vinci [Updated October 2004]  

 2004 WBC Report  

 2005 Status: pending 2005 GM commitment

Jimmy Fleckenstein, VA

2004 Champion

2nd: Mark Pitcavage, OH

3rd: Jim Castonguay, PA

4th: Brandon Bernard, PA

5th: Roderick Lee, CA

6th: Joe Pabis, VA

Event History
2000    Jason Levine     36
2001    John Charbonneau     32
2002    Bob Heinzmann     34
2003    Mark Neale     29
2004    Jimmy Fleckenstein     36


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 Laurels
Rank Name

From

Last
Total
 1. John Charbonneau

NH

01
40
 2. Jason Levine

NY

03
36
 3.  Jimmy Fleckenstein

VA

04
30
 4. Mark Neale

RI

03
30
 5. Bob Heinzmann

FL

02
30
 6. Brandon Bernard

PA

04
27
 7. Keith Layton

NJ

01
24
 8. Joe Pabis

VA

04
21
 9. Brian Carr

VA

02
18
10. Mark Pitcavage

OH

04
18
11. Henry Rice

NM

01
16
12. Jim Castonguay

PA

04
12
13. Gary Carr

VA

03
12
14. Sean Vessey

PA

02
12
15. Frank Cunliffe

PA

01
12
16. Chris McDermott

NY

00
12
17. Bruce Bernard

PA

03
  9
18. Gordon Elgart

CA

02
  9
19. Daniel Karp

MD

00
  9
20. Paul Skrabut

FL

01
  8
21. Roderick Lee

CA

04
  6
22. Paul Murphy

UT

02
  6
23. Roy Gibson

MD

00
  6
24. Frank Schmitt

NJ

01
  4
25. Jason Robar

WA

03
  3
26. Jim Reasoner

OH

02
  3
27. Robert Hooper

NJ

00
  3

Past Winners

Jason Levine - NY
2000

John Charbonneau - NH
2001

Bob Heinzmann - FL
2002

Mark Neale - RI
2003
 


Renaissance in half the time

On Probation

No Report received

The BPA Board of Directors has been forced to make a choice; either enforce the requirements for being a GM which all GMs agree to when they submitted their event form - or repeal the requirements altogether. The Board has chosen the former.

Consequently, this event is now on Probation. The effects of Probation are that the defaulting GM will not be allowed to GM an event in the coming year. In addition, unless someone else steps forward to GM the event by December 31st, 2004, it will be dropped from Century to Continuing Trial status or from Continuing Trial to ineligible. Should the new GM also default in 2005, the penalty will be automatically applied. Obviously, if no new GM applies, the event will not be run.

Events on Probation are not eligible for the annual December Membership vote and therefore cannot improve their status by that route.

The Board would like to thank this GM for his past service to WBC and the hobby and extend our hope that he will once again favor us with his presence at WBC as a fellow player - and perhaps, at some future date, a GM.

We apologize if this action comes at a time in life when it seems trivial and hope it is not considered a reprimand. Everyone must prioritize what they do with their time and we are in no position to judge what others should do with theirs. However, we do have an obligation as an organization to uphold the standards we have set as the goals for the BPA. Hundreds of people travel great distances to take part in WBC and we owe them our commitment to fulfill our promises as best we may. Many members look forward to the event reports and it is unfair to them to keep them waiting any longer. It is also unfair to those who don't necessarily read the reports but do value the presence of those additional gamers who those reports might attract ... a feature unique to WBC which exemplifies the extra mile taken by our GMs as a whole.

WBC is all about volunteers working together to improve the boardgaming hobby. By running an event , a GM does far more than the average attendee and should be congratulated. Alas, life is seldom fair and listening to the complaints of those who have not made similar sacrifices can be galling to say the least. But WBC GMs have always been a notch above what passes for GMs at other conventions and it is that dedication which we hope to preserve by enforcing our standards. The litmus test for whether an event belongs at WBC has always been having a GM willing to make the necessary sacrifice. Should no other GM step forward to embrace those standards, then the event simply does not deserve to be run.

This event will be listed on the new Orphans List as being on Probation. A commitment from a GM by December 31st 2004 willing to honor the commitments set forth by the GM Guidelines in 2005 will keep this event in the Century. Otherwise, it will be reduced to Continuing Trial status.

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