[SBU Board] 2019 Sun Tan Sectional Update
Eric Sieg
easieg at gmail.com
Thu Jul 12 10:20:58 PDT 2018
Comments on the possibilities listed:
A) I don't think this is worth considering. So many strikes against it.
It is REALLY soon after our KO sectional. There is a regional at that
time in our district. It follows immediately after Penticton which a LOT
of Seattle people go to.
B) This seems like a good date, with the main strike being that it is so
soon after the KO sectional. This conflicts with a few sporting things
that might draw away a couple players (Kim and maybe Jeff would be at
hoopfest, I might be at a tennis tournament) but when I put on my board
member hat this seems like a good time.
C) Will lose some people who are out of town, but seems good otherwise.
D) Ugh. Right after Vegas? I second Matt's opinion that the attendance
would be poor. Vegas is an easy flight from Seattle and is typically the
most highly attended NABC location of them all.
One question: why do we have to give up on July 12-14? That's typically
been our weekend and we've already lined up right of first refusal in
Kent. Can we approach them and say we already have a location locked in
and that's been our typical weekend for years? It seems like having a
history of going that weekend in past years would give us some sort of
scheduling rights to that weekend next year. If their site isn't
available that's one thing, but if they are just trying to poach our
weekend I'm not sure we should have to just give it up.
Eric
Ann Romeo wrote:
> I too like the date of July 5-7. I suspect this will work for
> Bothell--can't imagine the union doing much over the 4th...might work
> for MI, too? But I also believe that some of us will be out of town
> on an extended vacation due to the 5th being a day off for most companies.
> a
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> On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 12:45 PM, LARRY HOLDREN
> <larryholdren at comcast.net <mailto:larryholdren at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
> Hi all: My first reaction is that July 5-7 is intriguing. May be
> a lot of people out of town but also a lot like me that want to
> avoid traveling crowds and a bridge game close to home sounds good.
> Larry
> *From:* Tim White <mailto:trkwhite at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 11, 2018 8:13 PM
> *To:* Seattle ACBL Unit Board <mailto:sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com>
> *Subject:* [SBU Board] 2019 Sun Tan Sectional Update
> While in the past I would have sent this email to Tournament
> Committee members only, I would like to update the entire board on
> information that bears on alternatives and the choice for the 2019
> Sun Tan Sectional.
> Unit 439 has confirmed they plan to run the 2019 Anacortes
> Sectional on July 12-14, 2019 — thus that weekend won’t work for
> us. That weekend also would have been the 2019 weekend we would
> presumably have had first right of refusal for with Kent Commons
> given our rental this coming weekend.
> I asked Matt Koltnow, D19 Tournament Coordinator, to weigh in on
> (a) dates for which he would OK a sanction for the 2019 Sun Tan
> Sectional and (b) thoughts on the dates, including attendance
> prospects.
> The window of dates for the 2019 Sun Tan is bounded on the front
> end by Penticton (June 10-16) and on the back end by Lynnwood
> (August 19-25). In between is the 4th of July; Anacortes 12-14
> July; NABC Las Vegas 18-28 July. There is a regional in Eugene
> Aug 5-11 and a sectional in Portland (Vancouver, WA) Aug 16-18;
> though probably not untenable conflicts for us they are within a
> week of so of Lynnwood. Matt did not rule out either 21-23 June
> which will see either him or Jenni in Anchorage for the regional,
> or the dates of the Wenatchee progressive (7-20 July and 3 August).
> This appears to leave us with four alternatives as indicated on
> the refreshed 2019 Tournament Planning Calendar, see link here:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NYcdlwx2208f2eEXPqM0ZNTzdRzmhov6w4cdUG4SkN8/edit#
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NYcdlwx2208f2eEXPqM0ZNTzdRzmhov6w4cdUG4SkN8/edit#>
> (a) June 21-23. Falls within the dates of the Anchorage Regional
> (see note above). This would be only 3 and 1/2 weeks after our KO
> sectional.
> (b). June 28-30. No conflicts.
> (c). July 5-7. No conflicts. Matt commented that "could well be
> an excellent choice; it has the potential to have better than
> normal Friday attendance without the annoyance of the holiday itself.”
> (d) Aug 2-4. No conflicts. Matt’s comment: "it is the weekend
> immediately after [NABC] Las Vegas. I think attendance at a
> sectional that weekend would be very poor.”
> I would like to ask focals to please check on availability of
> sites on the 2019 dates above:
> John — Kent
> John — MIHS Upper Commons
> Tim — Bothell
> All,
> (Un)availability of sites will likely further winnow down our
> alternatives. In the mean time, please give thought as to which
> 2019 dates above you feel would be best for the Sun Tan Sectional.
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
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