Does this help?

http://www.acbl.org/about/lawsCommissionMembers.html

Edgar Kaplan. But he’s hard to reach these days.

T/he nice thing is that he can consult with Sonny Moyse without much difficulty.

Chris:

You have a very lugubrious sense of humor but I guarantee you Edgar would have done a helluva lot better job than any of our reigning chiefs of staff. For your information Edgar died in September of 1997 and lots of changes have taken place since then. I guarantee you if he were still around things much of the turmoil would not exist. He was the voice of reason — and today’s people couldn’t touch him with a ten foot pole!

Which Is why I mentioned him, of course. We are losing our history rapidly. Also our vocabulary. I had to go to Websters. Quite a nice choice of word — very apt.

Lugubrious I had recently in an expert level crossword puzzle. I was rather amused when I filled it in.

Chris, sorry if I mistook your respect for sarcasm. However, I believe the State of the Union (our American Bridge organization, that is) is going from bad to worse. No one is willing to step up to the plate and assume responsibility for what it has become — which in the opinion of many is in dire need of help. And, at its present stage, it is virtually impossible to separate personal agendas, conflicts of interest and what is best for our majestic hobby- which in the early days was merely indulged in for the glory of winning.

Edgar was brilliant and very intuitive, I can tell you from personal experience (having been around him for nearly forty years) that he was against sponsored bridge teams and even in its embryonic stages recognized the multitude of negative offshoots which would slowly surface. Seeing is believing!

I asked someone in the know about your question, and here is the response…

1. Competitions and Conventions Committee

Steve Beatty, Chair; Doug Doub, Rick Beye, Nadine Wood, George Retek, Elaine Said, Henry Bethe, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Peggy Sutherlin and Mildred Breed

2. Laws Committee

Chip Martel, Chair; Adam Wildawsky, Vice Chair; Robb Gordon, Jeffrey Polisner, Eric Rodwell, Roger Stern, Matt Smith, Ron Gerard, Peter Boyd, Allan Falk, John Soledar, Chris Compton, Howard Weinstein, Georgia Heth, Peggy Sutherlin.

3. Alerts

There is no such committee. I think these would be handled by the Laws Committee.

Hope that helps

Chris:

Your efforts were a tremendous help. It is obvious who the influential people are who run the show and those who rubberstamp their recommemdations. It won’t affect me as I am slowing down and not traveling much — but it will take its toll in the future as personal agendas rear their ugly heads.