Difference between revisions of "Tournament Committee"

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The Tournament Committee is a NASPA committee. Its mandate is to oversee officially sanctioned NASPA tournaments. To contact the committee, please send an email message to tournament@scrabbleplayers.org.

Members

The following members currently belong to the committee:

John Chew

ex officio

2012-08-20~

2015-08-15~

2015-08-15~

2024-03-24~

2020-07-31~

2024-03-24~

Help wanted

The committee is looking for new members. Please read more here if you are interested in joining.

Duties

On an ongoing basis, supervise tournament directors, including:

Sanctioning tournaments
Maintaining the tournament calendar
Receiving and processing Incident Report forms, passing them up to the Advisory Board as necessary
Maintaining a list of Reasonable Accommodations for Disabled Players

Agenda

The committee has the following items on its agenda:

Consider and revise the process for handling incident reports
Consider and revise the process for handling requests for accommodations
Improved communications with players and directors about how committee processes function

Tools

The committee has access to the following web tools:

Tournament Calendar editor

View Membership List

Additional lists (accommodations, suspensions, etc.) are accessible by Committee Members through the Member Services page, including tools to:

add to the list of accommodations for players with special needs

Past Members

The following members have served past terms on the committee:

	John Chew chair 2009-02-15~2009-06-17
	John Chew 2009-06-18~2012-08-19
	Joe Edley (SM) 2009-02-15~2013-10-31
	Chris Cree (SM) ex officio 2009-02-15~2019-07-22
	Siri Tillekeratne 2009-04-15~2015-03-14
	Andy Saunders chair 2009-06-02~2009-12-12
	Andy Saunders cochair 2009-12-13~2010-12-03
	Carol Dustin 2009-06-02~2010-05-23
	Mary Rhoades 2009-06-18~2012-08-19
	Mary Rhoades ex officio 2012-08-20~2014-04-08
	Dallas Johnson 2009-06-23~2009-12-12
	Dallas Johnson cochair 2009-12-13~2010-12-03
	Dallas Johnson chair 2010-12-03~2015-05-01
	Dallas Johnson 2015-05-01~2015-08-15
	Rebecca Slivka (EX) 2009-06-23~2012-04-23
	Nancee Mancel 2010-05-27~2010-12-26
	Jason Keller (SM) 2010-12-26~2015-05-01
	Jason Keller (SM) chair 2015-05-01~2017-04-15
	Ryan Fischer (EX) 2010-12-26~2015-12-31
	Paul Avrin 2013-10-31~2014-09-14
	Pete Zeigler (EX) 2013-10-31~2015-08-01
	Kurt Davies 2013-10-31~2015-08-01
	Rich Baker 2013-10-31~2016-01-24
	Rich Baker cochair 2016-01-24~2017-04-15
	Rich Baker chair 2017-04-15~2019-12-10
	Mad Palazzo 2015-08-15~2019-12-10
	Mad Palazzo chair 2019-12-20~2020-07-03
	Betsey Wood 2016-07-23~2019-06-20
	Heather McCall 2018-08-20~2020-07-17
	Heather McCall chair 2020-07-17~2023-02-17
	Kevin Gauthier 2019-07-06~2021-12-31
	John Karris (EX) 2019-07-06~2023-12-10

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-The '''Tournament Committee''' is a [[NASPA]] [[committees|committee]] established to
-supervise sanctioned North American [[SCRABBLE]] [[tournaments]].
-To contact the Tournament Committee send an email to [mailto:naspa-tourney@yahoogroups.com naspa-tourney@yahoogroups.com].
+{{#naspa:committee-data-top|tourney}}
-== Current Members ==
+== Help wanted ==
-It currently consists of the following:
+The committee is looking for new members. Please [[Tournament Committee Help Wanted | read more here]] if you are interested in joining.
-* [[John Chew]]
+== Duties ==
-* [[Chris Cree]]
+On an ongoing basis, supervise tournament directors, including:
-* [[Carol Dustin]]
+* Sanctioning [[tournaments]]
-* [[Joe Edley]]
+* Maintaining the tournament [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/calendar.html calendar]
-* [[Mary Rhoades]]
+* Receiving and processing [[Incident Report]] forms, passing them up to the [[Advisory Board]] as necessary
-* [[Andy Saunders]]
+* Maintaining a list of [[Reasonable Accommodations for Disabled Players]]
-* [[Siri Tillekeratne]]
-New members are welcome.
 == Agenda ==
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 The committee has the following items on its agenda:
-* Decide on a certification process for tournament directors in coordination with a similar process for club directors being developed by the [[Club Committee]]
+* Consider and revise the process for handling incident reports
-* Debate whether certification can be suspended for directors who take longer than a week to submit ratings data
+* Consider and revise the process for handling requests for accommodations
-* Liaise with the WESPA Tournament Committee
+* Improved communications with players and directors about how committee processes function
-* Review the existing criteria for sanctioning tournaments, consider in particular whether there should be limits on the number of events a director can list or how far in advance an event may be listed; prepare options for the [[Advisory Board]] to choose from
-* On an ongoing basis, supervise tournament directors, including
-** Maintaining the tournament calendar
-** Receiving and processing incident reports, passing them up to the [[Advisory Board]] as necessary
-** Making sure that tournament directors receive the news and information they need to perform their function
-** Overseeing the mentor/apprentice system when it is implemented
-== Sanctioning Tournaments ==
+== Tools ==
-NASPA maintains its [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/calendar.html calendar] of
+The committee has access to the following web tools:
-sanctioned tournaments as an information resource for its members.  Registered directors
-may apply to the Committee to add fully rated tournaments to the calendar, provided the following conditions
-are met:
-* the director&rsquo;s membership expires after the end of the planned event
+* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/xml-edit.pl?config=tcal Tournament Calendar editor]
-* For a multi-day event, no other events are already sanctioned within two weekends and 200 miles of the planned event. For a one-day event, no other one-day events are already sanctioned on the same day within 200 miles of the planned event, and no other multi-day events are already sanctioned on the same weekend within 200 miles of the planned event.
-* the application is submitted eight weeks before the planned event
-Furthermore, unless there are exceptional circumstances and permission is obtained in advance,
+* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/membership.pl View Membership List]
-an event cannot be rated unless:
-* each division has at least four players
-* each division has at least two rated players
-Local Club Tournaments (LCT), which are 1/3-rated, do not require advance sanctioning and are not listed in the calendar.  LCT's have the same Player Participation fee as sanctioned Open Rated Tournaments.
+Additional lists (accommodations, suspensions, etc.) are accessible by Committee Members through the [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/services.pl Member Services] page, including tools to:
-== Tools ==
+* add to the list of accommodations for players with [[special needs]]
-The committee has access to the following web tools:
+{{#naspa:committee-data-bottom|tourney}}
-* [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/xml-edit.pl?config=tcal Tournament Calendar editor]
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