ACBL Director's Report

     by Georgia Heth, Morton IL
     District 8 Representative on the ACBL Board of Directors
 


Grand National Teams: It finally seems to be spring, which means it is time for the 2014 District 8 Grand Nationals Team District Final. We are at the Eagles Club in Springfield again on April 26 at 1 pm. If needed (based on the numbers of teams in each flight), semifinals and/or finals will be held April 27. If you haven’t already notified me of your team, please do so. I need the names of your team members and the flight you are entering. You do not have to RSVP to attend, but it is helpful.

The most common question l get in the weeks leading up to the event is how many teams are entered in a flight. If you don’t rsvp, I don’t know. I know this is a conflict with Gatlinburg and I am sorry we had site problems that necessitated the change in the usual date, but you could use Gatlinburg as a warm-up all week and come back for the GNTs I hope to see many of you there.

Patrias retiring: Chris Patrias was the Chief Tournament Director of his last Spring NABC last month. He isn’t retiring until sometime in 2015, but we will all miss him when he takes his well-earned retirement. He has been working in District 8 as long as I have been playing bridge, and it won’t seem the same without him. We have been lucky to have him working our tournaments.

Goodwill award: Karl Dencker received his Goodwill Member of the Year award at the Goodwill reception in Dallas. I was honored to introduce him and he gave a very nice speech at the ceremony. I think he and his wife had a very nice time at the tournament. This was a great and well-deserved honor.

Dallas meetings: Dallas was a very busy meeting for me. I had WBF meetings as well as the ACBL meeting. I ended up missing the entire WBF meeting as I chaired a disciplinary hearing that lasted as long as the meeting. Highlights of the ACBL meeting include:

Full minutes of the meeting should be on the ACBL website later this month. I hope to see many of you at the Grand National Teams event in April and at the Champaign regional in May.


If you have questions or suggestions about ACBL Board actions or other bridge matters, please contact me at gkheth@hotmail.com or 917 S. Main St., Morton IL  61550-2419.