Announcements

Go to the members’ area to see an update on two of our friends.

Kim reports that he is recovering nicely from his heart surgery. He says he is pretty much back to what he considers normal. Seems like quite an impressive recovery.

Libby Glenn is moving to live with her son in California. We shall certainly miss her.

From Don and Sherri:

We’re adding a new 299er game on Wednesday morning at 9:30. We had considered running a parallel game with the Open on Thursdays like we did for Silver Week. Our concern is that it would take too many tables away from the Open. We need those Tuesday/Thursday Open games to stay viable and if the table count drops too low, folks stop playing. The Open games are stratified.

This sometimes feels like a little bit of a balancing act. It is not a problem for us to add new games and yet we know that too many games can get to be problematic. We are also aware that there are lots of folks with less than 750 MPs playing and we want to accommodate to that as much as we can.

For now, let’s start with the new game on Wednesday mornings and see how many show up for that. It is very easy to add games. We are open to it. We are also open to different point ranges. The 299er seems to be about the right range for quite a few folks.

As always, more feedback/input is welcome. The comments are always thoughtful and helpful.

Stay Safe. Stay Sane.

Don/Sherri

Drew Casen is a championship bridge player who apparently missed his calling as a comedian. I got an especially big laugh out of “The Alcatraz Coup” story.

From Don and Sherri:

Monday begins another Silver Linings Week. All Silver and double points.  For this week, we will be adding a 299er game on Thursday. The game will start at 12:15. So, you can play in the Open game that day or the 299er. 

We know that ACBL just sent out a notice indicating that the restrictions per playing in other Virtual clubs have been modified somewhat. We also are aware that at some point back there, some of you may have received an email inviting you to play in the limited points game in Corvallis. In fact, it might have looked like it came from EBC. It did not. While we totally understand that sometimes it works out better to play in other games, we want you to know that we will do whatever we can to make it easy for you to play in our games. The Virtual Club is how we are able to pay the rent. 

One thing we are considering is running a parallel 299er (or less) game along with the Open game on Tuesday and/or Thursday. Let us know if this has some appeal for you or if there are other options you would like us to consider.

Stay safe. Stay sane.