Unit 498 ACBL San Mateo, Ca November 2014 The Unitizer The Ted Richmond Pro-Am Game Join us for the Annual Ted Richmond Pro-Am Unit Game on Saturday, November 22. Light lunch will be served at 11:30. Game time is 12 noon. The event is named for Ted Richmond to recognize his many years of training new players. Conditions of Contest One member of the pair must not be a life master and one member must be a life master. Please sign up either as a pair or put your name on the Pro−Am Partner wanted list at the Club. Any questions? E-mail Ginny Wailes at giwailes@yahoo.com or call Ginny at 650-340-1145 or Claude Hughes at 650-766-7337. Mentor-Mentee Pairs from the Unit’s program are especially welcome. This is an event especially for the NLM group. Come, learn, enjoy, and have a great time Unit 498 Calendar  Chinese American Club Saturday, Nov 8  Unit Board Meeting Bridge Club Tuesday, Nov 11  Mentor-Mentee Game Thursday, Nov 13  Pro-Am Unit Game Saturday, Nov 22  STAC Week December 8-14  Unit Holiday Party Saturday, Dec 13  Chinese American Club Saturday, Dec 20 President’s Letter November, 2014 Our unit had a very successful Non-Life Master Sectional on October 18-19 at the bridge club. We had twenty-four tables on Saturday morning, sixteen tables on Saturday afternoon, seven-and-a-half tables on Sunday morning, and thirteen Swiss teams playing two sessions on Sunday as well. Players came from as far as Marin County, the East Bay, and the South Bay. Lynn Yokel was our director and Ted Richmond was our tournament coordinator. They both deserve many thanks for so nicely coordinating and organizing the event. Mary Bates and Drew Donovan both volunteered to help, and we also had much support from Nancy Gordon, Claude Hughes, Linda Schwarz, Patti Frederick, and Mark Sorenson. What a wonderful tournament and opportunity for Non-Life Masters, and thank you to everyone who lent a hand. At our last Board meeting, we revisited the topic of score pad settings for our unit games. Our unit game went very well in September with the percentages and hand results showing. The Board decided that the trial should be continued, however, for two more unit games (November and January). We will take a look again after those two games to see how they went, and we will keep you posted. Visit our website: www. unit498.com Burlingame Bridge Club Patti Frederick Thanksgiving Lunch Tuesday Nov 25 Holiday Lunch Tuesday, Dec 23 Remember the normal M-Tu-WTh-F afternoon games at 12:15 PM; I/N games Tu/Th/F at 9 AM; - Raad Bunni Evening games: Tuesday evening 7 PM - Doug Hong We also discussed the Mentor/Mentee program with valuable input from both Eileen Battat and Raad Bunni. (page 2) Th (Barometer) 7:00 PM. - Will Watson Unit 498 ACBL San Mateo, Ca We are taking a look at options for how the program is structured and set up. Raad Bunni and Ted Richmond agreed to work on this project, and they have already drafted a new set of rules and guidelines which will be presented to the Board at our next meeting. This is such a valuable part of our bridge program, and we would like to see it be of as much benefit as possible to the mentees with the mentors having a rewarding experience as well. Eileen Battat has done a wonderful job as the coordinator, but she will be finishing up after this cycle. We will then need a new coordinator. Please let us know if you would be willing to take on this role. Mary Bates has very kindly agreed to be the new editor of The Unitizer. We are most appreciative of Mary’s willingness to take on this task, and we look forward to working with her. Ed Frymoyer put in his resignation at our October Board meeting due to “personal commitments and an impending move to the State of Washington more of the time.” We thank him for his service to the unit, and we wish him the best of luck. November 2014 that did such a beautiful job. She has quite an artistic touch, and she will be putting together a team to help her. It is a big job, and it takes a lot of time and effort. We all benefit, so many, many thanks to Sandra and her crew. We have two special unit games coming up so we hope you’ll save the dates. Saturday, November 22, is our ProAm unit game at the bridge club. Our holiday unit game is on Saturday, December 13, also at the bridge club. Both of these games are a lot of fun, and we hope to see as many of you playing as possible. Our next Board meeting is on Tuesday, November 11, at 4:00 PM at the bridge club. We are most interested in your thoughts and feedback, so please feel free to attend. Thank you all and we wish you a very happy Thanksgiving. Virginia Wailes, President Sandra Tilch will be organizing the holiday decorations at the club this year. She was part of last year’s team as well October 2014 70% Circle Help Wanted! Sandra Tilch needs 6 elves to help decorate the club for the holidays on Wednesday, Dec 3 at 4:00 p.m. Please sign up at the Club to help. Karen Wisialowski and Anne Baxter 71.4% Lucile Chen and Mary Redmond 70.6% Ted Richmond and Roger Dewes 71.4% Fred Chasalow and David Strauss 74% Congratulations! ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY The Unit (and the ACBL) has a zero tolerance policy. What does this mean? Keep the game pleasant! Don’t berate your partner nor be abusive to your opponents. Don’t swear or use bad language. If a situation arises, call the director! Comments, questions, ideas − Please send these to the Editor marybates@astound.net. We really appreciate feedback and commentary!