[SBU Board] Fwd: MP Awards Question Please

[Tracey Guice]

I don't play very many limited games, but fwiw limited boards and lower mps
were an issue I and some other players had with sectionals during my first
year.

Tracey

On Monday, October 9, 2017, Eric Sieg <easieg at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','pattimcbridge at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
> If we cut the boards to less than 24 we will have a riot.
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: Tim White <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','trkwhite at gmail.com');>
> Sent: ‎10/‎9/‎2017 10:20 AM
> To: Seattle ACBL Unit Board
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> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','trkwhite at gmail.com');>>
> *Subject: **MP Awards Question Please*
> *Date: *October 9, 2017 9:40:14 AM PDT
> *To: *District10Director at acbl.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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