[blml] Mobile lawbook

[Peter Eidt]

From: Eric Landau 
> > +=+ The DSC did publish the drafts last November to NBOs for
> > their comments.  We received much from the NBOs in response.
> 
> Speaking as a member of one particularly large NBO, I can say that
> anything you received from the ACBL must have been written in secret
> by a single individual or small group of administrators.  As far as
> being seen by the people actually affected, they might as well have
> been circulated into a black hole.  I am extremely fortunate to count
> among my fairly close friends two (out of a total of six) of the
> ACBL's most senior and experienced directors (those who the ACBL has
> named as qualified to serve as DIC at NABCs).  Neither had any
> knowledge or awareness of the existence of a draft of the 2008 laws
> until after they were finalized.  They got their very first look only
> when I forwarded to them the PDF that was offered to BLML.  Did the
> DSC really not want even these folks to see their work product? 
> If the DSC thought that sending a draft to the ACBL was in any way
> "publishing" it, they were either sadly mistaken or deliberately
> fooling themselves.
 
This was the second mail I recieved from Anna Gudge via the
DBV (German) office:

> From: Anna Gudge [mailto:anna at ecats.co.uk] 
> Sent: Montag, 5. Februar 2007 10:31
> To: Nicole Wilbert
> Betreff: Confidential: WBF Draft Laws Revisions February
>
> For the attention of : Nicole Wilbert
> General Secretary 
> Deutscher Bridge-Verband e. V.
>
> Dear Nicole
>
> There are some revised documents on the website which 
> you may wish to download for consideration.
>
> You will see in each one that text has been highlighted in 
> green – this is to indicate revisions that are under consideration – 
> the original text is still there for you to compare.
> 
> The Laws concerned are:
>
> Law 12
> Laws 80-81
> Laws 84 – 85 and
> Laws 86 – 89
>
> As before [Eidt: the whole draft, all laws], please ensure 
> that these are not made public, 
> but are circulated within your own Laws Committee and 
> authorised personnel only.
> I remind you that the URL is 
> http://www.ecatsbridge.com/lawsprivate/default.asp 
> the login for these pages is ...., and the password is .....
>
> Kind regards
> anna

I guess, that this invitation to take part in the final drafting
precess was sent to the ACBL office, too.