<div><div dir="auto">I agree. It is killing our sectional and NLM regional. Please think of the local venues </div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 7:42 PM Marla Patterson <<a href="mailto:navy.golf.mp@gmail.com">navy.golf.mp@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I agree. We work hard not to step on each other’s toes, so outsiders shouldn’t get to do it either.<br><br><div id="m_-3864272162078060388AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><br>On Feb 2, 2019, at 13:36, Kathie Hoehne <<a href="mailto:kathie.hoehne@gmail.com" target="_blank">kathie.hoehne@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">I have long objected to the number of Regionals and Sectionals at sea. I Think they take away from the clubs particularly events at the more remote clubs like Anchorage. Apparently National has no intent of limiting these tournaments and their growth is pulling players away for events the land based ACBL clubs host. Also the timing of these events does not seem to take overall schedule of the District they are near into account before sanctioning the event. Maybe all the districts in coastal areas should ban together on this issue. <br><br><div id="m_-3864272162078060388AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jan 24, 2019, at 4:23 PM, Tim White <<a href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com" target="_blank">trkwhite@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Colleagues in bridge governance,<div><br></div><div>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><br></div><div>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><br></div><div>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><br></div><div>Tim</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="m_-3864272162078060388Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">"American Contract Bridge League" <<a href="mailto:emailservices@acbl.com" target="_blank">emailservices@acbl.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Seattle Sectional at Sea - Sept 8-15, 2019</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">January 24, 2019 at 1:50:02 PM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Tim White <<a href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com" target="_blank">trkwhite@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">"American Contract Bridge League ACBL " <<a href="mailto:BestBridgeAtSea@GoAwayTrav.com" target="_blank">BestBridgeAtSea@GoAwayTrav.com</a>><br></span></div><br><div><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Georgia,Times,serif;font-size:12px;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;background-color:rgb(40,40,40);text-decoration:none"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeed" style="padding-top:20px"><table width="580" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" class="m_-3864272162078060388deviceWidth" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#eeeeed"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="right" class="m_-3864272162078060388deviceWidth" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3864272162078060388center" style="padding:5px 0px"><a href="http://pianola-links.acbl.com/wf/click?upn=4e7zUqLShXPWuNAGdTr-2BUBB8F1UyxKvXK4w9-2Fh18tq8-3D_vG2SUxiIeQW4t8mJmZ7VoieXrSYiFI4gDNFj5tWtmArY1h0P53QZtOJsqLxvd-2F5FbXWWgdIyp82G6HVBBDiNyV7qDQPseVi6H5fl5ptjzMSFIoQkK0GSCx8kJNAXzGM5N5UHJqwEGh7YeqLNUTUT-2BS5JZxsjyXJZTAhgsGJF5zBiF2MUr-2FSM36yQmurR82UFiyixrS9kufz3e8e1aUG74J0nSMKt7-2FKnhDR-2BL-2BH94-2F4RBfPdu-2FVCRwvrz-2BJgnKHxiYGDdS-2FIErIMvkdHfu06r3xO1vPLyQkNrqVwkQnqfIw-3D" target="_blank"><img src="http://web2.acbl.org/documentlibrary/marketing/Email_links/pianola/2018_icon.jpg" width="35" height="35" title="acbl.org" alt="ACBL" border="0"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left" class="m_-3864272162078060388deviceWidth" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-3864272162078060388center" style="font-size:25px;color:rgb(0,157,220);font-weight:bold;text-align:right;font-family:Gotham,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:middle;padding:10px 0px 5px"><a style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,157,220)">ACBL<span class="m_-3864272162078060388Apple-converted-space"> </span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="580" class="m_-3864272162078060388deviceWidth" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeed" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="padding:0px"><a><img class="m_-3864272162078060388deviceWidth" src="http://web2.acbl.org/documentlibrary/marketing/Email_links/pianola/unit_horz_sec.jpg" alt="ACBL Sectional Tournament" border="0" width="580" style="display:block;border-top-left-radius:4px;border-top-right-radius:4px;border-bottom-right-radius:4px;border-bottom-left-radius:4px;width:580px;max-width:580px"></a></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;font-family:Gotham,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;padding:20px 10px"><p>Dear Tim,</p><p>SEATTLE SECTIONAL AT SEA</p><p>Championship Sectional</p><p>SEPTEMBER 8-15, 2019</p><p>7-Night Round-Trip Seattle</p><p>Holland America’s Oosterdam</p><div> <br class="m_-3864272162078060388webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p>Earn Silver Points as you sail Alaska’s Inside Passage, round-trip from Seattle. 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