2014 Canadian ASL Association membership drive

This is the time of the year when the Canadian ASL Association (CASLA)
looks for new members and reminds existing members that their membership
renewals are due. A list of paid-up members is at the end in case you are
not sure if you have paid.

The primary mission of the CASLA is to run the Canadian ASL Open (CASLO)
each year. We have been doing that for eighteen years. We have a secondary
mission to connect Canadian ASL players to each other.

There are several reasons that you should consider joining the CASLA.
First, you think that an annual, reliable, well run Canadian ASL
tournament, that you can plan to attend months ahead of time, is a good
thing. Second, you would like that tournament to sometimes be in your city.
Third, you would like to have a say in the format of the tournament and in
which city the tournament will be held.
Our tournament is a sort of “plug ‘n play” tournament. We have a documented
and well established tournament format that makes every round important and
gives all participants a final ranking of their performance in relation to
other participants.

When you pay the membership fee to join the CASLA, you are eligible to vote
on where the next Canadian ASL Open will be held, and to propose changes to
the tournament format. As well, you are eligible to submit a proposal to
bring the CASLO to your Canadian city. Running the CASLO sometimes takes
more money than we can obtain through tournament registration fees; the
CASLA membership fees exist to have a cash reserve to pay for excess
tournament expenses when the registration fees do not cover all the
expenses. Being a paid member also entitles one to a five dollar discount
on registration for the Canadian ASL Open. Foreign players may join the
CASLA, but the tournament must be held in a Canadian city.

To submit a proposal to host the Canadian ASL Open, you need to be able to
reserve a hotel meeting room of at least 800 square feet (more is better)
for a maximum of three hundred dollars per day on a Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. The hotel should have a restaurant and bar, or be within easy
walking distance of restaurants and bars. Usually, the member submitting
the successful proposal also becomes the tournament director that year, but
that is not a requirement. The tournament director, and two other CASLA
members, make up the tournament staff whose principal duties, aside from
securing the location, are making the scenario selections and printing up
the scenario packages.

To date, this tournament has been held in Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa and
Winnipeg. Winnipeg is the default location if no member makes a successful
proposal to bring the tournament to their city.

This year, we are also re-starting our “match-making” service. We will have
a database of Canadian players who have sent their addresses to us. On the
CASLA web site, we will list the cities that have players, and how many,
and invite one to send an email to obtain a list of opponents in their
city. The data collection effort will begin sometime in July. There will be
no fee to be on this player database, nor to attempt to obtain an opponent.

The CASLA membership fee is ten dollars per fiscal year, which runs from
June 1st to May 31st.

Our membership drive deadline is July 1. Immediately following the
membership drive, we will hold our annual virtual meeting by email.
To join the Canadian ASL Association, you have two options to make your
payment:
Use PayPal to make the payment (preferably as a gift to a friend) to “
[email protected]”.

OR

Send a cheque, payable to the Canadian ASL Association, to:

Michael Rodgers
5187 rue Beamish
Pierrefonds, QC
H8Z 3G4

Paid-up Members:

Bill Slunt
C. R. Holmes
Colin Jeschke
Gerry Gallant
Keith Hill
Michael Rodgers
Stuart Cooper
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