[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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