[matmat]

pclayton, on May 5 2008, 12:27 PM, said:

ABA ♥

i've looked into this, and it seems to me that the ABA has chosen to inherit a lot of the ACBL procedures and tournament rules? (if not all) instead of having their own... (including alert procedures and convention restrictions)

[barmar]

han, on May 4 2008, 07:17 PM, said:

So basically the ACBL districts and units are only run by people who have time to do so? No wonder it's such a mess!

Is it possible to run volunteer organizations in any other way?

I'm in EMBA, the same unit as TimG and jchiu. In our annual district elections, the officers usually run unopposed, but there are usually about 30-50% more nominees for unit board members than positions. We usually have 2 or 3 candidates in their 40's and younger (it helps that this is the unit containing Boston and Cambridge, with all our colleges, so our membership skews younger than the ACBL at large), but I'm not sure how many of them get elected.

[TimG]

barmar, on May 5 2008, 07:29 PM, said:

I'm in EMBA, the same unit as TimG and jchiu.

I live in Maine and am a member of the Maine Unit, not EMBA (Eastern Massachusetts Bridge Association). That does mean we are both members of District 25 (New England Bridge Conference). I believe Jason (jchiu) has move out of District 25.

Tim

[barmar]

TimG, on May 5 2008, 08:46 PM, said:

barmar, on May 5 2008, 07:29 PM, said:

I'm in EMBA, the same unit as TimG and jchiu.

I live in Maine and am a member of the Maine Unit, not EMBA (Eastern Massachusetts Bridge Association). That does mean we are both members of District 25 (New England Bridge Conference). I believe Jason (jchiu) has move out of District 25.

Tim

I meant the same unit as jchiu when he was on the unit board. He's since moved twice.

For some reason I interpreted your earlier message as saying that you were in our unit, I must have misread.

[jchiu]

barmar, on May 6 2008, 12:51 AM, said:

TimG, on May 5 2008, 08:46 PM, said:

barmar, on May 5 2008, 07:29 PM, said:

I'm in EMBA, the same unit as TimG and jchiu.

I live in Maine and am a member of the Maine Unit, not EMBA (Eastern Massachusetts Bridge Association). That does mean we are both members of District 25 (New England Bridge Conference). I believe Jason (jchiu) has move out of District 25.

Tim

I meant the same unit as jchiu when he was on the unit board. He's since moved twice.

For some reason I interpreted your earlier message as saying that you were in our unit, I must have misread.

Yes, I was on the Eastern Mass. Bridge Association board during my senior year of college from August 2004 to May 2005. When I was elected, I was 18 years 9 months, which was probably close to how old Tim was when he was elected to his unit board in college. In the Boston area, a lot of the younger people running during my time were seen as overly aggressive, and I still wonder how I wasn't perceived that way with my hot temper at tournaments. This factor may have led to more players choosing the status quo board of older players.

I have since moved twice to Central New Jersey (D3U140) and San Jose (D21U507). However, I have not served in any bridge politics organization since.