[SBU Board] KO Sectional Post Mortem

[Eric Sieg]

That reminds me of one of Jenni's points: we don't generally want to have a
2nd 0-200 single session swiss since it never makes. The suggestion was to
just have one and fold people who want to play 2 sessions into the main
swiss to begin with.

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 11:05 AM, William Campbell <jwccsllc at me.com> wrote:

>
> 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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