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<DIV>Tim – ah yes, I concur with biting your tongue.</DIV>
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<DIV>Larry</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=trkwhite@gmail.com
href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com">Tim White</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 12, 2017 8:30 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com
href="mailto:sbuboard@mailman.celestial.com">Seattle ACBL Unit Board</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [SBU Board] Fwd:</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style='FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline'>Fellow
Board Members,
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<DIV>I'm forwarding, fyi, an email below I received today from Yvonne Kirkland
who runs the Des Moines club. I've given it thought. I also sought
the thoughts of some of our board members who have served for several years and
experienced other, not dis-similar, communications from Yvonne in the
past. It is our common belief that despite what U446 has done, or might
ever do, Yvonne will not change her view that she and her club and players have
somehow been short-changed by our unit. This, while our board members have
invested scores of hours in discussion with her and working to get tournaments
into south King County. More broadly, to say the unit does nothing for her
club is ungracious in the extreme.</DIV>
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<DIV>It's somewhat ironic that this note came now. <SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: calibri, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)">A</SPAN><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"> couple months ago I sent a note to
all clubs in King County listed in the ACBL club directory, saying our unit
recognizes the importance of the health of the clubs and that we would like to
establish a dialog to understand how the unit could better harmonize its
activities with the interests of the clubs. I received no response from
Yvonne.</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>What she asks -- that her club be transferred to the Tacoma Unit -- is
impossible. Clubs may only affiliate with the unit within whose boundaries
they are located. So long as her club is located in King County, it may
only affiliate with U446.</DIV>
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<DIV>The sense of the responses I received from our board members to whom I sent
Yvonne's note is to send her a polite reply responding to her request for
transfer and conveying our openness to constructive discussion, but to not seek
to change her mindset. Without objection, I will send Yvonne such a note
soon, with cc's to you.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>Tim</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'; COLOR: "><B>From:
</B></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'">Yvonne
Kirkland <<A
href="mailto:yesk@comcast.net">yesk@comcast.net</A>><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'; COLOR: "><B>Date:
</B></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'">July 12,
2017 10:47:48 AM PDT<BR></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'; COLOR: "><B>To:
</B></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica'">Tim White
<<A
href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com">trkwhite@gmail.com</A>><BR></SPAN></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Hi Tim </P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">I am asking the Seattle Unit to transfer my club
to the Tacoma Unit because you do NOT have any sectional or tournaments in the
south end any more. All the way up to Bothell</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Beside the Tacoma unit helps me and you do
nothing for my club</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Thank You</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in">Yvonne</P>
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