NASPA’s [[Advisory Board]] has invited [[Dallas Johnson]] to join the board. Johnson replaces Greg Edwards, who resigned in May.
== July 2010 ==
=== July 22, 2010: William Giblin wins gift card ===
William Giblin is the 400th registrant for the [[2010 NSC]]. He wins a restaurant gift card worth USD 50.00 donated by [[Judy Newhouse]]. Congratulations Bill!
=== July 15, 2010: New Requirements for Sanctioning Tournaments ===
The Tournament Committe announces new sanctioning requirements for LCT and TCC [[Tournaments]].
=== July 14, 2010: NASPA Financials Posted===
NASPA's 2009 Form 990 has been posted on the [[Financial Reports]] page.
=== July 12, 2010: Advisory Board rulings ===
[[Advisory Board]] has published new [[Advisory_Board#Rulings|rulings]] concerning delays in submitting tournament results and overdue member accounts.
=== July 3, 2010: Marlon Hill and Ben Schoenbrun score −22 total ===
Marlon Hill and Ben Shoenbrun set a new [[OTCWL]] tournament record for the [[Records#Lowest_combined_game_score|lowest combined game score]] with a total of negative 22 points. The previous record was −20.
The game ended after six consecutive zero scores from challenged phonies and exchanges and both players got negative points from the tiles left on their racks. Marlon drew a blank and won with −6 points, while Ben got stuck with the Q and lost with −16 points. Congratulations to both!
=== July 2, 2010: Nigel Peltier makes record seven bingos ===
More OTCWL tournament records were broken in Reno today. On the third round of the main event, Nigel Peltier played seven bingos (PINTOES, ACONITE, RAPIDLY, INFOLDED, EMIRATE, SHEARING, DAtABLE), setting a new record for the [[Records#Most_bingos_by_one_player_in_a_game|most bingos by one player in a game]]. The previous record was six bingos. Congratulations Nigel!
Nigel's opponent Jeff Martin also made a bingo (CORNIEsT) for a combined total of eight, which tied the record for the [[Records#Most_bingos_by_both_players_in_a_game|most bingos by both players in a game]]. Congratulations to both!
=== July 1, 2010: Edward De Guzman scores record 771 points ===
A new OTCWL tournament record for the [[Records#Highest_winning_game_score|highest winning game score]] was set today in the second early bird event of the 2010 West Coast Championship in Reno, NV. Edward De Guzman scored a whopping 771 points, besting the previous record by one point. Congratulations Ed!
== May 2010 ==
=== May 31, 2010: bulletin published ===
Volume 2, Number 2 of the [[NASPA Bulletin]]
is now available for
[http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/bulletin.pl member download].
=== May 20, 2010: Updated Incident Report Form ===
The
[[Media:Incident_Report_Form.pdf|Incident Report Form]] has been updated.
== Archived news ==