[SBU Board] Fwd: Running Whistler Every Year?

[Ann Romeo]

I wanna weigh in on this.  Leavenworth is a moneymaker out of the box, due
to Karen Rise's hard work.  It is easily accessible from Seattle (you can
actually take AMTRAK to Leavenworth! and I personally love this tournament,
and would hate to see it off the schedule forever.
I am also a huge fan of the Victoria tournament, when it is downtown, BUT
understand that the economics may work against this one.  It is not the
easiest place to get to (Clipper or ferry), but is a great spot for a
tournament, and I'd hate THAT one to go away.
I know Whistler is great, and I don't want that one to go away, ether, BUT,
it doesn't seem to make great economic sense to me to take Leavenworth
completely off the table.  I don't quite understand why it should be on the
docket every year....
Ann
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On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 3:30 PM Tim White <trkwhite at gmail.com> wrote:

> FYI
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *Tim White <trkwhite at gmail.com>
> *Subject: **Running Whistler Every Year?*
> *Date: *November 20, 2019 at 3:25:37 PM PST
> *To: *Ralph <ralph.wilhelmi at comcast.net>, Marv Norden <
> marv.norden at gmail.com>, Karen Rise <chumstick2 at frontier.com>, Nick Stock <
> ngstock at telus.net>, D19D- Julie Smith <district19director at acbl.org>,
> Chris Cookson <chriscookson at shaw.ca>, Marla Patterson <
> navy.golf.mp at gmail.com>, Eric Sieg <easieg at gmail.com>, Kathie Hoehne <
> kathie.hoehne at gmail.com>, Ron Krueger <rwakrueger at yahoo.com>, Dudley
> Brown <dudley6855 at gmail.com>, David Schmidt <davidschmidt at shaw.ca>,
> Matthew Koltnow <matt.koltnow at acbl.org>
>
> In the past, the idea of running Whistler every year has been raised.  It
> has been suggested that Whistler has the potential to grow onto the kind of
> tournament Penticton has become.  It took Penticton a number of years to
> grow into what it is today.  Whistler has experienced substantial
> attendance growth over its first three tournaments.  It is held in a
> beautiful destination, at a world class hotel with affordable rates, and
> has a variety of attractive dining alternatives.  The possibility of
> holding a regional there yearly is appealing to many tournament attendees,
> and presumably the Fairmont Chateau Whistler would be open to it.  D19
> might be in a better position to negotiate favorable terms with the Chateau
> if we were to run a regional there yearly.
>
> During and following the most recent Whistler regional I conferred with
> some of my fellow D19 board members, and with Matt Koltnow, about the idea
> of going yearly at Whistler.  These limited initial contacts did not
> surface show stoppers concerning such a concept, but of course there would
> need to be homework on related matters as well as consideration of our
> integrated tournament plans.  I’m attaching a brief thought paper that
> notes some of the issues involved and two concepts that would include a
> yearly Whistler regional.  We presently have venue contracts going out
> several years, so clearly this is not a change that could take place
> overnight.  Given the lead time involved with addressing, considering and
> implementing such a potential change, I feel it would be helpful to get it
> out before us again now, and to encourage its consideration, rather than
> waiting until our next board meeting in Burnaby in April.  As outlined in
> Concept B in the attachment, our officials involved with Whistler,
> Leavenworth and Burnaby venues might be the primary players in helping us
> understand the advisably of such a change — or of a Concept C or Concept D.
>
> I propose that this topic be included on our agenda for the board meeting
> in Burnaby, but I would like to encourage expression of views, ideas,
> concerns and suggestions in an interchange been now and that board meeting.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
>
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