[SBU Board] Fall NLM Proposal

[Eric Sieg]

Thumbs up from me, thanks for the great summary

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 7:38 PM, Larry Holdren <larryholdren at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Yes, good plan.  (Good review of the situation and statement of the
> proposal.)
>
> Larry
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On May 12, 2017, at 11:03 AM, John <judgejohn at msn.com> wrote:
> >
> > Sounds like the right decision.
> > Congratulations to Tim and the committee for their thorough and prompt
> efforts to research and reach a recommendation to the rest of us.
> > I support a definite and final decision to go ahead as recommended.
> >
> > John W.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sbuboard [mailto:sbuboard-bounces+judgejohn=msn.com at mailman.
> celestial.com] On Behalf Of Tim White
> > Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 10:40 AM
> > To: Seattle ACBL Unit Board <sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com>
> > Subject: [SBU Board] Fall NLM Proposal
> >
> > The board's Tournament Sites Committee --  Larry, Patti, David, Ann and
> Tim -- has been giving priority to nailing down the plan for the 2017 fall
> NLM sectional.  Rather than delaying to our June 25 board meeting, we would
> like to now bring forward to the full board our proposal for this event.
> >
> > Over recent months we explored and considered various sites (old and
> new) for this tournament.  And, with D19 plans for the 2017 Whistler
> regional and 2017 NAP Finals recently firming up, we were able to focus in
> on dates for the NLM.  Another element in our consideration was the
> experience of the NLM sectional at SBC this past weekend.  The post mortem
> of this event assessed it as quite successful (not least due to excellent
> attendance), but with a couple issues to address going forward -- marking
> of some parking areas that are shared with adjacent businesses and seeking
> accommodation of a few additional tables' capacity.  Means to resolve these
> issues have been identified.   We also sought and received Nick's view.  He
> was quite positive, but noted he received some negative feedback about
> cancellation of the SBC Saturday open pairs game and he would prefer the
> NLM not be held on a weekend adjacent to his first Friday evening of the
> month Swiss game (as it was in this case
>  ).
> >   Nick is willing to host again in the fall.
> >
> > Our Committee judged candidate sites for the fall NLM using established
> suitability, availability and affordability criteria.  We found SBC to be
> the clear choice for the fall NLM.  It worked very well this past weekend,
> is available, and offers substantially lower cost than the alternatives.
> We narrowed candidate dates to one weekend each in September, October and
> November.  Patti selected October 14 & 15 based on her view of what would
> work best for players.  Matt has confirmed he will support sanctioning of
> the NLM on these dates.
> >
> > While we plan to continue to explore means to realize the goal of
> alternating NLMs between sites in north and south areas of the unit, there
> is not presently a viable southerly site.  In the interim and beyond, SBC
> appears to be an ideal site.  We would like to think in terms of
> establishing a partnership with SBC for future NLMs.
> >
> > This time we paid Nick $750 in rent and $60 for use of dealing machine
> for pre-dupe'ing boards.  Given that (1) alternative sites would cost the
> unit several-to-many hundreds of dollars more and entail a more strenuous
> set up and tear down effort, (2) Nick is leaning forward to the unit's
> benefit in sacrificing SBC's Saturday open pairs game (something EBC has
> not been willing to do), and (3) establishing a partnership with SBC for
> future NLMs would be of substantial value to the Unit, the Committee seeks
> the board's authorization to propose to Nick a rate of $1000 for hosting
> the fall NLM on Oct 14 &15.  The proposed arrangement would include the
> facility, SBC pre-dupe'ing the boards, furnishing additional equipment
> necessary to accommodate 32 sets of tables & chairs, and consumable
> supplies -- entry forms, convention cards, score sheets, pencils, etc.  It
> would not include hospitality.
> >
> > Please advise no later than this Tuesday, May 16, if you are NOT OK with
> this plan, as the Committee would like to proceed with Nick, thereby
> enabling sanctioning and marketing of the fall NLM.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tim
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