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bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">I know there are some negative
reactions to Bahar, but I've found him incredibly responsive and
communicative and aggressive about pursing the solution to a problem
when it is presented to him. <br>
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Case in point: I've complained about the Silver Ribbon with no option
for non seniors for years now to multiple people and heard nothing. In
the 3-4 times I've reached out to Marv with questions he "forwarded my
email to the ACBL" 1 time and didn't bother to even respond every other
time.<br>
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In comparison, Bahar responded quickly to my email about the Silver
Ribbon creating a hole in the schedule for non senior players and
updated me multiple times as he pursued a solution. A few weeks later
and it appears to (possibly) be on its way to getting solved. So even
though I think the "Redistribute Tournament Activity" is a godawful idea
and there are some issues with many of the other big ideas, its
exciting to see someone that is actually trying.<br>
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Fwd'ing to people who might interact with Bahar and/or people who might
be impacted by this change (aka might go to the Spring NABC and not
qual'd for silver).<br>
<br>
Eric<br>
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<tbody><tr><th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Subject: </th><td>RE:
NABC Concerns</td></tr><tr><th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap"
valign="BASELINE">Date: </th><td>Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:07:29 +0000</td></tr><tr><th
align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">From: </th><td>Bahar
Gidwani <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bahar@acbl.org"><bahar@acbl.org></a></td></tr><tr><th align="RIGHT"
nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">To: </th><td>Eric Sieg
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eric@sdpdigital.com"><eric@sdpdigital.com></a></td></tr><tr><th align="RIGHT"
nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">CC: </th><td>Bob Heller
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:hellerb@mindspring.com"><hellerb@mindspring.com></a></td></tr></tbody>
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<pre>Thought you'd like to know that we are submitting a motion on this. I hope it will correct the issue you pointed out--and maybe in time to improve your experience in Philadelphia!
Thanks again for your input. Kudos to our President Bob Heller (copied above) for coming up with a creative solution to this problem.
Bahar Gidwani, CFA, FSA
CEO, ACBL
662-253-3175 (o)
901-314-5975 (c)
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bahar.gidwani@acbl.org">bahar.gidwani@acbl.org</a>
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