[SBU Board] Fwd: 2020 fee increases, and credit card sales update

[Eric Sieg]

FYI, seemed worth forwarding to the board as this might be of interest.

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Subject: 	2020 fee increases, and credit card sales update
Date: 	Tue, 14 Jan 2020 02:12:07 +0000
From: 	D19D- Julie Smith <District19Director at acbl.org>
To: 	chriscookson at shaw.ca <chriscookson at shaw.ca>, 
kathie.hoehne at gmail.com <kathie.hoehne at gmail.com>, Ron Krueger 
<rwakrueger at yahoo.ocm>, Marv Norden <marv.norden at gmail.com>, Marla 
Patterson <navy.golf at comcast.net>, chumstick2 at frontier.com 
<chumstick2 at frontier.com>, easieg at gmail.com <easieg at gmail.com>, 
ngstock at telus.net <ngstock at telus.net>, ralph.wilhelmi at comcast.net 
<ralph.wilhelmi at comcast.net>, Bryan Maksymetz <bmaksymetz at gmail.com>



Dear D19 board members,
I have had a few questions from interested people about credit card 
sales, and also about fee increases for tournament sanctions and directors.

I am writing to share the information I have collected with you.

First of all, fees for regional and sectional tournaments will be 
increased by 6% effective April 1, 2020.

Tournament director fees will increase effective April 1, 2020. These 
increases are about 11.25%, and represent the first increase in four 
years. Here are the new rates: National Director: $240.00,  Associate 
National Director  $227.00,  Tournament Director $210.00,  Associate 
Tournament Director $180.00,  Local Tournament Director $135.00. I am 
told that even at these rates,  local sponsors are not covering the real 
cost of the directing staff to the ACBL, and Horn Lake is reportedly 
working on cost saving measures to try to close this gap.

There will be no charges to tournaments for the credit card fees charged 
for users of Square. The directors will carry little Square gadgets to 
the tournaments that will enable players to pay for an entry with a 
credit card. They are quick, easy, and will not require any additional 
staffing, especially once everyone is used to using this method of 
payment. Square Canada is being set up now, though I don't have any 
information on when that will be available.

All cash collected at a tournament will go to the sponsors, as before. 
The cash should be enough to cover immediate expenses, such as caddies. 
The money collected by credit card will go towards paying the ACBL 
invoice, and the tournament sponsor will receive a complete daily 
accounting. I am told that most tournament players are expected to 
continue to pay cash, at least in the immediate future.

Please let me know about your further questions. I suspect there may be 
many!
Kind regards,
Julie Smith

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