[SBU Board] Round Robin Party Update

[Ann Romeo]

This event is really one of the best things we do--the vibe and feedback
are so positive.
Thanks to Jeff for all his work to make it right.  And to Kim and the
clean-up crew--I had to run to another game to set up.  ​I think your idea
is excellent.

See all who are able to show tonight at Starbucks on E Madison.

romeo

Ann Romeo
Personal email: annromeo at gmail.com
Local home: 425-392-8417
Work email: Ann.Romeo at ORCInternational.com
Work direct dial: 212-463-6331
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On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Eng, Kim <Keng at forestridge.org> wrote:

> Hi All,
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> Here is the RR party update as promised.
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> The party went really well. We had 40 participants, 20 from bracket 1 and
> 20 from bracket 2, making an even 10 teams. We constructed teams by having
> a random draw making sure we had 2 members from each bracket on every team
> and also making sure that no team had people from their own RR team on it.
> Everyone played one round with each of their team members.
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> I had many people tell me that they loved this event. It is really fun for
> people to get to play with people they don’t normally get to play with, and
> specifically, I know a lot of the inexperienced players loved the
> opportunity to play with more experienced players.
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> *Thank you’s*
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> -Ann Romeo for her incredible hospitality. It really made for a fun party
> atmosphere. Please never retire from this job.
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> -Jeff Ford for volunteering and directing this game. It took a lot of
> planning as we had to collect RSVP’s, make “even” teams, make 5 sets of
> boards, and clean up the club when it was over. He also showed up an hour
> early to figure out how to do swiss team scoring on the bridemates which
> made the event run particularly smoothly and in a timely manner.
>
> -Kevin Bolan, Aaron Mohrman and Jeff for staying after and helping me
> clean up. We all knew that Ann had to leave for the UW game as she made
> that very clear. I thought all board members were going to help clean up. I
> was the only board member left at the end but the 3 above stayed after
> while we cleaned up and did all of the dishes and got rid of the trash.
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> -EBC for opening up their club for us.
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> -John W. and Susan C for showing up just in case we needed them as fill
> ins. It turned out we didn’t, but it was so nice to know that they were
> there as some folks didn’t trickle in until actual game time.
>
> -John W. for printing off self-addressed envelopes so the RR captains can
> send the entry fees to him (instead of me collecting the money and losing
> it…). Yay!
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> *Final Thoughts:*
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> 1.      This is a fantastic event that everybody seemed to really enjoy.
> Even though I am off the board next year, I hope the board will continue to
> host this party.
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> 2.      We had 9 teams sign up yesterday for the 2016 Round Robin. The
> deadline is March 1st so please keep spreading the word!
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> 3.      I would like to suggest that we give Jeff free plays at our next
> tournament as a thank you for all of his hard work. If we had to hire a
> director, it would have cost us more than $100. He went above and beyond to
> make this a special event for everyone and he isn’t even on the board. I
> don’t know if you realize how much Jeff does for the board behind the
> scenes but I am guessing everyone will find out soon enough now that he
> isn’t on the board anymore. This would be a small token of our appreciation
> and I think it would be a nice gesture.
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> 4.      In that same vein, I think it would be nice to offer a one
> session free play to Kevin and Aaron for helping me clean up the mess
> afterwards. It really wasn’t pretty.
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> *This would be a total of $80 which is still less than it would have cost
> us to hire a director and we would still need to have stayed and cleaned up
> the mess.
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> Again, I apologize that I have a conflict with tonight’s meeting. If you
> have any questions about competitions, shoot me an email and I will be
> happy to fill you in.
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> Thanks,
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> Kim
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