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.

Current Members

It currently consists of the following:

• Andy Saunders (chair)
• John Chew
• Chris Cree
• Carol Dustin
• Joe Edley
• Dallas Johnson
• Mary Rhoades
• Rebecca Slivka
• Siri Tillekeratne

The Tournament Committee is currently capped at 9 members.

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
• Decide on a certification process for tournament directors in coordination with a similar process for club directors being developed by the Club Committee
• Debate whether certification can be suspended for directors who take longer than a week to submit ratings data
• Liaise with the WESPA Tournament Committee
• Review the existing criteria for sanctioning tournaments, consider in particular whether there should be limits on the number of events a director can list or how far in advance an event may be listed, and the status of "invitational" events; prepare options for the Advisory Board to choose from
• On an ongoing basis, supervise tournament directors, including
  • Maintaining the tournament calendar
  • Receiving and processing incident reports, passing them up to the Advisory Board as necessary
  • Making sure that tournament directors receive the news and information they need to perform their function
  • Overseeing the mentor/apprentice system when it is implemented

Tools

The committee has access to the following web tools:

• Tournament Calendar editor