[SBU Board] possible new unit game idea

[Karen Hudesman]

I’d be interested especially if it was on zoom!!!!

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> On Jun 12, 2020, at 2:58 PM, thomas via Sbuboard <sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com> wrote:
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> Sound quite interesting.  I'd favor us pursuing it.
> Tom
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> From: Ann Romeo <annromeo at gmail.com>
> To: Seattle ACBL Unit Board <sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com>
> Sent: Fri, Jun 12, 2020 1:58 pm
> Subject: [SBU Board] possible new unit game idea
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> Unit Game Meeting and Recommendations
> Scott, Ray and I met on Wed, June 10, to discuss the possibility of a Unit sponsored game.
> Before the meeting, I reached out to both Tracey Baer (who is on the board of D21, and is their Social Media mistress, as well as an experienced international player, who has a sense of what is going on across the country and internationally re different events); and to Julie Smith (our D19 rep to the National ACBL board).  Both ladies stressed that Sectionals are not allowed without a sanction from the ACBL, and that the best way to go would be to have something along the lines of a Unit game, rather than a “Sectional” or “Regional” or STaC.  These will not be possible without the blessing of the ACBL, and our district.  So, we need to think differently.
> Tracey spoke of some of the fun events she played in through the World Bridge Federation’s women group, including a weeklong set of games: IMP pairs, MP Pairs, Individual event and game against the robots.  Julie spoke of two different games: one, is a summer-long team event, to determine a winner of an IMP league within Canada; the other, set up by Bruce McIntyre, was a MUG using a sanction from the Vancouver Bridge Club—they had a 34 table game that gave out triple masterpoints (it ran during the special silver point week last month).
> And Ray told us about what Eric Stoltz is doing in Portland: a three-team game twice a week, where each pair plays the others in a three-way match, basically home-style Swiss.  No points are awarded, and this event is wildly popular, with a waiting list of good players in Seattle and Portland/Northern California to play.
> Ray, Scott and  I hit upon this option for us: a twice a month on Friday evenings home style team (Swiss) team game, where we place pairs into teams, and they play each other. Ideally, there will be a natural break within the pairings, so that this would be more bracketed than stratified.  8 players (or 4 pairs ) in each group…
> We would not award points, but perhaps give out badges or have an imaginary trophy for the pairs that do well…..
> Anyway, Scott and Ray are probably more articulate about what we want to do, but consider it bracketed home-stype swiss. 
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> I think this would be fun, Nick liked the idea, but warned that summer evenings are not the most popular time for bridge….
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> What do you all think?
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> Ann Romeo
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