<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://23/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Folks,<div><br></div><div>A nomination for the Aileen Osofsky Goodwill Member of the Year award is on tomorrow evening's agenda. Some weeks ago the McCaslins indicated that they, the Godefroys, the Breezes and the Putnams were putting together a nomination for Barbara Nist for the ACBL's Aileen Osofsky Goodwill Member of the Year award and that they intended to provide it to the U446 board for review and submittal. A nomination must be submitted by a Unit or District official in good standing. I asked that they submit the material to the U446 board well in advance of our Sept 11 meeting, but apparently they've been away. This evening I received the email below from the McCaslins.</div><div><br></div><div>Nominations must be submitted by Oct 15 using the template at this link:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://fs18.formsite.com/sarhaus/form4/index.html?1360600121375">http://fs18.formsite.com/sarhaus/form4/index.html?1360600121375</a></div><div><br></div><div>Prior to tomorrow evening's meeting, please try to visit the nomination template at the link and read the email below.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Tim</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"John and Beth McCaslin" <<a href="mailto:mccaslins@mail.com">mccaslins@mail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Barbara Nist Goodwill Member of the Year nomination</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">September 10, 2017 5:54:20 PM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com">trkwhite@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:mccaslins@mail.com">mccaslins@mail.com</a>><br></span></div><br><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017"><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="525132120-14082017"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span class="117022620-10092017">Introductory comments about Barbara, from Beth McCaslin:</span></font></font></span></div><blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px; "><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="525132120-14082017"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span class="117022620-10092017"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><u>Barbara Nist</u>:</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">A wonderful lady, great family, fabulous cook.</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Quoting Julie and Ole Godefroy: “She<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">has done more than anyone else for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Seattle</st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>bridge over 40 years"<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">She always has a welcoming smile for all – old friends and people she meets. She laughs, enjoys life, and makes everyone feel welcome when playing bridge. Her warm personality is what makes her special.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">It is our privilege to know her – she deserves to be named Goodwill Member of the Year.</span></div></span></font></font></span></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="525132120-14082017"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span class="117022620-10092017"></span></font></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="525132120-14082017"><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span class="117022620-10092017"></span></font></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="525132120-14082017"><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Summary of facts about Barbara collected from the Godefroys, Breezes, and McCaslins:</font></font></span></div><ul dir="ltr"><li><div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017">Organized bridge competition as part of the 1990 <span class="117022620-10092017">i</span><span class="117022620-10092017">nternational "</span>Goodwill Games<span class="117022620-10092017">"</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in Seattle, just after the Soviet Union broke up:</span></font></div><ul><li><div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017">Worked with the ACBL CEO, the Goodwill Games chairman, and the Russian Bridge Federation president to get 26 players to participate from Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, and Siberia</span></font></div></li><li><div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017">Overcame players' lack of travel resources by arranging for them to fly with Russian athletes, and found local bridge players to host all players in their homes</span></font></div></li><li><div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017">Competition was in a downtown hotel, with commentary broadcast by local experts. Barbara arranged a medal ceremony and wrap-up pool party afterwards</span></font></div></li><li><div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017">Organized fund-raisers through the New York Times and local airlines to provide players with transportation home</span></font></div></li></ul></li><li><div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017">Co-chaired two Seattle NABC's: Fall 1993 and Fall 2011</span></font></div></li><li><div align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017"><font>District 19 Representative to ACBL Board of Directors:</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font color="#ff0000">years???</font></span></font></div></li><li><div align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017"><font>Unit 446 President:</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font color="#ff0000">years???</font></span></font></div></li><li><div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017">Charity work:</span></font></div><ul><li><div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017">Organized fund-raising dinner for Tay-Sachs disease, raising $1,200</span></font></div></li></ul></li><li><div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017">Hosted a 24-table game to celebrate a couple's 50th wedding anniversary, baking a huge 3-layer cake</span></font></div></li><li><div align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017"><font>Has run bridge clubs for</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font color="#ff0000">??? years</font><font>, geared to newer players:</font></span></font></div><ul><li><div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017">Includes lunch or dinner (she's an excellent cook who rarely follows recipes). One game a month is "pizza pairs", for which she creates a variety of excellent pizzas from scratch.</span></font></div></li><li><div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017">Holds enhanced-MP games whenever possible</span></font></div></li><li><div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017">Finds partners (often gold life masters) for new players</span></font></div></li><li><div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017">Calls in players to prevent sit-outs.</span></font></div></li><li><div align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017">Makes players and partners feel welcome; is empathetic and tolerant of their foibles; smiles and laughs a lot</span></font></div></li></ul></li><li><div align="left"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><span class="525132120-14082017"><span class="525132120-14082017"><font>Partnered with winner<span class="421483901-21082017">s</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of our Unit Game<span class="421483901-21082017">s'</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>C-strat, as prize</font><span class="421483901-21082017"><font>s, for</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font color="#ff0000">???</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font color="#ff0000">years</font></span></span></span></font></div></li></ul></span></font></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>