More Helpers Needed

The Skandinavia Benelux Bridgefriend Club

with its tournaments and Team Matches at BBO, and with several other activities, is expanding in size and activity.

We started 1. Jan. 2004 and we now have ca. 3000 members. In the club we have achieved a very good atmosphere and a a good attitude, based on friendship and bridge ethics

More Helpers Needed

It is a big job to organize this club and all its activities, so we need more help of volunteers. We need help in MANY ways. Maybe YOU have a special skill that you think could be of benefit for the club? If you feel you could contribute to this, please contact ANY of our wonderful staff, or mail directly to general manager of the club, KjellH: kjellh@bridgefriend.com

Tournament helpers

Our tournaments at BBO are growing and growing in participation. We now and then have to put limits on participation because we don’t have enough volunteers to help out in the tourneys. Pity...... But we do put limits on the tourneys so that the registered staff can be able to do their ‘job’ in a satisfactory way, AND that the staff have FUN of doing it. ( If too few helpers, it would be more of a stress situation and the fun would go away. We are all different in way of being, and we WANT differences in our tourneys. But it must all be based on Friendship and good bridge ethics. Our Club and tournament rules are also based on this.

We run our tournaments with 2 kinds of helpers: TDs and Hosts. BOTH are equally important for our tournaments. Some helpers fit better for being a TD, others fit best to be a Host. We need you BOTH.

In every tournament we should have 2 Hosts and 1-3 TDs (depending on the size of the tourney)

Host: Our host’s main job is to be a ‘communication’ link for the tourney. In other words: Inform the tournament participants about our tournament specifications and to be a host for the tournament: to make everyone feel well. With 2 Hosts in a tourney, the communication between the hosts will be a great help.

TDs: Our TDs ( Tournament Directors) will be doing regular directing duties. Subbing, adjustments , help at a table where TD is needed etc.

SB_Bridgefriend

For assisting our staff in what has to be done, KjellH has developed special software, SB_Bridgefriend. ALL staff should have this installed.

In there you can do member search, place your personal notes on endless subjects, report players with not acceptable behaviour, a Text motor for easy maintaining , copy and past functions, Staff News where you can read or post articles of general interest for our staff, special sections for Country Contacts, Tournament Management, Team Match Management, Mixed Pairs assistance, Tournament and Team Match result capturing, calculations and posting at our web server, Calendar system for signing in to help out in a tourney, Help functions, statistics, web browser functions, admin etc etc etc.

This has proved to be of GREAT help for our staff

Initiative

Yes, we need a lot more help. And we need helpers who are willing to help on OWN INITIATIVE. If we have to beg and beg you to help out, and mostly get NO as an answer, you are NOT who we want.

We expect Hosts and TDs to help out in 2-5 tournaments per month in average. Not much, right? J But really, that is all we ask. And if you have problems helping out in a period, just let us know, and it will be of NO PROBLEM. Aglis is doing a tremendeous job as our Tournament Manager. ALL our staff get email addresses like: bbo-nickname@bridgefriend.com (non-excisting address). In this way you don’t have to expose your ordinary email address ( email to this address are automatically forwarded to your ordinary email address by our bridgefriend.com mail-server.).

We have the system ready for you. Can you afford 2-5 times a month in average ( I think you can ) J , then let us know that want to help out, and we are several in the SB_Staff group who would be pleased to assist you in getting started.

Just mail your interest to kjellh@bridgefriend.com

It is required that you are a member of Skandinavia Benelux Bridgefriend Club, and it is an advantage for you if you have played in our tournaments for some period, so you know some the lovely atmosphere we have in our Friendship Club. In your mail to us, remember to write your BBO-name. And it would be lovely (but not required) if you write a few lines about yourself ( treated confidential in staff administration)

Just keep in mind: We are all FRIENDS J

Looking forward to get your e-mail

Kjell Harald Melheim

KjellH ( bbo name)

General manager of Skandinavia Benelux Bridgefriend Club

email: kjellh@bridgefriend.com