AB Rulings
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The NASPA Advisory Board meets several times each year in person, by conference call or by email, to discuss its business. Usually, the business results in official rulings of the board.
Rulings are listed below in reverse chronological order, with original motion numbers.
Details of disciplinary issues are generally confidential. Members may view the list of current suspensions here.
2011-08-06 (Motion 29) Cruise Control Cancelled
The “Cruise Control” ruling (Motion 4) is withdrawn, and cruises will be subject henceforth only to the usual separation rules for tournaments.
2011-07-23 (Motion 28) Disciplinary Ruling
Details confidential.
2011-07-08 (Motion 27) Disciplinary Ruling
Details confidential.
2011-06-07 (Motion 26) Advisory Board Size
The AB, after considering proposals to reduce its overall size, ruled that it would remain unchanged.
2011-06-07 (Motion 25) Disciplinary issue
Details confidential.
2011-06-07 (Motion 24) Advisory Board Elections
The Advisory Board will hold elections to replace two outgoing members; see details at this link.
2011-06-07 (Motion 23) Revised Code of Conduct
Details to follow.
2011-06-07 (Motion 22) Player of the Year
Details will be announced at the 2011 National SCRABBLE Championship.
2011-06-07 (Motion 21)
Computer players should be permitted to obtain NASPA ratings under some circumstances.
2011-05-16 (Motion 20) Disciplinary issue
Details confidential.
2011-05-04 (Motion 19) James Leong
That James Leong should rank immediately below Andy Saunders in the rating-based qualification list for the 2011 Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship.
2010-11-08 (Motion 18) Disciplinary issue
2010-08-07 (Motions 15–17) Disclipinary issues
2010-08-07 (Motion 14) Dallas Johnson
That we should replace Greg Edwards with Dallas Johnson.
2010-08-07 (Motion 13) TBA at Town Hall meeting
2010-08-07 (Motion 12) Code of Conduct edit
That Bryan Pepper should prepare a simplified version of Robert Kahn's Code of Conduct for further discussion by the AB.
2010-07-31 (Motion 11) Disciplinary issue
2010-07-12 (Motion 10) Late Rating Data
As of August 1, 2010, any NASPA director who does not submit the results of their tournament for rating within two weeks of the end of the event will receive an email warning; if the results are not received within four weeks, their director certification will be downgraded one step, from full to apprentice, or from apprentice to uncertified. Directors who have pending data submissions as of August 1, 2010 will have those submissions deemed to have been due as of that date for the purpose of calculating warning and downgrading dates. Where a tournament has more than one codirector, the one designated as being responsible for data submission will be the only one to whom these sanctions will apply.
2010-07-12 (Motion 9) Overdue Accounts
As of August 1, 2010, overdue NASPA member accounts will incur a 2% penalty compounded on unpaid balances every calendar month. Member accounts which remain overdue for three months will be suspended and not reinstated until payment is made in full, including penalties. Members who have unpaid balances as of August 1, 2010 will be deemed to have incurred those balances as of that date for the purpose of calculating future penalties and suspensions.
2010-06-06 (Motions 7–8) Disciplinary issues
2010-01-18 (Motion 6) Bryan Pepper
The AB thanks Mary Rhoades for her contributions to the Board and welcomes her successor, Bryan Pepper.
2010-01-18 (Motion 5A) Matt Hopkins
Matt Hopkins is named the Advisory Board’s first Member Emeritus, taking effect 2010-02-04.
2010-01-18 (Motion 5) Fraudulent Claims
Directors who are unaware of the possibility of fraudulent claims by players as to their membership status may be forgiven responsibility for one fraudulent charge.
2010-01-18 (Motion 4) Cruise Control
The 90-day rule on cruise/tour separation was enacted.
2010-01-18 (Motion 3) SOWPODS ratings
The SOWPODS rating system shall be created.
2010-01-18 (Motion 2) POTY
The 2009 Person of the Year was chosen, and will be announced in the next Bulletin. (They were later revealed to be John D. Williams, Jr. and Jane Ratsey Williams.
2010-01-18 (Motion 1) Disciplinary issue
2009-08-02: Disciplinary issue
2009-05-21: Nathan Benedict
Nathan Benedict is granted a special exemption from the deadline for registering in the U.S. WSC qualification system, and replaces Brian Bowman in the last place determined by qualifying (peak) rating. (6 yea, 0 nay, 2 abstain, 7 absent)
2009-04-15: Annotation
If a director announces in a tournament flyer that games will be annotated, a player who refuses to comply with annotation is subject to forfeiting annotated games with a severe spread penalty (originally -200, but the exact amount to be debated by the Rules Committee). (13 yea, 0 nay, 2 absent)