I helped write the new ACBL Convention Charts and now I'm working on updating the alert procedure. I've been on the ACBL Competitions and Conventions Committee since 2014. So basically I'm a rules nerd, and I'm happy to get any comments you have on possible improvements.
I learned to play bridge in grad school. Our department offered us free donuts once a week with the caveat that we had to stay in the common area while we consumed them. Someone taught us bridge as an activity to do while we ate the donuts (because unstructured socializing would have been just terrible) and I got hooked.
I still work full-time so bridge has to fit around that, but I usually manage to get to at least two of the three NABCs.
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The drafting committee for new ACBL Convention Charts appreciates all of the feedback on the previous chart intended for open events. Now we would like to solicit feedback on one for lower level players. The intention is that this is the chart that would be used in I/N games and Gold Rush games. It is intentionally more restrictive than the current General Convention Chart.
You can view the chart at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GDevs6R1bv1EUtijN6lwH_nRufAwoZ5eQbVdOzi44zc
The definitions (as well as a few updates to the "Level 3 Chart" since the last post) are at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I0Gy68AKZq8aODBRgp3NoemKdRF2oQXcY4czoUwU7II
Comments are welcome on both the level of allowance/restriction as well as on wording issues.
