2020 USBF Board Election
This Fall the USBF will conduct an election to fill 2 seats on its Board of Directors. The seats are for three-year terms commencing January 1, 2021.
USBF Board members must be Active USBF members, having paid the 2020 annual active or resident member dues of $50.
If you are interested in being nominated, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Chair of the Nominating Committee. we have also sought nominations through Bridge Winners, and the USBF Nominating Committee will meet and interview potential Board candidates. The Nominating Committee slate will be posted no later than November 1.
In addition to those candidates nominated by the nominating committee, candidates may be nominated by petition. Twenty-five or more Active or Resident Members of USBF may nominate an Active or Resident Member for a Board position. To file a petition nominating a candidate, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the name of the candidate and the names and email addresses of the people making the nomination on or before November 22, 2020. If there are no petition candidates, the candidates nominated by the Nominating Committee will either be elected without the need for an election (if there are only three nominees), or will be the entire slate of nominees for the election.
See the election timeline below for when things happen. Download the Election Procedures and Board Member Expectiations for more complete information about the election
Any Active USBF member interested in being on the ballot who has not been nominated by the Nominating Committee should go to About USBF and read the final paragraph on the page (Election Information), which directs you to the relevant documents.
| ACTION | Relation to BMD* | Date | Week Day |
| Nominating Committee reports to Elections Committee |
31 Days before BMD | 11/2/20 | Monday |
| Nominations Close | 30 Days before BMD | 11/3/20 | Tuesday |
| Last Day for Petition Candidates | 20 days before BMD | 11/13/20 | Friday |
| Eligible Voter List Posted on Web site** | 15 days before BMD | 11//18/20 | Wednesday |
| Last day to protest voter list** | 7 days before BMD | 11/26/20 | Thursday |
| Ballot Mailing Date (BMD)** | 12/3/20 | Thursday | |
| End of voting period** | 12/12/20 | Saturday | |
| Announce Results | 12/19/20 | Saturday | |
| Last Day for protest of election |
10 days after results announced |
* BMD = Ballot Mailing Date
** Necessary only if more candidates are nominated than there are positions open.
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US Wins World Online University Team Championship
Congratulations to USBF members Sarik Goyal - Kyle Rockoff and Raphael Hallerman - Sean McNally, who won the 2019 World Online University Team Championship. The event took some time to be played, with the final held on Sunday, August 9th and Sunday August 17th. The US team defeated Netherlands in the Final, 174-110, with a major win in the third quarter, when they defeated the Netherlands team 65-1 - you can watch the play in the Open Room from the third and fourth quarters, and from the Closed Room third and fourth quarters on Twitch.
Raphael Hallerman Sean McNally
Kyle Rockoff Sarik Goyal
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USBF Board Appoints Ethics Investigation Committee
The USBF Board of Directors has formed an Ethics Investigation Committee to serve as an ongoing committee to review allegations of ethical breaches by USBF members and make recommendations to the Board of Directors as to disciplinary action, if deemed appropriate.
The Board appointed the following initial members to the EIC:
Dana Berkowitz
Marty Harris
Roger Lee
Chip Martel
Steve Weinstein
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