<div dir="ltr">I'm not going to be able to make tonight's meeting. I'm sorry for the late notice, but I think I ate something that didn't agree with me.<div><br></div><div>Mike, can you act as secretary tonight?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Jen</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 8:40 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 class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Can't be there, sigh. But I have some thoughts, just the same...</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">in terms of start times. I prefer 1:30 and 7:00 on Fridays (it is a work day and tougher for working folk to make earlier starts; also gives us more time to set up the game); and earlier starts (10:30 is OK with me) on Saturday--I like getting home earlier on Saturday...).</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">I know we asked about start times in the recent poll. I wonder if it would be useful to poll Sectional attendees to see who is actually working vs. not working? Just a thought.</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">In terms of events, I think too many events at one tournament puts a lot of strain on the directors (I'm remembering one recent time at Vasa, where we had something like 4 different swisses running: a 750, a AX, a BCD, and a 199, and the chaos it created--we didn't get out of there until really late, and hard to do lunch break. And very disruptive: most of the room was done, but the BCD was still playing long after 6:30. Don't recommend that ever again-nightmare for us and for directors.</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">Wonder if it might be fun to have a fast pairs on a Friday? Might work, esp if we have a 10:30 start the next day?</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">have fun. I'll checking out Chick Corea.....</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">romeo</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-2764049503352304177gmail_signature" data-smartmail="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 Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Tim White <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trkwhite@gmail.com" target="_blank">trkwhite@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">As the day of week is out of the norm, sending a reminder that we have a board meeting at 6:45pm tomorrow evening (Wednesday), Oct 5, at the Starbucks at 4000 E. Madison in Seattle.<br>
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In preparation, please review the Tournament Events Committee report JC sent out last month as we will be discussing and considering recommended changes therein to events & starts.<br>
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