Doubling and Alerting
The L&E have had a number of comments about alerting of doubles since the last set of changes in August 2006. We decided to ask the Club Committee what it thought of the present arrangements and a number of possible changes. They consulted amongst the clubs and the message came back loud and clear that:- Further change would be unwelcome.
- The current regulations are not perfect but the club committee would like an effort to be made to help educate players as to what they are.
The L&E accepted the recommendation to leave the regulation alone and will be producing some material to help in the coming months.
The Orange Book
It’s long and, in clubs where most players play a simple and similar system, it can be over complicated. The L&E have started work on what is being provisionally called the "Tangerine Book". This will be a drastically shortened book for clubs and club players and will be available by April 2010 (to coincide with the introduction of pay to play). This will give time for the Club Committee to be consulted on the draft content.Rather than print large numbers of copies it will be available electronically. Those who want to see the full detail can continue to look at the Orange Book.
If the Tangerine Book is only to be available online can I suggest that you make three separate versions for Level 2,3 & 4 so that club players can read just the details for the level associated with their club.
ReplyDeleteOn another note is the online version going to be in a format which will allow individuals to download and print a copy?
The intention is that there will be one brief version with the details for each level fitting on a page and yes it will be in a format which anyone can print.
ReplyDeletePresumably the Tangerine Book will be used by directors at clubs? If so,
ReplyDeletea) it sounds like an excellent idea as the Orange Book is pretty challenging for many club directors
b) they will need to take it to the table when called so surely a proper printed book (or pamphlet if it is small enough) will be necessary?
Is it intended that the Tangerine Book will include cross-references to the Orange Book e.g. OB3D, to assist when the fuller explanation is needed?
ReplyDeleteStill to be discussed but probably a minimum of cross referencing. They key is that the tangerine (satsuma, clementine?) book must be brief as well as, hopefully, helpful.
ReplyDeletePut forward constructively for your discussions. Cross-referencing should aid brevity. 10 cross-references would take only 40 characters [and using the margin possibly no usable space] and enable the wordier explanations to be omitted but remain directly accessible. No doubt it will depend on what you decide is to be included/omitted on each item.
ReplyDelete'Running A Duplicate Event'has a set of updated flowcharts for all the common book rulings in the appendix. In our local district league we have permission from the EBU to copy and use these flowcharts for self administering rulings at the table in matches.
ReplyDeleteI am with Mike Bennett on this one. I believe that the flowcharts in the back of "Running a Duplicate Event" is one of the best guides to common book rulings. All clubs should try and get a copy.
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