[blml] Oh my Gourd [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Grattan Endicott:

>+=+ I am reading this topic but I am not altogether sure where
>it is leading. Law 16 has attempted to make as clear as possible
>the treatment of UI.

Richard Hills:

The 2007 Law 16 is a huge improvement on the 1997 Law 16.  Much
more detail and clarified processes.  But to discover that the
_creation_ of UI is not necessarily an infraction one still has
to turn to the (un-cross-referenced) Law 73D1 and/or the WBF Code
of Practice.

Grattan Endicott:

>Presumably magazines and pundits, appeals committees, tournament
>directors quietly, will devote attention to the 'education' of
>players who have difficulty with the subject.

Richard Hills:

But often it has been the directors and appeals committees who
have had difficulty with the subject.  See, for example, the
ACBL Appeals Casebook for the Spring 2000 NABC in Cincinnati (in
which Grattan and David Stevenson were transatlantic guest stars).

Grattan Endicott:

>It is unlikely that an esoteric message board will have the
>breadth of readership to get the message across where it is
>needed.

Richard Hills:

Esoteric?

I beg to differ.  The principle of Six Degrees of Separation
means that significant messages can be leveraged onto much more
popular fora.  For example, my Unofficial executive summary of Law
changes is being serialised in the Melbourne bridge newsletter and
is also being used as a resource in South Africa.

And now for some esoteric unconjugated Latin: "Romanes eunt domus".

:-)

Best wishes

Richard James Hills
Graduates and Developmental Training Section
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Telephone: 02 6223 8458
Email: richard.hills at immi.gov.au

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