Re: Please Explain post allert procedure

It seems some may be confusing what to alert with when to alert.

Some calls are, by their agreed meaning, alertable =97 the alert being a
warning to opponents that they may wish to ask questions about the
meaning. When such calls occur early in the auction (before opener's
second call) the alert is immediate. When such calls occur later in
the auction (at or after opener's second call) *and* they are bids
above 3NT, the alert is to be delayed until the end of the auction*.
Note that delayed alerts apply only to *bids*. Alertable p*****,
doubles and redoubles are always immediate, whatever the state of the
auction.

*for the declaring side, after the final pass and before the opening
lead is chosen; for the defending side, after the opening lead is made
face down, and before the dummy is faced.

In particular, whether a bid is alertable is independent of *when* it
is to be alerted.