[SBU Board] Heads up....

[Patti McCallum]

I am all in favor of this but I would like to be able to reach out to the
high school kids that have no place to play for it be a youth section. I
think it should be at all our sectional tournaments. I hope it will go more
smoothly as time goes by.

On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 4:28 PM Eric Sieg <easieg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Who from NGB is going to be running it?
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> JC Chupack wrote:
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> 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
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> 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).
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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).
>>
>> We're checking with the ACBL re incorporating the kids game, what the
>> procedures are and what we need to do.
>>
>> Stay tuned.
>>
>> 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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