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16:35, 15 March 2013 From time to time, the [[NASPA]] [[International Committee]] negotiates
'''international agreements''' with our partner organizations around
the world, to further fraternity with these organizations and to benefit
our members who like to play in SCRABBLE tournaments when they
travel overseas. We think of it as like being able to use your local
museum membership to gain admission to a foreign museum, or
being granted entry to a foreign social club on the basis of your
local club membership.
Each agreement reciprocally confers certain benefits of association
membership. Our overseas visitors typically may play in NASPA tournaments
without having to pay for a separate NASPA membership, while NASPA
members can typically play in overseas tournaments under whatever
the terms to which are local members are subject.
Each agreement describes how tournament directors may verify the
membership status of members applying for reciprocal benefits.
A NASPA tournament [[directors]] who wish to activate
a reciprocal membership for an overseas visitor should
use the regular membership application process to charge
the visitor's membership to themselves, then contact
info@scrabbleplayers.org to have the charge waived.
{|
!Date
!Association
!Summary
|-
|July 2011
|[[ABSP]]
|ABSP members may play in NASPA events without paying for NASPA membership; NASPA members are entitled to ABSP member discounts at ABSP events.
|-
|September 2011
|[[ASPA]]
|ASPA members may play in NASPA events without paying for NASPA membership; NASPA members are not subject to non-ASPA levy at ASPA events.
|}