<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="">Colleagues in bridge governance,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The surprising and disappointing scheduling and sanctioning of the event below is -- to say the least — unhelpful, given the Seattle Unit’s sanctioned sectional and concurrent I/N regional on Sept 20-22, 2019.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I asked Matt Koltnow, D19 Tournament Coordinator, if he has knowledge of the process by which this “Seattle Sectional at Sea” was sanctioned. He replied that these things used to come to him, but no more. He has no say in them. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Perhaps this is an issue that Seattle U446 might ask Julie to raise with ACBL HQ in the near term, and for the full D19 board and Julie to take up during our board meeting April 8 in Victoria. It seems completely inappropriate to end-run the local unit and/or district when considering whether to sanction an event such as this sectional at sea.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tim</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><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="">"American Contract Bridge League" <<a href="mailto:emailservices@acbl.com" class="">emailservices@acbl.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="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Seattle Sectional at Sea - Sept 8-15, 2019</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="">January 24, 2019 at 1:50:02 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; 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font-weight: normal; text-align: left; font-family: Gotham, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; vertical-align: top; padding: 20px 10px;" class=""><p class="">Dear Tim,</p><p class="">SEATTLE SECTIONAL AT SEA</p><p class="">Championship Sectional</p><p class="">SEPTEMBER 8-15, 2019</p><p class="">7-Night Round-Trip Seattle</p><p class="">Holland America’s Oosterdam</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="">Earn Silver Points as you sail Alaska’s Inside Passage, round-trip from Seattle. 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