[[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.
Payments to NASPA through PayPal are temporarily unavailable.
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 ===