[SBU Board] Faux sectionals (e.g., Valentine's weekend) - how to broaden appeal?

Sat Jan 16 18:22:08 PST 2021

And lots of kids who may be willing to make the jump to tournament bridge.
If we pitch it right, an I/N sectional might be VERY popular this fall.
Ann Romeo
Personal email: annromeo at gmail.com
Local home: 206-526-0871
My cell: 425-615-1413 (text ok)

On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 6:20 PM Ann Romeo <annromeo at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 6:20 PM Ann Romeo <annromeo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> We used to have an I/N chair to push these types of things for
>> newbies thru (I think Susan, me, David D, Patti were on it last).  This is
>> a really important committee--even more so in Covid times.  There are LOTS
>> of new players out there--take a look at the MiniMc and the Ace of C for
>> the unit, folks with 0-300 points....lots of new names, coming up in the
>> limited games at SBC and ESBC.
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>> Ann Romeo
>> Personal email: annromeo at gmail.com
>> Local home: 206-526-0871
>> My cell: 425-615-1413 (text ok)
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>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 4:23 PM Susan Cothern <4susancothern at gmail.com>
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>>> I like the idea of a captains game and I think the C players would like
>>> a chance to play with a more experienced player.  Both of Ann's ideas are
>>> worth looking at further.
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>>> Susan
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>>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 4:14 PM Ann Romeo <annromeo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> re newbies...why not have a I/N zoom game, on a Friday, with a zoom
>>>> meet to start, and offer a pairs game for newbies.
>>>> Of course, we can always do a captains pairs where we team an
>>>> experienced player with a newbie, but that is really a different type of
>>>> game and player.
>>>> Ann Romeo
>>>> Personal email: annromeo at gmail.com
>>>> Local home: 206-526-0871
>>>> My cell: 425-615-1413 (text ok)
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>>>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 11:28 AM Susan Cothern <4susancothern at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
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>>>>> I think what we have in place or are planning to put in place for the
>>>>> Jabon and Microsoft trophies is fine.  We need to focus on events for
>>>>> the C players and newcomers so that they will feel welcome and that their
>>>>> level players are important to the unit also.  Not that I am saying the
>>>>> unit does not feel they are important but I am not sure the C players know
>>>>> that the unit board takes them in to consideration and is trying to come up
>>>>> with events and or ways to get them more involved.
>>>>>
>>>>> Susan
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>>>>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 9:33 AM JC Chupack <jc.chupack at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>> FWIW, the Microsoft and Jabon trophies literally come with nothing
>>>>>> other than the recognition. You don't even get to keep the trophy. :)  Once
>>>>>> you establish a prize, it's hard to take it away later without generating
>>>>>> disappointment.  Plus, BBO still has no process to gift BBO$, nor can our
>>>>>> clubs grant free entries through BBO right now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regarding youth awards, to keep this manageable, we need it to be
>>>>>> based on information we can easily retrieve.  I considered whether we could
>>>>>> use the membership type to isolate youth members, but the problem is that
>>>>>> youth members who are part of their family's membership show up under
>>>>>> family membership types, not youth. (I verified this on our current
>>>>>> roster.)  I trust that the ACBL has good reason for not providing DOB to
>>>>>> units, and I can hypothesize several reasons why it might be that way that
>>>>>> are not worth challenging right now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If the youth bridge program(s) wanted to track points for their
>>>>>> participants (i.e., not the whole unit but only kids they have a
>>>>>> relationship with) and do a "points race" award accordingly, I think that
>>>>>> would be a good substitute since we can't do a youth race at the unit
>>>>>> level. Possible idea for our youth liaisons...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --JC
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 11:25 PM Ann Romeo <annromeo at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>> I think we need to check to see if we can actually give away
>>>>>>> 'money'--make sure it is ok with our state charter and ACBL?
>>>>>>> And love the idea of a kid's trophy of some sort.  I know that for
>>>>>>> kids, they have to give their DOB to get their ACBL number, so somewhere
>>>>>>> this is tracked.
>>>>>>> Love the idea of a flight A/B/C (or some such breakout).
>>>>>>> Ann Romeo
>>>>>>> Personal email: annromeo at gmail.com
>>>>>>> Local home: 206-526-0871
>>>>>>> My cell: 425-615-1413 (text ok)
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>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 11:15 PM Thomas via Sbuboard <
>>>>>>> sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>>> It's a great idea, JC.  We could put some money in the winners' BBO
>>>>>>>> accounts.  Divide $446 by 4 or give each winner $44.60    We're pretty
>>>>>>>> flush, according to Tom B.
>>>>>>>> TL
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>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>> From: JC Chupack <jc.chupack at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> To: Seattle ACBL Unit Board <sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com>
>>>>>>>> Sent: Mon, Jan 11, 2021 8:28 am
>>>>>>>> Subject: [SBU Board] Faux sectionals (e.g., Valentine's weekend) -
>>>>>>>> how to broaden appeal?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As I was putting together the publicity for the "faux sectional" we
>>>>>>>> voted on last meeting for Valentine's weekend, I was thinking that one
>>>>>>>> issue here is that unless you're going for the Jabon trophy (0-20) or
>>>>>>>> Microsoft trophy (top 5% of area players), this event series isn't offering
>>>>>>>> much for you.  At our normal sectionals, we do a lot to make sure that
>>>>>>>> there's things for I/N and for mid-level players via stratification and
>>>>>>>> flighting.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Does anyone have any ideas or thoughts or how we could make this
>>>>>>>> interesting or engaging for the broader group of players?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One idea Scott & I were tossing around last night was to create
>>>>>>>> some "trophy points" races for mid-level and novice players, even though
>>>>>>>> there's no actual trophy for those groups.  We could use the
>>>>>>>> GNT flighting/brackets (to avoid any implication that we picked to include
>>>>>>>> or exclude ourselves in various brackets):
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    - 0-500
>>>>>>>>    - 0-2500
>>>>>>>>    - 0-6000
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So basically, we'd have 5 points races this year. Jabon would be if
>>>>>>>> you start the year with 0-20. The three above would be for B/C/D.  Then
>>>>>>>> there's the "open" award which is the Microsoft trophy.  And in any race,
>>>>>>>> you can win the race above your level, just like when you stratify an event.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'd say we could also establish a youth award, except that the ACBL
>>>>>>>> rosters don't give us ages, so I can't easily determine who qualifies for
>>>>>>>> that. :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> JC
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> JC Chupack (she/her)
>>>>>>>> * Seattle ACBL Unit 446 <http://www.bridgeinseattle.org/> President,
>>>>>>>> Web/Email Admin, & Publicity Chair
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>>>>>> JC Chupack (she/her)
>>>>>> * Seattle ACBL Unit 446 <http://www.bridgeinseattle.org> President,
>>>>>> Web/Email Admin, & Publicity Chair
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