[SBU Board] Vasa schdule--quick vote

Mon Sep 10 17:14:14 PDT 2018

Yep, based on the description of choice pairs, I'm now against that.  So,
my vote is 1. No third session, 2. If we do a third session, just regular
open pairs single session (no BAM or FP).

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JC Chupack
Seattle ACBL Unit 446 <http://bridgeinseattle.org> Secretary, Electronic
Contact, & Publicity Chair

On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 4:55 PM, Patti McCallum <pattimcbridge at gmail.com>
wrote:

> After reading Rays description of choice pairs and with the short time
> between sessions it sounds like it is best to do only 2 sessions
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Sep 10, 2018, at 4:35 PM, Eric Sieg <easieg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm a yes vote for 3 sessions regardless of choice pairs. I think fast
> pairs is fine too. A big part of that is part of the discussion last year
> was that we should try it for two years before making any permanent
> decisions. I think that holds true for both the daytime pairs and the fast
> pairs (imo). I didn't actually think of the "not single sessions" aspect of
> choice pairs, just remembered doing it and people liking it elsewhere. I
> would be amenable to Friday now needing 2 sessions though since
> Morning/Afternoon isn't particularly great for worker bees anyway so the
> benefit (can just play the evening session) becomes a lot less relevant.
>
> That said, while I think its right to try 3 sessions with a fast for one
> more year, I don't feel nearly as strongly about it as some other things.
>
> Eric
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> p.s. I'm a no vote on holding a BAM in the 3rd session regardless of
> everything else. I think its a fast pairs or choice pairs or no bridge.
>
> Ann Romeo wrote:
>
> There are some issues with Choice Pairs from what I understand.
>
>    - There will be three completely different set of boards, so comps are
>    a bit wonky.
>    - Participants must play in two of the three sessions--if you are
>    working, you cannot play in one session and place in the overalls.
>    - It still means very short meal breaks if you play in two back to
>    back sessions
>    - and it means that those who do play in the evening have a short
>    night before coming back and playing on Saturday...
>
> The votes I've counted to date are as follows, BUT some have not been in
> the loop re Choice Pairs (Mike, Tim, John), and should send me a new
> vote--or if you want tochange your vote, send it to me
>
> Ann:  Yes for third session
> Bill: Yes for third session, IF a Choice pairs
> Eric: Yes for third session, IF a Choice pairs
> JC: No, but would be amenable to Choice pairs.
> Monty: No, but would be amenable to Choice pairs
> Patti: Yes for third session
> Larry: No
> Ray: No
> Mike: No
> Tim: No
> John: No
>
> Do I have your pov right?  let me know.  And look at Ray's comments...he
> really hates this idea....
>
> Ann
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> Ann Romeo
> Personal email: annromeo at gmail.com
> Local home: 206-526-0871
> Work email: Ann.Romeo at ORCInternational.com
> Work direct dial: 212-463-6331
> My cell: 425-615-1413 (text ok)
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> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 6:12 PM, Monty Gray <mlgrayjr at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I vote for no third session.  I’m not familiar with choice pairs, but if
>> it works the way it sounds, I’d favor that if we’re going to have a third
>> session.
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>> Since some Unit members prefer morning-afternoon and some prefer
>> afternoon-evening, and some (but not all) feel strongly about it,  I think
>> it’s appropriate to have one schedule at some sectionals and the other
>> schedule at other sectionals.   We can’t please everyone all the time, and
>> we shouldn’t knock ourselves out trying to figure out how to do so.
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>> I’m fine with putting a BAM event into the program for the KO.
>>
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>> Monty Gray
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>> *From: *William Campbell via Sbuboard <sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com>
>> *Sent: *Monday, September 10, 2018 2:54 PM
>> *To: *Seattle ACBL Unit Board <sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com>
>> *Cc: *William Campbell <jwccsllc at me.com>
>> *Subject: *Re: [SBU Board] Vasa schdule--quick vote
>>
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>> I prefer 2 session unless the third session were choice pairs allowing
>> people to select 2 of the three sessions.
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>> I prefer Fast Pairs to BAM, but probably wouldn't play either as I'm not
>> up for three sessions.
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>> On Sep 10, 2018, at 1:29 PM, Ann Romeo <annromeo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 1) I vote yes on a third session
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>> 2) I vote no on BAM and yes on Fast Pairs as third session
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>> Ann
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>> Ann Romeo
>> Personal email: annromeo at gmail.com
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>> Local home: 206-526-0871
>> Work email: Ann.Romeo at ORCInternational.com
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>> Work direct dial: 212-463-6331
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>> My cell: 425-615-1413 (text ok)
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>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 4:27 PM, JC Chupack <jc.chupack at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Sorry...let me be more explicit:
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>> 1) I vote no on a third session.
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>> 2) I vote no on BAM and FP for the third session, if it were to be run.
>> (If we run a third session, I like Eric's choice pairs idea, although we
>> can only run that for the open.)
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>> --
>> JC Chupack
>>
>> Seattle ACBL Unit 446 <http://bridgeinseattle.org/> Secretary,
>> Electronic Contact, & Publicity Chair
>>
>>
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>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 1:25 PM, JC Chupack <jc.chupack at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 1) I vote no on a third session.
>>
>> 2) If we run a third session, I like Eric's choice pairs idea, although
>> we can only run that for the open.
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>>
>> --
>> JC Chupack
>>
>> Seattle ACBL Unit 446 <http://bridgeinseattle.org/> Secretary,
>> Electronic Contact, & Publicity Chair
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 1:12 PM, Eric Sieg <easieg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 1) I vote yes on a 3rd session, at least this year. Then re-evaluate as
>> to whether we want to have a 3rd session and whether we want to stick with
>> Morning/Afternoon on Friday of the Sweetheart in the PM.
>> 2) My primary thought is not a BAM.
>>
>> One possibility is a fast pairs that is run correctly. Alternatively, we
>> could run Friday as a choice pairs where people pick 2 sessions to play.
>> That way daytime people can play Morning/afternoon and working people could
>> play afternoon/evening. I'm fine with either of these solutions and am not
>> sure if choice pairs was brought up as an option during the meeting.
>>
>> For choice pairs, see section I at: https://www.acbl.org/about-acb
>> l/administration/acbl-handbook/ii-kinds-of-event/
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>> Eric
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>> Ann Romeo wrote:
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>> Reviewing the comments of the people who have weighed in (I believe we
>> have not heard from Patti, Mike or Eric at this point), it seems that the
>> majority are leaning toward not having a third session at Vasa  at our
>> Sweetheart sectional.
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>> I would like to get a yea or nay from each of you, on the following:
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>> First, *should we have a third session at Vasa on Friday at our February
>> sectional?  *
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>> Second, *if yes, should we have Fast Pairs?*
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>> *Should we have single session BAM?*
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>> Finally, if we do not have a single session BAM, I will propose at our
>> next meeting that we hold a single session BAM on the second session of the
>> Friday of our KO tournament in May.
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>> ( we don't have to vote on that right now).
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>> Thanks for participating.
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>> Ann
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>> Ann Romeo
>> Personal email: annromeo at gmail.com
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>> Local home: 206-526-0871
>> Work email: Ann.Romeo at ORCInternational.com
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>> Work direct dial: 212-463-6331
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>> My cell: 425-615-1413 (text ok)
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