I wanted to bring you up-to-date on some of the latest news from ACBL just prior to our “regular” Summer NABC Board of Directors meeting—things are happening so quickly, that it is difficult to keep current. My Report from the “Montreal NABC” Meetings will be posted to the D6 website by the end of July.
The ACBL Board of Directors (BOD) met officially on June 17 for the third time so far this year. In normal times, we meet face-to-face (FTF) for four-five days in the week preceding the three NABCs. All meetings this year have been and will be virtual.
- During Columbus (we still use the intended location of the NABC to differentiate the meetings, even though all on-site NABCs have been canceled for 2020), we met for five days for four-six hours a day, depending on the number and length of Committee meetings in addition to the four hours of daily full-Board meetings.
- Since the end of March, we have had dozens of Task Force and Committee Meetings as well as one six-hour and one four-hour full-Board meeting, the first in May (Thursday, May 28 and Saturday, May 30) and the second on Wednesday, June 17.
- The next BOD meeting will be for five days, July 13-17, on the same days it would have been during the start of the Montreal NABC. In addition, at least one more Special Meeting will be scheduled in late August/early September.
- Special Meetings must be called and noticed to the members 30 days in advance with a published agenda in order to be able to submit motions to be voted on. During this uncertain time, the ACBL President decided it was important to meet more frequently than just three times a year, since events are moving at such a rapid pace. Hence the Special Meetings.
The remainder of this report is provided in PDF format due to special formatting for tables, etc.