The GNYBA is run by a volunteer group of local players who collectively work on ACBL-bridge in NYC.
It is a small non-profit corporation that basically organizes the two annual NYC Regionals, the NAOP/GNT, and a few dribs/drabs. The GNYBA has a war chest in the low 6 figures that was inherited from our glory days. Nobody on the board gets paid, but hotel space is expensive, as are the ACBL Regional fees, so we tend to lose a bit of money each year.
The GNYBA is controlled by a board of local bridge players. Three of them ( David Moss, Bonnie Gellas, Phil Lentz ) have been around for a while, and offer a wealth of institutional knowledge ( needed mostly to organize Regionals and work with ACBL HQ ).
Board members usually serve for a couple of years, up to our term limits of about 6 years. One of the board is elected to represent us on the ACBL Board of Directors ( which rules the ACBL itself ). Our current representative on the ACBL Board is Al Levy.
There is an annual public meeting that’s nominally held during the Winter Regional. No one attends, but if you want to be someone that does …
Details on the meeting and the composition of the board