[blml] ACBL NABC Casebooks

[Eric Landau]

At 12:30 PM 6/21/06, Marvin wrote:

>The ACBL has changed its casebook policy again, after one try at a
>Discussion format for the Denver casebook, reverting instead to the
>previous format (absent me). Responsibility for casebooks has been
>removed from the hands of CTD Rick Beye, and is probably (can't find
>out) the responsibility of the NABC Appeals Committee, some of whom
>will be commenting on their own cases. The new panel of expert
>commentators comprises Ron Gerard (AC member), Jeff Goldsmith (AC
>member), Jeffrey Polisner (AC co-chair), Barry Rigal (AC co-chair),
>Howard Weinstein, Adam Wildavsky (AC member), Bobby Wolff, and ACBL
>TD Gary Zeiger. While the write-ups for the spring Dallas NABC have
>been posted, the expert commentary won't be included for a few more
>weeks. My own comments on selected cases will appear later on BLML
>and rgb.

So... we again have a casebook with "expert commentary", the purpose of 
which is presumably to review and criticize appeals results in order to 
provide superior guidance to those who might be involved in future 
appeals over and above the cases themselves.  Except that the 
overwhelming majority of the contributors will be from the very ACs 
whose decisions are to be reviewed.  I don't expect they'll be 
particularly keen to criticize their own work too vigorously.

This is only what we can expect from the ACBL, who, as has been made 
clear on this list, shows far less concern for educating its 
prospective AC members than other NCBOs.  The NABC Appeals Committee, 
as well as the previous casebook review group, were always essentially 
patronage appointments (based on whom you know, not what you know), but 
at least they were not nearly the same people.


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