[SBU Board] 2019 Sun Tan Sectional Update
Eric Sieg
easieg at gmail.com
Thu Jul 12 11:07:44 PDT 2018
They don't have it up on the ACBL site yet, so if they've just
registered the intent - maybe we can register the same intent?
JC Chupack wrote:
> +1 on all of Eric's mail & thoughts, including the question of why we
> have to give up July 12-14. Is it that Anacortes got a sanction in
> already or something? If that's the way we need to reserve dates,
> maybe we can talk through minimum requirements to submit so that we're
> on the schedule, even if we know location might shift.
>
> --
> JC Chupack
> Senior Manager of Product Management, Amazon.com
> Seattle ACBL Unit 446 <http://bridgeinseattle.org> Secretary,
> Electronic Contact, & Publicity Chair
>
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:20 AM, Eric Sieg <easieg at gmail.com
> <mailto:easieg at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> 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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