[SBU Board] July Start Times

[Patti McCallum]

We need to look at recent tournaments and see what how much the table count
drops for the Friday evening event.  Who played in the evening but not
day.  Also who played in the day event and did not stay because it would be
too late.

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Ann Romeo <annromeo at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Susan Cothern <4susancothern at gmail.com>
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>> Just heard back from Bev at the Union Hall; set-up can commence any time
>> after 7:00 AM on Fridays.
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>> Susan
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>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 12:21 PM, David Taylor <davidtay at live.com> wrote:
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>>> I'm in accord with John in not having a strong opinion and in
>>> emphasizing the importance of highlighting the times in as many ways as we
>>> can through the flyer, the SUN, announcements, etc.
>>>
>>> My preference would be to test the waters by changing the Sat start
>>> times and keeping Friday close to what we currently have.  I guess that's
>>> option 3.
>>>
>>> David
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>>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Susan Cothern <4susancothern at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> I like 1 & 6:30 on Friday.  I am waiting to hear back from the Union
>>>> Hall about the earliest we can set up on Friday.
>>>>
>>>> Susan
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>>>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Jeff Ford <jeffford at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> At the last meeting we said that we could avoid meeting in April so
>>>>> long as we resolved the start times for our July tournament over email with
>>>>> the sentiment that we would do morning/afternoon for at least part of the
>>>>> tournament.
>>>>>
>>>>> The 10:30 / 4:00 Saturday times worked well at the I/N tournament, and
>>>>> I propose we use the same times in July. I think this is the least
>>>>> controversial part of the discussion.
>>>>>
>>>>> What to do on Friday is more interesting. The first question is how
>>>>> early we can get in the building for setup (and how early people are
>>>>> willing to arrive for setup). Susan, do you know what is the earliest we
>>>>> can be in the building?
>>>>>
>>>>> The second question, assuming we don't have building constraints is
>>>>> when to play on Friday. I think there are three main options:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Play at 10:30 & 4:00, just like Saturday.
>>>>> 2. Play at noon and 5:30 or 6:00.
>>>>> 3. Play at 1:00 and 6:30 or 1:30 and 7:00.
>>>>>
>>>>> Option 1 has the disadvantages of early setup and no evening session
>>>>> for working people, and the advantages of being consistent (10:30 every
>>>>> day) and finishing plenty early for the early Saturday start. Option 2 has
>>>>> the advantage of setting up a little bit later, and potentially allowing
>>>>> working people to play the second session, but the disadvantage of a meal
>>>>> at 4:00. Option 3 has the disadvantage of playing late then starting early,
>>>>> but the advantage of having an available session for working people. (Is
>>>>> this important with the tournament in Bothell? I'm not sure how many
>>>>> Seattle people would come over anyway.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Please reply with your preference among the Friday options as well as
>>>>> anything else you want to add to the discussion.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>
>>>>>
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