THE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE PRESS ASSOCIATION Editor: John Carruthers This Bulletin is published monthly and circulated to members of the International Bridge Press Association, comprising the world’s leading journalists, authors and editors of news, books and articles about contract bridge, with an estimated readership of some BULLETIN 200 million people who enjoy the most widely-played of all card games. www.ibpa.com Bulletin No. 638 March 10, 2018 President Message from the IBPA President Barry Rigal (USA) +1 212 366 4799 I have delayed writing about my plans for the future because I did not want
[email protected] to give you half a story. I cannot yet give you a complete picture, but I can Chairman brief you about where we are heading. Per Jannersten (Sweden) We hope to retain our current membership going forward, at the same time
[email protected] as we try to broaden IBPA’s appeal to countries where English is not the Executive Vice-President first language. This applies especially to Eastern Europe and to Asia. As a step David Stern (Australia) in that direction we plan to make the presentation of our Bidding, Play and
[email protected] Defence awards at the Hainan Bridge Festival in China, around November 1, 2018. Organizational Vice-President & The details remain to be hammered out, but this is the general direction of Bulletin Production where we are heading. Hopefully we will get more publicity for our awards Manager at the same time as we improve our balance sheet and ensure the Dilip Gidwani (India) organization’s future.