[SBU Board] Fwd: ACBL COVID-Related Tournament Policies

[Ann Romeo]

One thing I recommend....ping all CS who played in the homestyle swiss and
ping all CS in the top ranks of the ace of spades and miimickinney.  These
are the folk that have the bug, and they should be targeted for swiss.

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 3:28 PM Craig Mills <millscg at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi Jeff
> Do you think we will talk about the "Get more Cs into Round Robin" in
> Monday's meeting?  Would that be "new business"?
>
> Or would that be more of a committee/further study in a different (i.e.
> smaller audience) meeting?
>
>
> On 02/18/2022 9:46 AM Jeff Ford <jeff.ford at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> FYI - and I’m the person who asked about the nine foot centers.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Tim White <trkwhite at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 9:00 AM
> Subject: ACBL COVID-Related Tournament Policies
> To: Tim White <trkwhite at gmail.com>
>
>
> D18 and D19 Board Members and Unit Presidents,
>
> Questions have arisen concerning the status of ACBL’s use of COVID-related
> metrics and associated stoplight charts in connection with its decisions on
> TD staffing for tournaments.
>
> Yesterday, Joann Glasson, ACBL Board President, met with ACBL officials
> F2F at HQ in Horn Lake.  In preparation for her meeting, I asked Joann to
> confirm with Joe Jones, ACBL Executive Director, the status of ACBL’s
> COVID-related policies for regional and sectional tournaments, particularly
> in light of the following recent advisory from Matt Koltnow, our Area
> Supervisor, to a tournament sponsor in our Region:
>
> *"As of January 1st, there is no more of the red-yellow-green system of
> telling tournaments they cannot have ACBL TDs. If you sanction a
> tournament, you can have a tournament. The assumption is that the local
> committee will make a good decision about whether players will think it is
> safe to play in a tournament. We'll let you know a week before the
> tournament whether masks will be required, unless they're already required
> by another authority."*
>
>
> Joann reports that Joe Jones told her such notification (above) was sent
> out, although not to ACBL Board Members.  Based on recent contacts with
> some of our tournament sponsors I felt it would be useful to share out the
> above; apologies to those for whom it is redundant.
>
> Also, one of our tournament organizers asked me about any update on ACBL’s
> policy of 9-foot spacing of table centers.  This requirement is making it
> difficult for some organizers to find suitable venues of sufficient size or
> floor plan shape.  With everyone vaccinated and masked, there's a
> legitimate question as to whether science shows meaningful safety benefit
> from 9-foot vs 8-foot table centers.  Joann reports that yesterday
> Joe affirmed to her this requirement has not been changed.
>
> For Vicky Hemry:  Please forward to U418 board members, as I do not
> currently have access to an email address for U418 President.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
> Region 13 Director
> 206-979-9041
>
> --
> Jeff Ford
> Redmond, WA
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