[blml] Oh my Gourd [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[gesta at tiscali.co.uk]

Grattan Endicott<gesta at tiscali.co.uk
[following address discontinued:
grandeval at vejez.fsnet.co.uk]
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"Between these shoes soles an' this hat,
Stonds a very respectable mon
An' nob'dy'll contradict that
An' why? Becose nobody con."
      [Samuel Laycock 1692-1763].
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Geller" <geller at nifty.com>
To: "Bridge Laws Mailing List" <blml at amsterdamned.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] Oh my Gourd [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]


> Guthrie writes:
>>{Nige2]
>>In the past, esoteric minutes have altered the official interpretation
>>of the laws for an inner circle of top officials (although most ordinary
>>directors and all players seem to have been deliberately kept in the
>>dark). Do Grattan and Maddog have access to such minutes that explain
>>how the intention of the law-makers again conflicts with the law-book's
>>English meaning?
>
> The minutes of the WBFLC are available on the WBF home page at the
> following link:
> http://www.worldbridge.org/departments/laws/cmte_minutes.asp
>
> There was one meeting every year from 1998-2003 (except that there
> were 2 meetings in 2000 and none in 1999 due to the fact that the Bermuda
> Bowl in Bermuda was held in Jan 2000 rather than fall 1999).
>
> For some reason there are no minutes for 2004, 2005, and 2006).  Does this
> reflect the fact that the WBFLC didn't have any meetings in these years,
> or were there in fact meetings for which the minutes have not been
> published?
> Can anyone here explain this?
>
+=+ The Laws Committee makes its minutes available
for publication on the web site but has no control over
the timing of their appearance there. There was no
meeting in 2005 or 2006. There were meetings on
31 October 2004 and 7th October 2007. You could
try Anna Gudge's website at www.ecatsbridge.com
looking under 'documents'.
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