[SBU Board] Heads up....

[JC Chupack]

For my part, I'm not in support of this. I don't think we can guarantee the
event will be managed in a way that reflects well upon the tournament and
provides a good environment for the kids, especially when that request and
plan is happening at the last minute.  I think the proposal the board
discussed at our last meeting about having a kids' unit game (perhaps in
partnership with SNGB) this year and using that to determine if there's
sufficient interest and support (and what the challenges for logistics
might be) to add it to some sectionals in 2020 is the right path to pursue.

This also reminds me of the axiom about lack of planning not constituting
an emergency. To be clear, I don't say this just as the handler of
publicity (which has its own time and "trust" challenges). It's unfair to
tournament chairs, directors, hospitality, etc. for us to be indecisive or
shift plans late. In recent months on the board, I've seen late changes
happen or be discussed as an option more often than I'd prefer, when there
is no reason we need to rush or handle things as "late breaking" versus
delaying for future events or making more advance plans. We have enough
potential mandatory late breaking issues that can happen for tournaments,
like weather, illnesses, construction, site issues, etc. Introducing our
own discretionary changes late in addition to those perpetual risks does
not allow anyone involved to focus attention on the (non-trivial) logistics
of a tournament, nor does it allow us as a board to get meaningful data on
how those late-breaking changes impact the events or players overall.

In general, I do not support discretionary late-breaking changes to
tournaments for those reasons, no matter what the actual change or event.

Thanks,
JC






On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 10:19 AM Ann Romeo <annromeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anne Farmer and SNGB wants to work in a kids game into the Suntan
> sectional (probably single session on Saturday day).  If this happens, SNGB
> will be doing the heavy lifting (table monitors for the kids, and probably
> collecting $, registering the kids and providing a director).  They will be
> playing apart from the adults (I understand there is space with sound break
> between).
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> What needs to be worked out is permission from the ACBL that the kids
> event can happen and that they can be rewarded master points, also
> permission from Jenni (DIC of the event).   There will be no time to redo
> the flyer, etc.
>
> I also think the board should give approval to this.
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> Personally, I'm in support of this, but I wish SNGB had brought it up
> sooner.  I suspect we will need to revisit the NLM Regional/Fall Sectional
> and work in a kids game, too.  (We'll discuss this anon at the June
> meeting, revisiting our discussion/vote at the May meeting).
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> We're checking with the ACBL re incorporating the kids game, what the
> procedures are and what we need to do.
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> Stay tuned.
>
> Ann Romeo
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