<div dir="auto">One thing I recommend....ping all CS who played in the homestyle swiss and ping all CS in the top ranks of the ace of spades and miimickinney. These are the folk that have the bug, and they should be targeted for swiss.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 3:28 PM Craig Mills <<a href="mailto:millscg@comcast.net">millscg@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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FYI - and I’m the person who asked about the nine foot centers.
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<br>From: <strong dir="auto" class="gmail_sendername">Tim White</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">trkwhite@gmail.com</a>></span>
<br>Date: Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 9:00 AM
<br>Subject: ACBL COVID-Related Tournament Policies
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Questions have arisen concerning the status of ACBL’s use of COVID-related metrics and associated stoplight charts in connection with its decisions on TD staffing for tournaments.
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Yesterday, Joann Glasson, ACBL Board President, met with ACBL officials F2F at HQ in Horn Lake. In preparation for her meeting, I asked Joann to confirm with Joe Jones, ACBL Executive Director, the status of ACBL’s COVID-related policies for regional and sectional tournaments, particularly in light of the following recent advisory from Matt Koltnow, our Area Supervisor, to a tournament sponsor in our Region:
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Joann reports that Joe Jones told her such notification (above) was sent out, although not to ACBL Board Members. Based on recent contacts with some of our tournament sponsors I felt it would be useful to share out the above; apologies to those for whom it is redundant.
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Also, one of our tournament organizers asked me about any update on ACBL’s policy of 9-foot spacing of table centers. This <span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">requirement is making it difficult for some organizers to find suitable venues of sufficient size or floor plan shape. With everyone vaccinated and masked, there's a legitimate question as to whether science shows meaningful safety benefit from 9-foot vs 8-foot table centers. Joann reports that yesterday Joe affirmed to her this requirement has not been changed.</span></span>
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