[blml] Nondisclosure [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Wayne Burrows]

On 03/06/07, richard.hills at immi.gov.au <richard.hills at immi.gov.au> wrote:
> Mike Amos:
>
> [snip]
>
> >>I would invite the pair concerned to appeal.  It
> >>really pisses me off when I'm the CTD for an event
> >>and the Regulations are useless.  If a suitable
> >>Appeals Committee ruled that the system was
> >>allowed I'd accept their advice but suggest that a
> >>new CTD was found (in the next ten minutes :))
>
> Konrad Ciborowski:
>
> [snip]
>
> >As much as I am all for systems freedom I
> >absolutely require full disclosure - if you don't
> >have it on your CC you cannot play it. Period.
>
> Cootamundra Congress Teams
> Sunday 24th June 2007
> Round 1, Board 1
>
> North-South are Hashmat Ali and Richard Hills.
> East-West are Wayne Burrows and Konrad Ciborowski.
> The Director is Mike Amos.
>
> Imps
> Dlr: North
> Vul: Nil
>
> The bidding has gone:
>
> WEST      NORTH     EAST      SOUTH
> Wayne     Richard   Konrad    Hashmat
> ---       1H        Pass      1S
>
> Richard alerts Hashmat's 1S response, explaining that
> although it is a natural call, it is also a non-forcing
> call.  Wayne summons the Director, and complains that:
>
> "This method over a natural 1H has not been disclosed
> on their card nor was any verbal pre-alert given of
> this response.  Will you allow Konrad and me time to
> prepare a defence to this unusual and undisclosed
> agreement?"
>
> The Director, Mike Amos replies:
>
> "The ABF alert regulations do seem to require advance
> pre-alert notification of system so clearly it was the
> regulation writers' intention to demand advance
> disclosure of this 1S response to 1H.  No one can deny
> that this non-forcing response is 'unusual', and I would
> expect Cootamundra country congress competitors to
> understand their obligations."
>
> However.....
>
> The Chief Tournament Director over-rules the Director,
> deeming that the 1S response to 1H is such a trivial
> part of the Ali-Hills system that it would need a pre-
> alert only in a Canberra Bridge Club supervised play
> session.  The CTD offers Wayne a free game therein.
>
> :-)

Where is the line you are drawing Richard?

Wayne