<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">U446 board members,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Forwarding email from Arleen Harvey reporting that McKenzie Myers will be her successor as ACBL Area Supervisor to include responsibility for assignment of DiC’s for tournaments within D19. (McKenzie has re-located to Eugene, OR.)</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please work with McKenzie in coordination of future requests for DiC’s for U446 tournaments.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tim<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Arleen Harvey <<a href="mailto:arleen.harvey@acbl.org" class="">arleen.harvey@acbl.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Re: 2019 D19 NAP Finals</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">December 17, 2018 at 5:11:07 PM PST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Tim White <<a href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com" class="">trkwhite@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Mckenzie Myers <<a href="mailto:Mckenzie.Myers@acbl.org" class="">Mckenzie.Myers@acbl.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Tim,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">I am not aware of any conflicts at this time. Malt's response is probably more knowledgeable than mine from that standpoint since he does the approvals for sanctioning and isn't aware of any pending tournaments that would conflict at this time.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">I am copying McKenzie Myers on this email. He has just been announced as my replacement as the Area Manager including D19 in his group. As we discussed I will be transitioning to a part-time position and stepping down from management at the end of this year.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Good luck with everything!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Arleen<br class=""></div><br class=""><div style="" class=""><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 773.21875px;" class=""><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Matthew Koltnow<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, December 12, 2018 12:38 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tim White<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Arleen Harvey<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: 2019 D19 NAP Finals</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class="BodyFragment"><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><div class="PlainText">Tim,<br class=""> <br class=""> (Wearing just my D19 tournament coordinator hat)<br class=""> <br class="">These dates all appear to be free of potential tournament conflict. The okanagan unit used<br class="">to have a thanksgiving weekend sectional but have not had one in a few years now.<br class=""> <br class="">Matt<br class=""><br class="">Sent from my iPhone<br class=""><br class="">> On Dec 13, 2018, at 03:21, Tim White <<a href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com" class="">trkwhite@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> [OUTSIDE Email]<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> Hi Matt and Arleen,<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> Planning is underway for the 2019 D19 NAP Finals. Attractive facility and equipment general fee schedules have been worked out with the East Delta Hall facility and the Duplicate Lite Bridge Club in Delta, BC. I’m eager to site the Finals in BC in 2019 as in 2018 the finals of all three flights were held in WA.<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> Fee schedules for Delta, BC are attractive in comparison with the “free” PUD facility we used in Mount Vernon, WA last year in combination with charges for transporting, setting up, and using TournTables (supplier’s) tables and equipment for Flights A and B, as well as renting the Eastside Bridge Club for Flight C.<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> The plan is to hold two-session Flight A and Flight C NAP Finals on Saturday and two-session Flight B Finals on Sunday, as has been done at times in the past. I would like to ask you to please check the following candidate weekends and advise of their viability for sanctioning and DiC staffing:<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> Sat-Sun, Oct 12-13, 2019<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> Sat-Sun, Nov 16-17, 2019<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> Sat-Sun, Nov 23-24, 2019<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> Oct 14, 2019 is Canada’s Thanksgiving Day and I have a question into a BC colleague as to whether this would be reason to steer clear of Oct 12-13. And, a check is concurrently being made with East Delta Hall as to its availability these weekends.<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> As this comes together, I will build the event flyer that ACBL HQ now requires as the basis for applying for a district NAP or GNT Finals sanction.<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> As always, your thoughts and comments are welcome.<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> Thanks,<br class="">> Tim</div></span></font></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>