<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>John,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">No objections from me. Thank you for handling this situation for us.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Susan<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<div><br></div></div><div><br>On Apr 16, 2016, at 2:33 PM, John <<a href="mailto:judgejohn@msn.com">judgejohn@msn.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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--></style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Greetings, all!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">As we decided at our board meeting this week, I called Anne Farmer to work out the details for our contribution to the kids in her group.</p><p class="MsoNormal">As always seems to be the case in this relationship, things did not go entirely smoothly or as expected.</p><p class="MsoNormal">But I think we have worked out a resolution which will satisfy just about everybody.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">As you recall, Anne is running the end-of-season tournament for her kids on May 6.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Our intention was to give $125 cash to each member of the winning pair.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Her organization is also taking some of the kids in the group to the Youth NABCs in Washington D.C.</p><p class="MsoNormal">We offered to pay up to $750 total to kids who could demonstrate to our satisfaction that they needed the subsidy. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Here is what has developed since then. </p><p class="MsoNormal">At the tournament May 6, there will be four winners – a North-South pair, and an East-West pair.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Also, Anne wants to award an Amazon gift card of $100 to each of the winners.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">As to travel to D.C., she expects a total of four kids to go, all from the McClure Middle School.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Of those, she thinks three of the families are financially self-sufficient; and only one kid needs a partial subsidy to be able to go.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Anne says she is prepared to pay that subsidy herself (or maybe it is Seattle NextGenBridge money).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">She and I discussed it (at some length!); and here is what we worked out, subject to your approval.</p><p class="MsoNormal">We propose that the Unit buy the four Amazon gift cards, for a total of $400.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Patti, or Ann Romeo, will be present at the tournament, and will award those prizes to the four winners, on behalf of the Unit.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Travel subsidies will be totally up to Anne Farmer and NextGenBridge.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I have discussed this proposed resolution with Tim, and with Patti and Ann Romeo.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Patti, Ann and I are the members of our Unit board who are also members of the board of Seattle NextGenBridge.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The four of this are agreeable to this resolution – although I think all of us are a little frustrated as to the bumpy road which led to it.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The purpose of this e-mail is to see if any of the other members of the Unit board object to this resolution.</p><p class="MsoNormal">If so, please “reply to all” this weekend.</p><p class="MsoNormal">But if I don’t hear any prompt objections from anyone, I will let Anne know that this will be the arrangement.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">John W.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Sbuboard mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com">Sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com</a></span><br><span><a href="http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/sbuboard">http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/sbuboard</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>