December
2001
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Linda Carter Resigns The awards banquet will be a great time to hand over the reigns. Yes folks, after 4 long years of service, I am resigning as President of the ACW. I would like to thank all of you who played, gave donations, were sponsors, or were room owners, or just came to watch. I am entrusting the future of the ACW into Vic Valdez s capable hands. Vic comes to us with a strong background in Marketing and will take the ACW to a whole new level. Please give Vic all the support you can and help ease the transition. The current Board will serve until the end of the year, and Vic and his new team will start their duties in January. Depending on how the new Board regulates the selection of Board members, they may be taking nominations for Board positions, and voting in the best candidates. If you would like to be a part of the ACW s new future, and would like to serve on the Board, you can get in touch with Vic through email at vic@teleport.com. It has been a great ride and I want to thank each one of you for making it so. I want to spend more time with my family and pursue other billiard related goals. You can be sure that I will never stop trying to serve pool players, and trying to get billiards recognized as a viable sport and profession. I will be serving on another Board on an association that will be holding huge tournaments for both men and women right here in the NW. Again, I hope you will support me in that endeavor by coming out and playing.
8-Ball Singles Results November 17, 2001 Helena, MT 20 players showed up at the Edge Casino and Lounge to vie for top honors in the November 8-Ball Singles. Final Results 1st $280 Jeff Boucher - Helena 2nd $168 Clay - Great Falls 3rd $112 Rob Millons - Helena 4th $ 40 Colter Landt - Helena The next tournament at the Edge will be January 5th, 2002 - Blind Draw Scotch Doubles (see ad page 6)
THE U.S. BAR TABLE CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Sands Regency will host the U. S. Bar Table Championships from March 7-10, 2002. The format will be 9-Ball played on the 7th and 8th with $10,000 Added and $5,000 guaranteed to the first place finisher. The entry is $100 ($125 after March 1) and the field will be limited to the first 128 paid players. March 9th and 10th will be the 8-Ball Division, again $10,000 will be added and $5,000 is guaranteed to the first place finisher. The entry is $100 ($125 after March 1) and the field is limited to the first 128 paid players. Jay Helfert is offering a $1,000 bonus to the player who wins both divisions. Entries can be sent to: Sands Regency Casino Hotel, 345 N Arlington Ave, Reno, NV 89501. For room reservations call 1-800-648-3553, Group Code - Bar 306, Sun-Thurs $39.53 and Fri-Sat $51.08 (includes tax, one or two players). You can contact tournament director Jay Helfert at (310) 452-9517 for more information.
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ACW Announces New Chairperson of the Board
Press Release: Association of Cuesports for Women [ACW], November 20, 2001
Former President of the Board, Linda Carter, announced her resignation on October 31, 2001 and appointed Leonard Vic Valdez as acting President for the remainder of the 2001 season. At a recent strategy meeting of the board, Mr. Valdez was unanimously voted in as Chairperson of the Board for the 2002 season and beyond. Mr. Valdez brings over 24 years of business and marketing experience to the organization and will be working with the board to develop a long term business plan for the organization that includes increasing membership, corporate sponsors, and expanding locations of play throughout the Pacific Northwest. This would ultimately increase attendance and payout figures at tournaments and provide a broad billiard venue for women in the region. The board will continue meeting to finalize and publish the schedule for the 2002 season before the New Year. It will look to be a full and exciting year with many positive changes. Part of the restructuring includes redefining board membership and responsibilities. As a result, current membership is defined as follows: Vic Valdez, Chairperson of the Board; Jo Woodward, Financial Coordinator; Tamre Geene-Rogers, Tournament Coordinator; Felisa Delon, Player Advocate; Heather Doherty Media/Promotions Coordinator. The ACW is announcing the vacancy of three board positions open for nomination. Brief job descriptions are provided, with more detailed descriptions available upon request. Production Coordinator: Oversees the production of all ACW media obligations, maintaining corporate standards and functionality for the ACW web site and newsletter. Responsible for content and monthly updates of ACW web site. Manages and produces quarterly ACW newsletter (both electronic and hard copy). Design ads (when necessary) for sponsors or vendors who place advertising space in ACW newsletter. Responsible for the design and production of all ACW tournament collateral. Coordinates and assists in tournament management (including set up and breakdown) Oregon State Tournament Coordinator/Player Advocate: Manages all Oregon state ACW tournament stops. Works to secure outside personnel to assist with tournament management, heading selection to develop pool of tournament directors and referees for ACW stops. Main contact for room owners participating in ACW tournaments. Manages and records final point scoring at tournaments and supplies information to Media Coordinator. Responsible for coordinating resources in setting up and breakdown of tournaments. Promotes the ACW and recruits new playing members within the state of Oregon. Liaison between playing members and board to submit feedback, resolve issues and foster a positively charged playing member base. Board Assistant: Supports and assists the board in all areas of work. Provides administrative assistance to the board in scheduling and coordinating meetings. Attends all board meetings, transcribing and publishing meeting minutes to board and playing members as well as corporate sponsors. Supports all corporate goals and objectives, providing assistance to related projects as necessary. Promotes the ACW and recruits new playing members. In addition to being posted in various media publications, these position openings will be emailed to all current members. Nominations will be taken via phone, email or mail and must be received no later than November 30, 2001 for consideration. Please send these to your Player Advocate, Felisa Delon: 5001 3rd Avenue NW; Seattle WA 98107. Cell: 206-465-5484/Email: mzpoolzen@hotmail.com Upon board review, nominated players will be posted with ballots in this same manner and voting will commence December 10, 2001 and end December 15, 2001. Any current playing member may vote. All former members and nonmembers may vote provided they submit [new] membership dues of $55.00 to the ACW before December 10. Ballots will be tabulated and results posted before the New Year. For more information please feel free to contact your Player Advocate or Chairperson, Vic Valdez: Cell: 503-504-1483/Email: vic@teleport.com.
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