International Committee

The International Committee is a NASPA committee. Its mandate is to manage the association's relationship with organizations and events outside the United States and Canada. To contact the committee, please send an email message to international@scrabbleplayers.org.

Members

The following members currently belong to the committee:

John Chew

ex officio

2009-06-22~

Judy Cole

ex officio

2019-07-22~

Mina Le

cochair

2020-07-15~

Tony Leah (EX)

cochair

2009-06-22~

Nick Ball (EX)

Collins education

2010-10-03~

Robert Linn (EX)

2009-06-22~

Randall Thomas (EX)

2009-06-22~

Ben Withers (EX)

2015-11-01~

The following members have served past terms on the committee:

	Tapani Lindgren 2009-06-22~2009-10-09
	Marcia Richards 2009-06-22~2010-06-08
	Sam Kantimathi (EX) cochair 2009-06-22~2013-07-31
	Nathan Benedict (GM) 2009-06-22~2015-08-15
	Chris Cree (SM) ex officio 2009-06-22~2019-07-22
	Brian Bowman (SM) 2010-06-08~2013-02-13
	Chris Lipe (SM) 2012-12-05~2013-07-31
	Chris Lipe (SM) cochair 2013-07-31~2015-07-28
	Chris Lipe (SM) 2015-07-28~2015-08-04
	Dallas Johnson ex officio 2013-01-01~2015-08-15
	Travis Chaney (EX) 2013-01-13~2015-08-14
	Steve Polatnick (EX) 2014-08-13~2015-08-04
	Steve Polatnick (EX) cochair 2015-08-04~2018-01-20
	Jesse Matthews (EX) 2014-08-13~2020-08-07
	Jason Keller (SM) 2015-11-01~2017-04-15
	Mina Le 2016-01-04~2018-01-30
	Mina Le cochair 2018-01-30~2019-10-20
	Mina Le 2019-10-20~2020-07-15
	Rich Baker ex officio 2016-11-29~2021-06-30
	Puneet Sharma (EX) 2019-08-15~2019-10-20
	Puneet Sharma (EX) cochair 2019-10-20~2020-07-09

Structure

The committee is cochaired by a Canadian player and an American player. The American cochair is responsible for committee activities pertaining to American participation in events outside the United States and Canada. (The corresponding Canadian responsibility is held by the chair of the Canadian Committee.)

Agenda

• Liaise with other national peer bodies such as the ABSP
• Liaise with WESPA
• Set criteria for selecting members for U.S. national teams competing in major international events. (The criteria for Canadian teams are set by Canadian Committee).
• Maintain the naspa-usacollins mailing list for American players interested in the Collins lexicon.
• Maintain the naspa-international-usa mailing list for American members of the committee.

Activity

• 2017-04-28 Working on reciprocal membership agreements with the Hong Kong Scrabble Players Association and the Trinidad and Tobago Scrabble Association.
• 2010-08-15 Committee name changed from NASPA-WESPA Liaison Committee to International Committee
• 2010-06-09 2010 Causeway Challenge US Qualification System
• 2009-10-08 NASPA Joins WESPA