[SBU Board] Decision needed: Boards for sectionals

[David Taylor]

Resending using correct email address...

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 1:37 PM, David Taylor <david at tourntables.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Sharon has confirmed that she's willing to duplicate boards for us for our
> sectionals once again this year.  She needs additional sets to facilitate
> the process, at least 4 so that she doesn't need to come in early on
> Sunday, and preferably 10 to make all sets in advance (although she doesn't
> mind making boards Friday evening).
>
> I can coble together one additional set of aluminum boards with a bit of a
> mix of colors.  Ann has one or more aluminum sets that she'd be willing to
> loan us.  Others may also be willing to loan us their boards.  We would
> need to arrange to get them to me by Monday.
>
> One option is to rent sets of plastic boards from TournTables.  Because of
> wear and tear on the boards and cards (particularly the boards, which are
> annoyingly fragile), I would need to charge $15 per set per tournament.  I
> find that plastic boards are about twice as quick to make as aluminum,
> making Sharon's job easier than having all aluminum.
>
> We could also purchase additional sets of boards.  Options are:
>
>    - I would charge $220 for plastic boards, plastic cards and a nice
>    case.
>    - BaronBarclay has a special at $179 plus shipping.  (FWIW, I'm not
>    fond of their cards or their case.)
>    - BridgeBuddy charges $271 plus shipping, but that includes an extra
>    dozen sets of cards since they sell their cards in sets of 16.
>
> I obviously have a bias, and I don't want to overly influence the
> decision.  Jeff, do you want to make the final call on this?
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
>
>
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