith is one of them. Rick Beye is not, Ibelieve.. In addition there are two new positions: Head of Field Employees (TDs) - Jeff Johnson. I do not know hisduties, but I think they are probably more administrative thantechnical. Jeff is a very capable guy who has been in charge of NABC equipmentprovisioning for years. I believe he is also a well-qualified TD.He's the one who got me a used Duplicate Machine some years ago,leading to the widespread practice of pre-duplicating boards in ourDistrict 22 sectionals and regionals as well as in the two San Diegoclubs. Head of Office Employees - Barbara Varner. I do not know her dutieseither. DICs and AICs of the three NABCs have been determined: Spring - Chris Patrias and John AshtonSummer - Sol Weinstein and Doug GroveFall - Millard Nachtwey and Gary Zeiger Chris was DIC at the Houston NABC, where I was disgusted to findthat across-the-field (ATF) matchpointing was not practiced innon-NABC+ pair events, even the two-session regionally-ratedevents. When I asked Chris about this, he said the reason was thatATF scoring errors mean that multiple sections are affected andpeople do not like going to dinner and finding their good scorereduced when they return. That is baloney, IMO, and the true reasonis that TDs don't like running around to hang up revised scores formultiple sections. ACBLScore has the option of in-section sessionranking, so that eliminates one old objection to ATF matchpointing. MarvMarvin L FrenchSan Diego, CAwww.marvinfrench.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Thanks for posting this. I did read Bobby Wolff's book and won't ever look at news like this again without remembering his accounts. The ACBL is definitely an organization to steer clear of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigpenz Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Chris was DIC at the Houston NABC, where I was disgusted to findthat across-the-field (ATF) matchpointing was not practiced innon-NABC+ pair events, even the two-session regionally-ratedevents. When I asked Chris about this, he said the reason was thatATF scoring errors mean that multiple sections are affected andpeople do not like going to dinner and finding their good scorereduced when they return. That is baloney, IMO, and the true reasonis that TDs don't like running around to hang up revised scores formultiple sections. ACBLScore has the option of in-section sessionranking, so that eliminates one old objection to ATF matchpointing. We used to call it the Sid Davidson rule, he always felt across the field scoring took away matchpoints from the lesser players and lesser players were afforded more section tops with no across the field scoring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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