[SBU Board] Heads up....

[Eric Sieg]

I think JC makes good points. However, it does seem like summer is a really
good time to do this for the first time. It is also the time of year when
the summer camp happens.

I think starting with one session and treating it as a learning experience
for stuff going forward is a good idea. Also, several D19 board members
mentioned they wanted to see more local youth events. Not sure how much we
care, but that's a minor information point.

One comment is I would love to see hands on involvement from someone from
NGB in addition to Anne Farmer. I don't think Anne is the most organized
person, so having someone else from NGB who can provide that should
hopefully reduce the impact on tournament chairs/directors/etc imo.

Eric

On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 10:38 AM Patti McCallum <pattimcbridge at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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?
>>
>>
>> JC Chupack wrote:
>>
>> 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).
>>>
>>> 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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