<div dir="ltr"><div>+1 on it being an interesting read. I will say the PPT from the CEO is embarrassing for an organization of this size. And I see pros & cons in the Regional notes (and largely but not always agreed with the TTF comments).<br><br></div>One of the biggest issues I see here are massive lists of "to do" with zero prioritization. I also see lots of data abuse. Neither give me a ton of confidence.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">--<font size="1"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><br><span style="font-family:arial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:x-small">JC Chupack</span></font></span></font><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:x-small">* Find me on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, or Twitter: jcchupack</span></font></span></font></div></font></font></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 2:47 PM, Eric Sieg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:easieg@gmail.com" target="_blank">easieg@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">This was super interesting
to read, thanks for forwarding.<br>
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Eric<br>
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<span>Tim White wrote:</span><br>
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FYI. Note especially Powerpoint slide 5
change to Canadian denominated fees and request on slide 7 for district
financial data. <br>
<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="m_7004842916526608351Apple-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">Kelley Trejo <<a href="mailto:BoG@mail1.acbl.org" target="_blank">BoG@mail1.acbl.org</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>On behalf of
Bahar Gidwani - August progress</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 13, 2017
8:43:08 AM 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:bog@mail1.acbl.org" target="_blank">bog@mail1.acbl.org</a>'" <<a href="mailto:bog@mail1.acbl.org" target="_blank">bog@mail1.acbl.org</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:kelley.trejo@acbl.org" target="_blank">kelley.trejo@acbl.org</a><br></span></div><br><div bgcolor="white" link="#660000" vlink="#003399" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_7004842916526608351WordSection1"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Board of Governor member,<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Attached
is the update on our progress we shared last week with the Board. It
details the 40+ projects staff completed during August. We thought we’d
share this information also with you, as several of the things we are
working on affect units, districts, clubs, and teachers.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We hope you will all
participate in our new, expanded College Bowl program. Through a
partnership with the Education Foundation, we are now able to pay
expenses and offer stipends to those who are willing to form and coach a
college team. We plan to support these teams with training from our
TDs, local teachers, and (we hope) unit and club members. We have
already had a commitment from District 7 to field five teams (they had
the winning team this year—Georgia Tech) and we hope other Districts can
do the same. With your support, we could see 50 or more teams
competing (instead of the 17 we had this year). We believe each team
will introduce at least 10 young people to bridge. You can do the math
and see how helpful this program could be to ACBL’s future.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We have also started
researching district and tournament financials. Our goal is to provide
an overview of how the ACBL looks financially, as a whole. We believe
we can build “best practice” guidance that will help unit and district
boards and tournament chairs create better budgets and financial
forecasts. While many Districts have cooperated with this effort, a few
still have not given us the financial reports we need. We’ll be
reaching out to get the rest of the info we need, soon. After we
understand district and financial data, we may start to look at unit,
club, and teacher information as well.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We plan to share ten
“big idea” opportunities for improving the ACBL with the Board this
week. After we have the Board’s initial feedback, we will share our
proposals with all of you, as well. We hope that the increase in the
information we share with you is helpful rather than annoying or
distracting. Our goal is to increase your ability to understand what we
are doing so that you can help focus us on the things that will most
improve our organization in the future.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:windowtext"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Bahar
Gidwani,</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="m_7004842916526608351Apple-converted-space"> </span>CFA,
FSA<br>CEO,<span class="m_7004842916526608351Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.acbl.org/" style="color:rgb(0,51,153);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">ACBL</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="tel:(662)%20253-3175" value="+16622533175" target="_blank">662-253-3175</a> (o)<u></u><u></u></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="tel:(901)%20314-5975" value="+19013145975" target="_blank">901-314-5975</a> (c)<br><b><a href="mailto:bahar.gidwani@acbl.org" style="color:rgb(0,51,153);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">bahar.gidwani@acbl.org</span></a><u></u><u></u></b></span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:windowtext"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:windowtext"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:windowtext"> </span></div><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"> </span></b></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Kelley
Trejo<u></u><u></u></span></b></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,157,220)">Executive
Coordinator<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(0,157,220)">Director
of Elections<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,157,220)"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span></span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div>
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