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WELCOME
to
UNIT
143
This
is a free service for our bridge-playing members.
Our web site is an initiative of the
board
of directors of Unit 143, the American Contract
Bridge League of Greater St. Louis, Inc. |
John
Samsel
Unit
143 President |
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FREE
bridge lessons for those who have never played.
More than 40,000 people have downloaded this
user-friendly & comprehensible program from the
ACBL website. Click
here for free download. |
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Our
Fall Sectional Will Host
Elections
for the Board of Directors.
There
are 7 candidates for 4 open directorships. Names
underlined have links to a page telling more about
the candidate.
All
candidates are invited to email information, including
a photo in JPG format, to
be published on this website.
Members
of Unit 143 in good standing may vote for four (4)
candidates of the above roster of 7 candidates during
the Fall Sectional, October 17-19, 2008. Voting
may be done all three days --prior to the Friday and
Saturday afternoon and evening sessions, and Sunday
morning prior to the start of the Swiss Team event.
You may
return your voted absentee ballot by mail (Suzi
Shymanski-Moore, 212 Spooners Mill Dr., Ballwin, MO
63011), or have it hand-carried by someone you trust
and deposited in the ballot box at the Fall Sectional.
Ballots received after the close
of the voting (10 a.m., Sunday, October 19) will not
be counted.
The
results of the election shall be announced as soon
as practical, probably after the October 22nd Board
of Directors meeting.
The
by-laws which govern elections may be found by clicking
here.
To
read about the current voting members of the Board
of Directors, click here. |
How
the winners are determined.
The
ballots are counted (twice) and a tally is kept for
each candidate. A simple plurality shows the
winners. In other words, the 4 persons with
the most votes win. A majority is NOT necessary.
In case of a tie, the Board of Directors will
vote to break the tie.
Mathematically,
this method implies that if a Unit 143 member really,
really wants Candidate A to win -- and is more or
less indifferent to who else wins -- then the member
should vote for ONLY that ONE candidate. This
means that Candidate A will get one vote from the
member and no other candidate will get a vote from
that particular member. In other words, the
member is not adding to the votes garnered by the
"competition." Obviously, this is
a method that is only desirable when you do not care
about who ELSE wins, so long as YOUR candidate wins.
This method also works if you have 2 or 3 candidates
you want to win -- and do not care who else wins;
vote for the candidates you really, really want to
win.
And,
of course, if you have 5 candidates you want to win,
you'll have to make a choice and vote for NO MORE
THAN 4, or else your ballot will not count at all,
for anyone.
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Unit Game (POTY qualifying)
on the first Sunday of each month
Next
UNIT Game:
Sunday,
5 pm, November 2, 2008
This
event is now stratified, increasing the ways you can
win.
Flt
A = 8 pts, Flt B = 6 & 7 pts, Flt C = 4 &
5 pts
(At
the director's discretion, games with less than 3
Flt C teams may have only 2 flights.
Results
of October 5
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Membership
Directory:
Now you
can print your own copy,
changes
updated monthly. A
huge THANK YOU
to Milt Zlatic
who made this dream come true!
Locate
player by last name -- or change your own listing.
Print
one for yourself and offer to print one for a friend
who would like one, but doesn't have access to a computer
& printer. |
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General
News. A potpouri of tidbits. |
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Honor
Roll -- Current Mini-McKenney, Ace of Clubs, POTY,
and Advances in rank for Unit 143 Members updated
10-01-08.
Kudos to Janet
Vontz our newest Life Master! |
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Game
Changes:
Beth's
game at Olivette cancelled on Election Day, Nov
4, 2008. Bridge addicts can still play in
a "Beth" game on Tuesday evening at Garden
Villas West.
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Intermediate/Newcomer
News. 199er
Championship September 27, 2008, Winners:
Afternoon Flight A,B,C: Mary Ann Shepard
and Lee Stueby
Evening Flight A winners: Sharlene Morgan and
Marcia Ridley
Evening Flight B winners:
Mary Dolan and Cheryl Schaefer
Evening Flight
C winners: Virginia Frederick and Katie Boles
Congratulations
for a great performance! Click
here to see pictures and complete results. |
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District
8 Advocate. August
issue is now available. Read about the GNT (Flight
C) NABC title won by our own St Louis team.
This is the very first time District 8 has had a winner!!
For other
District news and features of interest to all players,
visit District 8's home page:
http://district8acbl.com |
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Members
are Winning, General reference lists for
Unit 143 event results, including St Louis area players
who placed won in nearby non-unit tournaments. |
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Ask
the Expert, September
'07. Thanks to Barbara
Stewart, Mathew Diehl, Phyllis Siegel.
Without their questions our experts would have no
answers. |
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Unit
Governance, including board meeting minutes.
Next Meeting is October 22nd.
Click here to
meet your board members. |
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On a
Personal Note. Information about unit members. |
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The
above is merely a "quick reference" guide.
Please
mouse & click on the list at the left for a complete inventory.
MacIntosh
Users! Or non-Mac users!
If
you are one of those who cannot see the Navigational
Bars along the left margin of this page,
please
try the MacIntosh Users
Help Page.
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