NASPA Joins WESPA - Revision history

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US contact is Mina Le

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Poslfit: New page: On behalf of the Executive Committee, I am happy to announce that NASPA has become a member of WESPA (World English-Language Scrabble Players Association). We have now joined the like...

2009-10-09T02:36:22Z

New page: On behalf of the Executive Committee, I am happy to announce that NASPA has become a member of WESPA (World English-Language Scrabble Players Association). We have now joined the like...

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On behalf of the [[Executive Committee]], I am happy to announce that NASPA has become a member of WESPA (World English-Language Scrabble Players Association). We have now joined the likes of the United Kingdom, Australia, Tel Aviv, Malaysia, and South Africa in pledging our united interest to promote English-language Scrabble as a serious competitive endeavour, and to support English-language Scrabble players throughout the world as the need arises.

The decision to join NASPA was only made after consultation with, and approval by, the [[Steering Committee]] meeting at the [[2009 National SCRABBLE Championship|National SCRABBLE Championship]] in August 2009, and with Hasbro’s approval a few weeks later. All recognized the importance of giving a voice to our North American players when they compete internationally, and to represent North American players' needs on the world stage. The cost for membership is $150 per year.

It is imperative to understand that this is not an endorsement of the Collins word list. I repeat, joining WESPA is not the first step in a not-so-subtle plot to eventually merge our dictionaries. NASPA has no plans, right now or in the foreseeable future, to adopt Collins. Should this become a contentious issue from WESPA’s side of things, NASPA can always choose to revoke its membership.

Any questions regarding this can be addressed to me, your new NASPA spokesperson, or to [[Tony Leah]] or to [[Sam Kantimathi]], who are the points of contact in Canada and the U.S., respectively. Our email addresses can be found at our respective contact pages.

[[Robin Pollock Daniel|Robin Daniel]]

October 8, 2009

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 On behalf of the [[Executive Committee]], I am happy to announce that NASPA has become a member of WESPA (World English-Language Scrabble Players Association).  We have now joined the likes of the United Kingdom, Australia, Tel Aviv, Malaysia, and South Africa in pledging our united interest to promote English-language Scrabble as a serious competitive endeavour, and to support English-language Scrabble players throughout the world as the need arises.
-The decision to join NASPA was only made after consultation with, and approval by, the [[Steering Committee]] meeting at the [[2009 National SCRABBLE Championship|National SCRABBLE Championship]] in August 2009, and with Hasbro&rsquo;s approval a few weeks later.  All recognized the importance of giving a voice to our North American players when they compete internationally, and to represent North American players' needs on the world stage.  The cost for membership is $150 per year.
+The decision to join WESPA was only made after consultation with, and approval by, the [[Steering Committee]] meeting at the [[2009 National SCRABBLE Championship|National SCRABBLE Championship]] in August 2009, and with Hasbro&rsquo;s approval a few weeks later.  All recognized the importance of giving a voice to our North American players when they compete internationally, and to represent North American players' needs on the world stage.  The cost for membership is $150 per year.
 It is imperative to understand that this is not an endorsement of the Collins word list.  I repeat, joining WESPA is not the first step in a not-so-subtle plot to eventually merge our dictionaries.  NASPA has no plans, right now or in the foreseeable future, to adopt Collins.  Should this become a contentious issue from WESPA&rsquo;s side of things, NASPA can always choose to revoke its membership.

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 It is imperative to understand that this is not an endorsement of the Collins word list.  I repeat, joining WESPA is not the first step in a not-so-subtle plot to eventually merge our dictionaries.  NASPA has no plans, right now or in the foreseeable future, to adopt Collins.  Should this become a contentious issue from WESPA&rsquo;s side of things, NASPA can always choose to revoke its membership.
-Any questions regarding this can be addressed to me, your new NASPA spokesperson, or to [[Tony Leah]] or to [[Sam Kantimathi]], who are the points of contact in Canada and the U.S., respectively.  Our email addresses can be found at our respective contact pages.
+Any questions regarding this can be addressed to me, your new NASPA spokesperson, or to [[Tony Leah]] or to [[Mina Le]], who are the points of contact in Canada and the U.S., respectively.  Our email addresses can be found at our respective contact pages.
 [[Robin Pollock Daniel|Robin Daniel]]
 October 8, 2009