[SBU Board] Fwd: On behalf of Bahar Gidwani - August progress

[Eric Sieg]

This was super interesting to read, thanks for forwarding.

Eric

Tim White wrote:
> FYI.  Note especially Powerpoint slide 5 change to Canadian 
> denominated fees and request on slide 7 for district financial data.
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>> *From: *Kelley Trejo <BoG at mail1.acbl.org <mailto:BoG at mail1.acbl.org>>
>> *Subject: **On behalf of Bahar Gidwani - August progress*
>> *Date: *September 13, 2017 8:43:08 AM PDT
>> *To: *"'bog at mail1.acbl.org <mailto:bog at mail1.acbl.org>'" 
>> <bog at mail1.acbl.org <mailto:bog at mail1.acbl.org>>
>> *Reply-To: *kelley.trejo at acbl.org <mailto:kelley.trejo at acbl.org>
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>> Dear Board of Governor member,
>> Attached is the update on our progress we shared last week with the 
>> Board.  It details the 40+ projects staff completed during August.  
>> We thought we’d share this information also with you, as several of 
>> the things we are working on affect units, districts, clubs, and 
>> teachers.
>> We hope you will all participate in our new, expanded College Bowl 
>> program.  Through a partnership with the Education Foundation, we are 
>> now able to pay expenses and offer stipends to those who are willing 
>> to form and coach a college team.  We plan to support these teams 
>> with training from our TDs, local teachers, and (we hope) unit and 
>> club members.  We have already had a commitment from District 7 to 
>> field five teams (they had the winning team this year—Georgia Tech) 
>> and we hope other Districts can do the same.  With your support, we 
>> could see 50 or more teams competing (instead of the 17 we had this 
>> year).  We believe each team will introduce at least 10 young people 
>> to bridge.  You can do the math and see how helpful this program 
>> could be to ACBL’s future.
>> We have also started researching district and tournament financials.  
>> Our goal is to provide an overview of how the ACBL looks financially, 
>> as a whole.  We believe we can build “best practice” guidance that 
>> will help unit and district boards and tournament chairs create 
>> better budgets and financial forecasts.  While many Districts have 
>> cooperated with this effort, a few still have not given us the 
>> financial reports we need.  We’ll be reaching out to get the rest of 
>> the info we need, soon.  After we understand district and financial 
>> data, we may start to look at unit, club, and teacher information as 
>> well.
>> We plan to share ten “big idea” opportunities for improving the ACBL 
>> with the Board this week.  After we have the Board’s initial 
>> feedback, we will share our proposals with all of you, as well.  We 
>> hope that the increase in the information we share with you is 
>> helpful rather than annoying or distracting.  Our goal is to increase 
>> your ability to understand what we are doing so that you can help 
>> focus us on the things that will most improve our organization in the 
>> future.
>> *Bahar Gidwani,**CFA, FSA
>> CEO,ACBL <http://www.acbl.org/>*
>> 662-253-3175 (o)
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>> 901-314-5975 (c)
>> *bahar.gidwani at acbl.org <mailto:bahar.gidwani at acbl.org>*
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>> *Kelley Trejo*
>> Executive Coordinator
>> Director of Elections
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>> *6575 Windchase Blvd.*
>> *Horn Lake MS 38637-1523*
>> *ph:**662-253-3103*
>> *e:*Kelley.Trejo at acbl.org <mailto:Kelley.TrejoMcGuire at acbl.org>**
>> *w:**www.acbl.org <http://www.acbl.org/>*
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