[SBU Board] Tournament Sites Committee Backgrounder and Priority Actions

[JC Chupack]

Just wanted to say that I don't like the split-across-clubs idea, speaking
as one of several I know that play in both the limited and open events.
That also strongly discourages mixed-range partners, playing up, etc.  I
feel like we already have a divide culturally between the limited and open
players, such that a vocal if not sizeable number of limited players feel
less valued by the ACBL and unit, so making that worse doesn't seem like a
great idea.

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On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 4:29 PM, Larry Holdren <larryholdren at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Would not the two clubs be receiving 2 or 3 days rent each, which seems
> like it would be adequate compensation.
>
> Larry
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jan 23, 2018, at 4:18 PM, Eric Sieg <easieg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Part of the appeal of this idea (in my opinion) would be making them
> happier since they might stay revenue neutral (EBC) or make more money
> (SBC) when we have a sectional instead of just killing their club game
> without compensation.
>
> If this didn't appeal to them then that would make the idea less
> worthwhile in my opinion.
>
> Eric
>
> Tim White wrote:
>
> Perhaps something to discuss -- however clubs might be no less concerned
> with a sectional, rather than a regional, cannibalizing their sessions.
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> On Jan 23, 2018, at 3:17 PM, Eric Sieg <easieg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Has anyone explored holding one of these at our clubs? I've seen some
> mention of units doing this in other locations. We obviously can't run the
> entire thing at one location, but what about Open at EBC and all the
> limited events (0-200, 0-750, 0-2500) at SBC? Might be worth considering,
> especially for our less attended tournaments (Summer/Fall).
>
> There are obviously some things to work through like making sure two
> locations are broadcast, starting the 2nd site 30 minutes later (if allowed
> w/o messing up scoring) so if there IS a confusion people have time to get
> there, etc. However, it'd be cool to hand over the $$ we are giving to
> organizations that have nothing to do with bridge to the club owners
> instead. In addition, cutting down on the general pain of setup/tear down
> for one tournament seems beneficial as well.
>
> Breakdown from last year (looking at the biggest sessions):
> July:
> Friday: 22.5 Open and 21.5 limited
> Saturday: 26 Open and 27 limited
> Sunday: 31 Open and 3 in the 0-200
>
> October:
> Friday: 21 Open and 14 Limited
> Saturday: 13 Open and 25 Limited
> Sun: 13 Open and 20 Limited
>
> Eric
>
> Tim White wrote:
>
> As captured in the draft minutes of our January 8 board meeting, the
> board's Tournament Sites Committee (TSC) members for 2018 are Ann, Patti,
> Larry, Monty, Tracey, Eric and Tim.  Welcome to (welcome back to veterans
> of) the TSC!   Thank you for volunteering to serve in this way. The TSC has
> been an enjoyable, and at times challenging, experience in planning future
> tournament sites and dates.
>
> The purpose of this email is to share background information and establish
> current priority actions of the TSC.  I'm sending it to the entire board,
> as those who are not TSC members (1) are encouraged to assist with some TSC
> efforts and (2) may benefit from insight into the TSC's past and present
> activities when considering TSC-recommended tournament lineups that will be
> brought to the full board for approval during 2018.
>
> Background information on the TSC, and notes on some of our primary
> tournament sites, is provided in the attached Word file.
>
> Current priority actions of the TSC are listed here; please follow up as
> indicated:
>
> 1.  *Ann *- Please check-in with Susie to seek a first right of refusal
> for Vasa as a placeholder/fallback site for the 2019 Sweetheart sectional.
> The weekend of interest, again situated on the calendar between the
> Bellingham Sectional and Vancouver WA Regional, is February 16-18, 2019.
>
> 2.  *John* - Please engage with Clay Laughary, and the MIHS facility
> rental focal, to acquire a near-term understanding of dates of availability
> and rental terms for the MIHS Upper Commons as a candidate site for the
> 2019 Sun Tan sectional.
>
> 3.  *Tim* - Construct the 2019 Unit 446 Tournament Planning Calendar and
> populate it with known constraints.  When sufficiently mature, link it in
> Google docs in a manner like that of the 2018 calendar, with Eric's help as
> needed :-), for easy reference (non-password protected) by all board
> members.
>
> 4.  *All board members* - Please activate your networks, put on your
> thinking caps, and cast the net for new/additional candidate sites for our
> open and NLM sectionals.  In this effort, please first review the material
> in the attachments hereto, including that related to site suitability,
> availability and affordability requirements and notes on our primary
> sites.  In addition to seeking new viable sites for our open sectionals, an
> area of focus is to seek a south county site for one of our two NLM
> sectionals each year.
>
> Over time as we proceed, it would be good to have one TSC member take on
> responsibility for bringing up to date and maintaining the Excel database
> of sites, attached, (see also discussion in the TSC backgrounder attached
> to this email) to reflect current knowledge of sites out there that have
> been explored.
>
> As always, comments and suggestions are most welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
> Chair, Tournament Site Committee
>
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