[SBU Board] Fwd: MP Awards Question Please

[Tracey Guice]

Are us newbies allowed to or encouraged to sit in on meetings before our
terms start?

Tracey

On Monday, October 9, 2017, Tracey Guice <mensatracey at gmail.com> wrote:

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