[SBU Board] Unit 446 Sectional Tournament Sanctions through 2016

Thu Apr 9 13:04:18 PDT 2015

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Ann Romeo
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On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 3:44 PM, John Weinberg <judgejohn at msn.com> wrote:

> 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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