[SBU Board] Proposal for the Upcoming Mentor/Mentee Game
Bill Campbell
jwccsllc at me.com
Thu Jul 15 10:08:24 PDT 2021
On 7/15/21 7:58 AM, Thomas via Sbuboard wrote:
> I concur
Me too.
> Tom
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Brown <tbrown1200 at comcast.net>
> To: 'Seattle ACBL Unit Board' <sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com>
> Sent: Thu, Jul 15, 2021 7:32 am
> Subject: Re: [SBU Board] Proposal for the Upcoming Mentor/Mentee Game
>
> I agree. Make it $-0-.
> We can afford it.
> Tom B
> *From:* Sbuboard
> <sbuboard-bounces+tbrown1200=comcast.net at mailman.celestial.com> *On
> Behalf Of *Scott Chupack
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 15, 2021 12:57 AM
> *To:* Seattle ACBL Unit Board <sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [SBU Board] Proposal for the Upcoming Mentor/Mentee Game
> JC, Ann, Michael and I were all discussing this in person last night,
> and at least for this event, our new proposal is to make this event
> free as a thank you to our players. The game should cost us less than
> $500 between sanction fees and facility/director fees and essentially
> agree that charging mentors would be a disincentive. We've also taken
> in membership fees for the last 2 years, and clearly haven't had as
> many events as a normal year.
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 10:41 AM Jeff Ford <jeff.ford at gmail.com
> <mailto:jeff.ford at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I don't know if I am a typical mentor for this, but while I would
> be perfectly happy to show up and play with someone who was
> learning, I wouldn't be particularly excited to pay money to do
> so, and probably wouldn't do so.
> Jeff
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 10:27 AM JC Chupack <jc.chupack at gmail.com
> <mailto:jc.chupack at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Thanks for putting this together! It all looks good to me.
> Regarding what to charge, I'm fine with your idea of free for
> 0-20MPs and $7 per player for everyone else. We should also
> make note in the publicity that the unit is subsidizing the
> cost of the event so that there's no confusion given what
> normal player fees are. (We don't want to unintentionally give
> folks the impression that live bridge can be that cheap
> without a subsidy while clubs are trying to get back on their
> feet.)
> Do we want to collect the fee at sign-up or at the door? (We
> could do either. I prefer that we pick one or the other and
> not both.)
> Thanks,
> JC
> __
> 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 Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 9:07 AM Ann Romeo <annromeo at gmail.com
> <mailto:annromeo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Unit Board
> Scott and I met, per your instructions, to hammer out the
> details for an upcoming Unit-sponsored f2f Mentor/Mentee
> game. Here is our proposal, for your consideration:
> *Mentor/Mentee Game!*
> *Date*: Sunday August 29
> *Location*: Seattle Bridge Center
> *Director:* Nick Tipton
> *Length of game*: 18 boards
> *Start Time:* 11:00 doors open, players meet, talk card
> and eat snacks provided by the Unit
> *Game time*: noon to about 3:00 (hopefully done about
> 2:30, and then time to discuss hands)
> *Publicity*: There will be a form to register posed on the
> Unit website. We will also include this in blasts to the
> membership and in an article in the SUN.
> *“Conditions of pairs*: We are going to use the same
> format to pair individuals randomly.
> -Each pairing should include one NLM.
> - Players that were partners for the last Mentor/Mentee
> game and both want to be paired up again can be.
> - Any other pairs can sign up as a pair if they choose,
> but one of them must be an NLM.
> - Everyone else can sign up as individuals and they will
> either be a mentor or mentee based on balancing both sides
> like we did last time.
> Basically, pairs can register in advance or come as
> singles and will be paired up by the organizers (Scott and
> Ann). Registration form will be posted at the Unit website.
> Now, let’s talk money.
> *Cost of the game for players*: We can charge anywhere
> from ‘free’ to say, $10/per player. This is not a
> money-making event, but is being offered to help promote
> bridge to junior players and get folk who normally don’t
> play outside of their ‘group’ to meet others. There are a
> lot of A players who don’t know any of the C players…
> *We propose that those with under 20 MPs play for free,
> all others pay a set amount (say $7.00). We are open to
> board ideas as well.*
> Budget:
> ·Nick as DIC: $100.00
> ·Rental of SBC: $100.00
> ·Hospitality: $75.00
> Nick would like to direct and has set the price of $100
> for directing and $100 for the rental of the space. Scott
> and I recommend we engage Nick’s services and space.
> I think this will be a fun event! Let us know your
> thoughts/comments/ideas.
> Ann and Scott
> Ann Romeo
> Personal email: annromeo at gmail.com <mailto:annromeo at gmail.com>
> Local home: 206-526-0871
> My cell: 425-615-1413 (text ok)
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