[SBU Board] Sectional At Sea- August 2022

[JC Chupack]

To give a little more detail on what Ann is mentioning, a few years back
(2019 IIRC), there was one of these Sectionals at Sea leaving from Seattle
that conflicted with the Lynnwood regional.  Whoever was running it blasted
an email blast at everyone in our unit.  We got two emails from members
that were confused as to why we were running a sectional at sea and one
email from a member that was upset that we had put a sectional on top of
the regional.

This was at a point when units, districts, and national were all sending
emails via the same system (Pianola), and the templates the ACBL provided
did not allow for much customization.  That is, I don't think that the "at
sea" program did anything untoward so much as that the templates and system
made it difficult for members to distinguish who emails were actually
coming from (and the email itself wasn't explicit), and most members don't
understand the processes around tournaments enough to inherently know that
these for-profit events differ from what the units/districts run.

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JC Chupack (she/her)
* Seattle ACBL Unit 446 <http://www.bridgeinseattle.org> President &
Web/Email Admin
* Associate Director, Product Management at Chewy <https://www.chewy.com>



On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 8:14 PM Clifford Feldman <c.feldman at outlook.com>
wrote:

> i agree with scott.  we should not set a precedent by offering free ads.
>  if we want to monetize the sun publication, we can offer ad space to
> anyone willing to pay on the same basis.  cliff
>
> On Dec 18, 2021, at 11:19 AM, Scott Chupack <scottchupack at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Here's my view. My issue with putting a mention or an ad in the Sun is
> that sectionals at Sea are ridiculously expensive. As someone who goes on
> lots of cruises, there is a huge upcharge to pay for the bridge that I
> don't think our unit wants to be associated with (and that we don't get any
> money from).
>
> I would be fine with an article that talks about sectional at sea and puts
> them in context with the good or bad of them and would even be willing to
> work on the article. But I don't feel like it's a public service to put the
> mention in without context.
>
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 10:05 PM JC Chupack <jc.chupack at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> See below.  What is the board's view on a) including in the SUN and/or b)
>> posting on the website?
>> __
>> JC Chupack (she/her)
>> * Seattle ACBL Unit 446 <http://www.bridgeinseattle.org/> President &
>> Web/Email Admin
>> * Associate Director, Product Management at Chewy
>> <https://www.chewy.com/>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: Joseph Grill <joseph.michael.grill at gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 11:16 AM
>> Subject: Sectional At Sea- August 2022
>> To: JC Chupack <jc.chupack at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> JC,
>>
>> I am going to be running a Sectional At Sea on an Alaskan cruise next
>> August.  We are going to be leaving out of Seattle on August 12, 2022.  We
>> were careful to avoid scheduling this during any local tournaments.
>>
>> Would it be possible to get this event placed on the unit's website under
>> upcoming tournaments?
>>
>> Is it possible to announce this event in the SUN?  I have attached the
>> flier if you want to take a look.
>>
>>
>> Joe Grill
>>
>>
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