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March 2015 The Declarer The official newsletter of unit 131 of the American Contract Bridge Leaguewww.unit131.org President Jeanie Brown1st Vice President Richard Troth2nd Vice President Dee JohnstonSecretary Ellen D’AmatoTreasurer Rajeev Bansal;Past President Vicki MuirLarge Members Term Expires April 2015Don Childers BoardDirectorsDear Unit 131 Members,THE BAD NEWS: Our membership is shrinking and fewer tables of dupli-cate bridge are being played in our Unit. In 2009 there were 12,796 sanc-tioned tables of duplicate bridge played in Unit 131 according to ACBL. In 2014 there were 11,470. A big drop of over 1300 tables! Think about what the result will be if this continues. Remember the Dodo Bird?THE GOOD NEWS: With cooperation from Directors, Teachers and Play-ers we can reverse the trend! Omaha & Wichita have done so already by Kansas City Sectional TournamentJewish Community Center5801 W. 115th St. Overland Park, KSMay 15 (Between Nall & Lamar)Board ElectionsMay 17Board MeetingsJune 13, 3:45Potluck Dinner (5:30) & Unit Game (6:00)will follow Board Meeting Lynne Wenski7620 Haskins StLenexa, Ks662165438RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Regional TournamentsApril 27May 3Oklahoma City, OKJune 15Tulsa, OKJune 29July 5West Des Moines, IAJuly 13St. Louis, MOSectional Tournaments April 16Tulsa, OKJune 5Columbia, MOJune 5Wichita, KSJuly 10Overland ParkSectional IN TournamentsApril 17Columbia, MOSchedule of Future Events PRSRT STD 12 Kansas City Sectional TournamentJewish Community Center5801 W. 115th St. Overland Park, KSMay 15 (Between Nall & Lamar)Board ElectionsMay 17Board MeetingsJune 13, 3:45Potluck Dinner (5:30) & Unit Game (6:00)will follow Board Meeting Lynne Wenski7620 Haskins StLenexa, Ks662165438RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Regional TournamentsApril 27May 3Oklahoma City, OKJune 15Tulsa, OK PRSRT STDU.S. Postage PaidKansas City, MOPermit No. 754 PRSRT STDU.S. POSTAGE PAIDPERMIT NO. 3 Milestones and AchievementsNew LIFE MastersJanice K. AllenDaniel C BreedingRonald E SmithNew BRONZE LIFE Masters Jack L. RevareNew SILVER LIFE MastersAnn McGrawNew GOLD LIFE MastersLily Y. ChanPaul C. ChanNew EMERALD LIFE MastersVictoria A MuirCONGRATULATIONSNationals in New OrleansTop 5 finishersMar 13: Swiss: Amit Chakrabarti, Eliza-beth Jankord, Steven Vossler, Larry Weatherholt (2B). Side Game: Sam Lane & Robert Tung (2C). Gold Rush: Sam Lane & Robert Tung(1A).Mar 15:Swiss: William Freeman with 3 people from LA (1C).Mar 16Side Game: Ginger Hebert & Wil-liam Freeman (1C). Open: Larry & Jack Mayer (2C). Pairs: Patricia & Patrick Ly-saught (2A).Mar 17: Pairs: Patricia & Patrick Lysaught (3/4C).Mar 18:Open Day: Larry & Jack Mayer (2B). Open Night: Larry & Jack Mayer (4B).Mar 19:Pairs: Larry & Jack Mayer (1A).Mar 20:John Wening George Schaefer (3C) Declarer EditorsPatti Whitaker: pattiwhitaker@kc.rr.comKathy Allen: kallan@kc.rr.comM e m b e r ’ s C o r n e rWe would like to feature in each Declarer a Unit 131 player who has a small business or hobby which he/she wants other’s to know about. This could be a ser-vice provided, a product to sell, or just something interesting that you want to share about you. Please submit your ideas by email to an editor. Thank you. THIS CAN BE FUN!***IMPORTANT NOTICE***The new Unit 131 Bridge Directories will be printed in May. The information will be pulled from the ACBL current member list. Please be sure your address and phone numbers are correct on the ACBL website. Or else send the corrected info to Nancy. IF ANYONE DOES NOT WANT HIS/HER INFORMATION PRINTED, PLEASE CON-TACT NANCY TRAGER ntrager@sbcglobal.net UNIT 131 Intermediate/Novice Tournament(0 500 / NonLifemaster)April 17 Columbia Senior Center1121 Business 70E, Columbia, MOALL SILVER POINTSSanction # Stratification for Pairs Events: Based on average master points for Pairs Events and Sunday Swiss:A: 200(NLM), B: 500, C: 0 Hospitality Coffee, tea and snacks all sessionsBox Lunch available for Saturday ($6.00)Lunch included on Sunday Schedule of EventsHand Records provided for all pairs eventsFriday, April 17 0 PMStratified PairsSaturday, April 18 OneSession Stratified Pairs:00 PMOneSession Stratified Pairs Sunday, April AM & TBATwoSession Stratified Swiss Teams Entry Fees*Friday and Saturdayper person per session Sunday Teamsper team includes lunch*non and unpaid ACBL members pay$3 extra per session Hors D’oeuvre Party 6:00 PM, Friday EveningLots of hors d’oeuvres provided. Everyone invited! www.Unit131.org Tournament ContactDirector in ChargeMichael Hughesmichael@jcbridge.org2305086 PartnershipsCindy Smithbridgeartster@gmail.com4450897Lily Chanlilyyhchan@gmail.com2893792 Hesitations, Failures to Alert and Misinformation Law 16By Tim HaysNorthQ83AK74West EastA62 A4 KJ75A532 QJ98Q952 SouthKQ752K104North East South WestPass Pass Pass 1NT*Pass Pass 2 Hearts PassPass DBL 2 Spades PassPass PassThe one NoTrump was announced as 14/17. When South bid 2 hearts, North did not alert E/W that 2 hearts showed both majors. Before the opening lead, South informed E/W that there was a failure to alert, explaining that 2 hearts showed both majors. Director is called. After talking with both East and West, West's call would have stayed the same, East said they would not have doubled 2 hearts had they known it showed both majors. Play continued. Final result, 2 spades down one for 100 E/W.1: E/W are required to defend the hand as bid. Failure to alert does not always require an automatic adjustment. If both East and West would taken the same action, the failure to alert would not have changed the auction.2: Director is called back with the final result. After reviewing the auction, and reviewing the hands, It was deter-mined that E/W was damaged by the failure to alert. The result was changed to 2 hearts down three for 300 E/W.WHEN SHOULD YOU CALL THE DIRECTOR FOR FAILURE TO ALERT?If Declarer or Dummy, call before the opening leadIf on Defense, call after end of play**You must not bring attention to the failure to alert because it gives your partner unauthorized information. This could be subject to a procedural penalty.Law 16 defines many types of unauthorized Information, such as “a remark, a question, an unexpected alert or failure to alert, or by unmistakable hesitation, unwonted speed, special emphasis, tone, gesture, movement of mannerism.” More examples of this Law in action in future issues of Declarer. ATTENTION ALL DIRECTORS:We would like to highlight any pairs that have a 70% or better game. Please forward Names, Date & Percentage to a Declarer editor. (See last page for email addresses) Thank You. Entry Fees*Friday and Saturday$12 per person per sessionSunday Swiss Teamsper team includes lunchJunior Players (18 and under)Play for half pricenonservice fee paying LMs, n and unpaid ACBLmembers pay $3extra per personper session Kansas City Spring SectionalAnnual Meeting and Election Check Start Times Daily JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER5801 W. 115Overland Park, KSBetween Nall & Lamar on 115Str bearby IotelsSenior & AARP Discounts availableA Loft & Ash 913345Holiday Inn & Nall Hyatt 5001 W. 1109134919002Courtyard by Marriott & Woodson 3178500 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Check times daily Stratification for Pairs Events:Based on average master pointsA: 200+, B: 7502000, C: 0FRIDAY MAY 15, 2015 Donuts inMorning0 PMStratified Open Pairs Single SessionStratified 0300(3 table min):00 PMStratified Open Pairs Single SessionStratified 0300(3 table min)NO EVENING GAMESATURDAY MAY 16, 2015 0 AMStratified Open Pairs Single SessionStratified 0300(3 table Min):00 PMStratified Open Pairs SinglesessionStratified 0300(3 table min.)GNT DISTRICT FINALSPre Qualify and/or BuyConditions of Contest on District 15's Website Pizza, soft drinks, wine and beer following game 7:00 PMStratified Open Pairs SinglesessionStratified 0300(3 table Min) GNT DISTRICT FINALS (continueSUNDAY May 17, 2015 Donuts in morning andLunch 10:00 AM & TBAStratiflighted Swiss TeamsGNT Finals (if necessary)Stratiflighted Swiss TeamsFlight A/Ax: Unlimited/3000Stratiflighted Flights B, C & D: 7502000, C: 300750, D: 0Note: No player with more than 2000 pointsmay play in Flight B of the Stratified SwissLunch & SHORT Annual Meeting Sunday between Sessions Voting Closes at Game Time Sunday 10:00am CHAIRPERSONSEllen D’Amato4162ellendamato1@gmail.com Maggie Frick2552maggiefrick@hotmail.com PARTNERSHIPSLynne Wenski 9130941lynski@swbell.net Online Partnerships at: http://bridgefinesse.com/D15PDeskIndex IRECTORCHARGEChris Patrias Unit Web Site: www.unit131.org Sanction #15050895I9CTIhbSTake I435 to Nall/Roe ExitTurn South (Exit 77B) onto Nallgo .8 milesto 115Street.Turn West onto 115Street.Approx .3 miles & on the left. HospitalityCoffee, Soft Drinks & Snacks throughoutDonuts Friday & Sunday morningsPizza, soft drinks, beer & wine following Saturday afternoon sessionDonuts and Lunch on SundayLunch on site available for purchase Friday & Saturday. Must order and pay at time of morning game registration. 4 MISSOURI SECTIONALJUNE 57, 2015HOWARD JOHNSON MOTEL, 3100 I70 DRIVE SE, COLUMBIA, MO 5736161Exit I70 at 63, go South & turn left (East) at access rd on South side of I=70, take 1right.Bridge rate $65Cnight, includes hot buffet breakfastSCHEDULE OF EVENTSFriday June 5, 2015 (3 Sessions)Stratified Open Pairs (single session) 10AM & 2:30PM Stratified 0200 Pairs (single session) * 10AM & 230PM Newcomer/Student Pairs (single session)* 10AM & 2:30PM *0- 200 & Newcomer pairs may be combined if less than 5 tables each MiniSwiss7:30PMSaturday June 6, 2015 (3 Sessions)Bracketed KO Teams (May be handicapped) (Sessions 1,2,&3) 10AM, 2:30PM & 7:30PM Stratified Open Pairs (3 single sessions) 10AM, 2:30PM & 7:30PM Stratified 0200 Pairs (3 single sessions)* 10AM, 2:30PM & 7:30PM Newcomer/student Pairs (3 single sessions)*10AM, 2:30PM & 7:30PM200 & Newcomer pairs may be combined if less than 5 tables eachStratification for Pairs Events and MiniSwissBased on average master points for Pairs Events and MiniSissOpen: 2000 & over 2000 : 050 & 50Necomers Sunday June 7, 2015 (2Session play Through)Stratiflighted Swiss Teams (Meal provided midway)Flight A/AX: Unlimited/00 10AM & TBA Stratified D/C/B Swiss Teams (0300, 300750, 7502000)10AM & TBAHotels in the area: Candlewood 8776608543, Motel 6 5738150123, Country Inn Suites 8881628, Staybridge Suites 8002251237, Baymont Inn 5734494422, Hampton Inn, 5739392The Howard Johnson has a very nice playing space with good temperature control & lots of parking.Coffee, Tea, Sodas & Snacks are complimentary, you will like this bridge experience.Tournament Chairman: Richard Troth 5737351 trothr@missouri.edu DirectorChris PatriasSANCTION # 1506082 Robert Weaver:I learned to play bridge while working on my uncle’s farm in the late 1950’s. I grew up playing cards with my grandfather and un-cles, which I enjoyed but bridge was a game I loved right away and still do. I served on the Board of Directors for the at all levels of Tournament play including three NABC’s in San Francisco and Seattle. I believe that experience coupled of experience and competence. I plan to be an effective liaison between Unit players bers to resolve them. I want to leverage the one thing that we all have in common: we love the game of Duplicate Bridge and we want to see it continue and grow. I would ! Bridge on any platform is great but I love the du-plicate game. The Bridge Studio offers a chance to participate on many levels. I want to support and do my share to make list of very diverse jobs. I am now retired from a corporate IT sponsibility and high quality teamwork. This is the experience I want to bring to you and our duplicate bridge community Unit 131. I would appreciate your vote.In the past, I have served on several school advisory boards (Magnet They have generally been fun and positive experiences. I have been playing bridge for about 10 I had to quit playing entirely for a year or so when my husband, daughter and I opened a pizza business. LatelyI've It seems the board has been running fairly smoothly for The tournaments have been great and Hopefully I can 5 GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS Now is the time to put together your teams!The “GNTs” are the ACBL’s grass roots teams events that starts at the local level. The District 15 Team Competitions will held in Kansas City at the Spring Sectional starting on Saturday, May 16th, at 2:00 pm. It is a Knock out* format and those who advance will continue playing Saturday night and again on Sunday. The win-We hope to have a strong showing of Teams in all flights at the Spring Sectional. The “C” flight is for nonThe “B” flight is for those with less than 2500 master points.The “A” flight is for those with less than 6000 master points.The “Open” flight has no master point limits.The cost of competing in this event will be $39/person for the first session. If upon the results of the round. Then the team moves on to play against another If you have any questions about GNT, please ask Vicki Muir. I usually play on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. I am a retired Black and Veatch engineer. I look forward to providing service to the game I enjoy as a member of the board. The game of bridge This time has included over 45 years as a member of ACBL. I whenever I traveled for work or pleasure.If elected to the unit board, I will attempt to I have no axes to grind, and get functions. I am a bridge player who enjoys competition against even if I get my clock cleaned!The skill com-ments. I would bring my legal training to the unit by attempt-if I do not I have been retired for five years, have lived in KC area my whole life, I’ve had cards in my hands since the age of eight when my Irish family to me later in life when I took my first lessons at the KC Bridge Studio barely three years ago. What I have discovered in that short time is that I simply love this game. It has be-time. Each time I play, I challenge myself to slow down, think strategically and do the best I can and, just as important to As a "new" player, I think I could bring fresh ideas and a dif-ferent perspective to the board. As a (now retired) journalist, I and help develop plans that everyone could support. I believe any organization grows I think one of my skills age people to find common ground. This is what I would bring to the board. Thanks 6 SUE WHITEDSuzanne Elaine Reinbold was born to Edna and Raymond E. Reinbold in Osakis, Minn. She married Ivan Eugene Whitted in September 1960, with whom she loved to go fishing.An avid bridge player throughout her life, she shared the Bridge Studio in Overland Park and was a gold life mas-ter bridge player. Suzanne was also Mrs. Bridge of Kan-sas City in 1885 due to her numerous tournament wins. Her love of bridge was something she loved to share with and teach to her wealth of family and friends.What mattered most in life to Suzanne were the people she shared it with. She took great joy out of telephone conversations with her family and friends and support-ing her grandchildren as they played sports. She will be remembered as a woman who enjoyed helping people. and making a difference to those who loved her. The Unit would like to invite social bridge players to a “Duplicate TestDrive” in a friendly atmosphere. This event would be a nostress gathering that would include an overview of Du-plicate and an opportunity to actually play Duplicate for a couple of hours. There will be a num-ber of experienced Duplicate players in the room to answer questions if they come up during bidding and play. Lunch will be provided. Reservations will be required (so the appropriate amount of food can be determined) and the cost per person will be only $5.00. You can help make this event be a success with a minimum of time and effort. Think of one or two of your friends who play social bridge who might be interested in giving Duplicate a try. In midMay, I will email you an invitation to “Lunch & A Duplicate Test Drive”. When you receive it, send it on to one or two of your bridgeplaying friends who you think might be inter-ested. Add a word or two about Zero Tolerance, and how the Duplicate environment is better now than ever before. Encourage them to attend. Getting this Invitation from you will have much more positive impact than if it were to come from the Unit Membership Committee. All of the Directors are committed to nurturing any new player to their games and I know the rest of us would greet them in a welcoming and friendly way. Hard copies of this invitation will also be available to each game in Unit 131.Receiving 60 positive responses, 15 tables, is the goal. The location of the “Duplicate Test Drive” is The Bridge Studio in Overland Park. The date is Sunday, June 14, 2015, and the start time is 11:30 AM. The event will run about 3 hours. Feel free to contact me with any ideas and suggestions.Robert Weaver (rwinkc@gmail.com)Chair, Unit 131 Membership Committee 7 Unit 131 Absentee BallotMay 2015 ElectionYou may vote at the Spring Sectional Tournament, May 1517. If you will not be present to vote you may vote by completing this absentee ballot.Place completed ballot in a sealed envelope.Write your name and ACBL number on the outside of the envelope.Place this envelope in another envelope and address to:Unit 131 c/o Ellen D’Amato433 Ward Parkway 3NKansas City, MO 64112.MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN MAY 9TH, 2015.Below are the candidates for the five directorlarge positions. You may vote for as many as FIVE____ TORY BILLARD____ JIM DINGWERTH____ BILL HOGE____ JEANNE KYTE____ PEGGY SCHMIEDELER____ ROBERT WEAVERProposed New Amended and Restated BylawsThe Board of Directors of Unit 131 recommends to the membership a vote FOR theadoption of the new proposed Amended and Restated Bylaws posted on our web site, www.unit131.organd sum-marized in the Declarer onepage insert. Please indicate your vote below:FOR______ AGAINST_______ SUE WHITEDSuzanne Elaine Reinbold was born to Edna and Raymond E. Reinbold in Osakis, Minn. She married Ivan Eugene Whitted in September 1960, with whom she loved to go fishing.An avid bridge player throughout her life, she shared the Bridge Studio in Overland Park and was a gold life mas-ter bridge player. Suzanne was also Mrs. Bridge of Kan-sas City in 1885 due to her numerous tournament wins. Her love of bridge was something she loved to share with and teach to her wealth of family and friends.What mattered most in life to Suzanne were the people she shared it with. She took great joy out of telephone conversations with her family and friends and support-ing her grandchildren as they played sports. She will be remembered as a woman who enjoyed helping people. and making a difference to those who loved her.The Unit would like to invite social bridge players to a “Duplicate TestDrive” in a friendly atmosphere. This event would be a nostress gathering that would include an overview of Du-plicate and an opportunity to actually play Duplicate for a couple of hours. There will be a num-ber of experienced Duplicate players in the room to answer questions if they come up during bidding and play. Lunch will be provided. Reservations will be required (so the appropriate amount of food can be determined) and the cost per person will be only $5.00. You can help make this event be a success with a minimum of time and effort. Think of one or two of your friends who play social bridge who might be interested in giving Duplicate a try. In midMay, I will email you an invitation to “Lunch & A Duplicate Test Drive”. When you receive it, send it on to one or two of your bridgeplaying friends who you think might be inter-ested. Add a word or two about Zero Tolerance, and how the Duplicate environment is better now than ever before. Encourage them to attend. Getting this Invitation from you will have much more positive impact than if it were to come from the Unit Membership Committee. All of the Directors are committed to nurturing any new player to their games and I know the rest of us would greet them in a welcoming and friendly way. Hard copies of this invitation will also be available to each game in Unit 131.Receiving 60 positive responses, 15 tables, is the goal. The location of the “Duplicate Test Drive” is The Bridge Studio in Overland Park. The date is Sunday, June 14, 2015, and the start time is 11:30 AM. The event will run about 3 hours. Feel free to contact me with any ideas and suggestions.Robert Weaver (rwinkc@gmail.com)Chair, Unit 131 Membership Committee 7 Unit 131 Absentee BallotMay 2015 ElectionYou may vote at the Spring Sectional Tournament, May 1517. If you will not be present to vote you may vote by completing this absentee ballot.Place completed ballot in a sealed envelope.Write your name and ACBL number on the outside of the envelope.Place this envelope in another envelope and address to:Unit 131 c/o Ellen D’Amato433 Ward Parkway 3NKansas City, MO 64112.MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN MAY 9TH, 2015. Below are the candidates for the five directorlarge positions. You may vote for as many as FIVE____ TORY BILLARD____ JIM DINGWERTH____ BILL HOGE____ JEANNE KYTE____ PEGGY SCHMIEDELER____ ROBERT WEAVERProposed New Amended and Restated BylawsThe Board of Directors of Unit 131 recommends to the membership a vote FOR theadoption of the new proposed Amended and Restated Bylaws posted on our web site, www.unit131.org and sum-marized in the Declarer onepage insert. Please indicate your vote below:FOR______ AGAINST_______ 5 GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS Now is the time to put together your teams!The “GNTs” are the ACBL’s grass roots teams events that starts at the local level. The District 15 Team Competitions will held in Kansas City at the Spring Sectional starting on Saturday, May 16th, at 2:00 pm. It is a Knock out* format and those who advance will continue playing Saturday night and again on Sunday. The win-We hope to have a strong showing of Teams in all flights at the Spring Sectional. The “C” flight is for nonThe “B” flight is for those with less than 2500 master points.The “A” flight is for those with less than 6000 master points.The “Open” flight has no master point limits.The cost of competing in this event will be $39/person for the first session. If upon the results of the round. Then the team moves on to play against another If you have any questions about GNT, please ask Vicki Muir. 8 Bill Hoge: I usually play on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. I am a retired Black and Veatch engineer. I look forward to providing service to the game I enjoy as a member of the board. The game of bridge This time has included over 45 years as a member of ACBL. I whenever I traveled for work or pleasure. Jim Dingwerth If elected to the unit board, I will attempt to I have no axes to grind, and get functions. I am a bridge player who enjoys competition against even if I get my clock cleaned!The skill com-ments. I would bring my legal training to the unit by attempt-if I do not I have been retired for five years, have lived in KC area my whole life, Tory Billard: I’ve had cards in my hands since the age of eight when my Irish family to me later in life when I took my first lessons at the KC Bridge Studio barely three years ago. What I have discovered in that short time is that I simply love this game. It has be-time. Each time I play, I challenge myself to slow down, think strategically and do the best I can and, just as important to As a "new" player, I think I could bring fresh ideas and a dif-ferent perspective to the board. As a (now retired) journalist, I and help develop plans that everyone could support. I believe any organization grows I think one of my skills age people to find common ground. This is what I would bring to the board. Thanks MISSOURI SECTIONALJUNE 57, 2015HOWARD JOHNSON MOTEL, 3100 I70 DRIVE SE, COLUMBIA, MO 5736161Exit I70 at 63, go South & turn left (East) at access rd on South side of I=70, take 1right.Bridge rate $65Cnight, includes hot buffet breakfastSCHEDULE OF EVENTSFriday June 5, 2015 (3 Sessions)Stratified Open Pairs (single session) 10AM & 2:30PM Stratified 0200 Pairs (single session) * 10AM & 230PM Newcomer/Student Pairs (single session)* 10AM & 2:30PM *0- 200 & Newcomer pairs may be combined if less than 5 tables each MiniSwiss7:30PMSaturday June 6, 2015 (3 Sessions)Bracketed KO Teams (May be handicapped) (Sessions 1,2,&3) 10AM, 2:30PM & 7:30PM Stratified Open Pairs (3 single sessions) 10AM, 2:30PM & 7:30PM Stratified 0200 Pairs (3 single sessions)* 10AM, 2:30PM & 7:30PM Newcomer/student Pairs (3 single sessions)*10AM, 2:30PM & 7:30PM200 & Newcomer pairs may be combined if less than 5 tables eachStratification for Pairs Events and MiniSwissBased on average master points for Pairs Events and MiniSissOpen:2000 & over 2000 : 050 & 50Necomers Sunday June 7, 2015 (2Session play Through)Stratiflighted Swiss Teams (Meal provided midway)Flight A/AX: Unlimited/00 10AM & TBA Stratified D/C/B Swiss Teams (0300, 300750, 7502000)10AM & TBAHotels in the area: Candlewood 8776608543, Motel 6 5738150123, Country Inn Suites 8881628, Staybridge Suites 8002251237, Baymont Inn 5734494422, Hampton Inn, 5739392The Howard Johnson has a very nice playing space with good temperature control & lots of parking.Coffee, Tea, Sodas & Snacks are complimentary, you will like this bridge experience.Tournament Chairman: Richard Troth 5737351 trothr@missouri.eduDirectorChris PatriasSANCTION # 1506082 9 Robert Weaver: I learned to play bridge while working on my uncle’s farm in the late 1950’s. I grew up playing cards with my grandfather and un-cles, which I enjoyed but bridge was a game I loved right away and still do. I served on the Board of Directors for the at all levels of Tournament play including three NABC’s in San Francisco and Seattle. I believe that experience coupled of experience and competence. I plan to be an effective liaison between Unit players bers to resolve them. I want to leverage the one thing that we all have in common: we love the game of Duplicate Bridge and we want to see it continue and grow. I would Peggy Schmiedeler: ! Bridge on any platform is great but I love the du-plicate game. The Bridge Studio offers a chance to participate on many levels. I want to support and do my share to make list of very diverse jobs. I am now retired from a corporate IT sponsibility and high quality teamwork. This is the experience I want to bring to you and our duplicate bridge community Unit 131. I would appreciate your vote. Jeanne Kyte: In the past, I have served on several school advisory boards (Magnet They have generally been fun and positive experiences. I have been playing bridge for about 10 I had to quit playing entirely for a year or so when my husband, daughter and I opened a pizza business. LatelyI've It seems the board has been running fairly smoothly for The tournaments have been great and Hopefully I can 10 Hesitations, Failures to Alert and Misinformation Law 16By Tim HaysNorthQ83AK74West EastA62 A4 KJ75A532 QJ98Q952 SouthKQ752K104North East South WestPass Pass Pass 1NT*Pass Pass 2 Hearts PassPass DBL 2 Spades PassPass PassThe one NoTrump was announced as 14/17. When South bid 2 hearts, North did not alert E/W that 2 hearts showed both majors. Before the opening lead, South informed E/W that there was a failure to alert, explaining that 2 hearts showed both majors. Director is called. After talking with both East and West, West's call would have stayed the same, East said they would not have doubled 2 hearts had they known it showed both majors. Play continued. Final result, 2 spades down one for 100 E/W.1: E/W are required to defend the hand as bid. Failure to alert does not always require an automatic adjustment. If both East and West would taken the same action, the failure to alert would not have changed the auction.2: Director is called back with the final result. After reviewing the auction, and reviewing the hands, It was deter-mined that E/W was damaged by the failure to alert. The result was changed to 2 hearts down three for 300 E/W.WHEN SHOULD YOU CALL THE DIRECTOR FOR FAILURE TO ALERT?If Declarer or Dummy, call before the opening leadIf on Defense, call after end of play**You must not bring attention to the failure to alert because it gives your partner unauthorized information. This could be subject to a procedural penalty.Law 16 defines many types of unauthorized Information, such as “a remark, a question, an unexpected alert or failure to alert, or by unmistakable hesitation, unwonted speed, special emphasis, tone, gesture, movement of mannerism.” More examples of this Law in action in future issues of Declarer. ATTENTION ALL DIRECTORS:We would like to highlight any pairs that have a 70% or better game. Please forward Names, Date & Percentage to a Declarer editor. (See last page for email addresses) Thank You. Entry Fees*Friday and Saturday$12 per person per sessionSunday Swiss Teamsper team includes lunchJunior Players (18 and under)Play for half pricenonservice fee paying LMs, n and unpaid ACBLmembers pay $3extra per personper sessionKansas City Spring SectionalAnnual Meeting and Election Check Start Times Daily JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER5801 W. 115Overland Park, KSBetween Nall & Lamar on 115Str bearby IotelsSenior & AARP Discounts availableA Loft & Ash 913345Holiday Inn & Nall Hyatt 5001 W. 1109134919002Courtyard by Marriott & Woodson 3178500SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Check times dailyStratification for Pairs Events:Based on average master pointsA: 200+, B: 7502000, C: 0FRIDAY MAY 15, 2015Donuts inMorning0 PMStratified Open Pairs Single SessionStratified 0300(3 table min):00 PMStratified Open Pairs Single SessionStratified 0300(3 table min)NO EVENING GAMESATURDAY MAY 16, 20150 AMStratified Open Pairs Single SessionStratified 0300(3 table Min):00 PMStratified Open Pairs SinglesessionStratified 0300(3 table min.)GNT DISTRICT FINALSPre Qualify and/or BuyConditions of Contest on District 15's WebsitePizza, soft drinks, wine and beer following game 7:00 PMStratified Open Pairs SinglesessionStratified 0300(3 table Min) GNT DISTRICT FINALS (continueSUNDAY May 17, 2015Donuts in morning andLunch 10:00 AM & TBAStratiflighted Swiss TeamsGNT Finals (if necessary)Stratiflighted Swiss TeamsFlight A/Ax: Unlimited/3000Stratiflighted Flights B, C & D: 7502000, C: 300750, D: 0Note: No player with more than 2000 pointsmay play in Flight B of the Stratified SwissLunch & SHORT Annual Meeting Sunday between SessionsVoting Closes at Game Time Sunday 10:00am CHAIRPERSONSEllen D’Amato4162ellendamato1@gmail.comMaggie Frick2552maggiefrick@hotmail.comPARTNERSHIPSLynne Wenski 9130941lynski@swbell.netOnline Partnerships at: http://bridgefinesse.com/D15PDeskIndexIRECTORCHARGEChris Patrias Unit Web Site: www.unit131.orgSanction #15050895I9CTIhbSTake I435 to Nall/Roe ExitTurn South (Exit 77B) onto Nallgo .8 milesto 115Street.Turn West onto 115Street.Approx .3 miles & on the left. HospitalityCoffee, Soft Drinks & Snacks throughoutDonuts Friday & Sunday morningsPizza, soft drinks, beer & wine following Saturday afternoon sessionDonuts and Lunch on SundayLunch on site available for purchase Friday & Saturday. Must order and pay at time of morning game registration. 11 Milestones and Achievements New LIFE Masters Janice K. AllenDaniel C BreedingRonald E SmithNew BRONZE LIFE Masters Jack L. RevareNew SILVER LIFE Masters Ann McGrawNew GOLD LIFE Masters Lily Y. ChanPaul C. ChanNew EMERALD LIFE Masters Victoria A Muir CONGRATULATIONSNationals in New Orleans Top 5 finishers Mar 13: Swiss: Amit Chakrabarti, Eliza-beth Jankord, Steven Vossler, Larry Weatherholt (2B). Side Game: Sam Lane & Robert Tung (2C). Gold Rush: Sam Lane & Robert Tung(1A).Mar 15: Swiss: William Freeman with 3 people from LA (1C).Mar 16 Side Game: Ginger Hebert & Wil-liam Freeman (1C). Open: Larry & Jack Mayer (2C). Pairs: Patricia & Patrick Ly-saught (2A).Mar 17 : Pairs: Patricia & Patrick Lysaught (3/4C).Mar 18: Open Day: Larry & Jack Mayer (2B). Open Night: Larry & Jack Mayer (4B).Mar 19: Pairs: Larry & Jack Mayer (1A).Mar 20: John Wening George Schaefer (3C) Declarer EditorsPatti Whitaker: pattiwhitaker@kc.rr.comKathy Allen: kallan@kc.rr.com M e m b e r ’ s C o r n e rWe would like to feature in each Declarer a Unit 131 player who has a small business or hobby which he/she wants other’s to know about. This could be a ser-vice provided, a product to sell, or just something interesting that you want to share about you. Please submit your ideas by email to an editor. Thank you. THIS CAN BE FUN! ***IMPORTANT NOTICE***The new Unit 131 Bridge Directories will be printed in May. The information will be pulled from the ACBL current member list. Please be sure your address and phone numbers are correct on the ACBL website. Or else send the corrected info to Nancy. IF ANYONE DOES NOT WANT HIS/HER INFORMATION PRINTED, PLEASE CON-TACT NANCY TRAGER ntrager@sbcglobal.net UNIT 131 Intermediate/Novice Tournament(0 500 / NonLifemaster)April 17 Columbia Senior Center1121 Business 70E, Columbia, MOALL SILVER POINTSSanction # Stratification for Pairs Events: Based on average master points for Pairs Events and Sunday Swiss:A: 200(NLM), B: 500, C: 0 Hospitality Coffee, tea and snacks all sessionsBox Lunch available for Saturday ($6.00)Lunch included on Sunday Schedule of EventsHand Records provided for all pairs eventsFriday, April 170 PMStratified PairsSaturday, April 18OneSession Stratified Pairs:00 PMOneSession Stratified Pairs Sunday, AprilAM & TBATwoSession Stratified Swiss TeamsEntry Fees*Friday and Saturdayper person per session Sunday Teamsper team includes lunch*non and unpaid ACBL members pay$3 extra per session Hors D’oeuvre Party 6:00 PM, Friday EveningLots of hors d’oeuvres provided. Everyone invited! www.Unit131.orgTournament ContactDirector in ChargeMichael Hughesmichael@jcbridge.org2305086PartnershipsCindy Smithbridgeartster@gmail.com4450897Lily Chanlilyyhchan@gmail.com2893792 March 2015The official newsletter of unit 131 of the American Contract Bridge Leaguewww.unit131.orgPresidentJeanie Brown1st Vice PresidentRichard Troth2nd Vice PresidentDee JohnstonSecretaryEllen D’AmatoTreasurerRajeev Bansal;Past PresidentVicki MuirLarge MembersTerm Expires April 2015Don ChildersMichael HughesRichard JonesPat MasonBob WilliamsonTerm Expires April 2016Fran BernsteinMaggie FrickAlan SpohnNancy TragerLynne WenskiBoardDirectorsDear Unit 131 Members,THE BAD NEWS: Our membership is shrinking and fewer tables of dupli-cate bridge are being played in our Unit. In 2009 there were 12,796 sanc-tioned tables of duplicate bridge played in Unit 131 according to ACBL. In 2014 there were 11,470. A big drop of over 1300 tables! Think about what the result will be if this continues. Remember the Dodo Bird?THE GOOD NEWS: With cooperation from Directors, Teachers and Play-ers we can reverse the trend! Omaha & Wichita have done so already by providing more opportunities for beginners and sponsoring events specifi-cally designed for newer players. We already have a strong program for teaching beginning bridge players and introducing them to duplicate thanks to Lee Goodman & Tim Hays, as well as others within our Unit. Your Unit Board wants to actively search for new members from the many Social Bridge Clubs in our area. But we need a lot of help from you.The Unit Membership Committee is planning aLunch and Duplicate TestDrive Eventon Sunday, June 14. The idea is to let Social Bridge Players experience duplicate and maybe relieve any fears they have about playing Please read Robert Weaver's article on page 6. If everyone would contact their Social Bridge Playing Friends and invite them to this event, it could be a smashing success. We can all help our Unit grow in big and little ways. A smile or a pleasant hello to all the players coming to your table is a start. Spreading the word that duplicate bridge is fun and that many friendships, relationships and sometimes even marriages are formed at the bridge table is another. HELPING to make New Member-ship Events successful is a BIG START.Spring Sectional & Election May 15: You will have an opportunity to purchase lunch on site Friday and Saturday at a friendly price. Free soft drinks and snacks will be available throughout. Ballots for the Board Election as well as Approval of New Bylaws will be available at all ses-sions. Absentee ballots will be posted on the Unit website and are also enclosed in your Declarer. Bios are on pages 8 & 9. You may read about the proposed changes to the Bylaws in the insert in this Declarer or at www.unit131.org. We need a 2/3 majority before enactment. The board strongly recommends a FOR vote. DO REMEMBER TO VOTE. New Directorieswill be printed this year. To ensure your information appears as you want, please see info on page 11.Play Nice, Have Fun & Make New FriendsJeanie Brown, Unit 131 President Kansas City Sectional TournamentJewish Community Center5801 W. 115th St. Overland Park, KSMay 15 (Between Nall & Lamar)Board ElectionsMay 17Board MeetingsJune 13, 3:45Potluck Dinner (5:30) & Unit Game (6:00)will follow Board Meeting Lynne Wenski7620 Haskins StLenexa, Ks662165438RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Regional TournamentsApril 27May 3Oklahoma City, OKJune 15Tulsa, OKJune 29July 5West Des Moines, IAJuly 13St. Louis, MOSectional Tournaments April 16Tulsa, OKJune 5Columbia, MOJune 5Wichita, KSJuly 10Overland ParkSectional IN TournamentsApril 17Columbia, MOSchedule of Future Events PRSRT STDU.S. Postage PaidKansas City, MOPermit No. 754 12 Kansas City Sectional TournamentJewish Community Center5801 W. 115th St. Overland Park, KSMay 15 (Between Nall & Lamar)Board ElectionsMay 17Board MeetingsJune 13, 3:45Potluck Dinner (5:30) & Unit Game (6:00)will follow Board Meeting Lynne Wenski7620 Haskins StLenexa, Ks662165438RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Regional Tournaments April 27May 3Oklahoma City, OKJune 15Tulsa, OKJune 29July 5West Des Moines, IAJuly 13St. Louis, MOSectional Tournaments April 16Tulsa, OKJune 5Columbia, MOJune 5Wichita, KSJuly 10Overland ParkSectional IN Tournaments April 17Columbia, MO Schedule of Future Events PRSRT STDU.S. Postage PaidKansas City, MOPermit No. 754 PRSRT STDU.S. POSTAGE PAIDPERMIT NO. 3 Page of Bylaws Changes SummaryMarch 19, 2015EMORANDUMTo: Members of Unit 131From: Board of DirectorsIn addition to the election of directorsat the annual meeting this year, the Board is proposing that new Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Unit (“New Bylaws”) be adopted. A copy of the proposed New Bylaws, along with a computer generated comparison between the current and proposed New Bylaws,n be found on the Unit web sitewww.unit131.org Those documents are incorporatedinto this noticeby reference. Your Board urges a vote “FOR” the adoption of the New BylawsWe need a 2/3rds favorable voteto adopt the New Bylaws and improve our overall governance procedure. Every vote counts. If you turn in a ballot for Directors, or even if you don’t vote for a candidate, please vote for the Bylaw changesWe encourage you to read the following summary and the documents on the Unit web site which are incorporated into this notice by reference.The proposed New Bylaws are the result of many hours of detailed review and drafting by your Board, Bylaws committee and others who volunteered to assist. The goals havebeen to eliminate some ambiguities, provide clear guidance to officers, directors and committees on governance issuesimprove efficiency andconform the bylaws toapplicable Missouri statutes and ACBL regulations. The following summaryis submitted to facilitate your review and understanding of the changes and the reasons why the Board recommends your favorable vote. General: The proposed New Bylaws are not a complete redo of the bylaws that were adopted in 2011, but there are several changesn order to have all bylaw provisions in one document for ease of reference, theproposed changesare incorporated into a restatement of the entire bylaws. All changes can be reviewedon the documents posted on the web site. e have set forth below a summary of those changes that are of a substantive nature or we believe will be of particular interest to members. Sections not mentioned are eitherunchanged or they were changed only in minor respects that were substantive. We encourage members to review the entire existing and proposed New Bylaws that are on our web site: www.unit131.org Section 5.1: Annual Meeting. Rather than require the annual meeting to be atany particular tournament, which might be canceled or delayed until late in a particular year, the New Bylaws would provide that the Board can schedule the annual meeting at any time prior toJuly 31, andpracticable the meeting should beheldduring a tournament weekend.Section 5.5.1: List of Members. As a reminder to theSecretary, and for the information of members, this sectiona recitation of the Missouri Statutory requirement that the list of members must be available for inspection by any member prior to and during meetings of the members.Section 5.8.1: Voting. he amendment to thissectiontwo changes of substance. First, Missouri law and ACBL Regulations require that ballots in elections be signed by the members who are voting. In order to assure compliance with those provisions, this sectionrequires a signature as well as the name and ACBL number of the member on the ballot submitted by amember. The second change would provide guidance in the event of tie votes. In the event of a tie in the vote Page of Bylaws Changes SummaryMarch 19, 2015for two candidates for one position on the Board, the Board will be expanded to allow both candidates to serve. If there is a tie in the vote for an officer, the winner would be decided by a coin flip.Section 6.1: Fiduciary Duties. The New Bylaws would eliminate the requirement that the Unit incur the expense of an outside audit each time there is a change in the office of Treasurer. This matter is left to the discretion of the Board.Section 6.5.1: [Board] Size, Staggering Provisions. This amended section would allow for expanding the size of the Board to accommodate the additional director in the event of a tie vote. It also would limitthe Board term of an officer elected to the period in which he serves as an officer, so that resignation or removal of an officer would automatically end his or her term on the Board.Section 6.6.1: Nominating Committee.This section is not new, but isrelocated.Section 6.11: Policies and Procedures. The current bylaws contemplate that any action by the Board relating to matters covered by the bylaws be incorporated into a schedule numbered to reflect the section of the bylaws to which the schedule relates. The New Bylaws delete references to Schedules and wouldallow the Board to include these matters in its Policies andProcedures. This sectionalso containnotice provisions to assure that Board members are givenampleopportunity to review proposed changes in and additions to Policies and Procedures prior to their adoption.Section 7.6: Duties of Treasurer. This section has been revised to clarify which financial statements the Treasurer is expected to prepare periodically.Section 7.8: Removal of Officers. This amendment incorporates the requirement of Missouri law that officers be subject to removal by the Board without or without cause. This requirement also led to the change in Section 6.5.1which would provide that the term of an officon the Boardendwhen s/he resigns or is removed as an officer.Section 8: Executive Committee. Missouri law sets forth specific requirements for membership onand procedures applicable to, Committees that are authorized to exercise Board powersecause it is not contemplated that any committee other than the Executive Committee will be so authorizedBoard believes it is appropriate to havea separate sectiondealing with theExecutive Committeemonetary limit is placed on the latitude that the Executive Committee can be given in exercising Board powers. The Board can also place other restrictions on the Executive Committee and is not required to appoint an Executive Committee.Section 9: Standing and Ad Hoc Committees. Since the Unit has no employees, much of the work of the Unit is done by committees. These committees performin the realm of operations, rather than governance, so the New Bylaws would provide that the Board can authorize the President to appoint their membersand state specifically that they are not “Committees of the Board” for purposes of the Missouri Statutes.Section 12.3: Unit Recorder. This section would incorporate into the Bylaws the Board’s current practice of electing the Unit Recorder annually.Section 12.6:This section would incorporate into the bylaws requirements of Missouri law relating to the annual financial statements of the Unit. 10 Hesitations, Failures to Alert and Misinformation Law 16 By Tim Hays North East South West Pass Pass Pass 1NT* Pass Pass 2 Hearts Pass Pass DBL 2 Spades Pass Pass Pass The one NoTrump was announced as 14/17. When South bid 2 hearts, North did not alert E/W that 2 hearts showed both majors. Before the opening lead, South informed E/W that there was a failure to alert, explaining that 2 hearts showed both majors. Director is called. After talking with both East and West, West's call would have stayed the same, East said they would not have doubled 2 hearts had they known it showed both majors. Play continued. Final result, 2 spades down one for 100 E/W.1: E/W are required to defend the hand as bid. Failure to alert does not always require an automatic adjustment. If both East and West would taken the same action, the failure to alert would not have changed the auction. 2: Director is called back with the final result. After reviewing the auction, and reviewing the hands, It was deter-mined that E/W was damaged by the failure to alert. The result was changed to 2 hearts down three for 300 E/W. WHEN SHOULD YOU CALL THE DIRECTOR FOR FAILURE TO ALERT?If Declarer or Dummy, call before the opening lead If on Defense, call after end of play* *You must not bring attention to the failure to alert because it gives your partner unauthorized information. Thiscould be subject to a procedural penalty. Law 16 defines many types of unauthorized Information, such as “a remark, a question, an unexpected alert or failure to alert, or by unmistakable hesitation, unwonted speed, special emphasis, tone, gesture, movement of mannerism.” More examples of this Law in action in future issues of Declarer. ATTENTION ALL DIRECTORS:We would like to highlight any pairs that have a 70% or better game. Please forward Names, Date & Percentage to a Declarer editor. (See last page for e-mail addresses) Thank You. Entry Fees*Friday and Saturday$12 per person per sessionSunday Swiss Teams$124per team includes lunchJunior Players (18 and under)Play for half priceservice fee paying LMs,n and unpaidACBLmembers pay $3extra per personper sessionKansas City Spring SectionalAnnual Meeting and ElectionMAY 15-, 2015 Check Start TimesDaily JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER5801 W. 115OverlandPark, KSetween Nall & Lamaron 115Strbearby IotelsSenior & AARP DiscountsavailableA Loft -1 16 Ash913345-9430Holiday Inn Nall 800-315-2621Hyatt5001 W. 11013491-9002Courtyard byMarriott Woodson913-317-8500SCHEDULE OFEVENTS Check times dailyStratificationfor Pairs Events:Basedon average master pointsA: 200+,B: 7502000, C:0FRIDAYMAY 15, 2015Donuts inMorning9:30 PMStratified Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min)00 PMStratified Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min)NOEVENING GAMESATURDAYMAY 16, 20150 AMStratifiedOpen PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min):00 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table min.)GNT DISTRICT FINALSPre Qualify and/or Buy-Conditionsof Contest onDistrict 15'sWebsitePizza, soft drinks, wine and beerfollowing game 0 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min) GNT DISTRICT FINALS (continued)SUNDAY May 17, 2015Donuts in morning andLunch 10:00 AM & TBAStratiflighted Swiss TeamsGNT Finals (if necessary)Stratiflighted Swiss TeamsFlight A/Ax: Unlimited/3000Stratiflighted Flights B, C & D: 750-2000,C: 300750, D:0Note:Noplayer with more than 2000 pointsmay play in Flight Bofthe Stratified SwissLunch & SHORTAnnualMeeting Sunday between SessionsVoting Closes at Game Time Sunday 10:00amCHAIRPERSONSEllen D’Amato4162ellendamato1@gmail.comMaggie Frick2552maggiefrick@hotmail.comPARTNERSHIPSLynneWenski 9130941lynski@swbell.netOnlinePartnerships at:http://bridgefinesse.com/D15PDeskIndexDIRECTOR-CHARGEChris PatriasUnit Web Site: www.unit131.orgSanction #15050895I9CTIhbSTake I-435 to Nall/Roe ExitTurn South (Exit 77B) onto Nallgo .8 milesto 115Street.urn West onto 115Street.pprox .3miles& on the left.HospitalityCoffee, Soft Drinks & Snacks throughoutDonuts Friday& Sunday morningsPizza, soft drinks, beer & wine followingSaturdayafternoon sessionDonuts and Lunch on SundayLunch on site available for purchaseon Friday& Saturday. Mustorder and pay at time of morninggame registration. Page of Bylaws Changes Summary March 19, 2015 for two candidates for one position on the Board, the Board will be expanded to allow both candidates to serve. If there is a tie in the vote for an officer, the winner would be decided by a coin flip. Section 6.1: Fiduciary Duties. The New Bylaws would eliminate the requirement that the Unit incur the expense of an outside audit each time there is a change in the office of Treasurer. This matter is left to the discretion of the Board. Section 6.5.1: [Board] Size, Staggering Provisions. This amended section would allow for expanding the size of the Board to accommodate the additional director in the event of a tie vote. It also would limit the Board term of an officer elected to the period in which he serves as an officer, so that resignation or removal of an officer would automatically end his or her term on the Board. Section 6.6.1: Nominating Committee. This section is not new, but is relocated. Section 6.11: Policies and Procedures. The current bylaws contemplate that any action by the Board relating to matters covered by the bylaws be incorporated into a schedule numbered to reflect the section of the bylaws to which the schedule relates. The New Bylaws delete references to Schedules and would allow the Board to include these matters in its Policies and Procedures. This section also contains notice provisions to assure that Board members are given ample opportunity to review proposed changes in and additions to Policies and Procedures prior to their adoption. Section 7.6: Duties of Treasurer. This section has been revised to clarify which financial statements the Treasurer is expected to prepare periodically. Section 7.8: Removal of Officers. This amendment incorporates the requirement of Missouri law that officers be subject to removal by the Board without or without cause. This requirement also led to the change in Section 6.5.1 which would provide that the term of an offic on the Board ends when s/he resigns or is removed as an officer. Section 8: Executive Committee. Missouri law sets forth specific requirements for membership on, and procedures applicable to, Committees that are authorized to exercise Board powers. Because it is not contemplated that any committee other than the Executive Committee will be so authorized, the Board believes it is appropriate to have a separate section dealing with the Executive Committee. monetary limit is placed on the latitude that the Executive Committee can be given in exercising Board powers. The Board can also place other restrictions on the Executive Committee and is not required to appoint an Executive Committee. Section 9: Standing and Ad Hoc Committees. Since the Unit has no employees, much of the work of the Unit is done by committees. These committees perform in the realm of operations, rather than governance, so the New Bylaws would provide that the Board can authorize the President to appoint their members and state specifically that they are not “Committees of the Board” for purposes of the Missouri Statutes. Section 12.3: Unit Recorder. This section would incorporate into the Bylaws the Board’s current practice of electing the Unit Recorder annually. Section 12.6: This section would incorporate into the bylaws requirements of Missouri law relating to the annual financial statements of the Unit. Page of Bylaws Changes Summary March 19, 2015 EMORANDUMTo: Members of Unit 131 From: Board of Directors In addition to the election of directors at the annual meeting this year, the Board is proposing that new Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Unit (“New Bylaws”) be adopted. A copy of the proposed New Bylaws, along with a computer generated comparison between the current and proposed New Bylaws, n be found on the Unit web site. www.unit131.org . Those documents are incorporated into this notice by reference. Your Board urges a vote “FOR” the adoption of the New BylawsWe need a 2/3rds favorable vote to adopt the New Bylaws and improve our overall governance procedure. Every vote counts. If you turn in a ballot for Directors, or even if you don’t vote for a candidate, please vote for the Bylaw changes. We encourage you to read the following summary and the documents on the Unit web site which are incorporated into this notice by reference. The proposed New Bylaws are the result of many hours of detailed review and drafting by your Board, the Bylaws committee and others who volunteered to assist. The goals have been to eliminate some ambiguities, provide clear guidance to officers, directors and committees on governance issues, improve efficiency and conform the bylaws to applicable Missouri statutes and ACBL regulations. The following summary is submitted to facilitate your review and understanding of the changes and the reasons why the Board recommends your favorable vote. General: The proposed New Bylaws are not a complete redo of the bylaws that were adopted in 2011, but there are several changes. In order to have all bylaw provisions in one document for ease of reference, the proposed changes are incorporated into a restatement of the entire bylaws. All changes can be reviewed on the documents posted on the web site. We have set forth below a summary of those changes that are of a substantive nature or we believe will be of particular interest to members. Sections not mentioned are either unchanged or they were changed only in minor respects that were not substantive. We encourage members to review the entire existing and proposed New Bylaws that are on our web site: www.unit131.org . Section 5.1: Annual Meeting. Rather than require the annual meeting to be at any particular tournament, which might be canceled or delayed until late in a particular year, the New Bylaws would provide that the Board can schedule the annual meeting at any time prior to July 31, and that if practicable the meeting should be held during a tournament weekend. Section 5.5.1: List of Members. As a reminder to the Secretary, and for the information of members, this section includes a recitation of the Missouri Statutory requirement that the list of members must be available for inspection by any member prior to and during meetings of the members. Section 5.8.1: Voting. The amendment to this section would make two changes of substance. First, both Missouri law and ACBL Regulations require that ballots in elections be signed by the members who are voting. In order to assure compliance with those provisions, this section now requires a signature as well as the name and ACBL number of the member on the ballot submitted by a member. The second change would provide guidance in the event of tie votes. In the event of a tie in the vote March 2015 The Declarer The official newsletter of unit 131 of the American Contract Bridge Leaguewww.unit131.orgPresidentJeanie Brown1st Vice PresidentRichard Troth 2nd Vice PresidentDee JohnstonSecretary Ellen D’AmatoTreasurer Rajeev Bansal;Past PresidentVicki Muir Large MembersTerm Expires April 2015 Don ChildersMichael Hughes Richard Jones Pat Mason Bob WilliamsonTerm Expires April 2016 Fran BernsteinMaggie Frick Alan SpohnNancy Trager Lynne WenskiBoard Directors Dear Unit 131 Members, THE BAD NEWS: Our membership is shrinking and fewer tables of dupli-cate bridge are being played in our Unit. In 2009 there were 12,796 sanc-tioned tables of duplicate bridge played in Unit 131 according to ACBL. In 2014 there were 11,470. A big drop of over 1300 tables! Think about what the result will be if this continues. Remember the Dodo Bird?THE GOOD NEWS: With cooperation from Directors, Teachers and Play-ers we can reverse the trend! Omaha & Wichita have done so already by providing more opportunities for beginners and sponsoring events specifi-cally designed for newer players. We already have a strong program for teaching beginning bridge players and introducing them to duplicate thanks to Lee Goodman & Tim Hays, as well as others within our Unit. Your Unit Board wants to actively search for new members from the many Social Bridge Clubs in our area. But we need a lot of help from you.The Unit Membership Committee is planning aLunch and Duplicate TestDrive Event on Sunday, June 14. The idea is to let Social Bridge Players experience duplicate and maybe relieve any fears they have about playing Please read Robert Weaver's article on page 6. If everyone would contact their Social Bridge Playing Friends and invite them to this event, it could be a smashing success. We can all help our Unit grow in big and little ways. A smile or a pleasant hello to all the players coming to your table is a start. Spreading the word that duplicate bridge is fun and that many friendships, relationships and sometimes even marriages are formed at the bridge table is another. HELPING to make New Member-ship Events successful is a BIG START.Spring Sectional & Election May 15-: You will have an opportunity to purchase lunch on site Friday and Saturday at a friendly price. Free soft drinks and snacks will be available throughout. Ballots for the Board Election as well as Approval of New Bylaws will be available at all ses-sions. Absentee ballots will be posted on the Unit website and are also enclosed in your Declarer. Bios are on pages 8 & 9. You may read about the proposed changes to the Bylaws in the insert in this Declarer or at www.unit131.org. We need a 2/3 majority before enactment. The board strongly recommends a FOR vote. DO REMEMBER TO VOTE. New Directorieswill be printed this year. To ensure your information appears as you want, please see info on page 11.Play Nice, Have Fun & Make New Friends Jeanie Brown, Unit 131 President Unit Events Scheduled Kansas City Sectional Tournament Jewish Community Center 5801 W. 115th St. Overland Park, KS May 15 (Between Nall & Lamar)Board Elections May 17 Board Meetings June 13, 3:45Potluck Dinner (5:30) & Unit Game (6:00)will follow Board Meeting Lynne Wenski7620 Haskins St Lenexa, Ks 66216-5438 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Other Area Tournaments Regional TournamentsApril 27May 3 Oklahoma City, OK June 15 Tulsa, OKJune 29July 5West Des Moines, IAJuly 13 St. Louis, MOSectional Tournaments April 16 Tulsa, OKJune 5-7 Columbia, MOJune 5-7 Wichita, KS July 10 Overland ParkSectional IN TournamentsApril 17 Columbia, MO Schedule of Future Events P剓剔⁓TD U⹓⸠Post慧e⁐慩d K慮獡s⁃楴yⰠMO Pe牭楴⁎o⸠㜵4 12 Unit Events Scheduled Kansas City Sectional Tournament Jewish Community Center 5801 W. 115th St. Overland Park, KS May 15 (Between Nall & Lamar)Board Elections May 17 Board Meetings June 13, 3:45Potluck Dinner (5:30) & Unit Game (6:00)will follow Board Meeting Lynne Wenski7620 Haskins St Lenexa, Ks 66216-5438 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Other Area Tournaments Regional Tournaments April 27May 3 Oklahoma City, OK June 15 Tulsa, OKJune 29July 5West Des Moines, IAJuly 13 St. Louis, MOSectional Tournaments April 16 Tulsa, OKJune 5-7 Columbia, MOJune 5-7 Wichita, KS July 10 Overland ParkSectional IN Tournaments April 17 Columbia, MO Schedule of Future Events PRSRT STD U.S. Postage Paid Kansas City, MO Permit No. 754 PRSRT STDU.S. POSTAGE PAIDPERMIT NO. 3 11 Milestones and Achievements New LIFE Masters Janice K. Allen Daniel C Breeding Ronald E SmithNew BRONZE LIFE Masters Jack L. RevareNew SILVER LIFE Masters Ann McGrawNew GOLD LIFE Masters Lily Y. Chan Paul C. ChanNew EMERALD LIFE Masters Victoria A Muir CONGRATULATIONS Nationals in New Orleans Top 5 finishers Mar 13: Swiss: Amit Chakrabarti, Eliza-beth Jankord, Steven Vossler, Larry Weatherholt (2B). Side Game: Sam Lane & Robert Tung (2C). Gold Rush: Sam Lane & Robert Tung(1A).Mar 15: Swiss: William Freeman with 3 people from LA (1C).Mar 16 Side Game: Ginger Hebert & Wil-liam Freeman (1C). Open: Larry & Jack Mayer (2C). Pairs: Patricia & Patrick Ly-saught (2A).Mar 17 : Pairs: Patricia & Patrick Lysaught (3/4C).Mar 18: Open Day: Larry & Jack Mayer (2B). Open Night: Larry & Jack Mayer (4B).Mar 19: Pairs: Larry & Jack Mayer (1A).Mar 20: John Wening George Schaefer (3C) Declarer EditorsPatti Whitaker: pattiwhitaker@kc.rr.comKathy Allen: kallan@kc.rr.com M e m b e r ’ s C o r n e rWe would like to feature in each Declarer a Unit 131 player who has a small business or hobby which he/she wants other’s to know about. This could be a ser-vice provided, a product to sell, or just something interesting that you want to share about you. Please submit your ideas by email to an editor. Thank you. THIS CAN BE FUN! ***IMPORTANT NOTICE*** The new Unit 131 Bridge Directories will be printed in May. The information will be pulled from the ACBL current member list. Please be sure your address and phone numbers are correct on the ACBL website. Or else send the corrected info to Nancy. IF ANYONE DOES NOT WANT HIS/HER INFORMATION PRINTED, PLEASE CON-TACT NANCY TRAGER ntrager@sbcglobal.net UNIT 131 Intermediate/Novice Tournament(0 500 / NonLifemaster)April 17 -19, 2015Columbia Senior Center,1121 Business 70E, Columbia, MOALL SILVER POINTSSanction # SN Stratification for Pairs Events: Based on average master points for Pairs Events and Sunday Swiss:A: 200-500(NLM), B: 50-200, C: 0-50 Hospitality Coffee, tea and snacks all sessionsBox Lunch available for Saturday ($6.00)Lunch included on Sunday Schedule of EventsHand Records provided for all pairs eventsFriday, April 176:30 PMStratified PairsSaturday, April 189:30AMOneSession Stratified Pairs2:00 PMOneSession Stratified Pairs Sunday, April10:00AM & TBATwoSession Stratified Swiss TeamsEntry Fees*Friday and Saturdayper person per session Sunday Teamsper team includes lunch*non and unpaid ACBL members pay$3 extra per session Hors D’oeuvre Party 6:00 PM, Friday EveningLots of hors d’oeuvres provided. Everyone invited! www.Unit131.orgTournament ContactDirector in ChargeMichael Hughesmichael@jcbridge.org5732305086PartnershipsCindy Smithbridgeartster@gmail.com5734450897Lily Chanlilyyhchan@gmail.com2893792 10 Hesitations, Failures to Alert and Misinformation Law 16 By Tim Hays North East South West Pass Pass Pass 1NT* Pass Pass 2 Hearts Pass Pass DBL 2 Spades Pass Pass Pass The one NoTrump was announced as 14/17. When South bid 2 hearts, North did not alert E/W that 2 hearts showed both majors. Before the opening lead, South informed E/W that there was a failure to alert, explaining that 2 hearts showed both majors. Director is called. After talking with both East and West, West's call would have stayed the same, East said they would not have doubled 2 hearts had they known it showed both majors. Play continued. Final result, 2 spades down one for 100 E/W.1: E/W are required to defend the hand as bid. Failure to alert does not always require an automatic adjustment. If both East and West would taken the same action, the failure to alert would not have changed the auction. 2: Director is called back with the final result. After reviewing the auction, and reviewing the hands, It was deter-mined that E/W was damaged by the failure to alert. The result was changed to 2 hearts down three for 300 E/W. WHEN SHOULD YOU CALL THE DIRECTOR FOR FAILURE TO ALERT?If Declarer or Dummy, call before the opening lead If on Defense, call after end of play* *You must not bring attention to the failure to alert because it gives your partner unauthorized information. Thiscould be subject to a procedural penalty. Law 16 defines many types of unauthorized Information, such as “a remark, a question, an unexpected alert or failure to alert, or by unmistakable hesitation, unwonted speed, special emphasis, tone, gesture, movement of mannerism.” More examples of this Law in action in future issues of Declarer. ATTENTION ALL DIRECTORS:We would like to highlight any pairs that have a 70% or better game. Please forward Names, Date & Percentage to a Declarer editor. (See last page for e-mail addresses) Thank You. Entry Fees*Friday and Saturday$12 per person per sessionSunday Swiss Teams$124per team includes lunchJunior Players (18 and under)Play for half pricenonservice fee paying LMs,n and unpaidACBLmembers pay $3extra per personper sessionKansas City Spring SectionalAnnual Meeting and ElectionMAY 15-, 2015 Check Start TimesDaily JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER5801 W. 115OverlandPark, KSBetween Nall & Lamaron 115Strbearby IotelsSenior & AARP DiscountsavailableA Loft -1 16& Ash913-9430Holiday Inn& Nall 800-315-2621Hyatt5001 W. 1109134919002Courtyard byMarriott& Woodson913--8500SCHEDULE OFEVENTS Check times dailyStratificationfor Pairs Events:Basedon average master pointsA: 200+,B: 7502000, C:0FRIDAYMAY 15, 2015Donuts inMorning9:30 PMStratified Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min):00 PMatified Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min)NOEVENING GAMESATURDAYMAY 16, 20150 AMStratifiedOpen PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min):00 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table min.)GNT DISTRICT FINALSPre Qualify and/or Buy-Conditionsof Contest onDistrict 15'sWebsitePizza, soft drinks, wine and beerfollowing game 7:00 PMratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min) GNT DISTRICT FINALS (continued)SUNDAY May 17, 2015Donuts in morning andLunch 10:00 AM & TBAStratiflighted Swiss TeamsGNT Finals (if necessary)Stratiflighted Swiss TeamsFlight A/Ax: Unlimited/3000Stratiflighted Flights B, C & D: 750-2000,C: 300750, D:0Note:Noplayer with more than 2000 pointsmay play in Flight Bofthe Stratified SwissLunch & SHORTAnnualMeeting Sunday between SessionsVoting Closes at Game Time Sunday 10:00amCHAIRPERSONSEllen D’Amato4162ellendamato1@gmail.comMaggie Frick2552maggiefrick@hotmail.comPARTNERSHIPSLynneWenski 9130941lynski@swbell.netOnlinePartnerships at:http://bridgefinesse.com/D15PDeskIndexDIRECTOR-CHARGEChris PatriasUnit Web Site: www.unit131.orgSanction #15050895I9CTIhbSTake I-435 to Nall/Roe ExitTurn South (Exit 77B) onto Nallgo .8 milesto 115Street.Turn West onto 115Street.Approx .3miles& on the left.HospitalityCoffee, Soft Drinks & Snacks throughoutDonuts Friday& Sunday morningsPizza, soft drinks, beer & wine followingSaturdayafternoon sessionDonuts and Lunch on SundayLunch on site available for purchaseon Friday& Saturday. Mustorder and pay at time of morninggame registration. ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § ª©¨ § N S W E 4 MISSOURI SECTIONALJUNE 57, 2015HOWARD JOHNSON MOTEL, 3100 I-70 DRIVE SE, COLUMBIA, MO 573-6161Exit I70 at 63, go South & turn left (East) at access rd on South side of I=70, take 1 right. Bridge rate $65Cnight, includes hot buffet breakfastSCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday June 5, 2015 (3 Sessions) Stratified Open Pairs (single session) 10AM & 2:30PM Stratified 0-200 Pairs (single session) * 10AM & 230PM Newcomer/Student Pairs (single session)* 10AM & 2:30PM *0- 200 & Newcomer pairs may be combined if less than 5 tables each Mini-Swiss 7:30PMSaturday June 6, 2015 (3 Sessions) Bracketed KO Teams (May be handicapped) (Sessions 1,2,&3) 10AM, 2:30PM & 7:30PM Stratified Open Pairs (3 single sessions) 10AM, 2:30PM & 7:30PM Stratified 0-200 Pairs (3 single sessions)* 10AM, 2:30PM & 7:30PM Newcomer/student Pairs (3 single sessions)* 10AM, 2:30PM & 7:30PM200 & Newcomer pairs may be combined if less than 5 tables eachStratification for Pairs Events and Mini-Swiss Based on average master points for Pairs Events and Mini-SissOpen: 0-500, 500-2000 & over 2000 0-200: 0-50 & 50-200 Necomers 0-20 Sunday June 7, 2015 (2-Session play Through) Stratiflighted Swiss Teams (Meal provided midway) Flight A/AX: Unlimited/00 10AM & TBA Stratified D/C/B Swiss Teams (0-300, 300750, 7502000)10AM & TBAHotels in the area: Candlewood 877-6608543, Motel 6 5738150123, Country Inn Suites 8881628, Staybridge Suites 8002251237, Baymont Inn 5734494422, Hampton Inn, 5739392The Howard Johnson has a very nice playing space with good temperature control & lots of parking.Coffee, Tea, Sodas & Snacks are complimentary, you will like this bridge experience. Tournament Chairman: Richard Troth 573-7351 trothr@missouri.eduDirector--Charge Chris Patrias SANCTION # 1506082 9 Robert Weaver: I learned to play bridge while working on my uncle’s farm in the late 1950’s. I grew up playing cards with my grandfather and un-cles, which I enjoyed but bridge was a game I loved right away and still do. I served on the Board of Directors for the at all levels of Tournament play including three NABC’s in San Francisco and Seattle. I believe that experience coupled rectors. Collaborating, problem-solving, dealing with change of experience and competence. I plan to be an effective liaison between Unit players bers to resolve them. I want to leverage the one thing that we all have in common: we love the game of Duplicate Bridge and we want to see it continue and grow. I would appreciate your support and your vote! Peggy Schmiedeler: fun, social, challenging and a different problem every deal---! Bridge on any platform is great but I love the du-plicate game. The Bridge Studio offers a chance to participate on many levels. I want to support and do my share to make list of very diverse jobs. I am now retired from a corporate IT sponsibility and high quality teamwork. This is the experience I want to bring to you and our duplicate bridge community Unit 131. I would appreciate your vote. Jeanne Kyte: In the past, I have served on several school advisory boards (Magnet They have generally been fun and positive experiences. I have been playing bridge for about 10 years. I had to quit playing entirely for a year or so when my husband, daughter and I opened a pizza business. Lately I've been playing 2-3 times a week in an effort to improve my game. It seems the board has been running fairly smoothly for the last couple of years. The tournaments have been great and everyone seems to like JCC for the new location. Hopefully I can assist in keeping that momentum going! 5 GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS Now is the time to put together your teams!The “GNTs” are the ACBL’s grass roots teams events that starts at the local level. The District 15 Team Competitions will held in Kansas City at the Spring Sectional starting on Saturday, May 16th, at 2:00 pm. It is a Knock out* format and those who advance will continue playing Saturday night and again on Sunday. The win-cago at the 2015 Summer Nationals, August 6-16. We hope to have a strong showing of Teams in all flights at the Spring Sectional. The “C” flight is for non- life masters with fewer than 500 master points. The “B” flight is for those with less than 2500 master points.The “A” flight is for those with less than 6000 master points.The “Open” flight has no master point limits.person with the most points on the team of four.) The cost of competing in this event will be $39/person for the first session. If Masterpoints awarded will be Regional level. *A Knock Out format means a team of four plays several boards (12 - 24) against upon the results of the round. Then the team moves on to play against another knocked out and will be free to play in the regular game. If you have any questions about GNT, please ask Vicki Muir. 8 Bill Hoge: I usually play on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. I am a retired Black and Veatch engineer. I look forward to providing service to the game I enjoy as a member of the board. The game of bridge This time has included over 45 years as a member of ACBL. I whenever I traveled for work or pleasure. Jim Dingwerth If elected to the unit board, I will attempt to bring a smile and good cheer. I have no axes to grind, and get along with players of all skill levels or attitudes about unit functions. I am a bridge player who enjoys competition against the best players--even if I get my clock cleaned! The skill com-petition is what separates bridge from the lesser card games. the frivolity of a well-placed wisecrack. I value frugality, but ments. I would bring my legal training to the unit by attempt-ing to identify issues and consider all aspects, even if I do not have the answer. I have been retired for five years, have lived in KC area my whole life, and currently reside in Olathe. Tory Billard: I’ve had cards in my hands since the age of eight when my Irish family to me later in life when I took my first lessons at the KC Bridge Studio barely three years ago. What I have discovered in that short time is that I simply love this game. It has be-time. Each time I play, I challenge myself to slow down, think strategically and do the best I can -- and, just as important to As a "new" player, I think I could bring fresh ideas and a dif-ferent perspective to the board. As a (now retired) journalist, I and help develop plans that everyone could support. I believe any organization grows by offering new ideas, as well as building a strong foundation. I think one of my skills age people to find common ground. This is what I would bring to the board. Thanks for your support. 6 SUE WHITED November 28, 1943February 21, 2015 Suzanne Elaine Reinbold was born to Edna and Raymond E. Reinbold in Osakis, Minn. She married Ivan Eugene Whitted in September 1960, with whom she loved to go fishing.An avid bridge player throughout her life, she shared the Bridge Studio in Overland Park and was a gold life mas-ter bridge player. Suzanne was also Mrs. Bridge of Kan-sas City in 1885 due to her numerous tournament wins. Her love of bridge was something she loved to share with and teach to her wealth of family and friends.What mattered most in life to Suzanne were the people she shared it with. She took great joy out of telephone conversations with her family and friends and support-ing her grandchildren as they played sports. She will be remembered as a woman who enjoyed helping people. and making a difference to those who loved her.Lunch & A Duplicate Test-Drive The Unit would like to invite social bridge players to a “Duplicate TestDrive” in a friendly atmosphere. This event would be a nostress gathering that would include an overview of Du-plicate and an opportunity to actually play Duplicate for a couple of hours. There will be a num-ber of experienced Duplicate players in the room to answer questions if they come up during bidding and play. Lunch will be provided. Reservations will be required (so the appropriate amount of food can be determined) and the cost per person will be only $5.00. You can help make this event be a success with a minimum of time and effort. Think of one or two of your friends who play social bridge who might be interested in giving Duplicate a try. In midMay, I will email you an invitation to “Lunch & A Duplicate Test Drive”. When you receive it, send it on to one or two of your bridgeplaying friends who you think might be inter-ested. Add a word or two about Zero Tolerance, and how the Duplicate environment is better now than ever before. Encourage them to attend. Getting this Invitation from you will have much more positive impact than if it were to come from the Unit Membership Committee. All of the Directors are committed to nurturing any new player to their games and I know the rest of us would greet them in a welcoming and friendly way. Hard copies of this invitation will also be available to each game in Unit 131.Receiving 60 positive responses, 15 tables, is the goal. The location of the “Duplicate Test Drive” is The Bridge Studio in Overland Park. The date is Sunday, June 14, 2015, and the start time is 11:30 AM. The event will run about 3 hours. Feel free to contact me with any ideas and suggestions. Robert Weaver (rwinkc@gmail.com)Chair, Unit 131 Membership Committee 7 Unit 131 Absentee BallotMay 2015 Election You may vote at the Spring Sectional Tournament, May 1517. If you will not be present to vote you may vote by completing this absentee ballot. Place completed ballot in a sealed envelope. Write your name and ACBL number on the outside of the envelope. Place this envelope in another envelope and address to: Unit 131 c/o Ellen D’Amato433 Ward Parkway 3NKansas City, MO 64112.MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN MAY 9TH, 2015. Below are the candidates for the five director--large positions. You may vote for as many as FIVE. ____ TORY BILLARD____ JIM DINGWERTH____ BILL HOGE____ JEANNE KYTE____ PEGGY SCHMIEDELER____ ROBERT WEAVERProposed New Amended and Restated BylawsThe Board of Directors of Unit 131 recommends to the membership a vote FOR theadoption of the new proposed Amended and Restated Bylaws posted on our web site, www.unit131.org and sum-marized in the Declarer onepage insert. Please indicate your vote below: FOR______ AGAINST_______ 6 SUE WHITED November 28, 1943February 21, 2015 Suzanne Elaine Reinbold was born to Edna and Raymond E. Reinbold in Osakis, Minn. She married Ivan Eugene Whitted in September 1960, with whom she loved to go fishing.An avid bridge player throughout her life, she shared the Bridge Studio in Overland Park and was a gold life mas-ter bridge player. Suzanne was also Mrs. Bridge of Kan-sas City in 1885 due to her numerous tournament wins. Her love of bridge was something she loved to share with and teach to her wealth of family and friends.What mattered most in life to Suzanne were the people she shared it with. She took great joy out of telephone conversations with her family and friends and support-ing her grandchildren as they played sports. She will be remembered as a woman who enjoyed helping people. and making a difference to those who loved her. Lunch & A Duplicate Test-Drive The Unit would like to invite social bridge players to a “Duplicate TestDrive” in a friendly atmosphere. This event would be a nostress gathering that would include an overview of Du-plicate and an opportunity to actually play Duplicate for a couple of hours. There will be a num-ber of experienced Duplicate players in the room to answer questions if they come up during bidding and play. Lunch will be provided. Reservations will be required (so the appropriate amount of food can be determined) and the cost per person will be only $5.00. You can help make this event be a success with a minimum of time and effort. Think of one or two of your friends who play social bridge who might be interested in giving Duplicate a try. In midMay, I will email you an invitation to “Lunch & A Duplicate Test Drive”. When you receive it, send it on to one or two of your bridgeplaying friends who you think might be inter-ested. Add a word or two about Zero Tolerance, and how the Duplicate environment is better now than ever before. Encourage them to attend. Getting this Invitation from you will have much more positive impact than if it were to come from the Unit Membership Committee. All of the Directors are committed to nurturing any new player to their games and I know the rest of us would greet them in a welcoming and friendly way. Hard copies of this invitation will also be available to each game in Unit 131.Receiving 60 positive responses, 15 tables, is the goal. The location of the “Duplicate Test Drive” is The Bridge Studio in Overland Park. The date is Sunday, June 14, 2015, and the start time is 11:30 AM. The event will run about 3 hours. Feel free to contact me with any ideas and suggestions. Robert Weaver (rwinkc@gmail.com)Chair, Unit 131 Membership Committee 7 Unit 131 Absentee BallotMay 2015 Election You may vote at the Spring Sectional Tournament, May 1517. If you will not be present to vote you may vote by completing this absentee ballot. Place completed ballot in a sealed envelope. Write your name and ACBL number on the outside of the envelope. Place this envelope in another envelope and address to: Unit 131 c/o Ellen D’Amato433 Ward Parkway 3NKansas City, MO 64112.MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN MAY 9TH, 2015.Below are the candidates for the five director--large positions. You may vote for as many as FIVE. ____ TORY BILLARD____ JIM DINGWERTH____ BILL HOGE____ JEANNE KYTE____ PEGGY SCHMIEDELER____ ROBERT WEAVERProposed New Amended and Restated BylawsThe Board of Directors of Unit 131 recommends to the membership a vote FOR theadoption of the new proposed Amended and Restated Bylaws posted on our web site, www.unit131.organd sum-marized in the Declarer onepage insert. Please indicate your vote below: FOR______ AGAINST_______ 5 GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS Now is the time to put together your teams!The “GNTs” are the ACBL’s grass roots teams events that starts at the local level. The District 15 Team Competitions will held in Kansas City at the Spring Sectional starting on Saturday, May 16th, at 2:00 pm. It is a Knock out* format and those who advance will continue playing Saturday night and again on Sunday. The win-cago at the 2015 Summer Nationals, August 6-16. We hope to have a strong showing of Teams in all flights at the Spring Sectional. The “C” flight is for non- life masters with fewer than 500 master points. The “B” flight is for those with less than 2500 master points.The “A” flight is for those with less than 6000 master points.The “Open” flight has no master point limits.person with the most points on the team of four.) The cost of competing in this event will be $39/person for the first session. If Masterpoints awarded will be Regional level. *A Knock Out format means a team of four plays several boards (12 - 24) against upon the results of the round. Then the team moves on to play against another knocked out and will be free to play in the regular game. If you have any questions about GNT, please ask Vicki Muir. 8 I usually play on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. I am a retired Black and Veatch engineer. I look forward to providing service to the game I enjoy as a member of the board. The game of bridge This time has included over 45 years as a member of ACBL. I whenever I traveled for work or pleasure. Jim Dingwerth: If elected to the unit board, I will attempt to bring a smile and good cheer. I have no axes to grind, and get along with players of all skill levels or attitudes about unit functions. I am a bridge player who enjoys competition against the best players--even if I get my clock cleaned! The skill com-petition is what separates bridge from the lesser card games. the frivolity of a well-placed wisecrack. I value frugality, but ments. I would bring my legal training to the unit by attempt-ing to identify issues and consider all aspects, even if I do not have the answer. I have been retired for five years, have lived in KC area my whole life, and currently reside in Olathe. I’ve had cards in my hands since the age of eight when my Irish family to me later in life when I took my first lessons at the KC Bridge Studio barely three years ago. What I have discovered in that short time is that I simply love this game. It has be-time. Each time I play, I challenge myself to slow down, think strategically and do the best I can -- and, just as important to As a "new" player, I think I could bring fresh ideas and a dif-ferent perspective to the board. As a (now retired) journalist, I and help develop plans that everyone could support. I believe any organization grows by offering new ideas, as well as building a strong foundation. I think one of my skills age people to find common ground. This is what I would bring to the board. Thanks for your support. 4 MISSOURI SECTIONALJUNE 57, 2015HOWARD JOHNSON MOTEL, 3100 I-70 DRIVE SE, COLUMBIA, MO 573-6161Exit I70 at 63, go South & turn left (East) at access rd on South side of I=70, take 1 right. Bridge rate $65Cnight, includes hot buffet breakfastSCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday June 5, 2015 (3 Sessions) Stratified Open Pairs (single session) 10AM & 2:30PM Stratified 0-200 Pairs (single session) * 10AM & 230PM Newcomer/Student Pairs (single session)* 10AM & 2:30PM *0- 200 & Newcomer pairs may be combined if less than 5 tables each Mini-Swiss 7:30PMSaturday June 6, 2015 (3 Sessions) Bracketed KO Teams (May be handicapped) (Sessions 1,2,&3) 10AM, 2:30PM & 7:30PM Stratified Open Pairs (3 single sessions) 10AM, 2:30PM & 7:30PM Stratified 0-200 Pairs (3 single sessions)* 10AM, 2:30PM & 7:30PM Newcomer/student Pairs (3 single sessions)* 10AM, 2:30PM & 7:30PM200 & Newcomer pairs may be combined if less than 5 tables eachStratification for Pairs Events and Mini-Swiss Based on average master points for Pairs Events and Mini-SissOpen: 0-500, 500-2000 & over 2000 0-200 : 0-50 & 50-200 Necomers 0-20 Sunday June 7, 2015 (2-Session play Through) Stratiflighted Swiss Teams (Meal provided midway) Flight A/AX: Unlimited/00 10AM & TBA Stratified D/C/B Swiss Teams (0-300, 300750, 7502000)10AM & TBAHotels in the area: Candlewood 877-6608543, Motel 6 5738150123, Country Inn Suites 8881628, Staybridge Suites 8002251237, Baymont Inn 5734494422, Hampton Inn, 5739392The Howard Johnson has a very nice playing space with good temperature control & lots of parking.Coffee, Tea, Sodas & Snacks are complimentary, you will like this bridge experience. Tournament Chairman: Richard Troth 573-7351 trothr@missouri.edu Director--Charge Chris Patrias SANCTION # 1506082 9 Robert Weaver:I learned to play bridge while working on my uncle’s farm in the late 1950’s. I grew up playing cards with my grandfather and un-cles, which I enjoyed but bridge was a game I loved right away and still do. I served on the Board of Directors for the at all levels of Tournament play including three NABC’s in San Francisco and Seattle. I believe that experience coupled rectors. Collaborating, problem-solving, dealing with change of experience and competence. I plan to be an effective liaison between Unit players bers to resolve them. I want to leverage the one thing that we all have in common: we love the game of Duplicate Bridge and we want to see it continue and grow. I would appreciate your support and your vote! Peggy Schmiedeler: fun, social, challenging and a different problem every deal---! Bridge on any platform is great but I love the du-plicate game. The Bridge Studio offers a chance to participate on many levels. I want to support and do my share to make list of very diverse jobs. I am now retired from a corporate IT sponsibility and high quality teamwork. This is the experience I want to bring to you and our duplicate bridge community Unit 131. I would appreciate your vote. In the past, I have served on several school advisory boards (Magnet They have generally been fun and positive experiences. I have been playing bridge for about 10 years. I had to quit playing entirely for a year or so when my husband, daughter and I opened a pizza business. Lately I've been playing 2-3 times a week in an effort to improve my game. It seems the board has been running fairly smoothly for the last couple of years. The tournaments have been great and everyone seems to like JCC for the new location. Hopefully I can assist in keeping that momentum going! Hesitations, Failures to Alert and Misinformation Law 16By Tim Hays North Q83 AK74 West East A62 5 A4 KJ75 A532 QJ98 Q952 SouthKQ752 K104 6 North East South West Pass Pass Pass 1NT* Pass Pass 2 Hearts Pass Pass DBL 2 Spades Pass Pass Pass The one NoTrump was announced as 14/17. When South bid 2 hearts, North did not alert E/W that 2 hearts showed both majors. Before the opening lead, South informed E/W that there was a failure to alert, explaining that 2 hearts showed both majors. Director is called. After talking with both East and West, West's call would have stayed the same, East said they would not have doubled 2 hearts had they known it showed both majors. Play continued. Final result, 2 spades down one for 100 E/W.1: E/W are required to defend the hand as bid. Failure to alert does not always require an automatic adjustment. If both East and West would taken the same action, the failure to alert would not have changed the auction. 2: Director is called back with the final result. After reviewing the auction, and reviewing the hands, It was deter-mined that E/W was damaged by the failure to alert. The result was changed to 2 hearts down three for 300 E/W. WHEN SHOULD YOU CALL THE DIRECTOR FOR FAILURE TO ALERT?If Declarer or Dummy, call before the opening lead If on Defense, call after end of play* *You must not bring attention to the failure to alert because it gives your partner unauthorized information. This could be subject to a procedural penalty. Law 16 defines many types of unauthorized Information, such as “a remark, a question, an unexpected alert or failure to alert, or by unmistakable hesitation, unwonted speed, special emphasis, tone, gesture, movement of mannerism.” More examples of this Law in action in future issues of Declarer. ATTENTION ALL DIRECTORS:We would like to highlight any pairs that have a 70% or better game. Please forward Names, Date & Percentage to a Declarer editor. (See last page for e-mail addresses) Thank You. Entry Fees* Friday and Saturday $12 per person per session Sunday Swiss Teams $124 per team includes lunch Junior Players (18 and under) Play for half price nonservice fee paying LMs, n and unpaid ACBLmembers pay $3extra per personper session Kansas City Spring Sectional Annual Meeting and ElectionMAY 15-, 2015 Check Start Times Daily JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER5801 W. 115Overland Park, KSBetween Nall & Lamar on 115 Str bearby Iotels Senior & AARP Discounts availableA Loft -1 16 & Ash 913345-9430 Holiday Inn 119& Nall 800-315-2621 Hyatt 5001 W. 110- 913491-9002 Courtyard by Marriott 110& Woodson 913-317-8500 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Check times daily Stratification for Pairs Events:Based on average master pointsA: 200+, B: 7502000, C: 0FRIDAY MAY 15, 2015 Donuts in Morning9:30 PMStratified Open Pairs Single Session Stratified 0-300 (3 table min) :00 PMStratified Open Pairs Single Session Stratified 0-300 (3 table min) NO EVENING GAMESATURDAY MAY 16, 2015 0 AM Stratified Open Pairs Single Session Stratified 0-300 (3 table Min) :00 PMStratified Open Pairs Single session Stratified 0-300 (3 table min.) GNT DISTRICT FINALS Pre Qualify and/or Buy-Conditions of Contest on District 15's Website Pizza, soft drinks, wine and beer following game 7:00 PMStratified Open Pairs Single session Stratified 0-300 (3 table Min) GNT DISTRICT FINALS (continued)SUNDAY May 17, 2015 Donuts in morning and Lunch 10:00 AM & TBAStratiflighted Swiss Teams GNT Finals (if necessary) Stratiflighted Swiss Teams Flight A/Ax: Unlimited/3000Stratiflighted Flights B, C & D: 750-2000, C: 300750, D: 0Note: No player with more than 2000 pointsmay play in Flight B of the Stratified SwissLunch & SHORT Annual Meeting Sunday between Sessions Voting Closes at Game Time Sunday 10:00am CHAIRPERSONS Ellen D’Amato4162 ellendamato1@gmail.com Maggie Frick 2552maggiefrick@hotmail.com PARTNERSHIPS Lynne Wenski 9130941lynski@swbell.net Online Partnerships at: http://bridgefinesse.com/D15PDeskIndex DIRECTOR-CHARGEChris Patrias Unit Web Site: www.unit131.org Sanction #15050895I9CTIhbS Take I-435 to Nall/Roe Exit Turn South (Exit 77B) onto Nall go .8 miles to 115Street. Turn West onto 115Street. Approx .3 miles & on the left. Hospitality Coffee, Soft Drinks & Snacks throughout Donuts Friday & Sunday mornings Pizza, soft drinks, beer & wine following Saturday afternoon session Donuts and Lunch on Sunday Lunch on site available for purchase on Friday & Saturday. Must order and pay at time of morning game registration. Milestones and Achievements New LIFE Masters Janice K. Allen Daniel C Breeding Ronald E SmithNew BRONZE LIFE Masters Jack L. RevareNew SILVER LIFE Masters Ann McGrawNew GOLD LIFE Masters Lily Y. Chan Paul C. ChanNew EMERALD LIFE Masters Victoria A MuirCONGRATULATIONS Nationals in New Orleans Top 5 finishersMar 13: Swiss: Amit Chakrabarti, Eliza-beth Jankord, Steven Vossler, Larry Weatherholt (2B). Side Game: Sam Lane & Robert Tung (2C). Gold Rush: Sam Lane & Robert Tung(1A).Mar 15:Swiss: William Freeman with 3 people from LA (1C).Mar 16Side Game: Ginger Hebert & Wil-liam Freeman (1C). Open: Larry & Jack Mayer (2C). Pairs: Patricia & Patrick Ly-saught (2A).Mar 17: Pairs: Patricia & Patrick Lysaught (3/4C).Mar 18:Open Day: Larry & Jack Mayer (2B). Open Night: Larry & Jack Mayer (4B).Mar 19:Pairs: Larry & Jack Mayer (1A).Mar 20:John Wening George Schaefer (3C) Declarer EditorsPatti Whitaker: pattiwhitaker@kc.rr.comKathy Allen: kallan@kc.rr.comM e m b e r ’ s C o r n e rWe would like to feature in each Declarer a Unit 131 player who has a small business or hobby which he/she wants other’s to know about. This could be a ser-vice provided, a product to sell, or just something interesting that you want to share about you. Please submit your ideas by email to an editor. Thank you. THIS CAN BE FUN!***IMPORTANT NOTICE*** The new Unit 131 Bridge Directories will be printed in May. The information will be pulled from the ACBL current member list. Please be sure your address and phone numbers are correct on the ACBL website. Or else send the corrected info to Nancy. IF ANYONE DOES NOT WANT HIS/HER INFORMATION PRINTED, PLEASE CON-TACT NANCY TRAGER ntrager@sbcglobal.net UNIT 131 Intermediate/Novice Tournament(0 500 / NonLifemaster)April 17 -19, 2015Columbia Senior Center,1121 Business 70E, Columbia, MOALL SILVER POINTSSanction # SN Stratification for Pairs Events: Based on average master points for Pairs Events and Sunday Swiss:A: 200-500(NLM), B: 50-200, C: 0-50 Hospitality Coffee, tea and snacks all sessionsBox Lunch available for Saturday ($6.00)Lunch included on Sunday Schedule of EventsHand Records provided for all pairs eventsFriday, April 17 6:30 PMStratified PairsSaturday, April 18 9:30AMOneSession Stratified Pairs2:00 PMOneSession Stratified Pairs Sunday, April 10:00AM & TBATwoSession Stratified Swiss Teams Entry Fees*Friday and Saturdayper person per session Sunday Teamsper team includes lunch*non and unpaid ACBL members pay$3 extra per session Hors D’oeuvre Party 6:00 PM, Friday EveningLots of hors d’oeuvres provided. Everyone invited! www.Unit131.org Tournament ContactDirector in ChargeMichael Hughesmichael@jcbridge.org5732305086 PartnershipsCindy Smithbridgeartster@gmail.com5734450897Lily Chanlilyyhchan@gmail.com2893792 March 2015 The Declarer The official newsletter of unit 131 of the American Contract Bridge Leaguewww.unit131.org President Jeanie Brown1st Vice President Richard Troth 2nd Vice President Dee JohnstonSecretary Ellen D’AmatoTreasurer Rajeev Bansal;Past President Vicki Muir Large Members Term Expires April 2015 Don ChildersMichael Hughes Richard Jones Pat Mason Bob WilliamsonTerm Expires April 2016 Fran BernsteinMaggie Frick Alan SpohnNancy Trager Lynne Wenski Board Directors Dear Unit 131 Members, THE BAD NEWS: Our membership is shrinking and fewer tables of dupli-cate bridge are being played in our Unit. In 2009 there were 12,796 sanc-tioned tables of duplicate bridge played in Unit 131 according to ACBL. In 2014 there were 11,470. A big drop of over 1300 tables! Think about what the result will be if this continues. Remember the Dodo Bird?THE GOOD NEWS: With cooperation from Directors, Teachers and Play-ers we can reverse the trend! Omaha & Wichita have done so already by providing more opportunities for beginners and sponsoring events specifi-cally designed for newer players. We already have a strong program for teaching beginning bridge players and introducing them to duplicate thanks to Lee Goodman & Tim Hays, as well as others within our Unit. Your Unit Board wants to actively search for new members from the many Social Bridge Clubs in our area. But we need a lot of help from you.The Unit Membership Committee is planning aLunch and Duplicate TestDrive Event on Sunday, June 14. The idea is to let Social Bridge Players experience duplicate and maybe relieve any fears they have about playing Please read Robert Weaver's article on page 6. If everyone would contact their Social Bridge Playing Friends and invite them to this event, it could be a smashing success. We can all help our Unit grow in big and little ways. A smile or a pleasant hello to all the players coming to your table is a start. Spreading the word that duplicate bridge is fun and that many friendships, relationships and sometimes even marriages are formed at the bridge table is another. HELPING to make New Member-ship Events successful is a BIG START.Spring Sectional & Election May 15-: You will have an opportunity to purchase lunch on site Friday and Saturday at a friendly price. Free soft drinks and snacks will be available throughout. Ballots for the Board Election as well as Approval of New Bylaws will be available at all ses-sions. Absentee ballots will be posted on the Unit website and are also enclosed in your Declarer. Bios are on pages 8 & 9. You may read about the proposed changes to the Bylaws in the insert in this Declarer or at www.unit131.org. We need a 2/3 majority before enactment. The board strongly recommends a FOR vote. DO REMEMBER TO VOTE. New Directorieswill be printed this year. To ensure your information appears as you want, please see info on page 11.Play Nice, Have Fun & Make New Friends Jeanie Brown, Unit 131 President Unit Events Scheduled Kansas City Sectional Tournament Jewish Community Center 5801 W. 115th St. Overland Park, KS May 15 (Between Nall & Lamar)Board Elections May 17 Board Meetings June 13, 3:45Potluck Dinner (5:30) & Unit Game (6:00)will follow Board Meeting Lynne Wenski7620 Haskins St Lenexa, Ks 66216-5438 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Other Area Tournaments Regional TournamentsApril 27May 3 Oklahoma City, OK June 15 Tulsa, OKJune 29July 5West Des Moines, IAJuly 13 St. Louis, MOSectional Tournaments April 16 Tulsa, OKJune 5-7 Columbia, MOJune 5-7 Wichita, KS July 10 Overland ParkSectional IN TournamentsApril 17 Columbia, MO Schedule of Future Events PRSRT STD U.S. Postage Paid Kansas City, MO Permit No. 754 12 Unit Events Scheduled Kansas City Sectional Tournament Jewish Community Center 5801 W. 115th St. Overland Park, KS May 15 (Between Nall & Lamar)Board Elections May 17 Board Meetings June 13, 3:45Potluck Dinner (5:30) & Unit Game (6:00)will follow Board Meeting Lynne Wenski7620 Haskins St Lenexa, Ks 66216-5438 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Other Area Tournaments Regional TournamentsApril 27May 3 Oklahoma City, OK June 15 Tulsa, OKJune 29July 5West Des Moines, IAJuly 13 St. Louis, MOSectional Tournaments April 16 Tulsa, OKJune 5-7 Columbia, MOJune 5-7 Wichita, KS July 10 Overland ParkSectional IN TournamentsApril 17 Columbia, MO Schedule of Future Events PRSRT STD U.S. Postage Paid Kansas City, MO Permit No. 754 PRSRT STDU.S. POSTAGE PAIDPERMIT NO. 3 10 Hesitations, Failures to Alert and Misinformation Law 16 By Tim Hays North East South West Pass Pass Pass 1NT* Pass Pass 2 Hearts Pass Pass DBL 2 Spades Pass Pass Pass Th one NoTrump was announced as 14/17. When South bid 2 hearts, North did not alert E/W that 2 hearts showed both majors. Before the opening lead, South informed E/W that there was a failure to alert, explaining that 2 hearts showed both majors. Director is called. After talking with both East and West, West's call would have stayed the same, East said they would not have doubled 2 hearts had they known it showed both majors. Play continued. Final result, 2 spades down one for 100 E/W.1: E/W are required to defend the hand as bid. Failure to alert does not always require an automatic adjustment. If both East and West would taken the same action, the failure to alert would not have changed the auction. 2: Director is called back with the final result. After reviewing the auction, and reviewing the hands, It was deter-mined that E/W was damaged by the failure to alert. The result was changed to 2 hearts down three for 300 E/W. WHEN SHOULD YOU CALL THE DIRECTOR FOR FAILURE TO ALERT?If Declarer or Dummy, call before the opening lead If on Defense, call after end of play* *You must not bring attention to the failure to alert because it gives your partner unauthorized information. Thiscould be subject to a procedural penalty. Law 16 defines many types of unauthorized Information, such as “a remark, a question, an unexpected alert or failure to alert, or by unmistakable hesitation, unwonted speed, special emphasis, tone, gesture, movement of mannerism.” More examples of this Law in action in future issues of Declarer. ATTENTION ALL DIRECTORS:We would like to highlight any pairs that have a 70% or better game. Please forward Names, Date & Percentage to a Declarer editor. (See last page for e-mail addresses) Thank You. Entry Fees*Friday and Saturday$12 per person per sessionSunday Swiss Teams$124per team includes lunchJunior Players (18 and under)Play for half pricenonservice fee paying LMs,n and unpaidACBLmembers pay $3extra per personper sessionKansas City Spring SectionalAnnual Meeting and ElectionMAY 15-, 2015 Check Start TimesDaily JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER5801 W. 115OverlandPark, KSBetween Nall & Lamaron 115Strbearby IotelsSenior & AARP DiscountsavailableA Loft -1 16& Ash913345Holiday Inn& Nall 800-315-2621Hyatt5001 W. 110913491-9002ourtyard byMarriott& Woodson913-3178500SCHEDULE OFEVENTS Check times dailyStratificationfor Pairs Events:Basedon average master pointsA: 200+,B: 7502000, C:0FRIDAYMAY 15, 2015Donuts inMorning9:30 PMStratified Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min):00 PMStrtified Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min)NOEVENING GAMESATURDAYMAY 16, 20150 AMStratifiedOpen PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min):00 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table min.)GNT DISTRICT FINALSPre Qualify and/or Buy-Conditionsof Contest onDistrict 15'sWebsitePizza, soft drinks, wine and beerfollowing game 7:00 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min) GNT DISTRICT FINALS (continued)SUNDAY May 17, 2015Donuts in morning andLunch 10:00 AM & TBAStratiflighted Swiss TeamsGNT Finals (if necessary)Stratiflighted Swiss TeamsFlight A/Ax: Unlimited/3000Stratiflighted Flights B, C & D: 750-2000,C: 300750, D:0Note:Noplayer with more than 2000 pointsmay play in Flight Bofthe Stratified SwissLunch & SHORTAnnualMeeting Sunday between SessionsVoting Closes at Game Time Sunday 10:00amCHAIRPERSONSEllen D’Amato4162ellendamato1@gmail.comMaggie Frick2552maggiefrick@hotmail.comPARTNERSHIPSLynneWenski 9130941lynski@swbell.netOnlinePartnerships at:http://bridgefinesse.com/D15PDeskIndexDIRECTORCHARGEChris PatriasUnit Web Site: www.unit131.orgSanction #15050895I9CTIhbSTake I-435 to Nall/Roe ExitTurn South (Exit 77B) onto Nallgo .8 milesto 115Street.Turn West onto 115Street.Approx .3miles& on the left.HospitalityCoffee, Soft Drinks & Snacks throughoutDonuts Friday& Sunday morningsPizza, soft drinks, beer & wine followingSaturdayafternoon sessionDonuts and Lunch on SundayLunch on site available for purchaseon Friday& Saturday. Mustorder and pay at time of morninggame registration. ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § ª©¨ § N S W E 10 Hesitations, Failures to Alert and Misinformation Law 16 By Tim Hays North East South West Pass Pass Pass 1NT* Pass Pass 2 Hearts Pass Pass DBL 2 Spades Pass Pass Pass Thene NoTrump was announced as 14/17. When South bid 2 hearts, North did not alert E/W that 2 hearts showed both majors. Before the opening lead, South informed E/W that there was a failure to alert, explaining that 2 hearts showed both majors. Director is called. After talking with both East and West, West's call would have stayed the same, East said they would not have doubled 2 hearts had they known it showed both majors. Play continued. Final result, 2 spades down one for 100 E/W.1: E/W are required to defend the hand as bid. Failure to alert does not always require an automatic adjustment. If both East and West would taken the same action, the failure to alert would not have changed the auction. 2: Director is called back with the final result. After reviewing the auction, and reviewing the hands, It was deter-mined that E/W was damaged by the failure to alert. The result was changed to 2 hearts down three for 300 E/W. WHEN SHOULD YOU CALL THE DIRECTOR FOR FAILURE TO ALERT?If Declarer or Dummy, call before the opening lead If on Defense, call after end of play* *You must not bring attention to the failure to alert because it gives your partner unauthorized information. Thiscould be subject to a procedural penalty. Law 16 defines many types of unauthorized Information, such as “a remark, a question, an unexpected alert or failure to alert, or by unmistakable hesitation, unwonted speed, special emphasis, tone, gesture, movement of mannerism.” More examples of this Law in action in future issues of Declarer. ATTENTION ALL DIRECTORS:We would like to highlight any pairs that have a 70% or better game. Please forward Names, Date & Percentage to a Declarer editor. (See last page for e-mail addresses) Thank You. Entry Fees*Friday and Saturday$12 per person per sessionSunday Swiss Teams$124per team includes lunchJunior Players (18 and under)Play for half pricenonservice fee paying LMs,n and unpaidACBLmembers pay $3extra per personper sessionKansas City Spring SectionalAnnual Meeting and ElectionMAY 15-, 2015 Check Start TimesDaily JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER5801 W. 115OverlandPark, KSBetween Nall & Lamaron 115Strbearby IotelsSenior & AARP DiscountsavailableA Loft -1 16& Ash913345-9430oliday Inn& Nall 800-315-Hyatt5001 W. 110913491-9002Courtyard byMarriott& Woodson913-317-8SCHEDULE OFEVENTS Check times dailyStratificationfor Pairs Events:Basedon average master pointsA: 200+,B: 7502000, C:0FRIDAYMAY 15, 2015Donuts inMorning9:30 PMStratified Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min):00 PMStraified Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min)NOEVENING GAMESATURDAYMAY 16, 20150 AMStratifiedOpen PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min):00 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table min.)GNT DISTRICT FINALSPre Qualify and/or Buy-Conditionsof Contest onDistrict 15'sWebsitePizza, soft drinks, wine and beerfollowing game 7:00 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min) GNT DISTRICT FINALS (continued)SUNDAY May 17, 2015Donuts in morning andLunch 10:00 AM & TBAStratiflighted Swiss TeamsGNT Finals (if necessary)Stratiflighted Swiss TeamsFlight A/Ax: Unlimited/3000Stratiflighted Flights B, C & D: 750-2000,C: 300750, D:0Note:Noplayer with more than 2000 pointsmay play in Flight Bofthe Stratified SwissLunch & SHORTAnnualMeeting Sunday between SessionsVoting Closes at Game Time Sunday 10:00amCHAIRPERSONSEllen D’Amato4162ellendamato1@gmail.comMaggie Frick2552maggiefrick@hotmail.comPARTNERSHIPSLynneWenski 9130941lynski@swbell.netOnlinePartnerships at:http://bridgefinesse.com/D15PDeskIndexDIRECTOR-ARGEChris PatriasUnit Web Site: www.unit131.orgSanction #15050895I9CTIhbSTake I-435 to Nall/Roe ExitTurn South (Exit 77B) onto Nallgo .8 milesto 115Street.Turn West onto 115Street.Approx .3miles& on the left.HospitalityCoffee, Soft Drinks & Snacks throughoutDonuts Friday& Sunday morningsPizza, soft drinks, beer & wine followingSaturdayafternoon sessionDonuts and Lunch on SundayLunch on site available for purchaseon Friday& Saturday. Mustorder and pay at time of morninggame registration. ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § ª©¨ § N S W ENorth DealsN-S Vul 10 Hesitations, Failures to Alert and Misinformation Law 16 By Tim Hays North East South West Pass Pass Pass 1NT* Pass Pass 2 Hearts Pass Pass DBL 2 Spades Pass Pass Pass The oe NoTrump was announced as 14/17. When South bid 2 hearts, North did not alert E/W that 2 hearts showed both majors. Before the opening lead, South informed E/W that there was a failure to alert, explaining that 2 hearts showed both majors. Director is called. After talking with both East and West, West's call would have stayed the same, East said they would not have doubled 2 hearts had they known it showed both majors. Play continued. Final result, 2 spades down one for 100 E/W.1: E/W are required to defend the hand as bid. Failure to alert does not always require an automatic adjustment. If both East and West would taken the same action, the failure to alert would not have changed the auction. 2: Director is called back with the final result. After reviewing the auction, and reviewing the hands, It was deter-mined that E/W was damaged by the failure to alert. The result was changed to 2 hearts down three for 300 E/W. WHEN SHOULD YOU CALL THE DIRECTOR FOR FAILURE TO ALERT?If Declarer or Dummy, call before the opening lead If on Defense, call after end of play* *You must not bring attention to the failure to alert because it gives your partner unauthorized information. Thiscould be subject to a procedural penalty. Law 16 defines many types of unauthorized Information, such as “a remark, a question, an unexpected alert or failure to alert, or by unmistakable hesitation, unwonted speed, special emphasis, tone, gesture, movement of mannerism.” More examples of this Law in action in future issues of Declarer. ATTENTION ALL DIRECTORS:We would like to highlight any pairs that have a 70% or better game. Please forward Names, Date & Percentage to a Declarer editor. (See last page for e-mail addresses) Thank You. Entry Fees*Friday and Saturday$12 per person per sessionSunday Swiss Teams$124per team includes lunchJunior Players (18 and under)Play for half pricenonservice fee paying LMs,n and unpaidACBLmembers pay $3extra per personper sessionKansas City Spring SectionalAnnual Meeting and ElectionMAY 15-, 2015 Check Start TimesDaily JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER5801 W. 115OverlandPark, KSBetween Nall & Lamaron 115Strbearby IotelsSenior & AARP DiscountsavailableA Loft -1 16& Ash913345-9430Holiday Inn& Nall 800-315-2621yatt5001 W. 110913491-9002Courtyard byMarriott& Woodson913-317-8500SCHEDULE OFEVENTS Check times dailyStratificationfor Pairs Events:Basedon average master pointsA: 200+,B: 7502000, C:0FRIDAYMAY 15, 2015Donuts inMorning9:30 PMStratified Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min):00 PMStratfied Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min)NOEVENING GAMESATURDAYMAY 16, 20150 AMStratifiedOpen PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min):00 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table min.)GNT DISTRICT FINALSPre Qualify and/or Buy-Conditionsof Contest onDistrict 15'sWebsitePizza, soft drinks, wine and beerfollowing game 7:00 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min) GNT DISTRICT FINALS (continued)SUNDAY May 17, 2015Donuts in morning andLunch 10:00 AM & TBAStratiflighted Swiss TeamsGNT Finals (if necessary)Stratiflighted Swiss TeamsFlight A/Ax: Unlimited/3000Stratiflighted Flights B, C & D: 750-2000,C: 300750, D:0Note:Noplayer with more than 2000 pointsmay play in Flight Bofthe Stratified SwissLunch & SHORTAnnualMeeting Sunday between SessionsVoting Closes at Game Time Sunday 10:00amCHAIRPERSONSEllen D’Amato4162ellendamato1@gmail.comMaggie Frick2552maggiefrick@hotmail.comPARTNERSHIPSLynneWenski 9130941lynski@swbell.netOnlinePartnerships at:http://bridgefinesse.com/D15PDeskIndexDIRECTOR-CHARGEChris PatriasUnit Web Site: www.unit131.orgSanction #15050895I9CTIhbSTake I-435 to Nall/Roe ExitTurn South (Exit 77B) onto Nallgo .8 milesto 115Street.Turn West onto 115Street.Approx .3miles& on the left.HospitalityCoffee, Soft Drinks & Snacks throughoutDonuts Friday& Sunday morningsPizza, soft drinks, beer & wine followingSaturdayafternoon sessionDonuts and Lunch on SundayLunch on site available for purchaseon Friday& Saturday. Mustorder and pay at time of morninggame registration. ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § K Q 9 7 4 § N S W ENorth DealsN-S Vul 10 Hesitations, Failures to Alert and Misinformation Law 16 By Tim Hays North East South West Pass Pass Pass 1NT* Pass Pass 2 Hearts Pass Pass DBL 2 Spades Pass Pass Pass The on NoTrump was announced as 14/17. When South bid 2 hearts, North did not alert E/W that 2 hearts showed both majors. Before the opening lead, South informed E/W that there was a failure to alert, explaining that 2 hearts showed both majors. Director is called. After talking with both East and West, West's call would have stayed the same, East said they would not have doubled 2 hearts had they known it showed both majors. Play continued. Final result, 2 spades down one for 100 E/W.1: E/W are required to defend the hand as bid. Failure to alert does not always require an automatic adjustment. If both East and West would taken the same action, the failure to alert would not have changed the auction. 2: Director is called back with the final result. After reviewing the auction, and reviewing the hands, It was deter-mined that E/W was damaged by the failure to alert. The result was changed to 2 hearts down three for 300 E/W. WHEN SHOULD YOU CALL THE DIRECTOR FOR FAILURE TO ALERT?If Declarer or Dummy, call before the opening lead If on Defense, call after end of play* *You must not bring attention to the failure to alert because it gives your partner unauthorized information. Thiscould be subject to a procedural penalty. Law 16 defines many types of unauthorized Information, such as “a remark, a question, an unexpected alert or failure to alert, or by unmistakable hesitation, unwonted speed, special emphasis, tone, gesture, movement of mannerism.” More examples of this Law in action in future issues of Declarer. ATTENTION ALL DIRECTORS:We would like to highlight any pairs that have a 70% or better game. Please forward Names, Date & Percentage to a Declarer editor. (See last page for e-mail addresses) Thank You. Entry Fees*Friday and Saturday$12 per person per sessionSunday Swiss Teams$124per team includes lunchJunior Players (18 and under)Play for half pricenonservice fee paying LMs,n and unpaidACBLmembers pay $3extra per personper sessionKansas City Spring SectionalAnnual Meeting and ElectionMAY 15-, 2015 Check Start TimesDaily JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER5801 W. 115OverlandPark, KSBetween Nall & Lamaron 115Strbearby IotelsSenior & AARP DiscountsavailableA Loft -1 16& Ash913345-9430Holiday Inn& Nall 800-315-2621Hyatt5001 W. 110913491-9002Courtyard byMarriott& Woodson913-317-8500SCHEDULE OFEVENTS Check times dailyStratificationfor Pairs Events:Basedon average master pointsA: 200+,B: 7502000, C:0FRIDAYMAY 15, 2015Donuts inMorning9:30 PMStratified Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min):00 PMStratiied Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min)NOEVENING GAMESATURDAYMAY 16, 20150 AMStratifiedOpen PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min):00 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table min.)GNT DISTRICT FINALSPre Qualify and/or Buy-Conditionsof Contest onDistrict 15'sWebsitePizza, soft drinks, wine and beerfollowing game 7:00 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min) GNT DISTRICT FINALS (continued)SUNDAY May 17, 2015Donuts in morning andLunch 10:00 AM & TBAStratiflighted Swiss TeamsGNT Finals (if necessary)Stratiflighted Swiss TeamsFlight A/Ax: Unlimited/3000Stratiflighted Flights B, C & D: 750-2000,C: 300750, D:0Note:Noplayer with more than 2000 pointsmay play in Flight Bofthe Stratified SwissLunch & SHORTAnnualMeeting Sunday between SessionsVoting Closes at Game Time Sunday 10:00amCHAIRPERSONSEllen D’Amato4162ellendamato1@gmail.comMaggie Frick2552maggiefrick@hotmail.comPARTNERSHIPSLynneWenski 9130941lynski@swbell.netOnlinePartnerships at:http://bridgefinesse.com/D15PDeskIndexDIRECTOR-CHARGChris PatriasUnit Web Site: www.unit131.orgSanction #15050895I9CTIhbSTake I-435 to Nall/Roe ExitTurn South (Exit 77B) onto Nallgo .8 milesto 115Street.Turn West onto 115Street.Approx .3miles& on the left.HospitalityCoffee, Soft Drinks & Snacks throughoutDonuts Friday& Sunday morningsPizza, soft drinks, beer & wine followingSaturdayafternoon sessionDonuts and Lunch on SundayLunch on site available for purchaseon Friday& Saturday. Mustorder and pay at time of morninggame registration. ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § K Q 9 7 4 § N S W ENorth DealsN-S Vul 10 Hesitations, Failures to Alert and Misinformation Law 16 By Tim Hays North East South West Pass Pass Pass 1NT* Pass Pass 2 Hearts Pass Pass DBL 2 Spades Pass Pass Pass The oneoTrump was announced as 14/17. When South bid 2 hearts, North did not alert E/W that 2 hearts showed both majors. Before the opening lead, South informed E/W that there was a failure to alert, explaining that 2 hearts showed both majors. Director is called. After talking with both East and West, West's call would have stayed the same, East said they would not have doubled 2 hearts had they known it showed both majors. Play continued. Final result, 2 spades down one for 100 E/W.1: E/W are required to defend the hand as bid. Failure to alert does not always require an automatic adjustment. If both East and West would taken the same action, the failure to alert would not have changed the auction. 2: Director is called back with the final result. After reviewing the auction, and reviewing the hands, It was deter-mined that E/W was damaged by the failure to alert. The result was changed to 2 hearts down three for 300 E/W. WHEN SHOULD YOU CALL THE DIRECTOR FOR FAILURE TO ALERT?If Declarer or Dummy, call before the opening lead If on Defense, call after end of play* *You must not bring attention to the failure to alert because it gives your partner unauthorized information. Thiscould be subject to a procedural penalty. Law 16 defines many types of unauthorized Information, such as “a remark, a question, an unexpected alert or failure to alert, or by unmistakable hesitation, unwonted speed, special emphasis, tone, gesture, movement of mannerism.” More examples of this Law in action in future issues of Declarer. ATTENTION ALL DIRECTORS:We would like to highlight any pairs that have a 70% or better game. Please forward Names, Date & Percentage to a Declarer editor. (See last page for e-mail addresses) Thank You. Entry Fees*Friday and Saturday$12 per person per sessionSunday Swiss Teams$124per team includes lunchJunior Players (18 and under)Play for half pricenonservice fee paying LMs,n and unpaidACBLmembers pay $3extra per personper sessionKansas City Spring SectionalAnnual Meeting and ElectionMAY 15-, 2015 Check Start TimesDaily JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER5801 W. 115OverlandPark, KSBetween Nall & Lamaron 115Strbearby IotelsSenior & AARP DiscountsavailableA Loft -1 16& Ash913345-9430Holiday Inn& Nall 800-315-2621Hya5001 W. 110913491-9002Courtyard byMarriott& Woodson913-317-8500SCHEDULE OFEVENTS Check times dailyStratificationfor Pairs Events:Basedon average master pointsA: 200+,B: 7502000, C:0FRIDAYMAY 15, 2015Donuts inMorning9:30 PMStratified Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min):00 PMStratifed Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min)NOEVENING GAMESATURDAYMAY 16, 20150 AMStratifiedOpen PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min):00 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table min.)GNT DISTRICT FINALSPre Qualify and/or Buy-Conditionsof Contest onDistrict 15'sWebsitePizza, soft drinks, wine and beerfollowing game 7:00 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min) GNT DISTRICT FINALS (continued)SUNDAY May 17, 2015Donuts in morning andLunch 10:00 AM & TBAStratiflighted Swiss TeamsGNT Finals (if necessary)Stratiflighted Swiss TeamsFlight A/Ax: Unlimited/3000Stratiflighted Flights B, C & D: 750-2000,C: 300750, D:0Note:Noplayer with more than 2000 pointsmay play in Flight Bofthe Stratified SwissLunch & SHORTAnnualMeeting Sunday between SessionsVoting Closes at Game Time Sunday 10:00amCHAIRPERSONSEllen D’Amato4162ellendamato1@gmail.comMaggie Frick2552maggiefrick@hotmail.comPARTNERSHIPSLynneWenski 9130941lynski@swbell.netOnlinePartnerships at:http://bridgefinesse.com/D15PDeskIndexDIRECTOR-CHARGEhris PatriasUnit Web Site: www.unit131.orgSanction #15050895I9CTIhbSTake I-435 to Nall/Roe ExitTurn South (Exit 77B) onto Nallgo .8 milesto 115Street.Turn West onto 115Street.Approx .3miles& on the left.HospitalityCoffee, Soft Drinks & Snacks throughoutDonuts Friday& Sunday morningsPizza, soft drinks, beer & wine followingSaturdayafternoon sessionDonuts and Lunch on SundayLunch on site available for purchaseon Friday& Saturday. Mustorder and pay at time of morninggame registration. ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § K Q 9 7 4 § N S W ENorth DealsN-S Vul 10 Hesitations, Failures to Alert and Misinformation Law 16 By Tim Hays North East South West Pass Pass Pass 1NT* Pass Pass 2 Hearts Pass Pass DBL 2 Spades Pass Pass Pass The one NTrump was announced as 14/17. When South bid 2 hearts, North did not alert E/W that 2 hearts showed both majors. Before the opening lead, South informed E/W that there was a failure to alert, explaining that 2 hearts showed both majors. Director is called. After talking with both East and West, West's call would have stayed the same, East said they would not have doubled 2 hearts had they known it showed both majors. Play continued. Final result, 2 spades down one for 100 E/W.1: E/W are required to defend the hand as bid. Failure to alert does not always require an automatic adjustment. If both East and West would taken the same action, the failure to alert would not have changed the auction. 2: Director is called back with the final result. After reviewing the auction, and reviewing the hands, It was deter-mined that E/W was damaged by the failure to alert. The result was changed to 2 hearts down three for 300 E/W. WHEN SHOULD YOU CALL THE DIRECTOR FOR FAILURE TO ALERT?If Declarer or Dummy, call before the opening lead If on Defense, call after end of play* *You must not bring attention to the failure to alert because it gives your partner unauthorized information. Thiscould be subject to a procedural penalty. Law 16 defines many types of unauthorized Information, such as “a remark, a question, an unexpected alert or failure to alert, or by unmistakable hesitation, unwonted speed, special emphasis, tone, gesture, movement of mannerism.” More examples of this Law in action in future issues of Declarer. ATTENTION ALL DIRECTORS:We would like to highlight any pairs that have a 70% or better game. Please forward Names, Date & Percentage to a Declarer editor. (See last page for e-mail addresses) Thank You. Entry Fees*Friday and Saturday$12 per person per sessionSunday Swiss Teams$124per team includes lunchJunior Players (18 and under)Play for half pricenonservice fee paying LMs,n and unpaidACBLmembers pay $3extra per personper sessionKansas City Spring SectionalAnnual Meeting and ElectionMAY 15-, 2015 Check Start TimesDaily JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER5801 W. 115OverlandPark, KSBetween Nall & Lamaron 115Strbearby IotelsSenior & AARP DiscountsavailableA Loft -1 16& Ash913345-9430Holiday In& Nall 800-315-2621Hyatt913491-9002Courtyard byMarriott& Woodson913-317-8500SCHEDULE OFEVENTS Check times dailyStratificationfor Pairs Events:Basedon average master pointsA: 200+,B: 7502000, C:0FRIDAYMAY 15, 2015Donuts inMorning9:30 PMStratified Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min):00 PMStratifid Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min)NOEVENING GAMESATURDAYMAY 16, 20150 AMStratifiedOpen PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min):00 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table min.)GNT DISTRICT FINALSPre Qualify and/or Buy-Conditionsof Contest onDistrict 15'sWebsitePizza, soft drinks, wine and beerfollowing game 7:00 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min) GNT DISTRICT FINALS (continued)SUNDAY May 17, 2015Donuts in morning andLunch 10:00 AM & TBAStratiflighted Swiss TeamsGNT Finals (if necessary)Stratiflighted Swiss TeamsFlight A/Ax: Unlimited/3000Stratiflighted Flights B, C & D: 750-2000,C: 300750, D:0Note:Noplayer with more than 2000 pointsmay play in Flight Bofthe Stratified SwissLunch & SHORTAnnualMeeting Sunday between SessionsVoting Closes at Game Time Sunday 10:00amCHAIRPERSONSEllen D’Amato4162ellendamato1@gmail.comMaggie Frick2552maggiefrick@hotmail.comPARTNERSHIPSLynneWenski 9130941lynski@swbell.netOnlinePartnerships at:http://bridgefinesse.com/D15PDeskIndexDIRECTOR-CHARGEChris PatriasUnit Web Site: www.unit131.orgSanction #15050895I9CTIhbSTake I-435 to Nall/Roe ExitTurn South (Exit 77B) onto Nallgo .8 milesto 115Street.Turn West onto 115Street.Approx .3miles& on the left.HospitalityCoffee, Soft Drinks & Snacks throughoutDonuts Friday& Sunday morningsPizza, soft drinks, beer & wine followingSaturdayafternoon sessionDonuts and Lunch on SundayLunch on site available for purchaseon Friday& Saturday. Mustorder and pay at time of morninggame registration. ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § K Q 9 7 4 § N S W ENorth DealsN-S Vul 10 Hesitations, Failures to Alert and Misinformation Law 16 By Tim Hays North East South West Pass Pass Pass 1NT* Pass Pass 2 Hearts Pass Pass DBL 2 Spades Pass Pass Pass The one Norump was announced as 14/17. When South bid 2 hearts, North did not alert E/W that 2 hearts showed both majors. Before the opening lead, South informed E/W that there was a failure to alert, explaining that 2 hearts showed both majors. Director is called. After talking with both East and West, West's call would have stayed the same, East said they would not have doubled 2 hearts had they known it showed both majors. Play continued. Final result, 2 spades down one for 100 E/W.1: E/W are required to defend the hand as bid. Failure to alert does not always require an automatic adjustment. If both East and West would taken the same action, the failure to alert would not have changed the auction. 2: Director is called back with the final result. After reviewing the auction, and reviewing the hands, It was deter-mined that E/W was damaged by the failure to alert. The result was changed to 2 hearts down three for 300 E/W. WHEN SHOULD YOU CALL THE DIRECTOR FOR FAILURE TO ALERT?If Declarer or Dummy, call before the opening lead If on Defense, call after end of play* *You must not bring attention to the failure to alert because it gives your partner unauthorized information. Thiscould be subject to a procedural penalty. Law 16 defines many types of unauthorized Information, such as “a remark, a question, an unexpected alert or failure to alert, or by unmistakable hesitation, unwonted speed, special emphasis, tone, gesture, movement of mannerism.” More examples of this Law in action in future issues of Declarer. ATTENTION ALL DIRECTORS:We would like to highlight any pairs that have a 70% or better game. Please forward Names, Date & Percentage to a Declarer editor. (See last page for e-mail addresses) Thank You. Entry Fees*Friday and Saturday$12 per person per sessionSunday Swiss Teams$124per team includes lunchJunior Players (18 and under)Play for half pricenonservice fee paying LMs,n and unpaidACBLmembers pay $3extra per personper sessionKansas City Spring SectionalAnnual Meeting and ElectionMAY 15-, 2015 Check Start TimesDaily JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER5801 W. 115OverlandPark, KSBetween Nall & LamaronStrbearby IotelsSenior & AARP DiscountsavailableA Loft -1 16& Ash913345-9430Holiday Inn& Nall 800-315-2621Hyatt5001 W. 110913491-9002Courtyard byMarriott& Woodson913-317-8500SCHEDULE OFEVENTS Check times dailyStratificationfor Pairs Events:Basedon average master pointsA: 200+,B: 7502000, C:0FRIDAYMAY 15, 2015Donuts inMorning9:30 PMStratified Open PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min):00 PMStratifiepen PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table min)NOEVENING GAMESATURDAYMAY 16, 20150 AMStratifiedOpen PairsSingle SessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min):00 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table min.)GNT DISTRICT FINALSPre Qualify and/or Buy-Conditionsof Contest onDistrict 15'sWebsitePizza, soft drinks, wine and beerfollowing game 7:00 PMStratified Open PairsSinglesessionStratified 0-300(3 table Min) GNT DISTRICT FINALS (continued)SUNDAY May 17, 2015Donuts in morning andLunch 10:00 AM & TBAStratiflighted Swiss TeamsGNT Finals (if necessary)Stratiflighted Swiss TeamsFlight A/Ax: Unlimited/3000Stratiflighted Flights B, C & D: 750-2000,C: 300750, D:0Note:Noplayer with more than 2000 pointsmay play in Flight Bofthe Stratified SwissLunch & SHORTAnnualMeeting Sunday between SessionsVoting Closes at Game Time Sunday 10:00amCHAIRPERSONSEllen D’Amato4162ellendamato1@gmail.comMaggie Frick2552maggiefrick@hotmail.comPARTNERSHIPSLynneWenski 9130941lynski@swbell.netOnlinePartnerships at:http://bridgefinesse.com/D15PDeskIndexDIRECTOR-CHARGEChris PatriasUnit Web Site: www.unit131.orgSanction #15050895I9CTIhbSTake I-435 to Nall/Roe ExitTurn South (Exit 77B) onto Nallgo .8 milesto 115Street.Turn West ontoStreet.Approx .3miles& on the left.HospitalityCoffee, Soft Drinks & Snacks throughoutDonuts Friday& Sunday morningsPizza, soft drinks, beer & wine followingSaturdayafternoon sessionDonuts and Lunch on SundayLunch on site available for purchaseon Friday& Saturday. Mustorder and pay at time of morninggame registration. ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § ª © ¨ § K Q 9 7 4 § N S W ENorth DealsN-S Vul