== Director Responsibilities ==
It is important for all NASPA directors to remember they are also NASPA's public representatives. NASPA is Hasbro's official organization to promote competitive club and tournament SCRABBLE play.
Accordingly, directors should only promote competitive SCRABBLE Scrabble play through NASPA and no other organization except in the case of advertising, in which they should identify them as a NASPA club. In exchange for these services, directors have been granted exclusive territorial rights for their clubs and tournaments by NASPA.
The first responsibility of NASPA directors is to represent NASPA in a professional, moral, ethical, fair, welcoming and encouraging manner.
The second responsibility of a NASPA director is to perform the duties of a director in order to provide more, not fewer, opportunities for all players to participate, which is why entreating anyone to renounce his or her NASPA membership is unacceptable as it decreases the opportunities available to them to participate in competitive SCRABBLEScrabble.
While NASPA directors may belong to multiple organizations and play in events for multiple organizations, they may not become club/tournament directors of another organization, recruit members for an organization other than NASPA, or entreat players to renounce their membership in NASPA.
NASPA has no qualms with its directors...
# running or assisting with School SCRABBLE Youth Scrabble events because School SCRABBLE is the bailiwick of Hasbro, and NASPA has a working relationship with Hasbro.
# running or assisting with WESPA tourneys because NASPA has a working relationship with WESPA.
# running or assisting with any SCRABBLEScrabble-related fund-raisers for literacy or charities. (Note: anyone organizing such an event should contact Hasbro for permission to use the SCRABBLE trademark.) #running or assisting with non-SCRABBLE Scrabble events because, well...they’re non-SCRABBLE Scrabble events.
== Resources for directors ==