All cash awards limitations at club games were rescinded. The ACBL will implement a cooperative marketing program meant to help initiate and retain membership. Units will be required to perform certain tasks to receive their Unit rebate, and will have a chance to increase their rebates based on the future change in their membership. In addition our Units may easily qualify for added rebates based on their membership retention record. Charity events and events limited to players with less than 20 mps are exempt.
Eligible media are radio, TV, newspapers, magazines, direct mail, and flyers.
Advertisements must meet certain specifications. The WBF is making a major effort to make bridge part of the Winter Olympic Games. The International Olympics Committee held an Olympic Grand Prix bridge tournament at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, this September. The event was a great success, with the US team taking the bronze medal. There appears to be major support from the IOC to include bridge into the Winter Olympics as early as 2006, after being a demonstration sport at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002.