|
|
| (331 intermediate revisions by 10 users not shown) |
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| − | This page contains current and recent '''breaking news''' about [[NASPA]]. | + | This page formerly contained current and recent '''breaking news''' about [[NASPA]]. |
| | + | |
| | + | It has been replaced by [[IContact]]: an online archive of NASPA News (originally called Tournament Talk), a weekly newsletter, and other emails sent to the membership. |
| | | | |
| | See also: | | See also: |
| − | * [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/ NASPA home]: contains the most recent tweets.
| + | |
| − | * [[NASPA Bulletin]]: an online archive of NASPA Bulletins. | + | * [[Media relations]]: media coverage of NASPA activities |
| − | * [[Club news]]
| |
| − | * [[Member news]]
| |
| − | * [[SCRABBLE in the news]] : Links to articles about SCRABBLE players, clubs, and tournaments.
| |
| | * [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/calendar.html Tournament calendar]: upcoming tournaments | | * [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/calendar.html Tournament calendar]: upcoming tournaments |
| − | * [[Tournament results]] | + | * [[Tournament results]]: past tournaments |
| − | | + | * [[NASPA Bulletin]]: an online archive of NASPA Bulletins (not currently in publication). |
| − | == Current news ==
| + | * [[Club news]]: news about activities at our sanctioned clubs |
| − | | + | * ... and our home page, which will always list the top stories. |
| − | === January 21, 2010: Bryan Pepper joins Advisory Board ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | NASPA is pleased to announce the addition of [[Bryan Pepper]] to the [[Advisory Board]] effective January 1. Bryan is a longtime player and director, including many years as a divisional director at [[Nationals]]. Bryan was appointed by [[Mary Rhoades]], whose tenure just ended. Outgoing Advisory Board members are given the opportunity to appoint a replacement, a policy that NASPA adopted from the NSA.
| |
| − | | |
| − | We are grateful to Mary for her five years of service on the Advisory Board, as well as her continued service on many other important NASPA committees, and we look forward to Bryan's contributions to the Advisory Board.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === January 6, 2010: Rules Revision Announced ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | New rules changes go into effect February 2, 2010. The updated [[Official Tournament Rules]] (along with a summary of the changes) are available now.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === January 4, 2010: 2500 members ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | The number of paid NASPA members in the [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/members.pl membership database] surpassed 2500 today. Directors can download a [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/list-members.pl listing] of all valid members.
| |
| − | | |
| − | == December 2009 ==
| |
| − | | |
| − | === December 14, 2009: Allen Pengelly joins Rules Committee ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | [[Rules Committee]] announced that it had named [[Allen Pengelly]] as a new member. He replaced [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] who was named an official spokesperson for NASPA [[Executive Committee]].
| |
| − | | |
| − | === December 13, 2009: new Bulletin released ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | The fourth [[NASPA Bulletin]] has been released to members and is available [http://scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/bulletin.pl here] (the public release follows after one week).
| |
| − | | |
| − | === December 12, 2009: Dallas Johnson named Tournament Committee cochair ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | [[Dallas Johnson]] has accepted the position of Cochair of the NASPA [[Tournament Committee]]. This position is shared with [[Andy Saunders]], who offered Dallas the position.
| |
| − | | |
| − | == November 2009 ==
| |
| − | | |
| − | === November 29, 2009: Pakorn Nemitrmansuk wins World Championship ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | Pakorn Nemitrmansuk of Thailand has won the [[2009 World SCRABBLE Championship]] by defeating [[Nigel Richards]] in the finals.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === November 28, 2009: updated Director's Manual ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | An update to the [[Directors Manual|Director’s Manual]] has been posted. Most of the changes deal with the transition from NSA to NASPA.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === November 16, 2009: new Club News page ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | New [[Club news]] page has been created. If a player does something newsworthy at club, please
| |
| − | follow the instructions on the [[Club news]] page to submit it for posting.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === November 13, 2009: Bulletin V.1, No.3 public release ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | The most recent issue of the [[NASPA Bulletin]] is now available for public download.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === November 9, 2009: Clarified tournament separation guidelines ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | Clarified the time and distance separation guidelines for sanctioning multi-day and one-day [[tournaments]].
| |
| − | | |
| − | === November 3, 2009: password requests are more secure ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | We have been getting one or two complaints a month from
| |
| − | members whose passwords are getting reset by other people
| |
| − | mistyping their NASPA IDs and clicking on the button to
| |
| − | reset and resend a random password. We have just made the
| |
| − | process a little more secure by requiring the person to enter
| |
| − | your current email address when asking for the password.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === November 3, 2009: Bulletin Volume 1, Number 3 released ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | The new
| |
| − | [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/bulletin.pl issue of the bulletin] has begun its one-week members-only preview.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === November 3, 2009: Membership Card, online payment ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | Effective immediately, current members can print
| |
| − | their own
| |
| − | [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/mcard.pl membership card],
| |
| − | and new members can apply for and pay for
| |
| − | [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/join.pl membership online].
| |
| − | | |
| − | === November 1, 2009: submit profile photos online ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | Effective immediately, players can
| |
| − | [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/addphoto.pl submit profile photos] through
| |
| − | [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/services.pl Member services].
| |
| − | Profile photos are used in
| |
| − | [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/2009/lxt/ tournament results],
| |
| − | by some [[tsh|tournament software]]
| |
| − | and of course in
| |
| − | [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/player.pl member profiles].
| |
| − | | |
| − | === November 1, 2009: Noncontiguous rating data accepted ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | We now accept noncontiguous
| |
| − | [[submitting tournament results|rating data submissions]],
| |
| − | that is, ones in which the players are not listed
| |
| − | by division.
| |
| − | | |
| − | == October 2009 ==
| |
| − | | |
| − | === October 27, 2009: New policies ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | [[Steering Committee]] has unanimously approved two [[NASPA policies]] concerning endorsements and donations.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === October 18, 2009: Member list available for directors ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | A new [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/list-members.pl member list application] allows [[directors]] (only) to get a list of all current NASPA members in a concise format, sorted alphabetically.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === October 11, 2009: Spokespersons named ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | NASPA’s [[Executive Committee]] has named
| |
| − | [[Robin Pollock Daniel]] and [[Matthew Hodge]]
| |
| − | as official spokespersons.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === October 8, 2009: NASPA joins WESPA ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | As of today, NASPA is a Class 1 member of the
| |
| − | World English-language Scrabble Players Association
| |
| − | (WESPA). For more information, see the
| |
| − | [[NASPA Joins WESPA|full text of the announcement.]] | |
| − | | |
| − | == September 2009 ==
| |
| − | | |
| − | === September 25, 2009: York, PA rated ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | The tournament held in York, PA on 2009-09-12 has finally
| |
| − | been rated. Since all ratings are now processed in
| |
| − | chronological order (to be precise, in order of
| |
| − | tournament start times), some subsequently re-rated
| |
| − | events may have different ratings. Directors are
| |
| − | asked to submit rating data as quickly as possible
| |
| − | to minimize the amount of re-rating that takes place.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === September 24, 2009: NSC 2010 Hotel Reservations Link posted ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | We have added a link from our
| |
| − | [[2010 National SCRABBLE Championship]] page to the Intercontinental Hotel’
| |
| − | group reservations page for players who wish to book rooms
| |
| − | at our group rate. | |
| − | | |
| − | === September 22, 2009: Newsletter Committee dissolved ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | NASPA has dissolved its Newsletter Committee, after having been unable to come to agreement concerning responsibilities.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === September 21, 2009: 2000 members ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | The number of NASPA members in the [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/members.pl membership database] surpassed 2000 today.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === September 14, 2009: rules clarified ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | [[Rules Committee]] has issued a clarification regarding a rule in [[Official Tournament Rules]], describing what is a “reporting error” that could be corrected after result slip submission.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === September 5, 2009: Manchester, CT rated ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | The [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/2009/lxt/08/021.shtml August 22 tournament] directed by David B. Carlson in Manchester, CT has been rated, and has caused at least one subsequent tournament to be re-rated. We apologize for the delay in posting these results and the inconvenience of the re-rating process.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === September 1, 2009: Membership Committee addition ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | [[John Robertson]] has joined the [[Membership Committee]] to help facilitate Canadian dollar transactions.
| |
| − | | |
| − | == August 2009 ==
| |
| − | | |
| − | === August 23, 2009: New committee established ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | A new committee, [[Governance Committee]], has been established.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === August 22, 2009: NASPA Newsletter, issue 2 ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | [[Newsletter Committee]] has published the second issue of ''NASPA Tournament SCRABBLE Newsletter''.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === August 20, 2009: WSC team substitution ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | [[John Luebkemann]] has withdrawn from the US team for the [[2009 World SCRABBLE Championship]] and has been replaced by Brian Bowman.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === August 7, 2009: 2010 NSC dates ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | The [[2010 National SCRABBLE Championship]] in Dallas will take place on August 7–11, 2010.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === August 5, 2009: Dave Wiegand wins National SCRABBLE Championship ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | [[Dave Wiegand]] from Portland, OR wins the [[2009 National SCRABBLE Championship]] in Dayton, OH and receives the $10,000 prize. The runner-up is the last year’s champion and the reigning [[WSC|world champion]] [[Nigel Richards]] from Malaysia. Dave defeated Nigel in the last two rounds today to win the tournament by a narrow margin; both players won 25 games but Dave accumulated a higher point spread (+1728 vs. +1593). This is the second championship for Dave; he also won the title in 2005.
| |
| − | | |
| − | Joel Wapnick from Montreal, QC placed third in the first division with 22 wins. Divisions two through five were won by Thomas Reinke from Middleton, WI, Dave Leonard from Buffalo, NY, Max Karten from Barrington, RI and Doug Szymkowiak from North Ridgeville, OH.
| |
| − | | |
| − | Final standings:
| |
| − | * [http://scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/1/31.html Division 1].
| |
| − | * [http://scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/2/31.html Division 2].
| |
| − | * [http://scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/3/31.html Division 3]. | |
| − | * [http://scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/4/31.html Division 4].
| |
| − | * [http://scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/5/31.html Division 5].
| |
| − | | |
| − | === August 3, 2009: next NSC in Dallas ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | The location of the next two (2010 and 2011) National SCRABBLE Championships has been announced: [http://www.intercontinental.com/dallas Hotel InterContinental Dallas].
| |
| − | | |
| − | == July 2009 ==
| |
| − | | |
| − | === July 31, 2009: National SCRABBLE Championship ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | The [[2009_National_SCRABBLE_Championship|event]] registration took place today in Dayton, OH, Convention Center. Games start tomorrow morning. Stay tuned for near-realtime [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/nsc online coverage].
| |
| − | | |
| − | === July 21, 2009: the first NASPA Newsletter ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | The first issue of ''NASPA Tournament SCRABBLE Newsletter'' is ready
| |
| − | and available online,
| |
| − | thanks to the efforts of [[Newsletter Committee]] and
| |
| − | approximately 50 other volunteers.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === July 10, 2009: tournament results and ratings online ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | The new
| |
| − | [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/submit-rdata.pl tournament data submission application]
| |
| − | is online.
| |
| − | | |
| − | We have a new [[tournament results]] page that has the official results
| |
| − | of the first NASPA-rated tourneys (Albany, Reno, Charleston, Laguna Woods)
| |
| − | as well as copies of NSA results for the first half of 2009.
| |
| − | | |
| − | The [[ratings]] page has been updated with a link to the current
| |
| − | official NASPA ratings and an archive of historical monthly NSA ratings.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === July 1, 2009: official NSA-NASPA transition date ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | On July 1, the coordination of [[tournaments]] and [[clubs]] was officially transitioned from the [[NSA]] to NASPA. All tournament participants are required to be NASPA [[members]].
| |
| − | | |
| − | == June 2009 ==
| |
| − | | |
| − | === June 22, 2009: New committee established ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | A new committee, [[NASPA-WESPA Liaison Committee]], has been established to coordinate communication with [[WESPA]].
| |
| − | | |
| − | === June 19, 2009: Rules revision announced ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | [[John Luebkemann]] (chair of the [[Rules Committee]]) announces some minor changes to the [[Tournament rules | Official Tournament Rules]] to become effective August 1, 2009.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === June 18, 2009: Tournament types explained ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | New table on [[Tournaments]] page highlights the difference between Local Club Tournaments (LCT) and the more typical Open Rated Tournaments (ORT).
| |
| − | | |
| − | === June 18, 2009: Trial memberships ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | Trial membership information for first-time tournament players added to the [[Tournaments]] page.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === June 17, 2009: News page created ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | This page was created today (some earlier recent items are included for convenience).
| |
| − | | |
| − | === June 15, 2009: PayPal unavailable ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | Payments to NASPA can no longer be made through PayPal, as PayPal has determined that Scrabble is a form of illegal gambling.
| |
| − | The manual payment fee for [[2009_National_SCRABBLE_Championship#Registration|NSC registration]] has been waived.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === June 5, 2009: New committee established ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | A new committee, [[Directors Manual Committee|Director’s Manual Committee]], has been established to update the [[Directors Manual|Director’s Manual]].
| |
| − | | |
| − | === June 5, 2009: Reno sanctioned ===
| |
| − | | |
| − | The Reno tournaments starting July 1, 2009 are going to be NASPA events.
| |
| − | | |
| − | === June 3, 2009: New Bulletin available ===
| |
| | | | |
| − | The newest bulletin can be downloaded [http://scrabbleplayers.org/bulletin/200905.pdf here].
| |
| | | | |
| | == Archived news == | | == Archived news == |
| | | | |
| − | None at this time.
| + | * [[2023 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2022 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2021 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2020 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2019 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2018 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2017 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2016 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2015 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2014 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2013 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2012 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2011 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2010 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2009 Breaking news archive]] |