[SBU Board] Fall Sectional Considerations -- Comments Sought

[Patti McCallum]

I am going to be out of the country for the January meeting.  I will try to
be available via phone.  I am concerned about changes to the NLM
tournaments.  I know many are angry with NSC for the mistakes and rent
increase but perhaps we need to reconsider.  In checking with other
colleges, NSC has been much more reasonable.  Perhaps they are moving their
rates to be more inline with the others and are still much more affordable
than Bellevue and Highline.  I really don't like moving everything to
Bothell even tho the price is very attractive.  I think we need to be more
in touch with the newbies.  I would suggest sending a personal, colorful
"congratulations"  email with any rank advancement along with a NLM
tournament reminder.  They are very pleased with a little recognition. I
would be willing to send emails if someone would make up something special
for me to send to various ranks.

On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Tim White <trkwhite at gmail.com> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Looking forward to seeing everyone at the unit holiday party next week at
> Kim and Matt's.
>
> Our next board meeting is January 9.  As some board members are unable to
> make that meeting, I'd like to open email communication here to enable all
> (including those who can't make the meeting) to weigh in on a January
> agenda item -- plans for upcoming fall sectionals.
>
> Attendance at the Kent sectional in September was much lower than any of
> our other tournaments in recent years.  Two primary contributors to this
> were the September date and inadequate/ineffective promotion with and by
> clubs and players in the south county and further southward.  Among other
> things, we should consider remedies for these two issues.
>
> Traditionally, we held our fall sectional in proximity to Halloween.  In
> 2016 we moved it up to mid-September because that was the only fall date on
> which Kent Commons was available.  Our current plan for 2017 is to hold the
> fall sectional at Kent September 15-17.  Our Tournament Sites Committee has
> been exploring the possibility of alternative 2017 fall sectional dates
> closer to our traditional October dates.  Kent Commons is not available in
> October 2017, however both Bothell and Vasa Park are available the weekend
> of October 27-29, 2017.  (For reference, we are holding our February and
> May 2017 open sectionals at Bothell and our July 2017 open sectional at
> Forest Ridge.)  Ann reports that Vasa Park is planning renovations that
> might address some of the issues with that site -- especially if there are
> lighting and restroom improvements.  Perhaps Susie and Walt will soon have
> more specific information on the nature and schedule of improvements at
> Vasa Park.  We currently hav
>  e a fall NLM sectional planned Oct 28-29, 2017 that would need to be
> re-scheduled if we were to move the open sectional to that weekend; there
> are alternative weekends on which the 2017 fall NLM sectional could be
> scheduled.  2017 fall open and NLM sectional dates are presently visible to
> players via the yellow 2017 Sectionals save the dates flyer and the unit
> website, so if there is any rescheduling of these tournaments it would be
> best done in the near term to enable adjustment of promotional aids soon so
> as to reduce potential confusion.
>
> Ahead of the May 2015 sectional at Kent (the first south end sited
> sectional in several years), there was substantial promotion with and by
> clubs in the south end and beyond.  There was less of this in 2016.  Ahead
> of our next tournament at Kent we should consider how we might improve
> promotion with clubs and players in the southerly areas.  If the board were
> to decide to take a break from Kent in 2017, there is the possibility of
> returning to Kent in fall 2018 as the facility is available October 12-14,
> 2018.
>
> Your comments, thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
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