[SBU Board] Heads up....

Wed May 15 15:57:47 PDT 2019

Would it be appropriate to think of this as a Unit Game that happens to be
co-located with our Sectional tournament?  That could help clearly draw
lines in terms of organizing, running, directing, and reporting the scores,
if we are willing to provide a unit sanction for the game.

Doing it this way would not award silver points, but it would provide
players with the experience of playing in a venue with larger groups of
players at different levels of experience.  Youth players who wanted to
play in the sectional tournament could, of course, choose to play in the
sectional's already-scheduled events.

I agree with Eric's point about more direct involvement from SNGB to help
put this on (perhaps ask SNGB board members to be table monitors), and with
Patti's point about reaching out to high-school-age players (how to get the
word out?).

--David D.

On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 3:23 PM Eric Sieg <easieg at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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