Meeting minutes posted for the March 2020 GNYBA Board Meeting. This meeting had 5 board members dialing in, with a full switch to Zoom for next time.
NABC Cancelled
We confirmed that the Columbus Spring 2020 NABC was cancelled. That’s a shame, but there seems to be no makeup date. Unfortunately, NAP was scheduled for Spring 2020. Edit: most recent proposal is moving NAP to summer 2020.
Spring 2020 Big Apple Regional Cancelled
May seemed reasonably far away just two weeks ago. But now it’s clear we needed to cancel the regional. With each passing day, more and more cities go into some form of lockdown or orders to stay home. Even if we wanted to continue, we could not. The host hotel itself closes next week.
June NYC Sectional
We are in a a wait and see mode. No one can really plan far enough ahead now.
Montreal Summer 2020 NABC and GNT
Still on the books. It’s reasonably far away, but again no one can really plan ahead these days. However, we were still slowly working through the GNT Knockouts all the way through this past Monday. Many of the quarterfinals in the Championship, B, and C flights are already completed (not all). For now, the knockouts are on hold. In theory, teams can agree to hold the knockouts online, but with no director present, a dispute would not be fun to resolve.
Edit: Most recent proposal is moving GNT to the Tampa Fall 2020 NABC, and shifting knockout deadlines back accordingly.
Helping the Clubs
As we know, the clubs are hard hit during these times – Honors, Aces, and Cavendish are currently closed (as are most private clubs). The board voted to waive the STaC fees for the most recent March weeklong STaC. GNYBA normally earns a few dollars per table during STaC week, which we use for hosting the regionals and related Unit initiatives.