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| + | === February 12, 2013: Tournament Guideline Changes === | ||
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| + | The NASPA Advisory Board approved two new guidelines pertaining to tournament sanctioning in its February 12, 2013 conference call. | ||
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| + | Effective June 1, 2013 through the end of the year, the distance restriction for one-day tournaments will be reduced to 100 miles with respect to other one-day tournaments (one-day tournaments still must be more than 200 miles from multi-day tournaments). Consecutive one-day tournaments will be treated as multi-day tournaments for the purpose of this policy. The Advisory Board will review this change at its December meeting, and determine whether to revoke, retain, or modify it. | ||
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| + | The following Tournament Scheduling Policy was also approved. This policy will apply to tournaments scheduled on or after January 1, 2014: | ||
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| + | 1. Tournaments currently on the calendar will have first right of refusal to their traditional date (same weekend of the month, same holiday weekend, etc.). | ||
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| + | 2. If more than one tournament within a conflicting radius has rights to the same date, the competing directors may each apply to the NASPA Tournament Committee (TC), which will determine which tournament may be held on the conflicting date (brief, but sufficiently detailed, applications are preferred). The TC will consider all factors it deems relevant, including without limitation: | ||
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| + | a. The history of the respective tournaments (how many years running, average attendance, etc.). | ||
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| + | b. Other dates traditionally available to the respective directors. | ||
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| + | c. How far in advance the respective requests are received (subject to Item 3 below). | ||
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| + | 3. Directors who have previously held tournaments may request tournament dates up to 3 years into the future, but such tournaments are subject to being delisted if a director with rights to the same date also requests a tournament, and prevails in the TC application process. For that reason, directors are encouraged to communicate with other directors in their region with competing rights to a date, in order to coordinate scheduling. | ||
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| + | 4. If a director wishes to secure a date, and other directors also have first right of refusal to that date, the director may elect to identify the other directors to the TC when requesting sanctioning. The TC will contact those directors specifically identified in the request, and provide them with a 30-day period in which to submit a competing request. If the other directors decline to request the date, or fail to respond within the 30-day period, their first right of refusal to the date will lapse. | ||
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| + | 5. Tournaments not previously held can be scheduled no more than 10 months in advance. Tournaments that take more than a 2-year hiatus will be considered tournaments not previously scheduled for the purposes of this policy. | ||
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| + | 6. Certain tournaments will be accorded special status, as determined from time to time by the NASPA Executive Committee, and may be scheduled without reference to this policy (currently including: NSC; CNSC; Can-Am; WSC Qualifier). | ||
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| + | 7. The TC may remove a director’s first right of refusal if, in the judgment of the committee, such removal is in the best interests of tournament SCRABBLE, considering all relevant factors. | ||
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| + | 8. The TC may grant other exceptions to this policy in exceptional circumstances. | ||
=== February 1, 2013: Pete Zeigler breaks 700 === | === February 1, 2013: Pete Zeigler breaks 700 === | ||
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The NASPA Advisory Board approved two new guidelines pertaining to tournament sanctioning in its February 12, 2013 conference call.
Effective June 1, 2013 through the end of the year, the distance restriction for one-day tournaments will be reduced to 100 miles with respect to other one-day tournaments (one-day tournaments still must be more than 200 miles from multi-day tournaments). Consecutive one-day tournaments will be treated as multi-day tournaments for the purpose of this policy. The Advisory Board will review this change at its December meeting, and determine whether to revoke, retain, or modify it.
The following Tournament Scheduling Policy was also approved. This policy will apply to tournaments scheduled on or after January 1, 2014:
1. Tournaments currently on the calendar will have first right of refusal to their traditional date (same weekend of the month, same holiday weekend, etc.).
2. If more than one tournament within a conflicting radius has rights to the same date, the competing directors may each apply to the NASPA Tournament Committee (TC), which will determine which tournament may be held on the conflicting date (brief, but sufficiently detailed, applications are preferred). The TC will consider all factors it deems relevant, including without limitation:
a. The history of the respective tournaments (how many years running, average attendance, etc.).
b. Other dates traditionally available to the respective directors.
c. How far in advance the respective requests are received (subject to Item 3 below).
3. Directors who have previously held tournaments may request tournament dates up to 3 years into the future, but such tournaments are subject to being delisted if a director with rights to the same date also requests a tournament, and prevails in the TC application process. For that reason, directors are encouraged to communicate with other directors in their region with competing rights to a date, in order to coordinate scheduling.
4. If a director wishes to secure a date, and other directors also have first right of refusal to that date, the director may elect to identify the other directors to the TC when requesting sanctioning. The TC will contact those directors specifically identified in the request, and provide them with a 30-day period in which to submit a competing request. If the other directors decline to request the date, or fail to respond within the 30-day period, their first right of refusal to the date will lapse.
5. Tournaments not previously held can be scheduled no more than 10 months in advance. Tournaments that take more than a 2-year hiatus will be considered tournaments not previously scheduled for the purposes of this policy.
6. Certain tournaments will be accorded special status, as determined from time to time by the NASPA Executive Committee, and may be scheduled without reference to this policy (currently including: NSC; CNSC; Can-Am; WSC Qualifier).
7. The TC may remove a director’s first right of refusal if, in the judgment of the committee, such removal is in the best interests of tournament SCRABBLE, considering all relevant factors.
8. The TC may grant other exceptions to this policy in exceptional circumstances.
Pete Zeigler booked a 722-240 win over Dan Stock at Akron, Ohio NASPA Club #653 on Thursday, January 31, 2012. A review of the game with Quackle showed an adjusted score of 725-238. The plays in the game (racks were not recorded) can be viewed here. Congratulations, Pete!
Our page about Valett describes reasons why the values of SCRABBLE tiles won’t be changing anytime soon.
WSC 2013 Team Canada qualification standings are now online.
The correct URL for online NSC hotel bookings has been posted to the 2013 National SCRABBLE Championship page.
Chris Cree has posted the 2013 State of NASPA report.
Online registration is now available for the 2013 National SCRABBLE Championship.
Reese Daniel has joined the Technology Committee, the NASPA working committee tasked with evaluating playing equipment.
The NASPA Executive Committee has determined that all members of that committee should serve as ex officio members of all other NASPA committees. Accordingly, Dallas Johnson has been added as an ex officio member of all NASPA committees on which he was not already a member, and Chris Cree and John Chew have been added to the International Committee, so that they are now ex officio members of all committees as well.
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