[SBU Board] NABC Concerns

[Jeff Ford]

It would be great if this went through. Makes Platinum even better - if you
make day 2 then either you do well and get to play day 3 or you don't and
you get to play a national event starting the next day.

Jeff


On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 12:06 PM Eric Sieg <eric at sdpdigital.com> wrote:

> I know there are some negative reactions to Bahar, but I've found him
> incredibly responsive and communicative and aggressive about pursing the
> solution to a problem when it is presented to him.
>
> Case in point: I've complained about the Silver Ribbon with no option for
> non seniors for years now to multiple people and heard nothing. In the 3-4
> times I've reached out to Marv with questions he "forwarded my email to the
> ACBL" 1 time and didn't bother to even respond every other time.
>
> In comparison, Bahar responded quickly to my email about the Silver Ribbon
> creating a hole in the schedule for non senior players and updated me
> multiple times as he pursued a solution. A few weeks later and it appears
> to (possibly) be on its way to getting solved. So even though I think the
> "Redistribute Tournament Activity" is a godawful idea and there are some
> issues with many of the other big ideas, its exciting to see someone that
> is actually trying.
>
> Fwd'ing to people who might interact with Bahar and/or people who might be
> impacted by this change (aka might go to the Spring NABC and not qual'd for
> silver).
>
> Eric
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: NABC Concerns
> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:07:29 +0000
> From: Bahar Gidwani <bahar at acbl.org> <bahar at acbl.org>
> To: Eric Sieg <eric at sdpdigital.com> <eric at sdpdigital.com>
> CC: Bob Heller <hellerb at mindspring.com> <hellerb at mindspring.com>
>
> Thought you'd like to know that we are submitting a motion on this.  I hope it will correct the issue you pointed out--and maybe in time to improve your experience in Philadelphia!
>
> Thanks again for your input.  Kudos to our President Bob Heller (copied above) for coming up with a creative solution to this problem.
>
> Bahar Gidwani, CFA, FSA
> CEO, ACBL 662-253-3175 <(662)%20253-3175> (o)901-314-5975 <(901)%20314-5975> (c)bahar.gidwani at acbl.org
>
>
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