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

[JC Chupack]

+1 on it being an interesting read.  I will say the PPT from the CEO is
embarrassing for an organization of this size.  And I see pros & cons in
the Regional notes (and largely but not always agreed with the TTF
comments).

One of the biggest issues I see here are massive lists of "to do" with zero
prioritization. I also see lots of data abuse.  Neither give me a ton of
confidence.

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On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 2:47 PM, Eric Sieg <easieg at gmail.com> wrote:

> This was super interesting to read, thanks for forwarding.
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> Eric
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> Tim White wrote:
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> FYI.  Note especially Powerpoint slide 5 change to Canadian denominated
> fees and request on slide 7 for district financial data.
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> *From: *Kelley Trejo <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'" <bog at mail1.acbl.org>
> *Reply-To: *kelley.trejo at acbl.org
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> Dear Board of Governor member,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> *Bahar Gidwani,*
> * CFA, FSACEO, ACBL <http://www.acbl.org/>*
> 662-253-3175 <(662)%20253-3175> (o)
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> 901-314-5975 <(901)%20314-5975> (c)
> *bahar.gidwani at acbl.org <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 <(662)%20253-3103>*
> *e: *Kelley.Trejo at acbl.org <Kelley.TrejoMcGuire at acbl.org>
> *w:** www.acbl.org <http://www.acbl.org/>*
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