<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">This event is really one of the best things we do--the vibe and feedback are so positive.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks to Jeff for all his work to make it right. And to Kim and the clean-up crew--I had to run to another game to set up. I think your idea is excellent.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">See all who are able to show tonight at Starbucks on E Madison. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">romeo</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><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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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Eng, Kim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Keng@forestridge.org" target="_blank">Keng@forestridge.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Hi All,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Here is the RR party update as promised.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The party went really well. We had 40 participants, 20 from bracket 1 and 20 from bracket 2, making an even 10 teams. We constructed teams by having a random
draw making sure we had 2 members from each bracket on every team and also making sure that no team had people from their own RR team on it. Everyone played one round with each of their team members.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">I had many people tell me that they loved this event. It is really fun for people to get to play with people they don’t normally get to play with, and specifically,
I know a lot of the inexperienced players loved the opportunity to play with more experienced players.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Thank you’s<u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">-Ann Romeo for her incredible hospitality. It really made for a fun party atmosphere. Please never retire from this job.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">-Jeff Ford for volunteering and directing this game. It took a lot of planning as we had to collect RSVP’s, make “even” teams, make 5 sets of boards, and clean
up the club when it was over. He also showed up an hour early to figure out how to do swiss team scoring on the bridemates which made the event run particularly smoothly and in a timely manner.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">-Kevin Bolan, Aaron Mohrman and Jeff for staying after and helping me clean up. We all knew that Ann had to leave for the UW game as she made that very clear.
I thought all board members were going to help clean up. I was the only board member left at the end but the 3 above stayed after while we cleaned up and did all of the dishes and got rid of the trash.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">-EBC for opening up their club for us.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">-John W. and Susan C for showing up just in case we needed them as fill ins. It turned out we didn’t, but it was so nice to know that they were there as some
folks didn’t trickle in until actual game time.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">-John W. for printing off self-addressed envelopes so the RR captains can send the entry fees to him (instead of me collecting the money and losing it…). Yay!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Final Thoughts:<u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
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<p><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span>1.<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">This is a fantastic event that everybody seemed to really enjoy. Even though I am off the board next year, I hope the board will continue to host this
party.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span>2.<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">We had 9 teams sign up yesterday for the 2016 Round Robin. The deadline is March 1<sup>st</sup> so please keep spreading the word!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="background:yellow;color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span>3.<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="background:yellow;color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">I would like to suggest that we give Jeff free plays at our next tournament as a thank you for all of his hard
work. If we had to hire a director, it would have cost us more than $100. He went above and beyond to make this a special event for everyone and he isn’t even on the board. I don’t know if you realize how much Jeff does for the board behind the scenes but
I am guessing everyone will find out soon enough now that he isn’t on the board anymore. This would be a small token of our appreciation and I think it would be a nice gesture.
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<p><u></u><span style="background:yellow;color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span>4.<span style="font:7pt/normal "Times New Roman";font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="background:yellow;color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">In that same vein, I think it would be nice to offer a one session free play to Kevin and Aaron for helping me
clean up the mess afterwards. It really wasn’t pretty.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">*This would be a total of $80 which is still less than it would have cost us to hire a director and we would still need
to have stayed and cleaned up the mess. </span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Again, I apologize that I have a conflict with tonight’s meeting. If you have any questions about competitions, shoot me an email and I will be happy to fill
you in.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Kim<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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