[Phil]

New Pres

Old Pres

Who pays for this stuff???

[blackshoe]

If I had to guess, I'd say that since Anderson regularly goes to Mexico anyway, she probably paid for most of that herself. Robinson's journey, though, was all "official business", so I imagine the ACBL paid for it. I could be totally wrong, of course.

[mycroft]

We do, of course. The ACBL Codification says (my emphasis):

II. Social
b. Other Social Duties
The President is expected to travel to tournaments throughout ACBL. The President determines
his own schedule and travels and entertains within the financial parameters and budget set forth
in Motion 961-14 [Mycroft edit: replaced by later motions - see below]

The President is the League’s Ambassador and will be in contact with many members, and their
Unit and District representatives. The President will be met with a great deal of goodwill, and is
expected to listen to problems and try to assist in solving them.
(Acbl Codification Chapter 4 Appendix - Duties,... of the President)

and:
1.1 The president will be granted a president’s expense allowance which for the year 2011 will be
$56,423 and each year thereafter said fund will be adjusted by the Consumer Price Index
fluctuation.
1.2 In addition to the usual administrative functions which the president of most
organizations performs, there are additional special responsibilities attached to the office
of ACBL President. These include, but are not limited to:
1.2.1 Attending regional and sectional tournaments of his choosing to bring the ACBL
to its members. In addition, at those tournaments the president is expected to host
local volunteers in his suite or at a meal function.
(Codification chapter 4B - ACBL BoD: Finances)

Originally when the above motion was put forward, there was a suggested guideline of the President's Expenses, but that seems to have gone by the board. It was:

1.2.1 Attending tournaments (sectionals, regionals, WBF) 50%
1.2.2 Functions at NABCs (receptions, etc.) 22%
1.2.3 Administrative items (faxes, postage, telephone) 12%
1.2.4 President’s dinner 12%
1.2.5 Miscellaneous 4%

So, yeah, nice job, I agree; but it is, in fact, part of the job - in fact, a large part of the job. And seriously, this took me more time to cut-and-paste and format than it did to find (admittedly, I've worked my way through the Codification a couple of times, so I sort of knew where to look) - it's not like they're hiding it.

[dwar0123]

Hey, I used to play quite a bit at club 98 in that 100 club visit list!