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      Permanent Members:  DaveTheRook (chair), bmw2002. chesskix, Kingofknights, rgadoury, BosqueVerde (Emeritus)
      General Members: fledermaus, Invicta-knight, tsia68, VictorRed

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     bmw2002 (chair), chesskix, DaveTheRook, fledermaus, rgadoury, tsia68

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Item 1.  T61 Tournament Parameters -  Approved

Item 2.  Add example of single times three hours apart - Approved

Item 3.  T61 Playoff seedings

Item 1. T61 tournament parameters

T61 May 27 to August 12, 2014

Time Control: 45 45
Sections: 6 (U1200, U1400, U1600, U1800, U2000, U2200)
Rounds: 6 - (possibly 7) followed by Playoffs

Apr. 29, 2014 Ratings “fixed” and Profiles Open
May 6 Team entries open
May 20 Team entries close
May 27 Round 1 starts
Aug. 12 End of Playoff 4

Count of team RR reductions (if any) precedes board removal tiebreak.
Tiebreak board removal rules start with board 1 this tournament

Playoff rounds may be delayed, section by section, for late finishing games and outstanding appeals.

No Adjournment week during playoffs.

Note.—Per Administrative Rule 13, all Tuesday (and Sunday) deadlines are 17:00 ICC time.

Playing dates: See T61 schedule

Note. -- Proposal to drop or modify Mountain section has been tabled for futher review.

Item 2.  Add example of single times three hours apart.

Under our editorial revision policy, unless an SC member wishes to bring it up for further debate, this change will be incorporated into the Statutes in one week.

A player/TD has suggested it would be helpful to include examples of single offers three hours apart to the statute defining a range of time, for clarity of intent. Rules Subcommitee agrees. The following changes are proposed to statute and player handbook (additions in red)

Section 10.C.i.(b) A range of times equal to or greater than 3 hours is counted as two offers (e.g. 07:00 - 10:00, or 07:00, 10:00).

Player Handbook, 4.C, end of first bullet ...A range of times of three hours or more (eg. 0300-0600, or 0300, 0600) counts as two offers.

No comments - Approved 12 July 2014

Item 3. T61 Playoff seedings