[SBU Board] Sweetheart Post Mortem

[William Campbell]

On Feb 24, 2018, at 11:16 AM, Monty Gray <mlgrayjr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here’s a spreadsheet comparing this year’s participation with that from the three prior years.  By far the majority of the fall-off, particularly compared with previous years at Vasa Park, was on Sunday.  I don’t have a clue why that might have been.  Lots of ice dancing fans?
>  
> As far as the Friday schedule is concerned, my sense was that those present were about equally divided between those liking morning/afternoon and those preferring afternoon/evening scheduling, with few if any that I spoke to feeling particularly strongly about it.  Of course that was a biased sample, as I didn’t hear from those who couldn’t take the full day off from work.  I do agree that the time allowed for lunch (on both Friday and Saturday) was too short, given the absence of restaurants in the vicinity.

In the past Friday attendance dropped off from the afternoon to evening games.  It seems to me that the 3rd session Fast Pairs may not be worth the cost for directors and such with only 8 tables.  Not only do many players not like playing at night, but 3 sessions a day may be a bit much.

> For me, Sunday Swiss makes for a really long day.  I’d prefer playing 48 or 49 boards, not 56.  I realize that others may feel differently, but I thought I’d raise the issue for consideration.

I would prefer combining the 750 and 2500 games as I think it helps 0-750 players to play against stronger players, and they may score more in a larger field.

Bill

>  
> Monty Gray
>  
> From: Eric Sieg
> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2018 10:26 AM
> To: Seattle ACBL Unit Board
> Subject: [SBU Board] Sweetheart Post Mortem
>  
> Hi all,
>  
> Just throwing out some feedback from the tournament before I forget it.
>  
> 1) Friday time change: Some people (working crowd) were very unhappy
> with the time change. Others liked it. Hard to determine #s without a
> survey. Definitely a mixed bag.
> 2) I received a ton of negative feedback about the fast pairs execution
> on Friday. Both that night and then later on. Roughly 8 people mentioned
> how upset they were that the fast pairs weren't actually fast. I didn't
> realize it until a group of players were muttering and asked me what was
> going on after round 6. Instead of the 5.5 minutes per round that are
> normal, it was instead done at 19 minutes a round (3 boards) which made
> the event 24+ minutes longer than it should have been. One player
> mentioned that they were planning to write the board about it. My
> general thought here is that we should do whatever we can to have Nick
> run these as he does a good job. Or make sure that in the future we
> communicate that fast pairs should be run at national fast pairs speed,
> not "slightly faster". Overall, feedback about the event seemed pretty
> lukewarm with several participants mentioning that they would probably
> skip it next year.
> 3) Feedback about Saturday afternoon that 10:30 and 3:30 would have been
> better since there was no rush to cram in a 3rd session. This is
> especially true given the awards ceremony at the start.
> 4) Negative feedback about only 24 boards per session on Saturday,
> although it sounds like this was a result of the # of pairs that
> participated in the open event.
> 5) Directing quality Friday night seemed poor.
>  
> Some quick #s to cast light on the Friday issue:
>  
> Total attendance drop off:
> Friday (w/o fast pairs): -9.7%
> Friday (w/ fast pairs): +1.2%
> Saturday: -22%
> Sunday: -36.6%
>  
> BELOW ARE JUST NOTES I MADE WHEN CALCULATING ATTENDANCE CHANGES, FEEL
> FREE TO STOP READING NOW:
>  
> Those #s are just what I threw together looking at the results, here are
> the # I noted down while coming up with those figures. Jenni can
> probably provide a more accurate summary:
>  
> 2017
> Post Mortem Tables
> 48.5 + 34 Friday = 82.5
> 119(ish) Tables Saturday
> 52(x2 = 104ish) tables Sunday
>  
> Sat AM 750 14 tables
> Sat AM 200 18 tables
> Sat Aft 200 10 tables
> Sat Aft 750 13 tables
>  
> Sat 2session open pairs 20 tables
> Sat 2session 2500 12/11 tables
>  
> Total Saturday: 119
>  
>  
> 2018
> Friday
> Fast Pairs 9
> AM 40.5
> Afternoon 34
>  
> Fri Open 18.5/17
> 750 10/9.5
> 200 12/7
>  
> Saturday
> AM 750 16 tables
> AM 200 13 tables
> aft 200 8 tables
> aft 750 13 tables
>  
> 2 session Open 17 tables
> 2 session 2500 9 tables
>  
> Total Saturday: 93
>  
> Sunday 33 tables (17/8/5/3)
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