[SBU Board] Our Contribution to Seattle NextGenBridge

[Eng, Kim]

I have to admit I am a little confused. I am not clear why we as a board vote on a proposal and agree what we want to do, and then Anne decides that she wants to do something different. And we let her.

This is bridge. There aren’t 4 winners. There are 2.

To be clear, I am sorry John, that you and the others on the next gen board have to deal with this craziness. But, how are we going to stop the craziness if we let it happen?

As a matter of policy, I am uncomfortable with the board approving one number and then a subset of members agreeing to a different number. This is true no matter what the money is going to.

Does this mean that we are only offering $600 as a financial scholarship instead of $750? I get that Anne thinks there is only one family that may need it this year. What about the following years?

I would much prefer giving Seattle Unit money to kids in need and not pretending that there are 4 winners.

Clearly I’m frustrated. Probably not half as frustrated as you were, John, during the phone call.

Kim

From: Sbuboard [mailto:sbuboard-bounces+kimen=forestridge.org at mailman.celestial.com] On Behalf Of John
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 2:34 PM
To: Seattle ACBL Unit Board <sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com>
Subject: [SBU Board] Our Contribution to Seattle NextGenBridge

Greetings, all!

As we decided at our board meeting this week, I called Anne Farmer to work out the details for our contribution to the kids in her group.
As always seems to be the case in this relationship, things did not go entirely smoothly or as expected.
But I think we have worked out a resolution which will satisfy just about everybody.

As you recall, Anne is running the end-of-season tournament for her kids on May 6.
Our intention was to give $125 cash to each member of the winning pair.

Her organization is also taking some of the kids in the group to the Youth NABCs in Washington D.C.
We offered to pay up to $750 total to kids who could demonstrate to our satisfaction that they needed the subsidy.

Here is what has developed since then.
At the tournament May 6, there will be four winners – a North-South pair, and an East-West pair.
Also, Anne wants to award an Amazon gift card of $100 to each of the winners.

As to travel to D.C., she expects a total of four kids to go, all from the McClure Middle School.
Of those, she thinks three of the families are financially self-sufficient; and only one kid needs a partial subsidy to be able to go.
Anne says she is prepared to pay that subsidy herself (or maybe it is Seattle NextGenBridge money).

She and I discussed it (at some length!); and here is what we worked out, subject to your approval.
We propose that the Unit buy the four Amazon gift cards, for a total of $400.
Patti, or Ann Romeo, will be present at the tournament, and will award those prizes to the four winners, on behalf of the Unit.
Travel subsidies will be totally up to Anne Farmer and NextGenBridge.

I have discussed this proposed resolution with Tim, and with Patti and Ann Romeo.
Patti, Ann and I are the members of our Unit board who are also members of the board of Seattle NextGenBridge.
The four of this are agreeable to this resolution – although I think all of us are a little frustrated as to the bumpy road which led to it.

The purpose of this e-mail is to see if any of the other members of the Unit board object to this resolution.
If so, please “reply to all” this weekend.
But if I don’t hear any prompt objections from anyone, I will let Anne know that this will be the arrangement.

Thanks!

John W.

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