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Note: The ACBL Handbook as of 2015. For the most recent information, please refer to the Codification.
CHAPTER 1
ACBL GOALS, ORGANIZATION, AND ACTIVITIES
SECTION ONE: MEMBERSHIP
- Eligibility
- Categories of Membership
- Processing the Membership
- Discipline of a Member
- Membership Meetings
SECTION TWO: ACBL ORGANIZATION
- Board of Directors
- Bylaws and Bylaw Amendments
- Board of Governors
- ACBL Districts
- ACBL Units
- Sanctioned Bridge Games
- Administration
- ACBL Charity Foundation Corporation
- ACBL Education Foundation
- ACBL Laws Commission
SECTION THREE: CONFERENCES
SECTION FOUR: INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Appendix G for Current Prices and Fees
CHAPTER 2
THE MASTERPOINT PLAN
SECTION ONE: RECORDING MASTERPOINTS
SECTION TWO: MASTERPOINT AWARD PIGMENTATION
SECTION THREE: MASTERPOINT AWARD REGULATIONS
SECTION FOUR: MASTERPOINT HONOR TITLES
Appendix Gfor Current Prices and Fees
CHAPTER 3
UNIT REGULATIONS
SECTION ONE: JURISDICTION
SECTION TWO: REQUIREMENTS, PRIVILEGES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Minimum Unit Requirements
- Unit Privileges
- Unit Activities
- Loss of Unit Status and Privileges
- Voluntary Dissolution of a Unit
- Unit Sanctioned Games – Club-type games; Unit championships; Unit-wide games; Unit charity game; Extended team event
SECTION THREE: UNIT STRUCTURE
SECTION FOUR: ELECTIONS
- Democratic Process
- Types of Elections
- Proportionate Representation
- Election of National Representatives
SECTION FIVE: UNIT BYLAWS
SECTION SIX: INSURANCE AND TAX STATUS
SECTION SEVEN: MEMBERSHIP LISTS
SECTION EIGHT: DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
SECTION NINE: UNIT/CLUB RELATIONSHIPS
Appendix G for Current Prices and Fees
CHAPTER 4
THE CLUB SANCTIONED BRIDGE GAME
SECTION ONE: ACBL CLUB MASTERPOINT GAME SANCTION
- Eligibility
- Sanctioned Game Provisions
- Cost of a Sanction
- Obtaining a Sanction
- Sanctioned Club Game Requirements
SECTION TWO: TYPES OF CLUB MASTERPOINT GAMES
- Open Game
- Invitational/Restricted Game
- Newcomer Games
- Special Fund Games
- Other Club Games
- Game Movements
SECTION THREE: GENERAL CLUB GAME REGULATIONS
- Masterpoints
- Incentive Programs for Clubs
- Game Director
- Operation of Club Games
- Other Club Information
SECTION FOUR: CLUB MASTERPOINT AWARDS
SECTION FIVE: CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP AND SPECIAL EVENTS
- Allocation of Club Championship Game Sessions
- Scheduling Club Championships
- Types of Events
- Seeding
- Awards
- Membership Games
- Other Frequent Club Events
SECTION SIX: CLUB TEAM EVENTS
SECTION SEVEN: CLUB-UNIT RELATIONSHIPS
Appendix G for Current Prices and Fees
CHAPTER 5
SPECIAL UNIT GAMES
SECTION ONE: UNIT CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Scheduling
- Sanction Application and Fees
- Delegation of Sessions
- Staffing
- Scoring
- Masterpoint Awards
- Systems and Conventions
SECTION TWO: UNIT CHARITY GAMES
SECTION THREE: ANNUAL EXTENDED TEAM GAMES
SECTION FOUR: UNIT-WIDE CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Sanction Applications
- Unit-wide Championship Planning and Coordination
- Reports and Sanction Fees
- Computer-dealt Hands
- Masterpoint Awards
- Technical Regulations
SECTION FIVE: ACBL-WIDE EVENTS
Appendix G for Current Prices and Fees
CHAPTER 6
TOURNAMENTS
SECTION ONE: NORTH AMERICAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS(NABCs)
- Operations
- Schedule of Events
- Convention Charts
- Smoking Policy
- Zero Tolerance Policy
- Electronic Equipment
SECTION TWO: REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS
- Tournament Allocation
- Regional Tournament Conditions
- Scheduling of Regional Tournaments
- Tournament Conflict
- Sanction Fee
- Conventions
- Regional Tournament Types
- Tournament Coordinator Duties
- Masterpoint Awards
- Starting Times
SECTION THREE: SECTIONAL TOURNAMENTS
- Tournament Allocation
- Scheduling of Sectional Tournaments
- Sectional Tournament Types
- Tournament Sanctioning
- Masterpoint Awards
- Starting Times
SECTION FOUR: EVENTS AND RESTRICTIONS
SECTION FIVE: TOURNAMENT REQUIREMENTS
- Facility
- Equipment/Supplies
- Instructions for Sectional/Regional Sanction Form; Permissible Event Types and Restrictions
Appendix G for Current Prices and Fees
CHAPTER 7
GENERAL TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
SECTION ONE: ADVANCE ARRANGEMENTS
SECTION TWO: TOURNAMENT ORGANIZATION
- Tournament Correspondent
- Tournament Chairman
- Tournament Directors
- Director in Charge(DIC)
- Tournament Staff
SECTION THREE: TOURNAMENT PROCEDURES
- Tournament Entry Sales
- Seeding
- Starting Events on Time
- Duplication
- Opening Announcements
- Length of Sessions
- Closing Announcements
- Intermissions and Breaks
- Spectators
- Rulings and Penalties
- Player’s Right of Appeal
- Appeals Committees
- Conduct and Ethics Matters
- Correction and Appeal Periods
- Tournament Recorders
SECTION FOUR: TOURNAMENT PROMOTION
SECTION FIVE: POST TOURNAMENT FINANCES
Appendix G for Current Prices and Fees
Appendix H – Roles and Responsibilities of Tournament Sponsors and DICs
CHAPTER 8
ACBL FOUNDATIONS
SECTION ONE: ACBL CHARITY FOUNDATION CORPORATION
- Origin and Purpose
- Composition
- Foundation Expenses
- The Canadian Charitable Fund
- Charity Club Championships
- Charity Unit Tournaments
- Charity Games at Sectionals
- Charity Games at Regionals
- District-wide Charity Games
- ACBL-wide Charity Games
- Honorary and Memorial Funds
SECTION TWO: ACBL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
- Composition
- Grants
- Educational Foundation Programs
- Honorary, Memorial Fund and Other Requests
- Foundation/Fund Unit Tournaments
Appendix G for Current Prices and Fees
CHAPTER 9
ACBL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
SECTION ONE: ACBL TEACHER PROGRAMS
- Teacher Development
- Bridge Teaching Materials
- Teacher Publications and Support Tools
- Teacher Incentives
- ACBL and ABTA
SECTION TWO: UNIT/DISTRICT LIAISON PROGRAMS
SECTION THREE: NEW PLAYER PROGRAMS
Appendix G for Current Prices and Fees
CHAPTER 10
SERVICES
SECTION ONE: SUPPLIES, PROMOTIONAL, AND INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS
- Supplies for Sectionals and Regionals
- Club Supplies and Director Manuals
- Pamphlets and Player Aids
- Hand Records for Club and Unit Tournaments
- Prize Awards
SECTION TWO: SERVICES
Appendix G for Current Prices and Fees
CHAPTER 11
DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES
SECTION ONE: ACBL RECORDER SYSTEM
SECTION TWO: DISTRICT/UNIT DISCIPLINARY BODIES
SECTION THREE: DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES AT TOURNAMENTS
SECTION FOUR: ACBL APPEALS AND CHARGES COMMITTEE
SECTION FIVE: ETHICAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
SECTION SIX: ACBL DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE
SECTION SEVEN:GUIDELINES FOR UNIT AND DISTRICT DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES
Appendix G for Current Prices and Fees
List of Appendixes
- Appendix A – Convention Charts
- Appendix B – Appeals Committees
- Appendix C – Recorder Regulations
- Appendix D – Code of Disciplinary Regulations
- Appendix E – ACBL Committees
- Appendix F – Honoring Outstanding ACBL Members
- Appendix G – 2018 Prices and Fees
- Appendix H – Roles and Responsibilities of Tournament Sponsors and DICs