2009 GAYP Venue Bids................

[Alan Millhone]

Hello Everyone:

Next year is GAYP and the ACF is looking for a host for next year's Nationals.

Bids due at the end of this year ( just around the corner ).

Sincerely:
Alan Millhone, President
American Checker Federation

[P.R.]

2 cents for san francisco

[Palomino]

I'm sure that was a joke P.R. and I admit it made me chuckle but it mostly brought to my attention the thought that it might be a good idea to post the guide lines for submitting a bid for a National Tournament. From the ACF web-site home page under the header "ACF Info" > Governance > By-Laws.

ARTICLE VIII - NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS
Section 1 - Time
The ACF shall conduct a national tournament every year under a system and style of play approved and announced by the Executive Committee. The ACF shall encourange national, district and state tournaments, which may include special divisions for men, women and youth.

Section 2 - Bids for Venue
Bids for Venue of a national tournament shall be declared open when so designated by the president, to whom all communications regarding same shall be forwarded with copy to the Promotions Director. The bid shall be at least two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). No lesser bid is official or eligible. At least $500.00 should be sent as earnest money upon notification that a bid has been accepted. Bids may be either closed December 31st of the year preceding the tourney (contract-type) or open after December 31st for a stated period (auction-type) as decided by the Executive Committee and announced in the Bulletin.

The full amount (including the earnest money) of the successful venue bid must be sent to the ACF President or Treasurer not later than three months prior to the established tourney date. Bidding groups may solicit outside their ACF district to raise their venue bid.

Section 3 - Bidders Responsibilities
Bidders are responsible for making full arrangements for hotel, playing site, banquet arrangements, if any, programs for the ladies and to advise the Executive Committee promptly of these arrangements. Over and above the amount of the venue, bidders are financially responsible for and shall provide suitable trophies for Master, Major, Minor and Junior division winners. Hotel arrangements by the promoters are to include complimentary rooms for the Secretary, the Treasurer, and Player Representatives and other key personnel. The accepted Bidder may calculate $50.00 per day per person for each complimentary room (regardless of actual cost for similar paying guests), plus an additional $10.00 for each complimentary meal furnished per person, per room, per day. (Example: Three (3) complimentary meals per person, per room, per day would be $30.00.)
Section 4 - Promoters Records
Venue promoters are to keep complete records of all contributions received and are to submit names and addresses to the Promotions Director promptly after the tourney.

Section 5 - Restriction of Entry Field
Any member of ACF in good standing may enter the national tournament upon payment of entry fee. Any member of ACF not in good standing with ACF financially shall be made to make full financial settlement before being allowed to enter the tournament. Any player not in good standing with ACF whose application for membership has been rejected by the Executive Committee, or who has been suspended for the current year, or who has been permanently expelled from organized competition by ACF, shall be ineligible to enter the national tournament. Any player not in good standing with the ACF, whose application has not been previously rejected by the Executive Committee, may be eligible to enter the tournament by payment of ACF dues for the current year.

Section 6 - Business
The business of the national tournament shall be conducted by the attending elected officers of ACF in accordance with the reccommendations of the various appointed committees.

Section 7 - Disbursement of Prize Funds Sufficient money shall be retained from the total prize fund to pay for adequate annotations of the tournament games to help with Bulletin publication expense and to pay the referee's fee.

Section 8 - Tournament Games
ACF shall exercise all rights pertaining to the publishing of the games of the tournaments.

Section 9 - Right to Challenge for World Title
The ACF shall select participants (such as based on National Tournament finish coupled with the participants. willingness to attend) to compete in a qualifying tournament that is approved by a suitable world checker (draughts) association (federation). These participants may also include youth and women.s world events. Winners of this tournament are normally qualified to challenge for the world title, with contracts negotiated by the appropriate world federation. The exception to this may be youth events, where, due to the age restriction, a youth world champion may be declared at the world-qualifying event itself.

Section 10 - Entry of World Match Champion
The world match champion may enter the national tournament without risking his own title. In the event the world match champion should win the tournament, the Executive Committee shall give full consideration to the runners-up in the national tournament for the world-qualifying tournament. The ACF will not be bound to negotiate the challenge of the runner-up, nor shall the world match champion be bound to accept it unless it is so reported and recommended by the Executive Committee and such match is promoted and played in the Continental United States.

Section 11 - Tournament Referee
The ACF President shall appoint an official tournament referee. The referee shall receive a fee to be set by the Executive Committee.

Sincerely:
"Pal" Bucker

[P.R.]

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