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| − | === December 6, 2017 [[Code of Conduct]] Update===
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| − | On November 28, 2017, the NASPA Advisory Board unanimously approved an update to the [[Code of Conduct]] to include specific descriptions of what constitutes sexual and gender-based harassment.
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| − | === October 30, 2017 [[Community Advocate |NASPA Community Advocate]] ===
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| − | [http://www.icontact-archive.com/-eBE1BTTRFaArP3qIeNvGPCseREhLE0g?w=3 NASPA has created the role of Community Advocate to look into cases of sexual harassment within the organization.]
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| − | === August 13, 2017 Mobile version of NASPAWiki in testing ===
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| − | A lighter-weight, mobile-friendly look to NASPAWiki has begun testing.
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| − | === July 26, 2017 [[Will Anderson]] wins [[2017 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] ===
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| − | Congratulations to the 2017 North American SCRABBLE Champion, Will Anderson!
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| − | [http://event.scrabbleplayers.org/2017/nasc/build Revisit event coverage].
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| − | === July 1, 2017 [[Advisory Board]] Election Results===
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| − | [http://www.icontact-archive.com/-eBE1BTTRFaArP3qIeNvGFEtBtQtSG8v?w=3/ Advisory Board Election results are now available.]
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| − | === June 7, 2017 New [[Forward Energy Committee]] members ===
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| − | We welcome [[Darrell Day]], [[Diane Firstman]], and [[Joey Krafchick]] to the Forward Energy Committee!
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| − | === June 2, 2017 [[2017 Advisory Board Elections]] - Voting open ===
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| − | === May 24, 2017 Form 990 is now Available ===
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| − | NASPA's [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/wiki/images/a/ae/2016_Form_990.pdf 2016 Form 990] is now available online for review.
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| − | === May 10, 2017 [[Jason Broersma]] appointed [[WESPA]] Treasurer ===
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| − | Congratulations to Jason Broersma on his recent appointment as Treasurer of the World English-language Scrabble Players Association.
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| − | === May 4, 2017 [[2017 Advisory Board Elections]] - Nominations open ===
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| − | === May 4, 2017 [[2017 North American SCRABBLE Championship]] Early Registration extended===
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| − | The Early Registration deadline for the 2017 NASC has been extended to May 31st. After May 31st, the registration fee increases by $50.
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| − | === April 30, 2017 New [[Social Media Committee]] members ===
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| − | We welcome [[Shan Abbasi]], [[Jackson Smylie]], [[Heather McCall]] and [[Heidi Robertson]] to the Forward Energy Committee!
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| − | === March 27, 2017 [[MSA Agreement]] ratified ===
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| − | === March 16, 2017 [[Social Media Committee]] shuffle ===
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| − | === February 27, 2017 Rules Errata Published ===
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| − | An errata sheet for the [[Rules]], to take effect immediately, has been published.
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| − | === January 25, 2017 NASC 2017 Registration Open ===
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| | == Archived news == | | == Archived news == |
We thank Joshua Sokol for accepting the unanimous nomination of his committee
to be their new chair.
As of this week, we no longer accept payment by cheque or money order in Canadian funds, but have begun experimentally accepting Canadian-denominated Interac e-Transfers.