[SBU Board] Fwd: MP Awards Question Please

[Eric Sieg]

Can discuss more tonight, but I don't think scheduling such that people 
can't play afternoon and evening if they want to was part of the vote. 
In fact, I seem to remember that being a specific concern of Ray's and 
why we weren't going to do a 3:30 afternoon leading into a 7 PM evening.

FWIW I did some research on start times and board. Atlanta has the 
tightest start times of 10 and 2 and runs 24 boards. Other sectionals w/ 
4.5 hour gaps seem to be fine running 27 boards. Something to discuss 
tonight might be 10:30, 3, and 7:30 vs 10, 2:30 and 7 giving a 
consistent 4.5 hour gap in between each. Given the fast pairs aspect, 
7:30 might still be fine. Another thing to balance: set up being very 
early if we start at 10 vs people who don't want to drive at night 
getting out at 6 vs 6:30.

Eric

Tim White wrote:
> When the board voted at our last meeting to do three sessions 
> Friday, I believe it understood there would be a very challenging line 
> to walk to accommodate setup, traffic, breaks between sessions, 
> director coverage and other constraints.  There might even have been 
> an assumption on some folks' part that no one (or very few) who plays 
> the afternoon session would also play the evening session.
>
> We will be making compromises this evening.  In doing so, I'd like us 
> to do our best to minimize the number of unintended consequences.
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> On Oct 9, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Patti <pattimcbridge at gmail.com 
> <mailto:pattimcbridge at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> If we cut the boards to less than 24 we will have a riot.
>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> From: Tim White <mailto:trkwhite at gmail.com>
>> Sent: ‎10/‎9/‎2017 10:20 AM
>> To: Seattle ACBL Unit Board <mailto:sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com>
>> Subject: [SBU Board] Fwd: MP Awards Question Please
>>
>> As we wrestle with start times for the three sessions of the Friday 
>> of the Sweetheart sectional, Matt has pointed out that we might need 
>> to limit the number of boards played in some events, especially for 
>> limited events where the pace of play can be slower.  We should try 
>> to understand whether MP award reductions might kick in if our events 
>> do not meet a specified minimum number of boards played.  The ACBL 
>> Masterpoint Awards regs, link below, specifies 18 boards minimum for 
>> certain types of clubs games, but appears to be silent on minimum 
>> awards for sectional or other tournament events.  I have an email 
>> request in to Russ Jones, D10 Director and I believe a member of the 
>> ACBL Masterpoint Committee, on this question, see below.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> http://web2.acbl.org/codification/MPBOOK.pdf
>>
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> *From: *Tim White <trkwhite at gmail.com <mailto:trkwhite at gmail.com>>
>>> *Subject: **MP Awards Question Please*
>>> *Date: *October 9, 2017 9:40:14 AM PDT
>>> *To: *District10Director at acbl.org <mailto:District10Director at acbl.org>
>>>
>>> Hi Russ,
>>>
>>> (I would normally ask this question of Matt Koltnow, but he is 
>>> wrapping up the Seaside, OR regional and I need an answer quickly.) 
>>>  I'm U446 (Seattle) President.  We have our monthly board meeting 
>>> this evening and must finalize session times for our Feb sectional 
>>> so we can get flyers completed and printed to put out at our Oct 
>>> sectional.  I understand you are the expert on MP awards provisions.
>>>
>>> In our Feb sectional, for the first time we will be having 3 
>>> sessions on Fri.  Allowing for set up time Fri AM, and breaks 
>>> between sessions, this puts the squeeze on session start times.  It 
>>> might be that some sessions (and particularly limited-MP events) 
>>> might have to be limited to 24 or fewer boards to fit it all in.  Is 
>>> there a minimum number of boards required in open and/or limited-MP 
>>> events of sectionals in order to avoid a reduction in MP awards?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tim White
>>> Seattle U446
>>> cell:  206-979-9041
>>
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