Sam Orbaum wrote:

 However, I don't encourage everyone (this'll rile some people): if I get a
 feeling a newcomer will be a negative influence on the club, I do NOT
 encourage them (I give them the feeling that the club is not for them,
 rather than vice versa, by pairing them with better players; if I'm "lucky"
 I'll get two undesirables in one session, and turn them both off by pairing
 them against each other!).

Wow. Glad this wasn't my first club. They probably woulda paired me with Louie Muller, David Gibson and Lester Schonburn. US Scrabble would be short about four jerks.

JG (the real Frank R Wallace of Scrabble).

PS On advice of counsel, the original text was altered, removing all instances of the word SAM.

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