[SBU Board] KO Sectional Post Mortem

[William Campbell]

On Jun 1, 2017, at 10:24 AM, Raymond Miller <raysmiller at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am one of the passionate small core group that loves the BAM.  However , as a board member, it is not my job to support an event that is clearly losing interest.  Those attendance figures tell a big story, and I can only see them dropping further after this weekend.  I have talked with many players, some of whom did not attend the event on Monday, specifically because it was board-a-match.  The general consensus I have been hearing, is "we would have played Swiss".  
> 
> So I conclude that this event has run its course.  I can't think of any good reasons to continue it for now.  I will support retiring the event and putting the Swiss back in place.  To quote one member of the unit "A tournament without a 2 session Swiss is unacceptable".  

> As for Fast Pairs, as an alternative for people who don't want to play Swiss, maybe. but can we really support to events? As a replacement for Swiss, I think this would be highly unpopular.  The 2 session Swiss is an event that many expect to see on our schedule.  

This makes sense to me.  My only question is why are there 2 single-session 0-200 Swiss instead of a 2-session event?

I agree that the start times for Saturday and Sunday should have been earlier, perhaps even morning/afternoon rather than afternoon/evening as there are many people who don't like driving after dark.

I don't like leaving out the 0-200 pairs game, folding them into the 0-750.  A stratified 0-200 game gives the newcomer a better chance of getting some Masterpoints, and perhaps not feeling intimidated playing against stronger players.  My wife was very happy to win the 0-5 bracket of an I/N game at the last Atlanta NABC getting a section top trophy.  About 45% of the Unit members are in the 0-200 bracket, 25% in the 200-750, and 30% over 750.  I don't know how this breaks out for members who play in Sectionals now, but I would guess that fewer of the 0-200 players are playing tournaments.  I do know that the Friday morning games at Eastside, the 0-200 section is usually larger then the Open (thanks Alan Tesler :-).

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