[SBU Board] Start times in October

[Jen Chalfan]

I'm with Jeff on this one - let's get some data on our July Saturday start
times before we schedule the fall tournament with an early Saturday start
time.

I'm against moving the Sunday start time earlier. Doing so would get us out
a little earlier, but I don't think the slightly earlier end would be that
important to our players. Moving the time up makes it hard on people who
are driving or taking a ferry over, and have a long trip to get here before
game time.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 10:06 PM, Patti McCallum <pattimcbridge at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think the earlier start time would appeal to many older players.
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Jeff Ford <jeffford at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Remember we are already trying an early start time on Saturday in July.
>> Seems to me like we should get data on how well that works before
>> scheduling a second early Saturday.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> Sent from my phone - please excuse brevity and typos.
>>
>> On Jun 11, 2015, at 5:28 PM, Ann Stephens <annstephens53 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I think the earlier start times such as 10:30 & 4 might bring out some of
>> the older players that just don’t like being out in the evening.
>>
>> Ann
>> On Jun 11, 2015, at 4:42 PM, Google <4susancothern at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I like the idea of trying earlier start times on both Saturday and
>> Sundays, especially Sunday.
>>
>> Susan
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jun 11, 2015, at 11:21 AM, Tim White <trkwhite at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I don't have particularly strong feelings about this -- I'm inclined to
>> see what the data might suggest.  I checked last 4 years of fall sectional
>> attendance (attached) and found that for both Fri and Sat there tends to be
>> a substantial drop off from the afternoon to the evening sessions.  There
>> might well be the possibility of higher attendance those evenings if there
>> were a shorter break between sessions.  At the same time, simply maximizing
>> total attendance might not be our clear objective in all instances,
>> especially for Friday evening where working folks find it difficult to
>> arrive much earlier in the evening.  I'm not opposed to the 1 and 6:45
>> suggestion for Friday.
>>
>> It gets dark earlier in the fall and if folks could at least drive to the
>> venue in daylight for the evening session, it might help attendance.  So,
>> if 12 and 5:30 are somewhat unappealing for some, we could take a choice
>> between 10:30 & 4:00 and 1 & 6:30.  10:30 & 4 could allow some kind of
>> evening activity.  Again, I have no strong feelings either way.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> <FallSectAttendance2011thru2014.xlsx>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 11, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Jeff Ford <jeffford at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> One thing not resolved at our last meeting that we need to finalize
>> before the July tournament so we have flyers is the start times for our
>> fall tournament. I asked Matt what he thought and forwarded his response
>> below.
>>
>> Thoughts? I don't have strong feelings about Friday, but I think it's a
>> bad idea to start at noon on Saturday. It's too hard to get dinner when the
>> break starts at 3:45, and it's not like you're finishing enough earlier
>> that night to have an evening activity. I liked the 1 & 6:30 of Kent for
>> that.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: Matt K. <koltwnk at yahoo.ca>
>> Date: Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: Start times in October
>> To: Jeff Ford <jeffford at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Hard to say. I think the thing which is most unpopular is Friday 7:30.
>>
>> So how about 1 & 6:45 Friday? Saturday is a two-session event, although
>> qualification takes a little bit of processing labour. At the same time,
>> we're getting better at it. Does 12 & 5:30 serve us well?
>>
>> I think the 10:30 start on Sunday works; I don't hear people clamouring
>> for 10.
>>
>> I am convinced (on little evidence, I admit) that we gained (lost less)
>> attendance from that shorter break in Kent.
>>
>> MK
>>  ------------------------------
>>  *From:* Jeff Ford <jeffford at gmail.com>
>> *To:* "Matt K. (koltwnk at yahoo.ca)" <koltwnk at yahoo.ca>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 10, 2015 12:25 PM
>> *Subject:* Start times in October
>>
>> Any thoughts on start times in October? We will be in Bothell, so not
>> quite the convenient food Kent had, but there was positive response from
>> pulling them in a little bit.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
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