Hello all, As most of you are aware I spoke out VERY strongly against what has been going at the Toronto club in regard to the SOWPODS issue. First and...
... To which unnamed player are you directing these serious accusations? ... To clarify: it was not my intention to hint at anything. We currently have better...
Dear Club #3 Members, Thank you for sending me your thoughts about what to do about continuing to permit SOWPODS play at our club, and about the possible...
Dear John (and other Club members), I write with some hesitation as I have not been an active participant at the Club this fall due to a very busy work...
Anne Molloy
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Jan 4, 2002 3:20 pm
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... I do not think that as a club we ever made such a decision. Our ratings have been equally recorded whether we've played SOWPODS some weeks or not. I think ...
Vivienne Muhling
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Jan 4, 2002 5:12 pm
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Hello all, Lloyd has asked me to post this to the Club #3 mailing list since he is still having problems posting there himself. Lloyd's email address has been...
... at ... with ... Gene Tyszka now responds: Not a serious accusation, but a matter of truth. You gave that individual a chance to speak Wednesday night and...
I do not see what could be so difficult for anyone about coming to the club and: get paired up in the normal fashion [by rating] with no PERSONAL restrictions....
... I too was surprised and astounded by this bizarre practise and feel very strongly that it should be discontinued at the club. Horrors! As many as 17...
Dear All I am not fully versed in this whole OSPD, SOWPODS issue at the club, though I've been reading the spate of recent emails and fear there will be a...
Jillian
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Jan 5, 2002 4:45 pm
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Gene, Thank you for posting Lloyd's message for him. I'll incorporate his views in a report to the club later this weekend, and correct two points of fact...
... I have no idea who you're talking about. Please tell us. ... Gene, you're the first Canadian player I've met that is opposed to a Canadian Scrabble...
... As you may have noticed, there are some players at our club who just don't get along. We try to minimize the level of stress for everyone concerned by...
... Wednesday night at the club Gene Tyszka interrupted John while he was talking and had to be asked to stop yelling so John could finish presenting his point...
... I have been following this thread with great interest, and am surprised John feels that a significant number of club members would be lost which ever way ...
Vivienne Muhling
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Jan 6, 2002 3:55 am
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... Oops - that's not what I meant to convey. I am reasonably confident that if we follow what I'll call Plan 'A': rescind the compromise rule, reinstate the...
Thats funny Zev. It makes me think of the old adage of the pot calling the kettle black. You call for me to apologize, but I don't see you apologizing to...
Hello John, We could both keep go on like this, but I think you and I both know that it will not benefit the club in any way. I will politely put forward my...
... From: Lloyd Mills To: nsaclub3@yahoogroups.com ; John J. Chew III Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 1:16 AM Subject: Re: [nsaclub3] reply to Lloyd as posted...
Hello nsaclub3 gurus, I received my copy of Official Scrabble Words International Edition a while back. I recall someone mentioning that some editions were ...
... From: Lloyd Mills To: nsaclub3@yahoogroups.com ; John J. Chew III Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 1:16 AM Subject: Re: [nsaclub3] reply to Lloyd as posted...
To Club 3 members; My remarks to the club Wednesday night were brief because I don't like public speaking. I'd like to expand them here. RE: The Club Pairing...
Firstly to Zev, Although I completely sympathize with your position, and understand the frustration of having to "learn" and "unlearn" a dictionary every 2...
Fern Lindzon
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Jan 6, 2002 3:01 pm
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... That's not true. Firstly, it's the refusal of people to play Zev under compromise rules that has caused conflict; and secondly, it is players such as...
... It sound as though we're in agreement. Can you confirm then that you are okay with: 1. Rescinding the compromise rule. 2. Asking people to voluntarily...
Thanks, Robin, Your Solomonic summary of the SOWPODS debate encapsulates the relevant issues beautifully. Your four possible scenarios seem to me to be the...
... I do not advocate adding a SOWPODS division. ... I keep asking Gene T what this agenda of mine is supposed to be, but never get an answer. As far as I...
Sal asks me to post the following to the mailing list. Sal (and anybody else interested), you can sign yourself up for the club mailing list, change your...
... There are two more possible scenarios in addition to the ones that Robin lists, which curiously represent the only ways in which we have resolved this...
