<div dir="ltr">Although my vote is not yet official, I fully support spending money to assist the development of local folks as tournament directors.<div><br></div><div>I believe that director development is one of the things the unit should be spending more effort on; and I have some other ideas on the topic we can discuss at some point next year.</div><div><br></div><div>--David</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 2:19 PM Ann Romeo <<a href="mailto:annromeo@gmail.com">annromeo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi All, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Jenni and Matt are encouraging Jeremy Gulley to become a local tournament director. In order to reach this position, Jeremy needs to take an ACBL test that costs $50.00. Jenni points out that when she took this test, her local unit covered the cost.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">My question to you: should we cover Jeremy's fees?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Personally, I think doing so is an indication of both our support of Jeremy and the idea that it is in our best interest to have locally-based directors.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I also think this is good news in general--Jeremy is one of the good guys, with strong experience with new players, and appears to be fair-minded, disciplined, hardworking, and extremely supportive of bridge.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thoughts?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-3048146409366016016gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Ann Romeo<br>Personal email: <a href="mailto:annromeo@gmail.com" target="_blank">annromeo@gmail.com</a></div>
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