Tournament Committee

The Tournament Committee is a NASPA committee established to supervise sanctioned North American SCRABBLE tournaments.

To contact the Tournament Committee send an email to naspa-tourney@yahoogroups.com.

Members

The committee currently consists of the following members:

• Dallas Johnson, chair
• John Chew (ex oficio)
• Chris Cree (ex oficio)
• Joe Edley
• Nancee Mancel (May 2010 –)
• Mary Rhoades
• Andy Saunders
• Rebecca Slivka
• Siri Tillekeratne

The number of members is limited to 9 (including ex officio members).

Former members include:

• Carol Dustin (– May 2010)

Duties

On an ongoing basis, supervise tournament directors, including:

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

Agenda

The committee has the following items on its agenda:

• Determine term lengths for Tournament Committee members, in addition to the succession process for Tournament Committee members
• Consider and revise the process for handling incident reports
• Determine sanctioning guidelines with respect to dual-rated events

Tools

The committee has access to the following web tools:

• Tournament Calendar editor