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

[Jeff Ford]

We can certainly talk about it in the meeting. I'll add it to the agenda.

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 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
>
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> Jeff Ford
> Redmond, WA
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