[SBU Board] Fall Sectional Considerations -- Comments Sought

[Ann Romeo]

and hey, you can ALWAYS express your opinion!!!! very valuable.​

Ann Romeo
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On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Eng, Kim <Keng at forestridge.org> wrote:

> I guess I have 13 more days to voice my opinions on the board and then I
> am out of here! :)
>
> Tim, I think you are mistaken to think there are 2 primary contributors to
> our low fall sectional attendance when you haven't mentioned the elephant
> in the room. As much as we want to accommodate our south end folks, there
> are a lot of seattle/eastside/north unit members who do not like driving to
> Kent and won't do it for a tournament. I don't think it would be
> unreasonable to possibly go there every 2-3 years instead of every year.
>
> Now, let's talk about the holiday party! Only 4 of you have signed into my
> poll to tell me what you are contributing: Patti, DT, Tim and Larry- thank
> you! Could the rest of you please sign in and let me know so I can shop
> accordingly this weekend? Ann has given me a budget and I would like to be
> able to fill in the gaps of what is needed.
>
> Thanks!
> Kim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sbuboard [mailto:sbuboard-bounces+keng=forestridge.org at mailman.
> celestial.com] On Behalf Of Tim White
> Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 9:27 AM
> To: Seattle ACBL Unit Board <sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com>
> Subject: [SBU Board] Fall Sectional Considerations -- Comments Sought
>
> 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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