[blml] The Rubaiyat of Law 58B2 [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Robin Barker]

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> At 07:38 PM 9/18/06, Sven wrote:
>
>>And my guess is that we shall have the first minutes (or equivalent)
>>within
>>a year after the release of the new laws.
>
> If anyone is taking bets, I'll go for the under.

I'd already emailed a spread offer  of 180 days plus or minus 10 :)  John
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I'm not sure when the 1997 laws were first available, or the earliest they were in use.

http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/law_bas.htm says
"In the ACBL it happened in late May 1997. In England it occurred on 1st October 1997.
Everywhere will be using it by the 1st of January 1998."

So it is likely the 1997 laws were in use less than five months when WBFLC minutes (1997-10-19) contained interpretations of the new laws.  In England the pristine laws were in use for 19 days and in other places the laws had been subject to interpretation before being used!

Robin

WBFLC 1997-10-19 #6 re Law71C
WBFLC 1997-10-19 #7 re definition of "convention"

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