[SBU Board] Fwd: Re: GNTs

[Eric Sieg]

Hi all,

Please see the thread below. Basically, Everett is cancelling their 
sectional which means we don't have a location for the GNT B/Open 
planned for next weekend. Tim's plan after consulting with ACBL/Matt K 
is to just combine it with the GNTs happening in April in BC and run all 
4 flights at the same time. My understanding is they are planning to 
send out an email blast to that effect to all D19 bridge players.

As you can see from my response below, I don't think combining the two 
events in BC is in the best interests of our membership.

I wanted to keep everyone apprised and also gather feedback from our 
unit board. I know I'm personally curious if people agree/disagree. 
Also, if people feel that the district board should work to find a 
separate time/location, I think we and especially Tim should hear it 
from you.

Thanks!

Eric

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: GNTs
Date: 	Fri, 06 Mar 2020 18:41:04 -0800
From: 	Eric Sieg <easieg at gmail.com>
To: 	Tim White <trkwhite at gmail.com>
CC: 	JP Weber <jpweber.d19 at gmail.com>, Nick Stock <ngstock at telus.net>, 
Bryan Maksymetz <bmaksymetz at gmail.com>, Julie Smith 
<coopersmith50 at gmail.com>, Chris Cookson <chriscookson at shaw.ca>, Karen 
Rise <chumstick2 at frontier.com>, Marla Patterson 
<navy.golf.mp at gmail.com>, Ralph Wilhelmi <ralph.wilhelmi at comcast.net>, 
Marv Norden <marv.norden at gmail.com>, Kathie Hoehne 
<kathie.hoehne at gmail.com>, Ron Krueger <rwakrueger at yahoo.com>, Bruce 
McIntyre <ooga at shaw.ca>, David Schmidt <davidschmidt at shaw.ca>, Dudley 
Brown <dudley6855 at gmail.com>, David Taylor <david at tourntables.com>



Hi all,

Thank you Tim for keeping us apprised as to the situation and
coordinating with ACBL HQ and other parties. It certainly seems like a
lot of extra work for a role that is already fairly involved.

However, I do think we should discuss and potentially vote as a board on
steps to go from here. The decision made is certainly easiest, but it
does not seem to be in the best interests of our membership.
Specifically, this decision seems detrimental to:

1) Those who were planning on playing both events. This essentially
cancels the Open GNT for those who want to play A, or the As for people
who want to play B. Last year, every single team in A also played in
some fashion in either Open or B. Removing the A teams from Open last
year would have meant the Open event would only have had two teams total.
2) Those who live in Washington, especially south of Everett. We just
had NAPs in BC, now the only GNT event will be in BC as well?

I think there are multiple options we should consider as a board before
making a decision about the best solution. They could be done online as
is done in D20. They could be put in another Seattle location. They
could be hosted at our clubs. EBC, for example, easily has the capacity
to host at least one GNT flight concurrently without needing to cancel
their local club game.

I understand that this is an unusual situation, and it doesn't surprise
me that the ACBL and Matt K are in favor of just combining the two
events. That is certainly the easiest solution from their POV. However,
I think we owe it to our membership to decide based on what is best and
what is in their interests rather than what Matt K and the ACBL wish to
do. I don't believe that combining these two events is in their best
interests and I have faith in our ability to come together to find a
better solution.

If there are ways in which I can assist in helping this event still
happen on two separate days, I am more than happy to help.

Eric
U446 Rep

Tim White wrote:
>  All,
>  U437 today cancelled the Everett Sectional.  I had pre-coordinated with ACBL HQ and Ken Lochang steps toward merging GNT Open&   B in with GNT A&   C at VBC April 18&   19.  Matt K concurs this is the best plan.  With JP’s help, the next step will be to get an email blast out announcing this plan.
>
>  JP,
>  Please stand by for email blast content from me.  We will need it to go out ASAP to all D19 members only.
>
>  Nick,
>  Thank you for being our “on the ground” focal at VBC for April 18&   19.  This new plan will involve some adjustments.
>
>  Bruce,
>  Between the Burnaby regional and the GNTs, we will need you to pre-duplicate sets of GNT boards using files and in (now greater) quantities to be specified by Matt K.  Please advise how many sets of boards U430 has that will be available for the GNTs. If not enough, we’ll need to try to source additional sets from club(s), TournTables, or other.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Tim


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