[SBU Board] Unit 446 Sectional Tournament Sanctions through 2016

[John Weinberg]

Maybe I should invite Susan to accompany me, or me and Ann, on the hot 
summer day visits to MIHS and to Forest Ridge.

JLW

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tim White
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2015 9:28 AM
To: Seattle ACBL Unit Board
Subject: Re: [SBU Board] Unit 446 Sectional Tournament Sanctions through 
2016

Thanks folks for the responses thus far.

In his response noting that IN sectional sanctions do not count against the 
allotment, Matt raised an intriguing idea -- the possibility of an IN 
regional, which unlike the past can now offer 5% gold for some events.  This 
would require district approval.  I would like to ask that this topic please 
be included on the agenda of an upcoming Unit board meeting so we could 
initiate discussion of the idea.

Re Susan's comments -- the committee is sensitive to the issue of summer 
heat.  During last night's meeting we again visited the very difficult 
situation at Shoreline a few years ago when a number of people became ill 
and/or went home because of the heat.  Our proposed use of Forest Ridge's 
gym and MIHS Upper Commons is conditioned upon a site visit this coming 
summer during a period of high heat.  John W has agreed to take this field 
trip on to gauge the temperatures, and consideration will also be given to 
the added effect of the presence of people in numbers typical of a sectional 
session.  If the board were to rule out all non-A/C'ed venues for summer 
sectionals, that would effectively eliminate most if not all schools from 
consideration for any full (3-day) sectional.  The committee feels the 
proposed use of Forest Ridge and MIHS should be approved by the board, so 
long as the results of the field trip indicate the temperatures would be OK. 
I think we now need the full
board to rule on whether we are going to adopt of policy of no summer 
sectionals in non-A/C'ed venues; the committee would greatly appreciate a 
ruling on this soon.  A possibility, if the board is so inclined, would be 
to seek to hire a professional engineering consultant to evaluate the 
thermal properties and conditions at each school and to calculate estimated 
peak temperatures during a session on a hot summer day following a soak-out 
period of several days.

Any additional comments would also be welcome.

Thanks,
Tim

On Apr 9, 2015, at 8:01 AM, Jeff Ford <jeffford at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is no fixed limit on the number of sectionals. We are only limited 
> by dates of other unit's sectionals.
>
> Jeff
>
> Sent from my phone - please excuse brevity and typos.
>
>> On Apr 9, 2015, at 6:36 AM, Susan Cothern <4susancothern at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I think the summer sectional should be held at a venue with air 
>> conditioning; please confirm both the suggested sites have A/C. If they 
>> do not I don't think we should use either of them.
>>
>> The Bothell Union Hall does not start scheduling 2016 dates until after 
>> 1/1/2016 so I cannot confirm availability at this time.
>>
>> Susan
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Apr 8, 2015, at 10:00 PM, Tim White <trkwhite at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Matt and fellow board members,
>>>
>>> The Unit 446 Tournament Sites Committee (David Taylor, Ann Romeo, John 
>>> Weinberg, Patti McCallum, Tim White) met this evening.  We discussed 
>>> candidate dates & venues and formulated the proposed plan below for 2016 
>>> sectionals.  We wish to hereby present this plan to the full unit board 
>>> and, without objection, David will coordinate with Matt to acquire 
>>> sanctions for these tournaments.  UNIT BOARD MEMBERS:  PLEASE ADVISE OF 
>>> ANY CONCERNS WITH THIS PLAN.
>>>
>>> Winter sectional:  February 26-28, 2016 North Seattle College (Old 
>>> Cafeteria) baseline; Vasa Park backup.
>>>
>>> NLM sectional:  April 16-17, 2016 North Seattle College (CC1161) 
>>> baseline; Forest Ridge backup.
>>>
>>> Spring sectional:  May 27-30, 2016 Kent Commons baseline; Bothell Union 
>>> Hall backup.  (Note: following the upcoming Spring KO Sectional, the 
>>> committee plans to assess the viability of Kent as a future tournament 
>>> site.)
>>>
>>> Summer sectional:  July 8-10, 2016 Forest Ridge Academy baseline; Mercer 
>>> Island High School (Upper Commons) backup.
>>>
>>> Fall sectional:  October 14-16, 2016 Bothell Union Hall baseline; no 
>>> backup.
>>>
>>> The NLM sectional tournament last month was a big success.  The 
>>> committee believes a similar event in the fall of 2015 would also 
>>> attract an excellent turnout and help address the needs of this segment 
>>> of our membership.  We hereby propose to the full Unit Board that a NLM 
>>> sectional be held at North Seattle College (CC1161) on November 14-15, 
>>> 2015.  JEFF:  PLEASE ADVISE IF WE ARE CONSTRAINED FROM THIS PROPOSED 6th 
>>> TOURNAMENT (2nd NLM SECTIONAL) DURING 2015 BY ANY LIMITATION ON THE 
>>> TOTAL # OF SANCTIONS AVAILABLE FOR SECTIONALS WITHIN A CALENDAR YEAR. 
>>> If there is no such constraint, and without objection from fellow board 
>>> members, David will coordinate with Matt to acquire a sanction for this 
>>> proposed tournament.  (Note:  at a later date the committee plans to 
>>> address a NLM sectional for fall 2016).
>>>
>>> OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIONS:
>>>
>>> PATTi:  Confirm availability of North Seattle College facilities for the 
>>> selected dates (Feb and Apr 2016; Nov 2015).
>>> ANN R:  Confirm availability of Vasa Park as a backup for the selected 
>>> dates (Feb 2016).
>>> TIM:  Confirm availability of Kent Commons facility for the selected 
>>> dates (May 2016).
>>> KIM:  Confirm availability of Forest Ridge for the selected dates 
>>> (baseline and backup) (Apr and Jul 2016).
>>> SUSAN:  Confirm availability of Bothell Union Hall for the selected 
>>> dates (baseline and backup) (May and Oct 2016).
>>> JOHN W:  Confirm availability of MIHS Upper Commons as a backup for the 
>>> selected dates (Jul 2016).
>>>
>>> ANN R (a) & JOHN W (b):  (a) Confirm with Kim that there is no A/C in 
>>> Forest Ridge gym & (b) arrange a site visit during a hot summer spell 
>>> during 2015 to assess temperature within the facility.   (A similar site 
>>> visit is planned for Mercer Island High School Upper Commons.)
>>>
>>> Thanks go to all committee members for their time and effort in studying 
>>> and visiting prospective venues and working cooperatively to develop 
>>> dates & venues for the proposed plan.
>>>
>>> Tim White
>>> Chair, Tournament Sites Committee
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