Larry Sealy, Region 7 ACBL Board of Directors Representative
Larry chairs the Appeals and Charges Committee and works on the NABC Site Selection Task Force. 
Aug 15, 2025 Advisory Council Meeting - CDR Changes
Sep 13, 2025 Report to the D11 Board of DIrectors
October 2025 Membership Report - The October 2025 ACBL Membership (120,022) is down 6.66% from last year (128,579). 
Report Library

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Congratulations to the District 11 North American Pairs Finalists          Finalists receive stipends from the ACBL and from their District for participation in the NABC Finals in March 2026 in St. Louis MO.   NAP Stipends D11 QUALIFIERS

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D11 Finals Grand National Teams Conditions of Contest CHANGED.
The District 11 Board of Directors changed the Open and Flight A conditions of contest.  Teams for these two flights must preregister by contacting the NAP/GNT Coordinator at least two weeks in advance. If 5 or more teams preregister, then the contest will begin with a qualifying round on Saturday and a final round on Sunday. If 4 or fewer teams register, the final wil be held on Sunday. If 5 or more teams pre-register, we will accept walk-up teams the day of the qualification round for that flight.  If 4 or fewer teams pre-register, no teams beyond 4 will be added.

This change responds to members request to minimize travel costs where possible, and also offers lower staffing costs when a small field warrants less coverage.  Details to follow in the flyer and District emails about two months prior to the event.

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ACBL Computer Based Cheating Detection - EDGAR
In the July 2025 Board Meetings the ACBL made two major adjustments to the discipline policy for online cheating. 
1) People convicted based on EDGAR findings may play in local club games during their suspension for no masterpoints. Thye must write a petition to the Club manager who may approve or deny the player. They may not play with a partner who also cheated online. Partners are eligible for masterpoint awards.They may not play in any special games, NAPQs, STaCs or any ACBL tournament until their suspension ends. 
2) Given the events between March 2020 and the end of 2021, any pairs who stopped cheating by Jan 1, 2022 will have their penalty reduced. If they had less than 5000 masterpoints they will get a warning.  The warning counts as the first offense (two offenses leads to automatic expulsion).  Pairs must prove they did not cheat after Jan 1, 2022 to be eligible.

See the ACBL Ethics & Discipline Page for information about this disciplinary process. 

In order to help our members understand the online bridge cheating detection policies and methods, here is a reference with relevant information from the ACBL Bylaws, ACBL Codification, and EDGAR from Bridge Winners (where the best description of how EDGAR works has been published).  Note: the information presented here is a convenience for our members.  The ACBL, EDGAR and Institute for Bridge Arbitration have final authoritative say in their part of the disciplinary process. 

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DISTRICT 11 Electronic Daily Tournament Bulletins
Fast Results helps tournaments create electronic daily bulletins. These are very useful to promote tournament play and keep attendees up to the minute on features and events. If you want to receive these bulletins, simply send an email to FastResultsHelpDesk@gmail.com and put your ACBL Player Number in the SUBJECT LINE of the email.  Thats all it takes!
2025 D11 eBulletins          D11 Tournament Table Counts          D11 eBulletin ARCHIVE

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Matt Balow (District 14 Web Master) has updated his unofficial table count tracking page, now combining club data and tournament data in one place. See TABLE COUNTS.

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Want Growth?  Get behind the D11 Stakeholder Initiative!
D11 Stakeholder Meetings
Make your ideas and voices heard.  Calling all bridge teachers, club managers, and youth players. We want to hear from you about best practices, recent successes, and any barriers you face growing bridge.  D11 growth depends on sharing and reapplying success from these stakeholder meetings. All future District 11 Regional Tournaments will have a stakeholder meeting session - stay tuned for details.

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District 11 5/5/5 Recruiting and Retention Progress
Success directly affects the bottom line for the ACBL and our Units and Clubs.
Here is the report for the thrid quarter of 2025 - All District 11 Units.(Click chart to expand).

All D11 Units are short of their potention remuneration, falling below the old 11% level.  We can do more. See below for how 5/5/5 affects Unit income from Mambership Dues. See more at ACBL 555 2025 Q3 Reports (filter for D11).

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ACBL COMMUNITY CLUB
- Fun, Glitter Points Online and at Local Clubs
The ACBL Community Club brings together players from local clubs (the Go Local arm), the ACBL Clubhouse and Community Games for the same fun, friendly competition and special masterpoint awards.  That’s right! You’ll earn the same exciting glitter points (silver, red and gold) during special events, like Silver Linings Week, whether you play at your local club or in the Clubhouse on BBO. Play your way!  A porton of the online table fee goes to the player's home face-to-face club every game.
Features:
- Glitter Points Everywhere - online and Local games the same time. )nly onine glitter points.
- Double Play Bonus Bonanza
- Perfect Fit for Everyone - all skill levels
- Support for Local Clubs
- More Masterpoints - top award 4.0 MPs.
- Stay Social - enjoy the online Clubhouse Lounge
See the Daily Schedule and the Community Club Page for details. The Community Club does not include e-clubs or virtual clubs.