[blml] Warsaw appeal no. 13 [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Matthias Berghaus]

Wayne Burrows schrieb:
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> And further the director's ruling seems to ignore the possibility that
> 4H was a cue as West claimed and that East probably always intended to
> correct to spades at some level.
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> Why does the director who made this ruling get to remain anonymous?
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As someone who has worked as TD at a similar event I would like to point 
out that there is no "the TD" per se, as all judgment decisions are made 
by several directors together (preumably there can be circumstances 
where this is not possible, but I have never experienced such a case). 
There is a TD who gathers the facts and presents them to his/her 
colleagues, and who later gives the decision to the players (and defends 
the case in AC, if need be), but no one is solely responsible (in 
judgement cases). So why pick out one of them? If the table TD goofed 
the AC will say so, and the Chief TD will hear about it (or, more 
likely, will already have heard, having been involved in the decision 
with some frequency).

I agree that the write-up leaves something to be desired, but give 
Herman (who does these things) a break. Following the arguments of 
several persons not speaking their mother tongue (which is, after all, a 
foreign language for Herman too) is not easy in the first place, and 
making a write-up of your notes and your memory some time later doesn`t 
make it easier either. Herman has made a good job out of my own appeals 
and those I was involved in as member of the TD "committee".

Regards
Matthias

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