Unrated NSA tournaments - Revision history

Tapani: reworded

2009-06-11T09:23:14Z

reworded

Tapani: reworded (thanks to John C Green for catching an inconsistency in terminology)

2009-06-11T09:22:11Z

reworded (thanks to John C Green for catching an inconsistency in terminology)

Tapani: added a note about Reno being sanctioned now

2009-06-08T20:50:58Z

added a note about Reno being sanctioned now

Tapani: Removed references to Reno. This policy no longer applies to Reno WCC09, as it is now a fully sanctioned NASPA tournament.

2009-06-08T19:36:06Z

Removed references to Reno. This policy no longer applies to Reno WCC09, as it is now a fully sanctioned NASPA tournament.

Poslfit: New page: Here is NASPA’s policy concerning '''unrated NSA tournaments''': those events which were originally sanctioned by the NSA, are scheduled to take place after NASPA takes over tourname...

2009-05-27T16:52:43Z

New page: Here is NASPA’s policy concerning '''unrated NSA tournaments''': those events which were originally sanctioned by the NSA, are scheduled to take place after NASPA takes over tourname...

New page

Here is NASPA’s policy concerning '''unrated NSA tournaments''':
those events which were originally sanctioned by the NSA, are scheduled
to take place after NASPA takes over tournament sanctioning on 2009-07-01,
and whose directors have decided not to apply for NASPa sanctioning.

NASPA’s immediate goal is to maintain the existing
[http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/calendar.html tournament calendar]
with a minimum of disruption following the loss of all
external funding; its longer-term goal is to substantially grow
that community to improve playing conditions for everybody.

We recognize that with every change, be it of [[rules]], [[OWL2|lexicon]], fee
structure or management, it is unavoidable that we will lose some
members of our community who cannot accept change. We are honored
by the trust that our [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/members.pl 800 paid members] have placed in us so far,
and will do our utmost to fulfill the hopes we all share for the
future of Scrabble.

Regarding the extremely short notice for our announcement that
the Reno tournament has failed to meet the conditions necessary
for it to be a NASPA-sanctioned event, we accept our share of
the responsibility for not having resolved this issue earlier.
If there are players who have as a result suffered financial
losses (e.g. airline ticket change or cancellation fees), we
invite them to submit documented claims to us, and we will see
what we can offer in the way of compensation.

We will not penalize NASPA players who play at the now unrated,
unsanctioned tournament in Reno; but do warn them that in the
event of any difficulty, they will not have recourse to NASPA
or its advisory board. The tournament will not officially be
held under NSA or NASPA rules, or use the NSA or NASPA lexicon,
and any decisions made by its organizers are final.

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 and whose directors have decided not to apply for NASPA sanctioning.
-Please note that as of June 5, 2009, the 2009 West Coast Championship in Reno in July 2009 has been sanctioned by NASPA and it will be a fully rated tournament.  Therefore, this policy does not apply to the tournament.
+Please note that as of June 5, 2009, the 2009 West Coast Championship in Reno in July 2009 has been sanctioned by NASPA and will be a fully rated tournament.  Therefore, this policy does not apply to the tournament.
 NASPA&rsquo;s immediate goal is to maintain the existing

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-Here is NASPA&rsquo;s policy concerning '''unrated NSA tournaments''':
+Here is [[NASPA]]&rsquo;s policy concerning '''unrated NSA tournaments''':
-those events which were originally sanctioned by the NSA, are scheduled
+those events which were originally sanctioned by the [[NSA]], are scheduled
-to take place after NASPA takes over tournament sanctioning on 2009-07-01,
+to take place after NASPA takes over tournament sanctioning on July 1, 2009,
 and whose directors have decided not to apply for NASPA sanctioning.
-Please note that this policy ''does not apply'' to the July 2009 Reno tournament.
+Please note that as of June 5, 2009, the 2009 West Coast Championship in Reno in July 2009 has been sanctioned by NASPA and it will be a fully rated tournament.  Therefore, this policy does not apply to the tournament.
 NASPA&rsquo;s immediate goal is to maintain the existing

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 future of Scrabble.
-Regarding the extremely short notice for our announcement that
+We will not penalize NASPA players who play at unrated,
-the Reno tournament has failed to meet the conditions necessary
+unsanctioned tournaments; but do warn them that in the
 event of any difficulty, they will not have recourse to NASPA
 or its advisory board.  The tournament will not officially be
 held under NSA or NASPA rules, or use the NSA or NASPA lexicon,
 and any decisions made by its organizers are final.