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Steering Committee

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Members

The Steering Committee is a NASPA committee. Its mandate is to offer informal advice to the Executive Committee based on its original role in guiding the formation of the association.

Members

The following members currently belong to the committee:

[photo of John Chew]
cochair
2008-10-01~
[photo of Chris Cree (SM)]
cochair
2008-10-01~
[photo of Brian Cappelletto (GM)]
inactive
2011-12-31~
[photo of Robert Kahn (EX)]
inactive
2008-10-01~
[photo of Sherrie Saint John]
inactive
2008-10-01~
[photo of Joe Edley (SM)]
2008-10-01~
[photo of Seth Lipkin (EX)]
2008-10-01~
[photo of Mad Palazzo]
2008-10-01~
[photo of Mary Rhoades]
2008-10-01~
[photo of Alan Stern]
2008-10-01~

The following members have served past terms on the committee:

[photo of Katya Lezin] Katya Lezin
2008-10-01~2009-03-01
[photo of Matt Hopkins] Matt Hopkins
2008-10-01~2009-04-01
[photo of David Weiss] David Weiss
2008-10-01~2009-04-01
[photo of Ira Freehof] Ira Freehof
2008-10-01~2010-12-31
[photo of Steve Pellinen (EX)] Steve Pellinen (EX)
2008-10-01~2010-12-31
[photo of Brian Cappelletto (GM)] Brian Cappelletto (GM)
2008-10-01~2011-12-31
[photo of John Robertson] John Robertson
2008-10-01~2018-01-15
[photo of Dallas Johnson] Dallas Johnson
ex officio
2013-01-01~2015-08-15


History

The Steering Committee was established in October, 2008, and is comprised of individuals well-known and respected within the tournament Scrabble community. They initially met to discuss the future of tournament SCRABBLE once Hasbro announced that it was focusing its attentions on the School SCRABBLE Program. It is the mandate of the Steering Committee to informally advise the Executive Committee.

2008-10: Established.

2008-12-02~03: Met with representatives of the NSA and Hasbro in East Longmeadow, MA.

2009-10-27: Approved two NASPA policies concerning endorsements and donations.