Tournament Committee

The Tournament Committee is a NASPA committee. Its mandate is to oversee officially sanctioned NASPA tournaments. To contact the committee, please send an email message to tournament@scrabbleplayers.org.

Members

The following members currently belong to the committee:

John Chew

ex officio

2012-08-20~

Michael Bassett

2015-08-15~

Judy Cole

2015-08-15~

Linda Iannetti

2024-03-24~

Margo Kuno

2020-07-31~

Linda Oliva

2024-03-24~

Help wanted

The committee is looking for new members. Please read more here if you are interested in joining.

Duties

On an ongoing basis, supervise tournament directors, including:

• Sanctioning tournaments
• Maintaining the tournament calendar
• Receiving and processing Incident Report forms, passing them up to the Advisory Board as necessary
• Maintaining a list of Reasonable Accommodations for Disabled Players

Agenda

The committee has the following items on its agenda:

• Consider and revise the process for handling incident reports
• Consider and revise the process for handling requests for accommodations
• Improved communications with players and directors about how committee processes function

Tools

The committee has access to the following web tools:

• Tournament Calendar editor

• View Membership List

Additional lists (accommodations, suspensions, etc.) are accessible by Committee Members through the Member Services page, including tools to:

• add to the list of accommodations for players with special needs

Past Members

The following members have served past terms on the committee:

	John Chew chair 2009-02-15~2009-06-17
	John Chew 2009-06-18~2012-08-19
	Joe Edley (SM) 2009-02-15~2013-10-31
	Chris Cree (SM) ex officio 2009-02-15~2019-07-22
	Siri Tillekeratne 2009-04-15~2015-03-14
	Andy Saunders chair 2009-06-02~2009-12-12
	Andy Saunders cochair 2009-12-13~2010-12-03
	Carol Dustin 2009-06-02~2010-05-23
	Mary Rhoades 2009-06-18~2012-08-19
	Mary Rhoades ex officio 2012-08-20~2014-04-08
	Dallas Johnson 2009-06-23~2009-12-12
	Dallas Johnson cochair 2009-12-13~2010-12-03
	Dallas Johnson chair 2010-12-03~2015-05-01
	Dallas Johnson 2015-05-01~2015-08-15
	Rebecca Slivka (EX) 2009-06-23~2012-04-23
	Nancee Mancel 2010-05-27~2010-12-26
	Jason Keller (SM) 2010-12-26~2015-05-01
	Jason Keller (SM) chair 2015-05-01~2017-04-15
	Ryan Fischer (EX) 2010-12-26~2015-12-31
	Paul Avrin 2013-10-31~2014-09-14
	Pete Zeigler (EX) 2013-10-31~2015-08-01
	Kurt Davies 2013-10-31~2015-08-01
	Rich Baker 2013-10-31~2016-01-24
	Rich Baker cochair 2016-01-24~2017-04-15
	Rich Baker chair 2017-04-15~2019-12-10
	Mad Palazzo 2015-08-15~2019-12-10
	Mad Palazzo chair 2019-12-20~2020-07-03
	Betsey Wood 2016-07-23~2019-06-20
	Heather McCall 2018-08-20~2020-07-17
	Heather McCall chair 2020-07-17~2023-02-17
	Kevin Gauthier 2019-07-06~2021-12-31
	John Karris (EX) 2019-07-06~2023-12-10