<div dir="ltr"><div>I too received lots of positive comments about the venue and the earlier starting times. Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make this tournament a success, especially Patti McCallum and Ann Romeo. And as Ann stated, Nick was awesome, the perfect director for this tournament.</div><div> </div><div>Patti and Sharon looked at one of the larger rooms on campus for a possible future sectional but I am not sure what the result of that visit was. Great location, lots of parking, college staff was great to work with.</div><div> </div><div>As a side note, there was some initial concern about the church down the hall possibly being too loud on Sunday morning. I didn't hear any complaints and the only time you really noticed the singing was when you visited the restrooms. When the door to the hallway was kept closed I don't think it was an issue.</div><div> </div><div>Susan</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 6:42 AM, Ann Romeo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:annromeo@gmail.com" target="_blank">annromeo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default">The venue was wonderful, the crowd was happy--many from the Southend/Federal Way area. THEY LOVED THE 10:30 start time on Saturday--I heard that from over a dozen people who came up and specificially said that was a deal breaker. They also liked being on the i-5 corridor over i-405.</div><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default"> </div><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default">I think I knew about a third of the people in the room, and I think we got a lot of people who don't usually come to tournaments. One gentleman, who has been coming to our sectionals, came up and said this was the best experience he has ever had at a sectional--he was beaming.</div><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default"> </div><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default">And Nick, Nick was amazing. We are really lucky to have him.</div><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default"> </div><div style="font-size:large" class="gmail_default">This tournament is why I do what I do for SBU--very satisfying.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Ann Romeo<br>Personal email: <a href="mailto:annromeo@gmail.com" target="_blank">annromeo@gmail.com</a></div>
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<div>Congratulations to Patti, Susan, Nick, David T. and the whole team.</div>
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<div>Tim tells me the venue worked out very well.</div>
<div>I especially like the fact that it is in Seattle, yet easily accessible
from I-5.</div>
<div>We should explore the possibility of finding space at the College for one
of our larger, unlimited tournaments.</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="pattimcbridge@gmail.com" href="mailto:pattimcbridge@gmail.com" target="_blank">Patti McCallum</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 08, 2015 7:56 PM</div>
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was a great success. We made $$, everyone like the venue and the
schedule. I hope we can do it again in the fall. </div>
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<div style="color:rgb(51,0,153);font-size:large" class="gmail_default">I have a black
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