[SBU Board] Fwd:Form Submission - Contact The Unit Board - Earning masterpoints and scheduling Round Robin tournament playoffs

[Ann Romeo]

my personal take:  it is always hard to schedule 7 matches in 6
months--summer or winter!  all teams need to be proactive to get them
done.  I totally sympathize with Hugh's team and Kevin's team re scheduling
finals in late Nov and Dec, and I would extend their final into Jan
BUT....Hugh has a 6 man team, and I can't believe they can't assemble 4 or
5 to meet Kevin's team.  The whole team would get awards through semis, and
those that attend would get awards for finals.  We're not talking a lot of
points here, and I don't think any of the awards (Mini Mck, jabon) are
affected this time around)..but that is my take...

this is from someone who had to plead for a 2 day extension for the semis,
as I was totally working for bridge (the NLM sectional and Leavenworth
partnership) in the two weeks between Oct 15 and Nov 15.  It is crazy hard
to schedule over holidays, Nationals, our sectionals and the like.

Ann


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On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 11:50 AM LARRY HOLDREN <larryholdren at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Does the RR program have to follow the calendar year?  Why not form the
> teams during the summer, play matches September through March or April,
> playoffs April-May or May-June?
>
> Larry
> *From:* Eric Sieg <easieg at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, November 19, 2018 10:39 PM
> *To:* Seattle ACBL Unit Board <sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [SBU Board] Fwd:Form Submission - Contact The Unit Board -
> Earning masterpoints and scheduling Round Robin tournament playoffs
>
> While I think John is leaping to assumptions (I haven't talked to the
> other team yet to see what can and can't happen), the suggestion to change
> the schedule has been a common one. Trying to schedule matches in late
> November and then in December is really tough. Similarly, summertime is
> tough for a lot of teams. I know Vancouver BC starts it a lot earlier. It
> does seem like a bummer that the months where there are the fewest
> travel/vacation conflicts (Jan/Feb/March) are not utilized for the round
> robin.
>
> Has it always started in April? Is it worth exploring trying to shift it?
>
> This is something I was curious about but didn't have a strong opinion
> about myself.
>
> Eric
>
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:29 PM JC Chupack <pubcomms at bridgeinseattle.org>
> wrote:
>
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>> Date : Mon, 19 Nov 2018 22:05:05 -0800
>> Subject : Form Submission - Contact The Unit Board - Earning masterpoints
>> and scheduling Round Robin tournament playoffs
>>
>>
>> *Name:* John McCaslin
>>
>> *ACBL Number:* 8688389
>>
>> *Email Address:* mccaslins at mail.com
>>
>> *Subject:* Earning masterpoints and scheduling Round Robin tournament
>> playoffs
>>
>> *Message:* We have had almost impossible problems scheduling this year's
>> Bracket B Round Robin playoff matches due to very heavy holiday travel
>> commitments by all teams. That, plus the requirement for ALL team members
>> of a 5- or 6-member team to play in BOTH playoff matches to qualify for
>> 1st- or 2nd-place masterpoints, is onerous and conflicts with the
>> regular-season requirement for each player to play in HALF of the matches
>> (and by extension, only one of the two playoff matches) to qualify. As a
>> result of this rule and the scheduling, we must now dis-enfranchise one of
>> our top players.
>>
>> Please:
>>
>> -1: Schedule the Round Robin regular season to start and end a half-month
>> earlier: March 15 to Sept 30, giving three full months for the playoffs to
>> accommodate heavy holiday travel schedules.
>>
>> -2 : If possible within the Conditions of Contest, award playoff
>> masterpoints to ALL team members based on the team's final results during
>> the playoffs, even if a player played in only one of the two playoff
>> matches.
>>
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