nige1 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 At the Lady Milne (Women's International), Brian Short listed essentials for a non-playing captain (below) What tools of the trade should a director carry around? Start with some serious possibilities for his lap-top:The law-book, local regulations, local interpretations, Ton's examples and WBF minutes (as local documents in case there's no internet access).Scoring programs that can handle printers and bridge-mates.Appeals-committee booklets with a global index of key-words .Flow-chart/expert-system to help ensure that all relevant and only relevant laws/regulations are considered.Copies of common basic convention cards (e.g. 2/1, Precision, Polish club, Acol). To give to first-time partnerships and players without cards.What items should be on the director's check-list? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPDgTI5n9xQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 and WBF minutes I think it would be great if someone compiled all the minutes pertaining to Laws and their interpretation into one document (I am not volunteering -- I do not even know how to find the minutes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMB1 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 In contrast to Nigel's idealised director's box of tricks, this is the contents of my practical directors box of tricks. Most of it fits in a metal box with "stuff that doesn't go anywhere else tin" on the lid. rubber bands little plastic pots of blu-tackdoor stoppens for playersmarker pens for instructions for playersPASS / ALERT / STOP! cardsname badges (so I know who I am)memory stickselectrical tape and gaffer tape (duct tape)penknifestaplerbottle of lens cleaner 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted October 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 I think it would be great if someone compiled all the minutes pertaining to Laws and their interpretation into one document (I am not volunteering -- I do not even know how to find the minutes). Even better if all corrections and clarifications were inserted (high-lighted but seamlessly), in place, into an on-line version of the law-book (with a dated change-log of corrigenda as an appendix). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Even better if all corrections and clarifications were inserted (high-lighted but seamlessly), in place, into an on-line version of the law-book (with a dated change-log of corrigenda as an appendix). No, this would not be better, because an on-line version of the law-book is not what people use when making rulings. The relevant minutes need to be in a form that can be physically inserted into a law-book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 No, this would not be better, because an on-line version of the law-book is not what people use when making rulings. The relevant minutes need to be in a form that can be physically inserted into a law-book.Maybe we need an app for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Maybe we need an app for that. I have the app -- Microsoft Word. And a printer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 So, where do you find: - Appeals-committee booklets with a global index of key-words .- Flow-chart/expert-system to help ensure that all relevant and only relevant laws/regulations are considered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 In contrast to Nigel's idealised director's box of tricks, this is the contents of my practical directors box of tricks. Most of it fits in a metal box with "stuff that doesn't go anywhere else tin" on the lid. rubber bands little plastic pots of blu-tackdoor stoppens for playersmarker pens for instructions for playersPASS / ALERT / STOP! cardsname badges (so I know who I am)memory stickselectrical tape and gaffer tape (duct tape)penknifestaplerbottle of lens cleaner Has visions of a player the directors have got fed up with being found gaffer taped to a chair in a back room, 3 days after a tournament somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilKing Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Headache tablets. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Gaffer tape is not quite the same thing as duct tape. The backing and adhesives are different. Gaffer tape is more expensive, probably primarily because there's a smaller market for it. There is also "speed tape", which has a strong adhesive and an aluminized backing, and is used for minor emergency aircraft repairs. Travis Taylor, who is a bona fide rocket scientist, in his collaboration with John Ringo about the ASS (Allied Space Ship) Vorpal Blade (a US SSBN converted into a starship) posits "space tape" which is like speed tape, only better, since it works in vacuum. It also costs about US$100K per roll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jallerton Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 I think it would be great if someone compiled all the minutes pertaining to Laws and their interpretation into one document (I am not volunteering -- I do not even know how to find the minutes). Have you heard of the EBU White Book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Have you heard of the EBU White Book? Does it contain all the minutes? I am pleased to hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguahombre Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Does it contain all the minutes? I am pleased to hear it.I believe the minutes are used in the production of the document; perhaps you would prefer the unadulterated minutes themselves, from which you could redo the work that the authors of the White Book think they have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jallerton Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 As part of the 2013 White Book review, Robin went through to check that these minutes were being correctly quoted. Some of the law references have been updated to refer to the 2007 Laws and presumably any minutes no longer relevant to the current Laws are not there. But otherwise, the minutes should all be in EBU White Book. You can also locate the minutes on the WBF website, but there they are filed by WBFLC meeting rather than by Law, which is rather less helpful for most people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paua Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Headache tablets. :( Imagren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandakh Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Imagren.I thought the headache tablets were there to remind him which antiquated NT defence his random partner insisted on using as a playing Joker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamos Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Perhaps a large bottle of cough mixture will become de rigeur in some tournaments Mike 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oof Arted Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Perhaps a large bottle of cough mixture will become de rigeur in some tournaments Mike or a "Phantom" Cougher sat near at hand to cough and confuse :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 How about mittens? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 [*]Appeals-committee booklets with a global index of key-words . I can't see any use for this at all at a tournament. Apart from anything else, the booklets have no force of law or precedent. And it's a director's job to know how to run an appeal (which he should already) not how to rule at one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted April 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 I can't see any use for this at all at a tournament. Apart from anything else, the booklets have no force of law or precedent...[sNIP] OK. Does that argument also apply to Ton's commentary and local law-interpretations like those in the White Book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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