[SBU Board] Decision needed: Boards for sectionals

[Jeff Ford]

I agree with the other comments that we should try to get by on what we
have for now, at least until our financial situation stabilizes.

I have sometimes helped with the board making when we need to use some sets
Friday and then reuse them later in the weekend, and I am happy to continue
to do so at the February tournament.

Jeff


On Wed Jan 14 2015 at 4:36:01 PM Patti McCallum via Sbuboard <
sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com> wrote:

> I would like to see if we can come up with enough boards to get through
> this tournament.  I often see sets on Craig's list etc.  Is it financially
> responsible to buy new plastic boards that are so very fragile?  SBC would
> usually have extra boards to loan.
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 4:22 PM, John Weinberg via Sbuboard <
> sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com> wrote:
>
>>   I have a set of 32 aluminum boards, with cards and a case, which I
>> would be willing to lend for this tournament.
>> They are in near-mint condition.
>>
>> John W.
>>
>>  *From:* David Taylor via Sbuboard <sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 14, 2015 2:53 PM
>> *To:* Seattle ACBL Unit Board <sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com> ; Ann
>> Romeo <annromeo at gmail.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [SBU Board] Decision needed: Boards for sectionals
>>
>>  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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