<div dir="ltr">We can certainly talk about it in the meeting. I'll add it to the agenda.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 3:28 PM Craig Mills <<a href="mailto:millscg@comcast.net">millscg@comcast.net</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"><u></u>
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On 02/18/2022 9:46 AM Jeff Ford <<a href="mailto:jeff.ford@gmail.com" target="_blank">jeff.ford@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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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">trkwhite@gmail.com</a>></span>
<br>Date: Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 9:00 AM
<br>Subject: ACBL COVID-Related Tournament Policies
<br>To: Tim White <<a href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com" target="_blank">trkwhite@gmail.com</a>>
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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:rgb(255,255,255)"><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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