[JanM]

The USBF Trials to select our teams for the Patino Cup and the Damiani Cup in Beijing and for the FISU Games in Poland will be held immediately before and during the Las Vegas NABC. The "WBF" Trials are Tuesday and Wednesday, July 15 & 16. The "FISU" Trials are Saturday & Sunday, July 19 & 20 (in between is the ACBL Intercollegiate Championship). Both Trials will start with half a day of Round Robin and then have one and a half days of KO. We hope to broadcast from all of the KO matches. To do that we'll need 4 Vugraph operators on Tuesday from 7:30 pm to about midnight and Wednesday from 1:00-3:15 pm, and 2 operators on Wednesday from 3:30-5:45 and 7:30-midnight. We'll also need 4 operators on Saturday from 7:30pm-midnight and on Sunday from 1:00-3:30, and 2 on Sunday from 7:30-midnight.

If you'll be in Las Vegas not playing bridge, please consider volunteering to be a Vugraph operator for these events. Junior bridge is always fun. To volunteer, just send me an email (marteljan at gmail dot com).