[blml] 2007 laws

[Marvin French]

From: "Eric Landau"
>
> Let us hope that by the next round of law revisions the high and
> mighty who sit on the councils of the WBF will have recognized the
> reality that confronts actual bridge players who live in
jurisdiction
> of certain NBOs, including one very large one, to wit:
>
> Individual players wishing to express opinions have a better chance
> of conveying those opinions to the WBF if they write them on a piece
> of paper, put it in a bottle and float it out to sea than if they
> send them to their NBO.

Indeed. I have sent suggestions to the ACBL, but never get a reply.

For instance, a suggestion to the LC regarding Procedural Penalties.
An attorney on the committee agreed with the legal principle involved,
but I didn't get a reply until I asked for it from the chairman. He
said only short suggestions get noticed at all, the explanation I
provided with mine was too long and was therefore ignored.

Another suggestion was to the C&C that finals of big NABC+ pair games
switch only half the pairs for the second session, providing more
comparisons between pairs. That seemed reasonable enough to deserve a
reply, but I received none.

The excellent series on filling out an ACBL convention card,
"Duplicate Decisions," had a number of omissions and errors, some
nitpicking, some serious. I received no reply to my submission of
suggested changes.

I'm through wasting my time with these people.

Marv
Marvin L. French
San Diego, California
www.marvinfrench.com