May/June 2024 Volume 56, No. 3
President’s Message By Jack LaVigne President District 16
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e have a new website! If you haven’t been to our website lately, please take a look: New Website Ken Monzingo, our Publications Committee chair, took on the task of designing and creating a new modern website for District 16. Ken enlisted the aid of Sergio Mendivil, a graphic designer, to develop the website and stay on as our webmaster. The website is responsive, which means you can view it on a small device like a cell phone, tablet or on a computer screen; it responds to the media upon which it is displayed. It took two months to create and is still, according to Ken, a work in progress. On behalf of District 16, I would like to thank John Magyari for his long and distinguished service as our previous webmaster. Increasing Membership A new program, the 5/5/5 Retention and Recruitment Program, has been initiated to increase and retain ACBL members. ACBL Executive Director Bronia Jenkins explains the program in this video. ACBL designed three new programs to entice your community to become bridge players:
Scorecard May/June 2024
Bridge Ambassador Program, Come Play Cards with Us and PickleBridge. There is a tool to help you find, contact and keep tabs on relapsed players. District Personnel Changes There have been quite a few personnel changes. Nancy Strohmer has stepped down from the following: Charity Chair, 99er and 199er Nite Club Coordinator, Advisory Council. Linda Griffith is retiring as English Lecture Series Coordinator. • Karen Nussbaum, Houston, is the District 16 Charity Chair. • Janice Rush, Houston, is the 99er and 199er Nite Club Coordinator. • Jerry Harrington, San Antonio is the Awards Chair. • Sam Khayatt, Kingwood, is the Teacher of the Year Chair. The board would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their service. An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight, … the truly wise person is colorblind. – Alfred Schweitzer