[SBU Board] Decision needed: Boards for sectionals

[David Taylor]

Sharon picked up the machine today, and I provided her with the 1 add'l set
of aluminum boards.

Of course she's always willing to go above and beyond, but she would prefer
not to have to deliver boards on Sunday morning.  So Jeff, we should plan
to have you dup the Sunday boards.  I'll let her know.

Thanks,
David


On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Jeff Ford via Sbuboard <
sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Sbuboard mailing list
>>> Sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com
>>> http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/sbuboard
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Sbuboard mailing list
>>> Sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com
>>> http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/sbuboard
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Patti McCallum*
>> *To have a full deck later in life - **Play Bridge*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *ACBL accredited teacherStar teacher award Certified directorHome
>> 206-789-4742 <206-789-4742>Cell 206-910-7075 <206-910-7075>*
>>
>>  _______________________________________________
>> Sbuboard mailing list
>> Sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com
>> http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/sbuboard
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sbuboard mailing list
> Sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com
> http://mailman.celestial.com/mailman/listinfo/sbuboard
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.celestial.com/pipermail/sbuboard/attachments/20150116/f0830d4f/attachment.html>