Category Archives: ACBL News

Motions and Committee Decisions: Summer 2023

Posted on July 9, 2023 by Lee Lin

It’s time for the 3x per year committee meetings that take place just prior to or during the NABCs. Here are some of the discussions from the MP Committee, C&C, and Advisory Council, my main touchpoints with the national branch … Continue reading →

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Advisory Council Meeting Number Three, Spring 2022

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Lee Lin

Amazingly, the Advisory Council is meeting for a 3rd time in March 2022, but for a very important reason. The first meeting was a pre-NABC Reno meeting, to discuss the Board of Directors agenda items in case the constituents of … Continue reading →

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NABC Reno Day 3: Competitions and Conventions Committee

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Lee Lin

The C&C Committee is holding their meeting on Monday, March 14th 2022 in Reno at the Silver Ballrooms. They are responsible for a variety of procedures and regulations around competitions, convention charts, alert procedures, and many other tournament and competition … Continue reading →

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NABC Reno Day 2: Advisory Council General Meeting

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Lee Lin

Today is the Advisory Council General Meeting held during the Spring NABC. Because of the fast-paced nature of this meeting, we will be live updating as information comes. It is a hectic combination of important information, interesting news, but also … Continue reading →

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NABC Reno Day 1: Big Apple Making a Big Impact

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Lee Lin

So it’s not really Day 1 of the NABC. Officially March 9th was the first day, which kicked off the Flight A NAP tournament. However, this is the first day for a large part of the NYC crew and the … Continue reading →

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Sectional Cancelled But Swiss Teams Still On

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Lee Lin

Unfortunately, the GNYBA Winter Sectional did not generate enough pre-registrations to hold a viable sectional. In order to award those precious silver points with a standalone sectional rating, we need to use an ACBL approved director and pay various other … Continue reading →

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Annual ACBL Unit 155 Membership Meeting Dec 29th, 2021

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Lee Lin

As everyone knows, 2020 and 2021 were sort of mulligan years for all things bridge. We did not have a GNYBA player of the year, Goldman Pairs, Countess Cup, or any of the other normal New York events. But don’t … Continue reading →

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District 24 North American Pairs Finals: 10/24/2021

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Lee Lin

Flight A, B & CSunday, October 24, 202110:30 am & TBD (probably 2:30pm)Online on BBO (Bridgebase) District 24—which includes New York City and Long Island—will hold a tournament to determine who will represent the district at the spring national tournament, … Continue reading →

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Last Chance to Qualify for NAP 2021

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Lee Lin

First, mark your calendars for Oct 24th, 2021. District 24 has a sanctioned and approved district final for NAP, all flights (Open, 0-2500, and NLM 0-500). Club Qualification To participate in the Oct 24th District finals, you and your partner … Continue reading →

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District 24 and 25 Regional Director Debate 8/11

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Lee Lin

The ACBL board of directors is going through a massive overhaul. For years, the board of directors consisted of 1 director per district for a total of 25 people representing all regions of North America. Now we are reducing that … Continue reading →

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