It is my obligation to tell all who might like to run for office on the Board that our annual election for the next two-year terms will be taking place in March. All seven Board positions are open, though all incumbents have asked that their names be put up for re-election. The slate currently includes: Sue Wotton, Treasurer; Bill Rush, Manager; Lynne Birdt, Barb Coneys, Pam Dahlberg, Registration and Party Management; Bill Ferris, President; and Tim Whiteis, Vice President and Nomination Chair. Overall Board responsibilities generally consist of dues and game fee collection, managing the duties of running the weekly game including finding partnerships when and where necessary, and helping with the purchase of supplies for maintaining the orderly weekly administration of the game and proper liaison with the Landings Administration as well as the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). As Vice-President, Tim is currently accepting all nominations for these positions, whether they are self-nominations or nominations of others who have indicated in writing that they would like to run for election. Deadline for getting names into Tim is the first Monday of March, March 3.
As mentioned last month in this space, many club members are getting ready to play on February 10-16 in the Southwest Regional, which had been postponed this past fall by Hurricane Milton, but is now coming back to life as a postponed tournament rather than a canceled one. Members who have told us they will be playing include: Barb Coneys, Jerry Poissant, Pat Tylander and I, along with Dave Hutson, Lynne Birdt, Marina Kotch, Ron Bailer, Bill Rush, Sue Wotton, Jan Baysden, Leela Andekar, Ginny Nightingale, Tim Whiteis, and perhaps half a dozen more. In the midst of some dark days for post-Covid bridge and hurricane storms everywhere, interest in playing competitive duplicate bridge among Landings players is still at a high level, though Monday attendance could be higher.
